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JZMac7 Oct 28, 2011 6:04 AM
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I think it might a combination of things and this is why. When I am using my only windows PC (Domained for work) it will only open the Icloud Control Panel if I am at home without starting VPN. When I finally can get the control panel open I can select Photostream and set the folders. It still will not upload or download anything. I have tried all of the suggestions except for buying a Mac since I already have one.
bwsailor Oct 29, 2011 4:46 PM
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Photostream is also not working for my PC running Windows 7. Pictures placed in the upload folder get uploaded to my iPhone, but no photos are downloaded to my computer. Has anyone solved this yet? It's driving me crazy. Apple??? Are you out there??
twin_mom Oct 30, 2011 12:57 AM
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So I figured out what the problem is (at least for my computer). I had the same problem that the uploads were working but not the downloads. After installation, I selected a different download folder (so that it is with the rest of my pictures). I think someone on this thread mentioned about keeping them together, so I created a "download" folder in the same dir as the upload folder (where apple created it and it works). Then....nothing happened. I went to bed so frustrated that I couldn't get this working. When I woke up in the morning, I checked again and my photostream pictures were in the download foler!! After a few days, it seems like the sync to your computer happens once a day, even though they talk about "instant pushing". I wish they had an indicator of when it's going to sync. That would be helpful.
I hope this helps at least one person....
Jonny Borris Seed Oct 30, 2011 8:43 PM
in response to WaterOz
So I reinstalled windows and now photostream works fine. So as I suspected it is not a hardware issue. Had previously tried everything else without success. I installed iCloud CPanel immediatly after windows then began installing software and testing to see if photoStream would fail thus identifying the culprit. I have installed most of the original software and it is still working so am guessing its a deeper issue then just a software clash. Apple rang me too but I am never home when they ring however at least it seems they are taking this issue seriously.
all the best efforts
cdn-tallguy Oct 30, 2011 9:43 PM
in response to Jonny Borris Seed
Well, I'm sure there is a solution that won't require me to reinstall Windows...
[For another thread. How come on my wifes XP-MS-Outlook a lot of contacts got ruined, empty fields...
iCLoud off but "Find my iPhone" back to USB cable sync and it's working.
Feels like being a banana, products finished at the customer].
Jonny Borris Seed Oct 31, 2011 6:01 PM
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If photostream not working check if the following processes are running
- AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe
- ApplePhotoStreams.exe
- APSDaemon.exe
cdn-tallguy Oct 31, 2011 8:06 PM
in response to Jonny Borris Seed
All of this is running.
You forgot:
Still it's not downloading...
WaterOz Oct 31, 2011 8:13 PM
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I had the other things running... but I don't have ApplePhotoStreamsDownloader.exe
Is that a real file? Where should it be installed on the computer - I'll run it if I can find it and see if that helps on mine.
WaterOz Oct 31, 2011 8:19 PM
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Searched for it and found it... But it doesn't seem to be helping... oh well
edfromminnetonka Nov 1, 2011 5:20 AM
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Request to Apple:
We know we have a problem on this topic. We know that you are aware based on the unsolicited phone calls you have made to several of us.
How about providing an update on the status of a solution? We know you are working the issue, when can we expect a result.
andyfromlynwood Nov 1, 2011 11:14 PM
in response to WaterOz
hi everyone i found the solution for Windows 7 users. It is actually a sharing issue with the wireless network. you have to go to your
1. network and sharing center
2.then go to advanced share settings.
3.then go to media streaming
4. choose media streaming options. then click on allow all.
5. finally make sure that your wireless connection is on the home network (as there are 3 options, home work, public). your settings will be updated and it should work.
note also make sure you make an additional subfolder inside the photo stream folder and call it my photo stream. direct the icloud to put the downloads in that subfolder.
Rndmzr Nov 2, 2011 2:32 AM
in response to andyfromlynwood
I don't have a wireless network (never have) on my machine and still had the problem. But I checked the settings you mentioned anyway, and they were already set like that anyway, so this wasn't the solution to the problem for me, I'm afraid.
WaterOz Nov 2, 2011 7:37 AM
in response to andyfromlynwood
I acutally didn't have all that on with my computer... so I have turned it all on... and it doesn't seem to make any difference. Granted, right now I'm on the 4th choice (domain) so when I get home and connect my computer off of my works domain, I'll see if being on my home network will make any difference.
I'm guessing not... but it's worth a try. Thanks for coming up with a new suggestion
DragonRus Nov 2, 2011 10:57 AM
in response to WaterOz
I have absolutely the same problem!
Russian language Windows 7 32
It doesn't work in neither direction! Neither uploads, nor downloads.
My computer is in a workgroup, not a domain. I've tried it in the office and at home with different Wi-Fi routers.
When installed iCloud created TWO subfolders in the Photo Stream folder - My Photo Stream and Uploads. I've tried to change the My Photo Stream subfloder to Downloads - no result... ((
And I don't and never did have Kaspersky Antivirus...
apprometheus Nov 2, 2011 12:34 PM
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(This solution was mentioned by others but I missed it earlier so it may help some...)
iCloud was not syncing my photos and applephotostreams.exe crashed with an error on Windows Vista.
I fixed it by using the correct AppleID on my Windows iCloud Control Panel.
- Check your device iCloud account AppleID
- Your AppleID is the email address, email@example.com, you use for iTunes and other Apple services
- On your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, tap Settings/iCloud from the Home screen to see the AppleID in use on your device
- Check your Windows iCloud account AppleID
- Click on the iCloud icon in the system tray
- The AppleID is displayed under your name on the left side
- If the AppleIDs are different on your device and your iCloud Windows then you can fix the problem by making them match
- Sign out of Windows iCloud by clicking the "Sign out" button on the bottom left and sign back in with the matching AppleID
- If the AppleIDs are the same on both then check the rest of this thread for other possible solutions
I had accidentally changed my Windows iCloud to my email@example.com address and my device was using my old iTunes AppleID. After I changed them I was able to start applephotostreams.exe and my photos started syncing immediately.
I'm sure there are other causes for some users but this is one confirmed solution. Hope it works for you.
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I try to 'hide' the veggies in his food. Spinach, broc and carrots are easy to incorporate in soups, pasta or potato dishes.
He loves spinach ziti / lsagne ... usually when I give him mashed potatoes ... I throw in some carrots and peas in there (soft boiled) and he eats it with the potatoes. I do the same with fish. I mash avocado and spread on toast for him as well. He loves soups and really doesn't even notice what's in there. I've also made cheese paste and thrown in baby spinach leaves. As PP said, you don't really taste the spinach and he thinks it's cool eating a green sandwich. lol
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I am kind of inflexible about foods, but my kids eat great! They love fruits and veggies. We are gluten (and most grain) free, dairy free, soy free, sugar free, etc... So basically I just make a meal (back up options are eggs, sauerkraut, and olives as back-ups) and if they don't eat then they can be excused until the next meal. I serve breakfast, morning snack and lunch are the same large meal that my kids can divide up how they see fit), afternoon snack (fruit/ yogurt), dinner. Serving the same thing for morning snack and lunch is key because they are bound to get hungry and eat great stuff during one of those tho eating opportunities. If my kids throw food the meal is done after 1 warning. I can't imaging my mom or gram serving different things from what they ate at meals and I don't have the energy to either. I cook a lot and it takes time to cook from scratch. Sorry, I will get off my soapbox now;)
We are also relatively inflexible with meals. We cook one meal for the whole family. It is the boys' choice if they eat or not. They are pretty good eaters, but there are some meals that they hardly eat anything. We do make sure that there is at least one thing we know for sure they like, but even that can be hit or miss when dealing with a toddler.
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look at the sneaky chef cook books if you need some good ideas for sneaking in veggies. I've used purreed carrot in mac and cheese and spagehti sauce. You can hide a ton in meat loaf. I do a lot of healthy "cookies" or muffins where I always have a fruit and veggie. What about something like shepherds pie where the veggies can be minced and mixed in with the mashed potatos or meat.
Eggs are another way we hide veggies sometimes, either scrambled with cheese or made into quiche. Spinach cut into very small pieces works especially well.
One day we'll go to great lengths to hide it, other days she is stealing all the radishes from my salad. Mostly we just keep putting it in front of her and switching up how we do it (and keeping it consistent with our meals when we can) and hoping for the best! Good luck, Mama!
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Thanks your advice, I get your mean, you are right.
I replaced all related int to long,
I will compare the result using item and using the reformed one.
I'm not sure what your final implementation looks like, but be careful about moving to longs from ints. It's not a one-line change. If you're just parsing longs, then casting them down to ints to use as dimensions in a vector or matrix, it won't work correctly at all. You'll be truncating long IDs to ints, and then trying to interpret them as long IDs later, but they won't be valid IDs.
Is that what you did? then I could imagine recommendations being all wrong.
If you have long IDs, you will need the steps you see in the 'item' implementation. In particular you need the step that generates and saves the long <-> int mappings.
I just replaced all related int type with long type, it works fine and the performance is very good.
I has another question :
the original data has 21,545 users totally and has about 640,000 items,
it can only generate 153,942 recommendations for 2,694 users,
many users has no recommendations generated
That is a good question – the two implement the same algorithm, but 'cooccurrence' tries to distribute the matrix - user vector multiplication, while 'item' does not. It's not yet clear what's better. You could adapt either one's approach to completing this multiplication.
The 'item' handles long IDs as inputs. To do this, you need to create a long <-> int mapping between the original long IDs, and the dimensions in the vector or matrix they map to – which must be ints. It collects this information and reverses the transformation later. For this reason, if you need long IDs, you may find it more natural to adapt 'item' since it handles this issue.
Thanks for your quick response, I have simulated the cooccurence and make new one that support long for our project.
do you thinks which one can get better performance ? cooccurence or item?
Try the implementation in org.apache.mahout.cf.taste.hadoop.item instead, which reads longs and matches the rest of the framework a little more. The two implementations are being merged into the .item implementation.
I'm marking this as a sort of 'duplicate' of that task, to merge the implementations, since i don't think this implementation will otherwise be updated
I used long type as the user_id and item_id ,
it can not parse the input format when run the ItemBigramGenerator job.
This is exactly the input format that the entire library uses. What problem are you having? You would need to provide a lot more detail.


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Apple has introduced Motion at NAB2004, a new application that redefines motion graphics by giving artists the creative freedom and power to deliver stunning results faster and more intuitively at a price of $299. Motion features interactive animation of text, graphics and video, with instant previewing of multiple filters and particle effects, and introduces "Behaviors" that allow artists to add natural looking movement to type and graphics, such as gravity and wind, without the use of complex keyframes.
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Motion also includes an advanced particle engine that enables artists to quickly and easily apply realistic particle presets such as smoke, sparkles and fire to any animation. Using Motion, virtually any graphic element on the screen can be turned into a particle and then modified to create unlimited, customized special effects.
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The weather here is getting cooler. Pretty soon the leaves will turn and Fall will be here in full force. Here are 20 Fall Ideas and Recipes to get you inspired for a new season! Flannel & Denim Wreath @ The 36th Avenue Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins @ The Turquoise Home Baked Stuffed Apples @ Five Heart Home Grain Sack Table @ Love of Family & Home … [Read more...]
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Soon, it's back to the school routine, and that means figuring out healthy breakfasts! Luckily, this week brought some amazing ideas: ... so check out these 22 fast and easy back-to-school breakfast ideas! Homemade Instant Oatmeal Packets @ I Should Be Mopping the Floor Cinnamon French Toast Casserole @ Twelve O Eight via Today's Creative … [Read more...]
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Hi all, I am expecting a baby boy in the first week of November. I live in Dallas , TX and November is just mildly cold here. I am a first time mom and am trying to figure the best way to dress a newborn to make diaper changes convenient and fast. I am thinking of using onesies along with leg warmers and a Halo Swaddle Sleepsack. Has anybody used legwarmers on their newborns ? Did they stay up on the baby without being tight around their legs ?
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I had a February baby in southern VA so also pretty mild. These were my favorite for her those first couple months with all the middle of the night changes
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Thanks !! Alliemom11 - I was considering sleepgowns but was doubtful and now won't be buying them at all. Like the look of the Carter's Sleepsacks you have recommended. Have bookmarked these ! What did your baby girl wear under her sleepsack - onesies / sleepers ?
No problem, pr905. I didn't put anything on DD under the Carters sacks since they were fleece and we had the heater on as well. I didn't want her to be too warm. If we lived in a cooler climate I might have had a onesie like you said in your OP but it was pretty mild.
Thanks a ton ! I think I will probably do the same ! Thanks so much
The baby legs don't stay up well, but I made a little invention to keep BL up that I sell :) They keep them tighter, but not too tight to leave marks. We use baby legs all the time. More now because she is crawling. I just put them on when we are indoors and I know she'll be moving.
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The Expendables 2 Soundtrack List
The Expendables 2 Movie (2012) Soundtrack List – Tracklist – OST – Listen to Original Theme Music from the Motion Picture, film score list, all songs list – playlist, who sings them, including end credits.
The Expendables 2 Soundtrack Information:
Audio CD (17 Sep 2012)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Silva Screen
Below you can view the complete The Expendables 2 soundtrack (score) list:
Music composed by Brian Tyler:
1. The Expendables Return
2. Fists Knives and Chains
3. Track 'Em Find 'Em Kill 'Em
4. Making an Entrance
5. Respect
6. Rest in Pieces
7. Preparations
8. Party Crashers
9. Rescue
10. Countdown
11. Bad Way to Live
12. Vilain
13. Dueling Blades
14. Escape
Composer Brian Tyler who scored the first installment of The Expendables was also brought in to compose the music for The Expendables 2.
An album of the soundtrack is scheduled for a digital release on August 14th, 2012 via Lionsgate Records.
Additional film music – songs that are not included in the official soundtrack list,
but are playing in the movie.
1. Don't Want To Fight With Me – Frank Stallone
2. I Just Want To Celebrate – Rare Earth
3. The Wanderer – Dion DiMucci (as Dion)
4. Burning In The Skies – Linkin Park
5. Gangsta Walk – Coolio featuring Snoop Dogg
6. Mustang Sally – Mack Rice
7. Crystal Blue Persuasion – Tommy James
8. Tochno Sega – Ustata
9. Lip Smackin' – Harmonica Blues Band
10. Beautiful Morning – Felix Cavaliere
11. Rip it Up – Little Richard
12. The Good the Bad and the Ugly
13. Groovin – Felix Cavaliere
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Release date: 14 August 2012
Director: Simon West
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Tapping into the Arab Spring–Gulf Capital's Dr Karim El Solh in Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi-based asset management firm Gulf Capital recently announced a new credit initiative that would aim to fill the capital vacuum in the region. The CEO, Dr Karim El Solh, sat down with Atique Naqvi to discuss the new fund and investment strategy in the wake of the Arab Spring.
August 9, 2011 12:11 by Atique Naqvi
Where would the Gulf Capital's new $250 million/$300 million credit fund focus?
We will focus on the entire Middle East, including Egypt and Turkey. The region has large economies and there are a lot of firms hungry for investments, so we will capitalize on the demand in the market. Gulf Capital, which was established in 2006, is basically an alternative asset management firm. The launch of the credit fund would be completed before the end of this year and is subject to regulators' approval.
Do you plan to tap on investment
opportunities that have been created due to the Arab Spring?
We are very excited about Egypt because it's a huge market with a large population. The investment deals in that market would see demographic growth, especially in sectors such as education, healthcare, power and water. These basic sectors are growing and they will need capital to grow and the dynamic won't change regardless of who is in charge of the affairs. Additionally Egypt, having gone through this transformation, would hopefully be more stable and transparent and poised for growth. In the long term we are very optimistic about Egypt.
Would your new credit fund help entrepreneurs or well-established names?
We would provide finance for both. With this new credit fund, we are looking to finance fast-growing firms that are hunting for growth capital. Traditionally, entrepreneurs go to banks for financing and banks need asset-backed collateral, but if you run out of assets and you want to keep growing then you cannot borrow from traditional lenders, you have to come to funds such as ours. Gulf Capital's fund would lend on cash flow and the future potential of the company, not the existing assets, with a target of 15 percent returns – 10 percent cash coupon and five percent from the equity,
Which sectors would you be targeting with the credit fund?
We are excited about the defensive sectors in the region such as food, healthcare, education, power and water.
What would your strategy be in the current economic climate?
We are focused on Gulf and Turkey and these are the biggest economies of the region. If you look at the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, they are still growing. Turkey's economy is booming and Egypt is the largest Arab market and will emerge from its current unstable situation. We will go into these markets as the fundamentals are strong, but you will not see us doing deals in Yemen and Syria anytime soon. Those markets are too exotic.
Do you think the regulatory framework in the region is capable of handling sophisticated financial instruments?
I think financial institutions are evolving. During the process of establishing our new credit fund, we met the UAE Central Bank officials and they were very receptive because the fund would provide additional liquidity to the economy.
How would you sum up the private equity sector in the GCC?
I think the sector is consolidating and we will see an emergence of a number of strong players. To be honest, the private equity sector was a crowded space in the region and to survive firms would either merge or exit the space. The private equity investments gained momentum some five years ago in this region and we are approaching their completion. There will be several exits in the near future.
Why do you think this is the right time to launch a credit fund?
Our fund will be the second credit fund in this region – by far the largest in the Middle East. There is a huge gap in financing as banks are
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I have a full carbon fork and it's unclear what the maximium height above the headset is "allowed" or recommended.
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Pacers complete 22-point rally to stun Wizards
WASHINGTON -- The Indiana Pacers put on such a show in the final 70 seconds, it's hard to know where to start.
How about David West getting three offensive rebounds with a taped left pinkie that was dislocated in the third quarter? Or Paul George hitting the 3-pointer that completed a 22-point comeback to give the Pacers their first lead of the game? Or Darren Collison hustling back to steal an inbounds pass after George's basket?
And, yeah, then there was George doing a bang-up job guarding John Wall on the game's final possession, forcing Wall to dribble out the clock before getting a shot off to preserve the Pacers' 85-83 victory Thursday night.
"Lucky for us," George said, "he took a lot of time off the clock."
Roy Hibbert scored 19 points, Danny Granger had 16, and West and George finished with 13 apiece for the Pacers, whose final spurt made up for an abysmal first half in which they were outshot and outrun by one of the worst teams in the NBA.
Indiana roared back to outrebound Washington 26-11 after halftime and allow only 11 field goals in the second half, but it's the final sequence that showed the hustle of a team determined to come all the way back.
With 1:06 remaining, George missed a 3-pointer that would have given the Pacers the lead, but West grabbed the rebound and got the ball back to George for another try. This one was good, and Indiana was up 84-83 with 1:01 to go.
Then Collison swopped in and alertly picked offNene's nonchalant inbounds pass.
"We call Darren 'The Wizard' -- he just magically appears sometimes," Hibbert said. "I'm running down the court -- like a fellow player that used to play here -- and then the next thing I know we have the ball back."
The "fellow player that used to play here," by the way, is a reference to JaVale McGee, whose blooper lowlights included the time he ran downcourt to play defense while the Wizards still had the ball. Washington traded McGee last week.
The Pacers missed two more jumpers in the final minute, but West was there both times to keep the ball in Indiana's hands, even though he had his pinkie go the wrong way while reaching for a rebound early in the second half.
"Seriously, he dislocated his finger and he was able to tip the ball out," Hibbert said. "It shows how strong-willed he is. He was putting on an offensive rebounding clinic down there. He's a big reason why we won tonight, probably the reason why we won."
Added coach Frank Vogel: "That's the best end-of-game defense you can possibly have, right? Don't let them get the ball."
The Wizards finally had to foul, and Collison made 1 of 2 free throws with 9.5 seconds remaining. Washington called timeout to set up a final play, but Wall dribbled and dribbled trying to escape George before sinking a 12-footer -- just after time expired.
"I tried to create something," Wall said, "but there wasn't enough spacing for me to create."
Jordan Crawford finished with 21 points, Chris Singleton matched his career-high with 16 points, and Wall had 16 points and nine assists for the Wizards, who outrebounded the Pacers 24-14 in the first half and had an 18-2 advantage in fast-break points at halftime.
"In the second half, we always for some reason get stagnant," Wall said. "We don't move. You see it turns into taking bad shots."
Down by 22 in the second quarter and 20 at halftime, Indiana put together an 11-0 third-quarter run led by Granger, and then rode Hibbert through the middle of the fourth quarter to stay close.
"That's just us not throwing in the towel," George said. "A lot of times when you're down like that, you tend to play out of character. We stuck to ourselves and our identity."
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- "We're writers, not vikings."
- -Julius Eaton, DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars"
Julius Eaton was a science fiction writer for Incredible Tales magazine in New York in the 1950s and husband to Kay Eaton. Julius and Kay often collaborated on their stories and were accused by Herbert Rossoff of being overly sentimental in their work.
Ironically, though his writing explored the future and the technologies it might bring, Julius was appalled by the everyday advances of his age such as White Rose Redi-Tea. While his wife was of the opinion that H.G. Wells would have liked the idea of 'instant' iced tea, Eaton maintained that no self-respecting Englishman would. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")
Julius Eaton was played by Alexander Siddig. At the time of the episode's filming, the actor was married to Nana Visitor (who played his wife Kay).


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an optional parameter "csv.numfound=true" can be added to the request which causes the first line of the response to be the numfound. This would have no impact on existing behavior, and those who are interested in that value can simply read off the first line before sending to their usual csv parser.
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Move issue to Solr 4.9.
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This new patch includes the csv style metaheader with "numFound,maxScore,start"
Perhaps we could have an Excel response writer that could create a multi-sheet spreadsheet file?
I'm mostly with Lance here, actually. I want pure CSV. So long as there there is always an option (which should be the default) to keep the output pure CSV then I'm ok with whatever extras folks want to add as options.
We really should get the response writer framework able to return custom HTTP headers though.
- When you do the same query twice, the second time it usually takes 0ms. If it doesn't, turn on query caching.
- You can code these variations with Velocity. I would stick with keeping the very simplest CSV output and then coding any additions yourself.
i think yonik's 1st example would be the best for people loading the data into a spreedsheet tool or parsing with conventional CSV tools. (even better then #2 because it's easy to cut/paste that data into a different sheet and still have clean separation between headers/data. or parsing with conventional CSV tools)
but i would suggest that if we're at the point of thinking about having a "metadata" section and a "results" section we shouldn't limit ourselves to two sections.
instead of just including metadata about the main doclist, we could allow arbitrary sections or arbitrary lengths (like facet counts) ... i haven't thought hard about what the params should look like, but i would suggest that for easy output parsing a simple 1 row/column row count prefix value telling you the number of (csv) rows for each "section", followed by the (csv) rows of data (including a header row for each section if "csv.header=true") would be easy for people to parse (assuming they were expecting it because they asked for it)
2 numFound,maxScore,start 103,1.414,100 4 id,score doc1,1.3 doc2,1.1 doc3,1.05
..or if csv.header=false ...
1 103,1.414,100 3 doc1,1.3 doc2,1.1 doc3,1.05
We can worry about what other "sections" might be supported later as long as the basic param syntax gets fleshed out ... i would suggest maybe something like:
- multivalued "csv.section" param
- sections are written out in the order that they are passed as param
- default is "csv.section=results"
- if only one value is specified for csv.section, then no row count prefix is used for that section
- only one other value for csv.section supported initially: "csv.section=results.meta"
- adds the numFound,maxScore,start for the results
good point. In that case I'm agnostic - 1) would be fine.
Keep in mind that this additional header would only appear if you asked for it via a request parameter like "csv.metaheader=true". Existing behavior would remain unchanged. Is that still a problem?
In addition to loading CSV results into a spreadsheet, I often use CSV as a quick-and-dirty way of dumping the contents of an index to be re-read into Solr, and adding lines which would need manual removal would be rather inconvenient.
I'd go for option 4, with the comment symbol and result metadata on one line. org.apache.commons.csv has an option (which is not currently enabled in the CSVRequestHandler) to recognize and discard comment lines - adding a request parameter to the handler to recognize comment lines would be straightforward, and would at least solve my use case, though I admit not all others.
To be clear, I like the first option best.
I like maintaining consistency with the CSV format because you don't have to reinvent any parsing logic. It should be pretty easy for the client developer to read off the first two lines and parse with the same tool that's used to parse the rest of the document. Preferences around separator, newline, etc can be reused (except maybe this meta header should always have a column name header).
What should the parameter be called? csv.metaheader?
It seems like if we go down this road, it should somehow be a more generic mechanism (since others will then want values like maxScore, etc).
Here are some alternatives:
numFound,maxScore,start 2038,1.414,100 id,score doc1,1.3 doc2,1.1 doc3,1.05 numFound,2038,maxScore,1.414,start,100 id,score doc1,1.3 doc2,1.1 doc3,1.05 numFound=2038,maxScore=1.414,start=100 id,score doc1,1.3 doc2,1.1 doc3,1.05 #numFound=2038,maxScore=1.414,start=100 id,score doc1,1.3 doc2,1.1 doc3,1.05
Perhaps the "numFound=2038,maxScore=1.414,start=100" would be the most human readable (and maybe alternately commenting it if that's supported).
But the first option could be attractive since it's more in the spirit of CSV and might be desirable if imported into excel for example.


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Rated 3 out of 5 by EDGARSANTI The worst Westin Hotel I have stayed TV unit was not working. A/C unit in its worst condition. Valet staff are rude, and I decided to park my car myself. Concierge and valet staff offered to park my car but not to offer help with my luggage. Excellent staff in checking in. Had to call maintenance twice for the TV Uniit I was never relaxed and never rested well during my 2 night stay in the hotel. I would net even accept a free stay at this hotel! June 17, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Flesh52 Need to Open Pub Every Night The hotel lobby bar was not sufficient for the amount of people who were down looking to gather for a cocktail. Bar was understaffed for the crowd. June 13, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by JOJO The room had a "musty" smell. Of all the Westin hotels I've stayed in, the room has an old musty smell. It was like the smell of carpet that got wet, maybe because the previous guests came from the swimming pool and they were dripping wet. The aircon probably dried it slow or not enough to eliminate the smell. June 10, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by YYFUNG The room is not clean Bathroom is not very clean. Also the pillow and bed sheet was not clean. June 9, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by JamieJ Natt & Michael are AWESOME! The one thing that I noticed was that your F&B staff, housekeeping and banquet staff never really even made eye contact. A houseman pushing a cart by me in the hallway never looked up. Bartenders behind the bar only made eye contact to get your order. I realize they were getting slammed, but some basic guest service skills were lacking like - smiles and thank yous. The banquet servers were just silent background people never engaging or smiling. There was one tall, slender gentleman that I noticed in the morning that had a beaming smile!! I will say Natt at the Front Desk checked me in and out. AWESOME guest service skills. Even came around the front desk to chase me down into the Covington banquet room to ask if I wanted my bag checked. Even chatted with me and a co-worker later that afternoon about going to grab food at In and Out Burger. There was a Bellman by the name of Michael that was incredibly kind and gracious as well. There was another gentleman behind the desk that was incredibly engaging as well - can't remember his name. I don't stay at hotels because I want the glitz and glamour, (actually I had to b/c of work) so I want to feel as though the employees want me to come back. Until the check out when I met up with Natt again, I can't say that I felt that way. Natt and Michael made up for the lack of engagement for the rest of the team. Please thank them for me and then have them teach the rest of your crew. June 8, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Marjoy70 This hotel could change one thing.... Our stay at this particular Westin was like none other. My family and I have stayed at some of your other locations but this is the only one that does not clean our rooms daily. We had to call for dirty towels to be replaced with clean ones each day. I do know that we were there on employee rates but even with that perk trash should have been pulled and rooms cleaned daily. June 5, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Nicky This hotel needs improvements The lobby is great but the rooms need to be updated. There are no towel racks by the shower so when you get out you have to walk out of the shower all wet to get your towel. The room is very humid and doesn't cool down. Very uncomfortable. The channels on the TV did not come in clear. The safe didn't work. June 5, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Sheb Comfortable hotel The hotel is overall comfortable and clean.and the staff is service oriented and courteous. The only things missing are complimentary wi-fi (especially for Starhotel members) and a more robust selection of TV channels. They do not offer a movie channel such as HBO, Showtime or STARZ. At this price point additional options should be available. June 5, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by LR45 Great Place to Rest We arrived late in the evening on our way back from Austin at the end of our holiday weekend and were very satisfied with the room and service, specially the delicious food delivered in our room, as we were just too tired to go out for dinner or come down for a hot breakfast. Very easy to get back onto the freeway. Thank you and your friendly and helpful staff.. June 5, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Don525 I was disappointed with how I was treated You have a fine hotel but I was deceived about its services. When I made my reservations I was persuaded to join your SPG club without knowing what benefits I would get. When I checked in, I was given a key envelope which stated that I would be eligible for a gift. One of the gift choices was a complimentary continental breakfast. I was also told I could use my room key to access the parkig garage even after I had checked out. When I went to obtain my continental breakfast, I was told no, I did not qualify for that. Also I used my room key to leave for lunch and return on Saturday. When I tried to leave for dinner on Saturday evening my room key would not work. I now longer had the parking slip that I had received when I first checked in and I was trapped at the garage exit. All in all these two incidents spoiled my stay. I did not appreciate being lied to. June 4, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Harleyca This is a WESTIN? Terrible Start out with badly stained carpet at the entrance, carpet stains every where you look including the elevators. Refrigerators and microwaves missing in the room and you realize that this is another case of a hotel being allowed to run down so a foreign group/cartel can bleed it dry while allowing it to fall apart. You can see it was a wonderful place and the rooms are still nice and the showers are to die for. But the towels are getting shabby and thin, the carpets are getting visably worn and it is not up to the standards you EXPECT from a WESTIN. Hopefully they will pull the franchise soon, before these folks destroy it completely. The janitor had to wake up both clerks for me to check out at 5:30 AM May 30, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by mandyandmercy Nice time except Everything was good except for two things. We were in room 642 and the air conditioner was NOT satisfactory. We set it as cool as it would go & it was way too warm. Another friend on 6 moved up to 12 and it was better. Also NO decalf coffee in our room & also none at Starbucks. Strange.... Nice hotel & location other than that. Your staff was absolutely wonderful & we were so thrilled to have our cat & dog with us. Thank you!!!!!! May 27, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Brian1027 Needs some work I was recently at the Westin in Dallas for a meeting. After the first night I advised the front desk that the shower and sink had drainage issues. I was advised that it would be resolved that day. The next morning when I go to take a shower at 5:30 am the same issue exists. Showering while standing in 2 inches of water is Not something i enjoy. I would have liked if they could have advised me that it could not be resolved and offered me a different room. May 23, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tita Administrator Received great service...hotel was nice and staff was extremely professional. May 22, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Missy Recent Stay Beautiful Hotel....wd probably try to stay elsewhere as my family coming over to visit had to pay for parking and the breakfast pkg was continental only....other hotel chain had same beautiful accomodatioins but parking for friends and me was free and breakfast pkg was for hot or cold.....makes a big difference. May 20, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by jhm3rd Beautiful Dallas Views This hotel had spectacular city views from the three huge windows on the 17th floor. The room was excellent as was the staff. The TV in the bedroom was small and the internet speed was very slow $14.95 to get a faster speed. The pool was outiside and quite cold, so no one in it. No jacuzzi and no room fans available and TV had no sleep setting on it. May 19, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Marc Tired hotel and Expect more from a Westin The Westin Dallas Park Central is tired. As a Westin, I expect more. My room had a run down feel - old carpets, small TV, unimpressive bathroom, messy electric cords on floor (see photo from one traveller), poor quality furniture, etc.. As a Westin, I expect high quality, but rather I was left with a negative feeling of hotel. I should have stayed at a mid-range hotel (cannot mention computers names). There you get free breakfast, free wi-fi and the rooms are of better quality. Rather with Westin, I had lesser quality, and had to pay for the extras. Wi-fi is only free in lobby (they don't tell you that), breakfast was mediocre and expensive, etc. I would not advise staying at this hotel. Not impressed. May 18, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Room942 No house Keeping When booking it is not explained the parking is not free and the free wi-fi is only in the lobby. House Keeping either comes early in the morning while you are sleep or not at all. They left our "clean" linen on the ground outside the door and we cleaned and made our own bed. The food was PRICEY and horrible. Even cold! May 18, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Liz1 Wonderful service The breakfast service is phenomenal. Antonio (the waiter) and Antonio (the host) are both wonderful. They made the stay enjoyable. They are funny, entertaining and provide excellent customer service. We came with a large group and they bent over backwards to get us what we needed. Will definitely stay again b/c of them. May 13, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Skysean Fast weekend Friendly people from the check-in to check-out. The hotel has easy access to 75 and 635. Great interior design which has kept up with modern times. May 13, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Glenn Almost perfect stay Room great except we could here people in next room very well. Safe in room did not work. Parking should be complimentary on weekends May 13, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Llamalover Definetly a hotel for only the rich After driving over three hours from Austin to Dallas for a Mothers Day Weekend trip, we find out that the parking garage for this hotel charges $13/night. We had already paid $160 for two nights for the room, and on top of that we have to pay parking. We were told that we could park across the street, two miles away at Benny Hanna. That may have been okay had I not had a ten month old. The room itself had no microwave, no fridge, and the AC unit didnt even work. It said that it was at 68 but felt more like 78. The ice machine on our floor never worked thus we had to go either down or up to get ice. In addition, when I went to check out there was a $12 charge on my bill for a 30 second phone call they said we made but never did. Why would we when I have two cell phones and my husband one? The price of the food is a whole other level of agitation. Who pays $22.50 for a breakfast bar that consists of muffins and oatmeal? One of the main reasons we choose that hotel were because of the ratings, which I now feel are highly misleading. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone, ever. Some first Mothers Day it turned out to be for me :(. The only good thing about the room was the bed comfort! May 13, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by GEORGE EXPERIENCE RESTAURANT CLOSED AT 3:00 PM--ONLY ROOM SERVICE BAR WAS FULL--TOO SMALL NO REFRIGERATOR IN THE ROOM MISTAKE MADE ON BILL AND HAD TO CHALLANGE AN INCORRECT CHARGE May 11, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Dokester Another Great Experience, But for the SPG Club Once again, almost everything was right at the Westin Park Central. I typically stay on weekends when the Club is closed. It might as well have been this trip as well. No decaf coffee, no hot breakfast items, sort of a spartan offering that drive me downstairs for the $22 breakfast buffet, worth $12 maybe, but not $22. Platinum guests would be better off just getting a breakfast voucher and convert the Club to more rooms. And $13 for self parking, less that 12 hours? Come on May 11, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Ree4 Lacking Check-in was a nightmare. Not enough help. After hours in the car to get there, we were ready to get to our room. Check-out wasn't much better. Lounge was not open due to not enough guests staying in the hotel. Would like to have known that prior to reserving a room. May 6, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by LGX01 Expected More I thought my room would be nicer. It seemed very old and hollow. Ordered room service and the food was delicious but was charged more than I thought I would be. May 2, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Dallas0413 Needs work The food was probably the worst I have had in any property - every meal was poor, cold, off-tasting. They have an Irish Pub on site that doesn't serve Guiness on tap - it's ridiculous. May 2, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by hoggfarm Great weekend Service is wonderful. Thanks April 29, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Papp Going downhill Lot of plumbing and in room safe problems.. No communications in between staff members....try to offer me free breakfast so that I would not complain about them to customer service...... April 28, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by VForge Nice but overpriced and inefficient Hotel made me wait many hours to check in. Did not care that I was a preferred guest. First restroom I entered was dirty. Charged very high prices for food, can get equivalent or better elsewhere for much less. A major disappoint from the second I arrived until I left. Would not choose to return to this hotel. Hotel is attractive in appearance overall. April 27, 2013


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6 search results for Thy Womb
Venice: What will win the big awards... and what should
Type: Post | Date: Saturday, Sep 8, 2012Critics are crazy for 'The Master,' but will the jury throw a curveball?
Venice competition lineup includes Malick, De Palma, Assayas
Type: Post | Date: Thursday, Jul 26, 2012'The Master' may appear as a late addition
Mexico's 'Heli,' Poland's 'Walesa' among latest foreign Oscar entries
Type: Post | Date: Friday, Sep 20, 2013Switzerland, the Philippines and the UK also join the race
Two major awards for 'The Master,' but Kim Ki-duk's 'Pieta' takes Golden Lion at Venice
Type: Post | Date: Saturday, Sep 8, 2012Paul Thomas Anderson's film was reportedly jury's first choice for the top prize
A look ahead to the rest of the Venice Film Festival
Type: Post | Date: Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012Fest kicked off today with 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist,' but what's coming up?
New films from Nick Cassavetes, Ed Burns and Peter Webber join Toronto Film Festival 2012 lineup
Type: Post | Date: Tuesday, Aug 14, 2012'The Master,' 'The Paperboy' and 'On the Road' will also screen