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Calcification by juvenile corals under heterotrophy and elevated CO2
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Ocean acidification (OA) threatens the existence of coral reefs by slowing the rate of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) production of framework-building corals thus reducing the amount of CaCO3 the reef can produce to counteract natural dissolution. Some evidence exists to suggest that elevated levels of dissolved inorganic nutrients can reduce the impact of OA on coral calcification. Here, we investigated the potential for enhanced energetic status of juvenile corals, achieved via heterotrophic feeding, to modulate the negative impact of OA on calcification. Larvae of the common Atlantic golf ball coral, Favia fragum, were collected and reared for 3 weeks under ambient (421 μatm) or significantly elevated (1,311 μatm) CO2 conditions. The metamorphosed, zooxanthellate spat were either fed brine shrimp (i.e., received nutrition from photosynthesis plus heterotrophy) or not fed (i.e., primarily autotrophic). Regardless of CO2 condition, the skeletons of fed corals exhibited accelerated development of septal cycles and were larger than those of unfed corals. At each CO2 level, fed corals accreted more CaCO3 than unfed corals, and fed corals reared under 1,311 μatm CO2 accreted as much CaCO3 as unfed corals reared under ambient CO2. However, feeding did not alter the sensitivity of calcification to increased CO2; ∆ calcification/∆Ω was comparable for fed and unfed corals. Our results suggest that calcification rates of nutritionally replete juvenile corals will decline as OA intensifies over the course of this century. Critically, however, such corals could maintain higher rates of skeletal growth and CaCO3 production under OA than those in nutritionally limited environments.
KeywordsClimate change Ocean acidification Coral reefs Coral calcification Heterotrophy Energetics
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WASHINGTON -- Oil prices fell by more than $1 a barrel yesterday , dipping below $67 as traders focused on slackening demand and rising supplies.
Crude futures have pulled back more than 15 percent from their all-time high in mid-July to levels not seen since early April. The Atlantic hurricane season so far has been tame, and there is growing skepticism that the diplomatic standoff between the West and Iran will prompt OPEC's number two producer to pull supply from the market.
``The sentiment of the market is to sell," said Mike Guido, director of commodity strategy at Societe Generale in New York.
Gasoline demand traditionally slips after Labor Day, and it will be a month or more before demand for heating oil and other winter fuels picks up in many parts of the country.
Supply worries eased Thursday after government data showed rising inventories of gasoline and distillate, which includes heating oil. The possibility that BP PLC could restore 180,000 barrels per day of lost Alaskan production at Prudhoe Bay by the end of October also eased supply fears. The market also anticipates the resumption of some oil production that was shut in Nigeria following militant attacks.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meets next week, but analysts do not expect the cartel to alter its official output quota of 28 million barrels per day. If the cartel trims production in an attempt to prop up prices, analysts say the strategy could backfire because it would signal to a market that has worried for several years about tight supplies that the world finally has oil to spare.
Light sweet crude for October delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined by $1.07 to settle at $66.25 a barrel -- the lowest closing price since finishing at $66.23 on April 6.
Brent crude fell $1.20 to settle at $65.33 a barrel on London's ICE futures exchange.
Gasoline futures fell by more than 3 cents to $1.6098 a gallon. Heating oil fell more than 4 cents to settle at $1.8432 a gallon. Natural gas fell more than 4 cents to settle at $5.675 per 1,000 cubic feet.
October Brent crude on the ICE Futures Exchange was down 30 cents at $66.23 a barrel.
US crude inventories fell 2.2 million barrels last week to 330.6 million barrels, according to the US Department of Energy. However, inventories remain 6.2 percent above year-ago levels and rising productivity by refiners has pushed up supplies of motor- and home-heating fuels.
Gasoline inventories rose by 700,000 barrels to 206.9 million barrels, which is 6.6 percent above year-ago levels. Distillate fuel inventories rose by 3.1 million barrels to 139.9 million barrels -- a bigger build than most analysts expected. They are now slightly above were they were a year ago.

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I'm seeing this story reported as new a lot this morning but I'm not convinced it is. Seems people are running across a situation where they're only allowed to watch one streaming movie or show at a time on Netflix. So if the kids are watching Fishtronaut on the TV, you can't watch Friday Night Lights on the computer. My own experience with this is more erratic. I got blocked from doing that a couple weeks ago but then after a day or two I was able to watch on 2 or 3 devices at once. So maybe it's on the way but just rolling out slowly.
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We have talked of James Cameron's alliance with Cirque to create a truly unique 3D film experience and now this great film is in theatres everywhere.
"Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away," a 3D fantasy film executive-produced by "Avatar" director James Cameron, will open the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 20, organizers said on Wednesday.
Written and directed by Andrew Adamson, who helmed the first two "Chronicles of Narnia" movies, Worlds Away follows a young couple that becomes separated and must journey through dreamlike worlds of Cirque du Soleil to find each other.
The film, which makes its world premiere at the Tokyo festival screening out of competition, incorporates performances shot in 3D from actual shows by the circus-arts entertainers.
Cameron, whose "Titanic" premiered at the Tokyo festival in 1997, is one of Hollywood's biggest proponents of 3D. He said last month he would open a joint venture to provide 3D filming technology in China, where audience demand for the format is booming.
The 25th edition of the Tokyo festival runs October 20-28.
Veteran Hollywood producer Roger Corman will head the jury to select the winner of the festival's top Sakura prize. The main competition lineup will be unveiled later this month.
Last year's winner, drama-comedy "Untouchable", became the top-grossing French film of 2011 and raked in $356 million at box offices worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.
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Should I decide to fly into Calgary for my trip to Glacier NP (MT) are there any issues crossing the Canadian - US border with a Canadian car rental?
I called Alamo and the reservations clerk read something that seemed to say it's ok. However, is there something I can get/need from them to show to US customs?
Any issues getting back into Canada?
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Should I decide to fly into Calgary for my trip to Glacier NP (MT) are there any issues crossing the Canadian - US border with a Canadian car rental?
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I think the main thing is just to keep a copy of your rental agreement. If you are ever stopped you need that anyway.
You'll need a Passport. I think in a foreign country, you might want to have a copy of your Insurance(from your local agent).
We didn't have any issues crossing the border at Niagra Falls a few years back. We had rented the car in Buffalo and crossed over and stayed a couple of days. I think the big issue would be if you happen to be one of those they really decide to give a thorough check. Usually, they just ask a couple of questions and you pass thru.
The worst thing that ever happened to me was at the California/Oregon border check. California has strict laws about bringing produce into their state. I was attempting to cross with some cherries and apples that I had bought in Oregon. I had no idea I couldn't do that. You would have though I had committed the crime of the century. The guy then wanted to look over everything in my car, luggage,etc.
The other thing that really struck me odd in Oregon was the fact that it is mandatory that an employee fill your car up. I got really mad at the first guy that filled up my car. I thought he was just someone off the streets trying to get money. LOL
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As long as the rental car company permits it, you should be fine. I have travelled between Canada and the USA a number of times in both Canadian and American rental cars with no border problems.
One thing many people don't think about is carrying proof of insurance when renting cars. Many states and provinces require all motorists to display proof of insurnace if you have an accident or are stopped for a violation. The rental car insurance, if you buy that, does not satisfy that requirment since it covers the car but not your personal liability. You need to have the proof of insurance issued by your personal insurance company and, if you are a US resident driving in Canada, you need a card from your isnurance company that shows your insurance is valid in Canada.
I suspect many police officers would cut you some slack if you're in a rental car and cannot provide proof of insurance but they don't have to. In my city, the fine for not having proof of insurance while driving is $345 for the first offense and higher for subsequent offenses.
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Well, I'm a US resident but a citizen of both. So I guess I have that part covered.
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I've never thought about dual citizenship. I'm not sure how that even works. Do you get to vote at both places or none at all? This gives me something to google.
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I'm not sure if voting is a residency thing as well as a citizenship thing.
We vote in the US because that's where we live. We never consider voting in Canada.
I know Canadian healthcare is a residency thing. But residency doesn't require time. It's a decision and where you want to live most of the year. I wonder how often you can change your mind?
The main thing about citizenship is that you cannot be denied entry. So I can't be denied entry into both countries.
Of course, the border agent could stop me or anybody from entering (in either direction) but I can insist on appearing before an imigration judge and I'll win.
There was a time that Canada recognized dual citizenship but the US didn't.
As far as the US was concerned if you were a US citizen you were nothing else. In the US they would ask if you revoke all others. You could say yes but that only had weight in the US and nowhere else.
Now you don't have to revoke. We were a bit surprised about that.
Taxation is a different issue. Canada taxes you on money you earn in Canada. The US taxes its residents on worldwide income.
You better hope the country where you earn income has a good treaty with the US.
We actually do better on Canadian Old Age Pension (maybe they should change that to Senior pension or Champions Pension (ala golf)) than Canadians do since we aren't subject to the clawback. Canadians earning too much have this pension reduced.
In addition, it's treated as Social Security payments in the US and only 85% is taxable.
Canada (according to the tax treaty) doesn't withhold taxes on government pensions.
And on. . . .
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The Alamo website says that U.S. rentals can be driven into Canada, and Canadian rentals can be driven into the U.S.
It states that Canadians cannot rent in the U.S. then drive into Canada, however, which seems odd.
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I wonder if the concern is that if you rent in the other country and go back to your own country, they may never see the car again.
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We've done the exact trip. No problems.
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But the contract must say that it permits cross border travel, and you cannot drop it off in the other country.
If you are a US resident, your insurance agent can get you a "Canada Card" for free or a nominal sum. This shows that you are covered across the border for the period of your trip. Something similar is needed for Mexico, so it is not anti-Canadian discrimination.
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I was in Banff last year.
I rented a car for 5 days. I never even thought of bringing with insurance cards, etc.
Now that I think of it I'll do things a bit differently.
Going to Montreal for a week in May.
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Why are you flying into Calgary when you can fly into the Glacier Park airport?
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I haven't decided yet between Calgary, Kalispell (Glacier) and Great Falls.
Kalispell & Great Falls are a 3 hour drive to Many Glacier and Calgary is 4 hours.
From Calgary I have to cross the border which could be a bit of a hassle.
On the positive side I could use AA air miles since AA goes to Clagary and not the other airports.
Also, the AA flight is much better. One stop as opposed to 2 stops. The flight leaves here 3 hours later (8:20 vs around 5AM) but only arrives about 1 hour later (1:30PM vs 12:30).
So Calgary has its share of positives.
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I think Kalispell puts you much closer than your other two options. But, I can certainly see the positives of using your AA points and an easier/quicker flight. That extra stop could certainly cause a delay or lost baggage too. I wouldn't think the border crossing there would be much of a big deal at all(of course, I could be wrong).
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Since my first two days are at Meny Glacier, Kalispell isn't closer. GTF and FCA are both 3 hours and YYC is 4 hours.
I rechecked the various flight and unless I pay an exhorbitant amount (over 1,000) flights to all 3 places arrive in the range of 1:30.
However, Clagary leaves here about 3 hours later and has one plane change.
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The problem with Kalispell, Great Falls, and even Missoula is the limited number of flights. Thunderstorms or equipment failures can put you a day behind. Ask me how I know this.
YYC is a major airport with a lot of options. If four hours to the border sseems too long, you can stop at Head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump. I won't tell you what it is, but it is worth the stop.
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Did you check flying to Spokane Washington? Either rent the car there or take the Empire Builder out at about 1:30AM .
You can get a rental car at the Whitefish station. For the east side of the park you have to go all the way to Cut Bank for a 300 mile/day limit rental car.
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Yes, I checked Spokane. That's well over 5 hours drive.
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According to google maps
Kalispell airport to Many Glacier Hotel 135 miles
Great Falls to MGH is 171
YCC to MGH is 187
Of course, most of the miles from Kalispell could be very scenic on the GTSR. I know I would use the free miles though. Especially if you factor in delays that are more likely the more transfers you make. I would imagine the other two drives would be fairly scenic as well. I like to leave as early as possible though. It seems like mid-day are more delays(maybe that just me though).
I must have experienced the same problem you did. Except I never made it there last year at all. A major hailstorm in Denver damaged about 40 planes and I couldn't get a flight for 4 days, so I just got my money back on the airfare and ate the $1800 I had paid for my VRBO cabin.
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I plan on going in 2013, so this has me reconsidering how I might fly. It would be much easier for me to fly to Calgary. I have AA points and Southwest Point, but nothing on United or Delta. And they seem to really hold you to a premium to fly into FCA.
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I just checked on the AA sight and depending on how flexible, there are some days that are only 12,500 point. Can't beat that. Hope they are there next summer.
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Sorry for the multiple post. I just did another google maps and this time it gave me 281 miles from Calgary to Many Glacier and put it at 5 hour 6 mins. What the heck.
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I checked again and Spokane to Many Glacier is 7 hours.
spiro, don't go by the mileage. Go by the driving time.
I like to leave early as well. However, for FCA & GTF the flights leave 5X and arrive around 1:30PM. For YYC the flight leaves 8:20 and arrives around 1:30PM. It's still AA's first flight to YYC.
Domestic flights there are 12,500 each way. Last summer we went to Banff, Victoria and Vancouver. We used AA air miles from FLL to YYC, flew Westjet from YYC to Victoria and then returned from Vancouver to FLL using air miles. Total 25,000 per person plus paid for the Westjet part.
spiro, look at where Google Maps put you. I did the same thing. I entered Many Glacier but it went to West Glacier.
If you drag it back to Many Glacier (Swiftcurrent Lake) it drops to just under 4 hours.
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"On the positive side I could use AA air miles since AA goes to Clagary and not the other airports. "
Same reason we flew in/out of Calgary.
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The positive that I see for the train is that it arrives in Whitefish about 7:30AM Mountain time (5 hours from Spokane) and you can have a rental car waiting for you at the station. If the GTTS road is is open, you can be to Logan Pass by noon.
The Going to the Sun road is not included on any of the map programs because much of the year it is closed by snow.
Getting to Many Glacier via US 2 from Whitefish is a very long drive.
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The reason I planned the trip for the 2nd week of August was to make sure GTTS Rd is open.
If it's still closed by the time I get there we have a global cooling problem.
Connie, air miles are good.
However, when I planned last year's trip to Banff, Victoria & vancouver AA was always very quick to offer me any flight I wanted for double the miles.
I told them my air miles were for me to use and not to give away for free. Eventually I got what I needed.
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AA doesn't play fair.
I checked out their web site and every day in August except for 3 days requires 25,000 miles in each direction.
They probably have 2 seats per flight. How can every flight be full for minimum air miles?
I guess that's one way to get our miles used up.
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I checked several of the flights at random and while none seem to have seats available for 12,500 air miles, most don't have more than a few seats booked.
Either the only seats books ate those for 12,500 air miles or they only started with two or three of them. Or maybe they really haven't released them for most of the flights and maybe there will be more later.
At 50,000 air miles for a North American trip (return) I would rather plan better for future trips (have my plans firmed up much earlier and buy the tickets at the minimum number of air miles), save the air miles and buy the tickets based on the least expensive fare to either of the three airports.
I paid 60,000 air miles per person to fly from Miami to Marseille (return) this June. I can't see myself spending 50,000 for fly from FLL to Calgary (return).
Of course, I could change my mind but that's how I feel at this moment.
Last July I spent 25,000 per person to fly from FLL to YYC and back from Vancouver to FLL.
Just venting.
Just venting.
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I typically try to fly in and out of a small airport. I think they only allow 2 tickets from there. I think some of the larger planes allow 3-4 tickets. But they do change the mileage just like the change the price(well not as often). They do go up and down and back and forth. This is why I try to do all of my credit card points with Southwest. There are no blackout dates and there way of doing things is much more simple.
If you don't want those AA points you can give them to me. LOL.
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I don't think I want to dump my air miles. I just won't spend 50,000 flying to and from Clagary when with planning I can go to Europe return for 60,000.
I'd rather buy a ticket and save the air miles for something a lot farther and more expensive.
I'll just have to plan earlier and be ready when the seats become available.
I'm not totally convince more seats won't become available in a month or two.
I may still fly into Calgary I'll have several airlines to choose from.
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An external evaluation of the programme in 2000 found that the population served by Lady Health Workers had substantially better health indicators than the control population. It was estimated that 150,000 Lady Health Workers are needed to cover the country. By the end of 2006, there were 96,000 in the system, with another 14,000 to be trained through an extension of the programme to 2008.
Coverage remains however imbalanced, partly because in some areas the entry-level qualifications are too high, resulting in few or no candidates. Adjustments to entry criteria, and careful targeting of underserved and poor areas, are being considered as the programme expands.


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Tim Thomas embracing move to Stars
DALLAS — New Dallas Stars goaltender Tim Thomas definitely realizes just how great it is to go from a team in the Florida Panthers that was treading water in the Eastern Conference to one like the Stars, who have a legitimate shot at making the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.
"Yeah, I'm very excited to be here and to have the opportunity to play with another group of guys and to make the push for the playoffs here. It's an exciting opportunity," Thomas said after morning skate on Thursday.
Thomas, 39, a former teammate of current Stars Rich Peverley and Tyler Seguin in Boston who won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2011 as the NHL playoff MVP when the Bruins brought home the Cup, was acquired on Wednesday afternoon from Florida in a straight-up swap for Dan Ellis.
The ex-Bruin and Panther has been between the pipes long enough to know that no matter if he's the starter or the backup, his goal every time he enters the crease remains quite simple.
"I'm pretty sure that my role is going to be that when they play me in a game, I stop as many as I can so the team can win. Really I try to keep it as simple as that," Thomas said.
And as someone who has played with other Finnish goaltenders in his career, like former Boston teammate Tuukka Rask, he knows he and new teammate Kari Lehtonen, currently the Stars' No. 1 option in net, will get along quite well, even if he's forgotten the few bits of Finnish he's picked up over the years.
"I've partnered with Finnish goaltenders quite a few times over the course of my career and have always had great relationships with the Finns. I just really get along well with them for some reason," Thomas said. "So I'm looking forward to helping him (Lehtonen) to play his best when he's playing and him helping me, pushing me in practice and in games."
Thomas also knows new teammate Erik Cole as the two were roommates at the World Championships in the past and he also knows Ray Whitney after meeting him at an NHLPA meeting over the summer.
Stars head coach Lindy Ruff has yet to sort out how he'll determine how much Lehtonen and Thomas will play and in which games, saying that will be done on a game-to-game basis, but he knows that his club's newest addition brings with him one asset that towers above all others.
"Well, the one thing we know is Tim's a winner. He's been able to do it and I think that brings a lot of credit to our club," Ruff said. "He gives us a guy that we know has done it under the top pressure situations and should buy some time for Lehts."
Thomas admits he's energized by the change in scenery, saying that it's exciting to know he has a legitimate shot at being on a playoff team again, especially after a year away from the game.
With Florida, he started 40 games but battled back from two separate groin injuries, but now that he has a clean bill of health and is ready to go, he is clearly intrigued by the possibilities his move to the Stars presents.
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Jumping for joy on Oregon coast getaway
A mom and three teens find their bliss (and best French toast ever) in Newport, Ore.
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"Mom, can we go to Newport and have marionberry French toast?" my teenage daughter asked.
I guess it's true that we sometimes do anything for our kids. That's how I found myself driving a carload of girls from Seattle to the Oregon beach town of Newport. It was a six-hour trip each way for French toast — plus playing on the beach and basking around the hotel pool.
It all began about 10 years ago on a family trip to the Oregon coast. A hotel clerk steered us to Newport's Fishtails Cafe, where fishermen, locals and tourists crowd in for clam chowder, fish and chips and what's become our go-to favorite breakfast treat — marionberry French toast.
We devoured the slices of thick-cut bread stuffed with cream cheese, sauteed and covered in a homemade marionberry sauce. And we've remembered that truly incredible breakfast ever since.
Every few years we've gone back to Newport on family trips, drawn by that French toast, the miles of beach and the town's excellent Oregon Coast Aquarium and Hatfield Marine Science Center.
So when I asked my daughter Abby what she'd like to do for her 14th birthday celebration, I wasn't surprised that a Newport trip was her request, in the company of her good friend Lexi Brown and 16-year-old French exchange student Laurène Watrelot, who's living with us this school year.
Three teenagers actually wanted to spend a weekend with me. Cherish every moment, I told myself, feeling blessed to be heading out with a carload of kids, each of whom holds a special place in my heart.
As we drove south, spring sunshine alternated with pouring rain. We laughed and sang as the miles ticked off, a hailstorm pelting its own rhythm on the car.
Finally arriving in Newport, the clouds parted. We dumped our bags at the hotel, and the kids raced to the ocean's edge, playfully leaping by the tumbling surf. After hours in the car, it was good to stretch our legs with a long walk on the beach, exploring tide pools and getting chased by waves, with the picture-postcard Yaquina Head Lighthouse looming to the north.
The next morning it was time for the long-awaited, long-driven-for French toast. Fishtails Cafe was hopping on a Sunday morning. We slid into our seats and quickly ordered. We knew what we wanted. Eyes grew wide as the marionberry French toast arrived, along with sides of bacon and potatoes.
The abundant, and delicious, breakfast was a huge hit. It was just as good as my daughter and I remembered.
On this trip, we didn't go to the aquarium or Newport's other sights. Instead we ate and shopped. We played on the beach. The girls jumped for joy. And I cherished it all.
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If Sandra Fluke hankers to cut off a pound of Rush Limbaugh's ample flesh, she could take butchering advice from three similar San Diego County cases.
Fluke, of course, is the suddenly famous Georgetown University law student whom the right-wing shock jock called a "slut" and a "prostitute" for stating her conviction that contraceptives should be covered in her Catholic university's health plan.
Limbaugh's verbal assault triggered a national flight into high dudgeon as well as a stampede to the exits by major advertisers.
This teed-up symbol of the so-called Republican "war against women," manna from heaven for the Obama re-election campaign, could be aggravated and prolonged if Fluke decides to sue Limbaugh for tarring her with malicious disregard for the truth.
Yes, Limbaugh offered a limited apology — he said he should not have used those two insulting, sexually freighted words — but remorse, though often helpful, is not an absolute protection against libel.
If Fluke were to go after Limbaugh, victory would not be a fluke, as local history demonstrates:
• In 2001, Scott Kaplan, a host for XTRA Sports 690, called a woman a "skank" over the air because she'd had Kaplan's improperly parked car towed. The woman, who resented having her morals (as well as her appearance) slurred, sued the radio bloviator, as well as Clear Channel Broadcasting.
In its defense, Clear Channel argued the degrading slang amounted to satirical opinion in the context of a ribald talk show where men will be boys.
A judge disagreed and ordered the case to trial. Clear Channel settled in 2004, writing a check to make the mess go away.
(As sports fans know, Kaplan was fired last month from XX Radio Sports for demeaning remarks about the physical appearance of a female broadcaster. If she sues, it could be the first defamation case featuring a resemblance to sasquatch.)
• In 2007, Joanne Yoon, a 24-year-old Korean-American, sued two North County men associated with the Minutemen for defaming her in mass emails. The trash talk included "skank" and "anorexic ACLU slut."
Interestingly, the American Civil Liberties Union, which was linked to Yoon's pro-immigrant employer, did not support Yoon's lawsuit, suggesting that "the best response to offensive speech is more speech."
In 2009, a jury found Jeff Schwilk, Vista founder of the San Diego Minutemen, guilty of defamation and ordered him to pay Yoon more than $130,000.
• In 2007, the late Encinitas Councilwoman Maggie Houlihan won a moral and financial victory when her Encinitas neighbor, Russell Bowman, agreed to pay her $12,000 and concede in a public apology that he had libeled her when he erected a large sign along Interstate 5 that read: "Houlihan is a whore."
Bowman had argued that Houlihan was a public figure, and he was exercising his First Amendment right of free speech. Bowman believed Houlihan had used her influence to deny his development plans, and he was using the w-word to reflect on her political character, not her "virtue."
Proving that chivalry is not dead on the bench, Judge Thomas P. Nugent ruled in a preliminary hearing that the word "whore" is libelous even when used to mean "venal and unscrupulous," a conclusion that, I must admit, sent a chill up my libertarian spine.
Wary of rolling the dice in front of a jury — who's going to identify with someone who displays such a crude message? — Bowman bowed his head and sued for peace.
Given precedents like these, you have to believe Fluke could bleed Limbaugh white if she wishes to make herself even more of a cause celebre than she already is.
Yes, she's already reaped rewards of a sort — an attagirl phone call from President Obama, a martyr's star turn on "The View" — but you have to believe lawyers are beating a path to her door.
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The day before rookie Escondido police Officer Laura Perez was killed, she was awarded a department commendation.
She had worked diligently to scour a field until she found a stolen iPhone that had been ditched under a tree. When she returned the phone to its delighted owner, he snapped a "selfie" of himself and the beaming young officer.
The story speaks volumes about Perez's character and dedication, Police Chief Craig Carter said Friday. He described her as a "fantastic officer" already showing leadership skills.
Perez, 25, was fatally shot in her Murrieta home Wednesday by her husband, according to authorities.
She is the first Escondido police officer to die a violent death, on or off duty. Perez was hired by the department in October and graduated first in her police academy class in December. The bilingual Perez was one of the department's 13 certified translators, and one of its 15 female officers.
"It's a sad time for us," Carter said at a news conference at police headquarters, where the United States flag flew at half-staff in Perez's honor.
"As chief, I'll put it as the worst job I've ever had to do, talking to (her) mom and the 4-year-old daughter, Suzeth. … The fact that it was somebody she knew bothers me the most."
Murrieta police say her husband, Freddy Perez-Rodas, 27, admitted that shot his wife during a domestic violence incident at their Grand Oaks Court home sometime on Wednesday, hid her body in a Moreno Valley storage locker, then returned home and set it on fire to cover up the slaying.
He pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of murder, arson and use of a firearm, a Riverside District Attorney's Office spokesman said. Bail was set at $2 million.
Carter said the department was not aware of any strife in Perez's life, but "we certainly would have reached out to her." He said she was "a proud person" and might not have sought help.
"The sad part for me is, we couldn't be there in her time of need," Carter said.
Marshall Crawford commented on the Escondido police Facebook page that he is the man who snapped the selfie with Perez after she found his phone.
He wrote, in part: "She was at once a kind and caring peace officer but more importantly, a warm and gentle human being. She exemplifies how a police officer conducts themselves. The Escondido Police Department should be very proud of choosing such a fine example of humanity to represent their department."
The department's annual "Rookie of the Year" award is to be renamed in her honor, the chief said.
He said Perez was born in Mexico and came to the United States in 1994. A cousin of Perez-Rodas said the couple met at Riverside Polytechnic High School, dated, and married.
Escondido police officials noticed on Wednesday, her day off, that Perez had not shown up for a department meeting, Carter said. Later that night, Murrieta police called them to say her house was on fire.
Her husband called 911 about 6:20 p.m. and told a dispatcher that his house was burning and his wife might be inside, Murrieta homicide Lt. Tony Conrad said Friday.
It took firefighters about 20 minutes to knock down the flames on the stairs and a second-floor landing, Murrieta Fire Department spokesman Matt Corelli said.
"Firefighters kept getting reports from the husband that someone was in there," Corelli said. Firefighters spent about 45 minutes searching the house before concluding no one was inside.
There were signs of multiple fire starts on the stairs and landing, indicating likely arson, Corelli said. He also said firefighters could smell what may have been an accelerant used to spread the flames, and lab tests will conducted.
A neighbor, Stacey Kirsh, said that Perez-Rodas and his mother-in-law stood outside watching, with the couple's daughter, while firefighters put out the flames.
Kirsh said he told another neighbor that he found the fire when he returned from being at a relative's home, and that his wife was supposed to be at work, but her truck was at the house.
Hours earlier, about 2 p.m., Kirsh had noticed Perez-Rodas moving vehicles around at the front of the house. She said he parked his work truck on the lawn and pulled his Toyota Tundra into the garage. When she left a neighbor's home a few minutes later, Perez-Rodas was gone.
"I didn't think anything of it at the time, but that's probably when he was preparing to move the body," Kirsh said, adding that she never saw the body. The next time she saw him was during the fire.
She said the couple was renting the house and that Perez's mother frequently took care of the child when the parents were at work. She said they kept to themselves and usually had their window blinds closed. A cousin of Perez-Rodas said he worked as a landscaper.
Police detained Perez-Rodas for questioning that night. Conrad said Perez-Rodas led investigators to his wife's body.
Conrad said police had no prior reports of domestic violence at the couple's home.
Investigators are still trying to determine when Perez was shot. Conrad said their daughter was home at the time, but it isn't clear what she may have witnessed. She is being cared for by other family members, he said.
Funeral services for Perez likely will be held next week in Riverside, and San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman and Sheriff Bill Gore have promised their departments will take over policing in Escondido that day while officers attend.
The Escondido Police Officers' Association has set up a bank account to help the couple's daughter. Association president Officer Mike Garcia said the girl needs clothes, a bed and linens, toys and other items because her belongings were ruined by smoke. Account no. 1613334562 is available for donations at any Wells Fargo Bank branch. Donations can also be left at the Escondido Police Department, at 1163 North Centre City Parkway.
Checks can be made out to EPOA, with Perez's name on the memo line, and sent to the association at P.O. Box 1309, Escondido, CA, 92033.
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Bautista belts 49th as Jays edge Red Sox
Bautista's first-inning home run sailed out of the ballpark, flying over Fenway's famous Green Monster and landing on Lansdowne Street. In the wake of the Blue Jays' 4-3 win over the Red Sox, though, a handful of smaller feats -- a unique sacrifice bunt, a critical pickoff play, a clutch strikeout -- stood tall.
"This was definitely a team win," Jays starter Ricky Romero said.
Cliche? Perhaps. But Romero spoke the truth.
By taking the first two games in this three-game set against the rival Red Sox, the Blue Jays sealed their first win of a road series since Aug. 13-15. Bautista has blasts in each of the games in Boston this weekend, upping his Major League-leading total, along with his single-season franchise record, to 49 long balls.
His heroics have helped the Blue Jays to a 75-73 record, matching in 148 games their win total from the entire campaign a year ago. Bautista's latest shot, which came on a 1-1 offering from Boston right-hander Josh Beckett, did well in aiding Romero's 13th victory of the season.
Bautista was not at his locker in the moments immediately following Toronto's win, but that was fine. It allowed veteran infielder John McDonald and backup catcher Jose Molina -- key figures within the Jays' victory -- a chance to step into the spotlight Bautista has dominated throughout this season.
"I'm going to do whatever it takes to help the team get the win," Molina said.
In the sixth, that included having the big catcher square around for a rare sacrifice bunt attempt. With McDonald standing on second base, Molina did the job well, sending a pitch from Beckett rolling down the first-base line. The ball hugged the chalk and Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Beckett watched and hoped it would roll foul.
It didn't and no one was keeping an eye on home plate.
"They forgot that," Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said with a grin.
McDonald had his eye on home, sprinting around third base and scoring easily to propel Toronto to a 4-1 advantage. That run proved critical in light of Boston's two-run rally in the home half of the frame, but McDonald -- always humble and softspoken -- downplayed his heads-up baserunning.
"Obviously, in that situation, you'd probably like the ball to go foul," said McDonald, referring to Boston's thinking on the play. "I think you have to give it that extra second. They did the right thing, but obviously it worked out in our favor that they tried to let it go foul. The play just kind of dictated it.
"I ran to third and I wouldn't say it was some great hustle play. It was just the way the play kind of plays out in front of you."
Gaston praised McDonald's effort.
"He did a great job on that," Gaston said. "They were just watching the ball, seeing if it was going to go foul. You see everything, man. You watch enough games, you'll see a lot of things happen."
Much like McDonald, Molina downplayed his key contribution in the ninth.
With one out and Ryan Kalish on first base for the Red Sox (82-66), Molina corralled a pitch in the dirt from closer Kevin Gregg. Kalish jumped a few steps too many off the bag and Molina made him pay. The catcher fired a bullet to first baseman Lyle Overbay, who tagged Kalish in time for the inning's second out.
Gaston did not blame Kalish for initially moving toward second base.
"Molina just happened to pick it clean and made a good throw," Gaston said. "I wouldn't be so hard on the kid. He was doing what he was supposed to do. He just got caught."
No big deal as far as Molina was concerned.
"It was pretty simple," he said. "The ball was in the dirt. Pick it up and throw to first. I got the guy. That's it."
It was a bit more that that, though.
One batter later, Victor Martinez used one of Gregg's pitches to put a dent in the 37-foot-high wall in left field and wound up with a two-out triple.
Adrian Beltre then grounded out, Gregg set a career high with his 33rd save of the season and the Jays escaped with the win. Molina's ninth-inning throw was integral in achieving that end result.
"To be able to do that in the ninth inning of a tight game is pretty special," Romero said. "That shows you what kind of player he is."
Romero (13-9) earned the win after allowing three runs on seven hits over six solid innings of work. Behind him, Toronto's bullpen held Boston's offense at bay. That included in the seventh, when lefty David Purcey struck out slugger David Ortiz with two runners aboard to end the inning and preserve the Jays' 4-3 lead.
"I thought he pitched great," McDonald said of Romero. "Not only him, but our bullpen coming in. David Purcey coming in in a big spot and guys just stepping in and doing their job. What Kevin has done this year has been tremendous for us.
"It's been a big lift."
Much like Bautista, whose next blast will put him in the 50 home run club.
His spotlight awaits.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Maker Versions of Verity – Round 1
If you follow the Moxie Patterns Instagram account (@moxiepatterns) then you've already seen this first round of a few sewist versions of the Verity pattern. Each of them is unique and absolutely lovely. Below each photo is a link to the blog post or Instagram post associated with the maker.
The Verity pattern is on sale for Cyber Monday in my Etsy shop. Use coupon code "cyber16" for 15% off. Continue reading
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SBA for Verity Bodice (or Any Gathered Bodice)
Today, I have a step-by-step for performing an SBA (small bust adjustment) for a gathered bodice, such as the one on the Verity pattern. I have also included a sheet with step-by-step illustrations for quick reference.
For the sake of example, let's say we have a high bust measurement of 32″ and a full bust measurement of 33″.
The Verity pattern is drafted for a C cup (or up to a D cup due to the use of knit material). So, the pattern is drafted for at least a 3″ difference between high and full bust. So, we need to choose a size which best matches our actual high bust measurement to the corresponding assumed high bust measurement. That means we would start with a size S. Since the full bust measurement is 35″ for this size, the assumed high bust measurement 32″ (35-3 = 32), which matches our actual high bust measurement. Since our actual full bust measurement is 33″ and not 35″, we need to remove 2″ across the front bodice by performing a small bust adjustment on the front bodice pattern piece.
Since the 2″ must be removed across the entire bodice, and the front bodice is cut on the fold, we will be removing 1″ from our pattern piece at the full bust.
Step 1: Hold the pattern piece up and mark the apex of the bust. Once we have the apex marked, we can draw our lines for slashing and folding.
-Draw the first line from the bottom of the bodice piece up to the apex, parallel to the center fold line
-Draw the second line from the apex up to the armscye (about 1/3 of the way up the armscye, below the notch).
-Draw a third line from the side seam out to the apex
-Draw a fourth line across the bodice piece, about 2″ up from and parallel to the bottom of the bodice piece.
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Verity Plus Size Range XL-8X Now Available
The plus size range of the Verity pattern is now available! I received some wonderful feedback from testers, and I made some improvements that I hope will make this a pattern that people love to use and reuse. I will have a post with pictures from some lovely testers soon.
This pattern can be used to make a dress or a shirt, with sleeves or without, and it has several collar options: split cowl, regular cowl, neckband, and now a Peter Pan collar add-on. The Peter Pan collar add-on is included for free with every purchase of this pattern for a limited time. For more details and photos of the pattern variations, please see this page.
Some notes about the pattern:
– All sizes are graded out from a sample block (size 4X) that was drafted specifically for a plus size figure.
– The pattern is drafted for C-D pattern cup size (3″-4″ difference between high bust and full bust) and a height of 5'6″.
– If you are between sizes, I would suggest going with the smaller size if you prefer a more fitted look.
-If you are shorter than or taller than 5'6″, you may need to shorten or lengthen the pattern pieces accordingly. However, everyone's body is different, so you might be 5'6″ but have a short torso, for example, or 5'4″ with a long torso. There is a detailed pattern piece measurement chart included in the instructions. This should help you know what adjustments will need to be made for your height, etc. The measurement chart also includes armhole and bicep measurements. I include those measurements for ease of pattern adjustments.
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Verity Re-launch & Peter Pan Collar Add-on
Hey everyone! I am re-launching my Verity pattern, to include an extended size range (XL-8X), a girl's size range (1-8), and a new collar option. I am also offering a new A0 sheet format for those outside of the US who would like to print at a copyshop. Both of the new size ranges will be released within the coming weeks, so keep a lookout.
When I first released the pattern, it was somewhat premature, and it ended up being at a somewhat inopportune time in my life. But hey, live and learn, right? Anyway, I am excited to re-launch the pattern and I hope you enjoy it. The dress has been a staple in my wardrobe for many years now.
I will have some versions made by other sewists to share with you soon. If you have made a version of Verity over the past couple of years, I would love to see it. Please send pictures (moxiepatterns at gmail dot com) or a link to your blog, so I can feature you here. Or, if you are on Instagram, tag @moxiepatterns, and use #veritypattern.
So, let's talk about the new collar option. The Peter Pan collar is my favorite collar option to add to this dress, and it would look great with the shirt, as well. For a limited time, this add-on collar option will be included with every Verity purchase. This offer is also available to anyone who has previously purchased the pattern (just drop me a line, and I'll send you the collar and instructions).
As I said, I will be sharing some versions of Verity made by others soon, but in the meantime, here are a couple of examples of the dress with the peter pan collar option. Continue reading
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Houndstooth Peter Pan Collar Verity
Today, I bring you a dress that has been staple of my winter wardrobe. Well, when I say it has been a staple, I mean it's the only dress I've been willing to wear when I actually think about wearing a dress (which, if I'm being honest, has been maybe three times in the last month). It has been downright frigid for what feels like a year, and all I want to do is wear jeans, a sweater and a huge coat.
I'm sure I say this every year, but I am so ready for spring. I will have a personal party when I have the opportunity to shed those cumbersome winter layers and don a dress without suffering from hypothermia. I'll finally feel more like myself again, because I am decidedly a dress kind of gal. I think I'll have an understanding of what a butterfly must feel like when it emerges from a cocoon.
Anyway, moving on!
This is another make that has been finished for many months. It's finally getting the moment of fame it deserves.
I used the Verity pattern, with some changes. First, the skirt has less flare. Since I only had a small section of the houndstooth fabric, I redrafted the skirt to fit the amount of fabric that I had. Continue reading
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Assemble PDF Patterns with Contact Paper
Today I'd like to share a trick for making PDF pattern assembly easier. Two words: contact paper. Instead of laying out pages and taping them together, worrying that you've made the pieces crooked, try lining up and sticking your pieces to contact paper.
I'm sure there are some of you out there who already use this method, but I thought I'd share it anyway.
Something I really like about this method is that you can peel and re-stick if you make a mistake. An added bonus to the use of contact paper is that your patterns are more durable. I would advise using pattern weights when cutting fabric out, as putting pins through the contact paper will cause them to be sticky.
Here are some ways that you can go about assembling a PDF pattern with contact paper. Continue reading
Verity Knit Dress and Shirt Pattern Now Available
The day is finally here! It's time to introduce the Verity dress and shirt pattern to the world. I guess I was off by about a week for the estimated release, but better late than never.
Everything had to be just right. So, I had to add more details, double and triple (and quadruple ;)) check measurements and instructions, and work out a few more kinks than I originally anticipated.
The pattern and instructions come in PDF form. You will receive a tiled version (Letter &A4 format) and copy shop version of the pattern (36×80 for large format printers).
The instruction document provides cutting layouts, detailed assembly instructions with photos, short and sweet versions of instructions for experienced sewers, sewing tips and suggestions, a detailed pattern measurement breakdown and metric conversions of the measurement chart. Continue reading
Verity Pattern Coming Soon
I know it's been quiet around these parts recently, but I hope you'll forgive me when I tell you why. I have some exciting news! Next week, I plan to offer a PDF pattern of my own design. Verity will be the first pattern from Moxie Patterns.
This is one of the super secret projects (which I referenced in my beginning of the year goals post) I've been working on this year. This summer I've shared several dress variations of my favorite self-drafted design. The reason you've seen so many variations of this pattern (see this post for the different variations that I've made over the years) is because I've been in the process of making Verity a combination dress-shirt pattern, with several different neckline and sleeve options. I tried to hold out until the pattern was completed to make this announcement, but I can't keep it in anymore. I was hoping to have it ready to release on my birthday (this past Thursday), but I didn't quite finish in time. I plan to release the PDF pattern within the next week. Continue reading
Posted in General, Moxie Patterns, Sewing & Crafting, Verity Tagged cowl dress, cowl top, moxie, Moxie patterns, Moxie sewing patterns, sewing patterns, split cowl, verity dress, Verity pattern, verity shirt |39 Comments


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It seems like every year around this time, fans, bloggers and columnists talk the Ravens in a way that describes them as "strange."
That's because every year, it seems as if the same problems arise. Is this team capable of changing? I think they are. But nobody really knows. Aside from the Ravens, every other team that contends frequently seems to have some ease and rest on their side at some point.
Take the Texans, for example. They made the playoffs last year, and now this year they started 10-1 and are on the verge of locking up the #1 seed. Baltimore, on the other hand, always seems to make things harder on themselves. The Ravens never have it easy.
Sure, they're about to make the playoffs for the fifth year in a row, but they've only earned a first-round bye in one of the last four years. They've only had one home playoff game total in those four years.
With a chance to solidify their chances at a division crown and a #2 overall seed against a third-string quarterback, at home, they failed.
And now, going forward, they have made things quite difficult for themselves.
The top seed is pretty much out of the question. They'll be in a dogfight for the second seed. And now even the division seems to hang in the balance.
Will they ever have it easy?
I guess the most annoying thing about the Ravens would be the offense. Every offseason now, they seem to talk about the new look offense and they will score a lot of points and every year they seem to do the same crap.
Ravens fans don't want to be fooled anymore. We just want results. Nobody wants to hear about what you are going to do and all that comes with it, all we want is a smart plan and a creative playbook that makes the offense stay consistent for a long time. I guess that is too much to ask in Baltimore. It seems like every other team in the NFL, even the below average ones, have an offense that can be creative and create space for themselves.
You don't need elite players on every phase of the offense to look good. Even the Patriots for years would have average players who got open on a consistent basis in their offense. What is wrong with Baltimore? Are the players on offense not speaking up as much as they should?
Is Cam Cameron not willing to adjust more and add creative plays to his package? What's the deal?
For years, this team goes up against the best defense in the NFL in practice. Ray Lewis is one of the smartest players in the history of the game. Can the offensive players not go to him? I mean the defensive players know what the offense can and can't do. One would think going up against the best defense in the NFL in practice helps. It doesn't seem like it does. That also brings a new question as to how valuable practice is in the NFL.
If this offense can't evolve even after going up against an elite defense in practice for years, is there any hope?
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Edit distance 1 and 2 are now very very fast compared to 3.x (100X-200X faster) ... but edit distance 3 will fallback to the super-slow scan all terms in 3.x, which is not graceful degradation.
Not sure how to fix it ... mabye we have a SlowFuzzyQuery? And FuzzyQuery throws exc if you try to ask it to be slow? Or, we add boolean (off by default) that you must turn on to allow slow one..?
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I agree: this crazy floating point specification of distance is hairy to be compatible with 3.x
But i think this is all a huge trap, attached is a patch that:
- removes slow capability from FuzzyTermsEnum
- Cleans up FuzzyQuery: removes float-ctors, allows transpositions as primitive edits, etc.
- adds a deprecated SlowFuzzyQuery to sandbox/ that has the old ctors
- adds a deprecated SlowFuzzyTermsEnum that it uses, which extends FuzzyTermsEnum and adds slowness.
I added a helper static method (deprecated) to FuzzyQuery that converts from the old float sim stuff to number of edits, but ceilinged at what automata support (this is used to easily cut over queryparsers).
All tests pass but patch needs javadocs. Especially I think we should adjust the query syntax and mark the old ~0.xxx stuff as deprecated, since qps can already do do ~1 ~2 now. Then we can really cleanup for 5.0
P.S. patch is huge since i didnt use SVN adds/removes, but makes it easy to apply.
I'm not sure that the floating point spec should be deprecated. I'd like to have the option of distance 1 for short terms and distance 2 for longer ones. Distance two is necessary to handle transpositions, but gets a very broad match from short terms. Doing that through the float spec might be clumsy, but it would work.
Distance two is necessary to handle transpositions
Thats not true. The levenshtein distance has changed to include transposition as a primitive edit.
The levenshtein distance has changed to include transposition as a primitive edit
Is there any user-visible doc about that change? I don't see any mention in CHANGES.txt or the Javadoc for FuzzyQuery.
At least according to the Wikipedia, the addition of transposition as a primitive would be referred to as the "Damerau–Levenshtein distance".
At least the Javadoc for FuzzyQuery should have a link to whatever the technically correct specification is.
A few examples would be nice as well.
You have to look at the commit, not the patch (which was missing javadocs). See subversion commits tab.
Looking at the commit, the Javadoc does not give the default for transpositions. Reading the code, it defaults to true, which is a behavior change. That's fine, but it should be documented.
Like Jack, I think it would be a good idea to specifically say Damerau-Levenshtein.
Did you look at mmmm say the changes to FuzzyQuery.java? package.html?
/** Implements the fuzzy search query. The similarity measurement - * is based on the Levenshtein (edit distance) algorithm. + * is based on the Damerau-Levenshtein (optimal string alignment) algorithm. *
+ * @param transpositions true if transpositions should be treated as a primitive + * edit operation. If this is false, comparisons will implement the classic + * Levenshtein algorithm.
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Lucene supports fuzzy searches based on the Levenshtein Distance, or Edit Distance algorithm. +
Lucene supports fuzzy searches based on Damerau-Levenshtein Distance.
I updated svn and see the Javadoc now. A notation in CHANGES.txt would be nice too since this is a user-visiable issue. Should there be a separate issue to update doc for the query parser(s) beyond Lucene (I see that Lucene Query Parser is updated)?
Yes, that is exactly where I looked, and I missed it, sorry. Up late with a barfing child and a barfing Solr server in prod.
I updated svn and see the Javadoc now.
Jack, do you know about the commit notifications mailing list? If not, see http://lucene.apache.org/core/discussion.html for details.
Should there be a separate issue to update doc for the query parser(s) beyond Lucene (I see that Lucene Query Parser is updated)?
All queryparsers were updated. But ClassicQueryParser (the lucene one) is the only one that really
documents its syntax though, so thats where the doc update occurred.
The rest of the QPs mostly re-use ClassicQueryParser's syntax and don't document any different syntax.
Seriously (unrelated) if you have javadocs for that queryparser module, in general (especially classes with no javadocs at all!!!!) just throw them up whereever, email list, this issue, some new issue, I dont care. Ill commit them.


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Hugo Strange and Clayface has always been an interesting match up idea to me.
The two of them have identity issues. They both want to be a certain thing, they both want to desperately be different people. To see calm and collected Hugo Strange influence a mentally unstable Matt Hagan, that would be pretty cool.
Clayface killing innocent people and assuming their roles in a happy household or something to satisfy his desire for bliss would be cool. A bit like what the T-1000 did in T2JD to John Connor's foster family.
Just something to give him that tragic element that he had in BTAS, because every Clayface has always had a bit of that. Throwing that hopelessness and loneliness of Preston Payne into the characterization mix. Where he desires a companion, he desires physical comfort, but ends up absorbing them into obliteration, which degrades his unstable mental health further. He then assumes that role if he chooses, living the life of that said person, out if desire and guilt. And he despises Batman for trying to put him back in Arkham. His prison of pain and isolation.
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