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String location is a field barely used atm, only for keeping the list of strings that belong to JavaScript files but for that it's not specially easy either, since we need to do a lot of 'LIKE' searches and regexp strings.
We are fixing that field moving it to a different table which can hold different locations for a string, like now, but properly indexed by location type ('javascript', 'path'....) and location name (file name, path).
1. This will mean an important clean up of all the functions searching strings by location. Location conditions (type, name) which is atm only the JavaScript parser.
2. It will improve performance of the javascript translation regenerating code which currently needs to refresh everything evey time a new translation is added. We'll be able to do more selective update/refresh with this not needing to invalidate every js translation every time.
3. It will open up some more options, like tracking configuration names for strings belonging to configuration, which is needed for this (next step), #1648930: Introduce configuration schema and use for translation
4. On the way, we'll fix some minor issues like strings not being properly tagged with Drupal version when they're used with JavaScript translations.
And overall, we are building a cleaner/healthier Locale Storage API, mainly aiming at translating hardcoded configuration strings (yml files), but also helping other efforts like a more reliable and cleaner string translation during install, upgrades, etc... Related:
#1807272: Mixed locale issues with upgrade scripts, unit tests, 'Table simpletest..locales_source doesn't exist', etc...
#1813762: Introduce unified interfaces, use dependency injection for interface translation
... which eventually will allow us to fix the way the whole locale system is initialized using DIC...
#1806756: How to register storage controllers / 'target' database parameter (Looking for a common standard)
There are a lot of cirtular dependencies between these other issues so this looks like a good first step to clean up what we've got, which is some kind of 'dirty' location field, making it more fitted for what we are using it for atm (js translation) and also useful for the other issues. Other modules like l10n_client will also benefit of properly handled string locations.
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Comment #4webchick CreditAttribution: webchick commented
|» Needs review
Marking needs review, since there's a patch.
Comment #5Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
Very tricky reuse of context and location. I still need to think about whether this is great or just something that works :D As for the location, can we be sure that its unique for all modules core/contrib or at least relatively unique that the same string with the same location will not appear for different things?
As for a code review, the approach of saving and hooking into the locale system seems like done well. I'm not sure the config translation code altogether belongs to the locale module per say (now that we finally moved out everything that was not related to code based text translation). So while locale sounds like the most logical place for storing the community provided translations before it is being used, the actual translation application to config, etc. I don't think should be in locale. So most/all code in locale.config.inc would be in language_config or config_translation module or something along those lines. (We hope to rename locale to interface_translation or interface_language later as well).
We might need a small API addition to locale to add new source strings, so we don't directly mess with the DB in another module, but that should be relatively easy.
Comment #7Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
I agree this is a huge improvement over "you get them translated if you are lucky". Kudos for figuring this out :) Thanks for highlighting this is really just an extension of "built in UI translation" where parts of the UI is shipped as part of configuration.
We should indeed be careful to only translate the default configuration and not the config once edited.
Also, I hope we will reach some agreement on language marking for shipped configuration, so if you build a Spanish only site, you can ship Spanish default config with your custom modules without them being intermixed with English stuff as source strings on the translation system. A very basic system to mark a config file with a language inside the file would suffice for that, so we'd skip files marked with a language different from English.
And then the question remains of whether we should do some kind of 'updating the locale source' when the default config string changes but I think we can postpone that question for later.
Agreed on that.
However we must be aware that once we have the locale-to-config-names mapping in place that would be a relatively small patch and somehow a logical follow up, mostly in order to not duplicating the translation interface. The current approach in i18n of "you must translate that string here, but that other string there because..." has been always a hard story to tell to end users.
I don't think the locale system is a good place / UI for config translation en-masse for all runtime modified / created configuration at least for the English source string problem but also many other things that you worked around in i18n. I'd be inclined to postpone this problem to contrib instead of trying to ship with something very sub-par in core just to have some solution.
I would like to build on this patch for now:
- Adding a proper config_name field and mapping in both locale source table and po file.
- Using it only for translating default config strings.
That sounds good. I'm still not sure what should we do with the location field in D8. Localize.drupal.org does not provide any file/line location info anymore in the name or making files smaller and their usefulness almost close to 0, but the location field is still used for 2 things: (a) JS file name for JS strings (b) path for strings found dynamically in Drupal. The first one is obviously a requirement for JS translation file generation, and I'm not 100% sure about the usefullness of (b) although the l10n_client module relies on it a bit... it could also just keep that info in itself (and have a much richer set of data of multiple places a string is used to begin with). So I think it sounds like it would make sense to have per-use-case specific location information properties for JS and config separately. Then instead of needing to pattern match when we look for strings, we can just filter on the proper columns.
And then let the question open of what to do once we update that configuration string. Because if we ever get a proper UI in place for config translation it may also make sense keeping that strings in the db (so they work with the po workflow) but filtering them out in the locale translation UI. And if not it will be easy enough to handle it in contrib.
Indeed, let's do that one later (or I think more likely in contrib).
Comment #9Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|» Major
Elevating to major.
Comment #13Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Needs review
|» Needs work
Not sure about the repurposing of this issue for this task, but it does not directly relate to config system anymore (even though it is a requirement for the config translatability introduction). Also not sure the existing metadata issue should have even more code to review moved from here, it is going relatively slow already :/ Concrete feedback on the issue:
+++ b/core/includes/update.incundefined
@@ -412,6 +412,52 @@ function update_prepare_d8_language() {
+ 'locid' => array(
+ 'type' => 'serial',
+ 'not null' => TRUE,
+ 'description' => 'Unique identifier of this location.',
+ ),
+ 'lid' => array(
+ 'type' => 'int',
+ 'not null' => TRUE,
+ 'description' => 'Unique identifier of this string.',
+ ),
Ideally the string would have a sid, the location would have a lid. Not sure how much change would that mean, but "locid" type of columns are not very standard.
+++ b/core/includes/update.incundefined
@@ -412,6 +412,52 @@ function update_prepare_d8_language() {
+ 'description' => 'Drupal path in case of online discovered translations or file path in case of imported strings.',
I'd lead this with "Type dependent location information. Eg. Drupal path..."
+++ b/core/includes/update.incundefined
@@ -412,6 +412,52 @@ function update_prepare_d8_language() {
+ // Drop old locales_source.location field.
+ db_drop_field('locales_source', 'location');
Where is the data migration happening?
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/StringDatabaseStorage.phpundefined
@@ -86,6 +86,21 @@ public function findTranslation(array $conditions) {
+ * Array of locations indexed by locale indentifier, type
identifier, type?!
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/StringInterface.phpundefined
@@ -158,6 +158,53 @@ public function setValues(array $values, $override = TRUE);
+ * information about the procedence of the string, like the file name it
+ * was found on, the path on which it was discovered, etc...
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/StringInterface.phpundefined
@@ -158,6 +158,53 @@ public function setValues(array $values, $override = TRUE);
+ * @param bool $load
+ * (optional) Whether to load the string locations if not loaded yet.
+ * Defaults to TRUE.
What would getLocation() do if $load = FALSE? Is it not useless in that case?
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/StringInterface.phpundefined
@@ -158,6 +158,53 @@ public function setValues(array $values, $override = TRUE);
+ * @param string $type
+ * Location type: 'javascript', 'path', 'configuration'...
Should we have constant for these?
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.incundefined
@@ -532,7 +536,11 @@ function locale_translate_batch_finished($success, $results) {
+ // Eliminage duplicates from string list and language codes.
Eliminage :) - the sentence is not clear even if the typo is fixed. What kind of duplicates are removed? What does "and language codes" mean?
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.installundefined
@@ -741,6 +777,46 @@ function locale_update_8013() {
+ //$table = drupal_get_schema('locales_location', TRUE);
+ //db_create_table('locales_location', $table);
+ // Copy only js file names which are the only ones that we are using atm.
+ /*
+ $result = db_select('locales_source', 's')
Needs more work. Also would not have any effect here since the location data is dropped earlier in the update. I think this migration code should be there too.
Comment #14Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Translation workflow for configuration strings (better locations)
|» Refactor and clean up source string location handling
I did not say but I like the concept very much and I was always at a discomfort about the reuse/overload of the location field, which this patch nicely cleans up. Also needed for CMI pre-translation introduction :)
Comment #17Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
I don't think it is rerasonable to expect that all lookups would give a location, most strings a standalone in core and come with no specific location. Maybe that was an incorrect statement about the code, as I don't see how that could work.
Comment #18Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Needs review
|» Needs work
This is shaping up really well. I think most of my comments are relatively easy to fix :)
+++ b/core/includes/update.incundefined
@@ -412,6 +412,99 @@ function update_prepare_d8_language() {
+ // @todo Rename 'lid' field to 'sid'.
Not the lid field in the table schema that is coming, so I think this todo is confusing. I'd drop it or move it to the foreign key where it is apparent.
+++ b/core/includes/update.incundefined
@@ -412,6 +412,99 @@ function update_prepare_d8_language() {
+ 'name' => array(
+ 'type' => 'varchar',
+ 'length' => 255,
+ 'not null' => TRUE,
+ 'default' => '',
+ 'description' => 'Type dependent location information (file name, path, etc).',
I'm not very happy about naming this 'name'. I came back here from the query builder where it said adding a location subquery if a 'type' or 'name' keys existed, which was pretty puzzling.
I understand the location is a combination of type and name, and don't really have a better idea for 'name' except maybe 'value' which is an sql protected name definitely (if not 'name' :).
So it looks understandable after some digging, not ideal but I can live with it :)
+++ b/core/includes/update.incundefined
@@ -412,6 +412,99 @@ function update_prepare_d8_language() {
+ $result = db_select('locales_source', 's')
+ ->fields('s', array('lid', 'location'))
+ ->condition('s.location', NULL, 'IS NOT NULL')
+ ->condition('s.location', '', '<>')
+ ->execute();
+ while ($string = $result->fetchObject()) {
For a lot of strings, this could take considerable time. I don't know how much, maybe not that much, but sounds like to save on this one, we might be better off to just grab the .js locations and process those, which should be minimal. Sites nowadays import translations from localize.drupal.org, so code based information is not available for them (its not in the .po file anymore to limit size). So that is unlikely to be there. Path information is not very useful unless you run l10n_client and happen to stumble on the right page. So looks like sites who don't import from localize.drupal.org this might be a very slow update-start off experience, and I'd rather we not keep the data we never use anyway and focus on the .js data only.
+++ b/core/includes/update.incundefined
@@ -412,6 +412,99 @@ function update_prepare_d8_language() {
+ $locations = preg_split('~\s*;\s*~', $string->location);
Would be good to note why are you doing this here (in a comment). Is this about JS locations providing multiple files? When is the ; separator used? Is this applicable for when the location is .module for example? Are string with this separator saved without whitespace (looks like the regular expression would not necessarily match all whitespace before/after)?
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/StringStorageInterface.phpundefined
@@ -69,6 +87,9 @@ public function findString(array $conditions);
+ * This function must only be used when actually translating strings as it
+ * will have the effect of updating the string version.
+ *
What should be used otherwise?
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleJavascriptTranslation.phpundefined
@@ -37,12 +37,9 @@ function testFileParsing() {
- $source_strings = db_select('locales_source', 's')
- ->fields('s', array('source', 'context'))
- ->condition('s.location', $filename)
- ->execute()
- ->fetchAllKeyed();
+ foreach (locale_storage()->getStrings(array('name' => $filename)) as $string) {
+ $source_strings[$string->source] = $string->context;
+ }
Looks like a great update, however should we not provide JS as the location type?
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.incundefined
@@ -548,7 +556,7 @@ function locale_translate_batch_finished($success, $results) {
- _locale_invalidate_js();
+ _locale_refresh_translations($langcodes, $strings);
Looks like a superb performance improvement, however the name of the function does not have anything to do now with JS but it exclusively works with JS only.
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.moduleundefined
@@ -771,8 +771,35 @@ function locale_string_is_safe($string) {
+ // @todo Update translations for configuration strings too.
Those do not exist yet, so I don't think this todo has anything to do here.
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.moduleundefined
@@ -771,8 +771,35 @@ function locale_string_is_safe($string) {
+ *
+ * Note this function must be called one final time with a FALSE argument to save
+ * pending updates.
+ *
Erm, what? This sounds puzzling to me.
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.pages.incundefined
@@ -403,10 +398,16 @@ function locale_translate_edit_form_validate($form, &$form_state) {
+ // Preload all translations, faster and also not to use findTranslation().
"also not to use..."? should be fixed for grammer + why not? I guess because of the version update, but that should be documented.
Comment #20Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Needs review
|» Needs work
Only one minor thing found in the update: :)
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/StringDatabaseStorage.phpundefined
@@ -430,7 +430,8 @@ protected function dbStringSelect(array $conditions, array $options = array()) {
+ // If we have conditins for location's type or name, then we need the
+ // location table, for which we add a subquery.
conditins => conditions
Comment #22Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Needs review
|» Reviewed & tested by the community
Looks good to me now.
Comment #22.0Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
Updated issue summary.
Comment #24Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Needs work
|» Needs review
|Issue tags:
|+Configuration system, +D8MI, +sprint, +language-config
Comment #26webchick CreditAttribution: webchick commented
|Reviewed & tested by the community
|» Needs work
I ran out of steam to do a full review on this tonight, but here's a commit-blocker:
+++ b/core/includes/update.incundefined
@@ -412,6 +412,79 @@ function update_prepare_d8_language() {
+ // Drop old locales_source.location field.
+ db_drop_field('locales_source', 'location');
This is a no-no to do in update_prepare_d8* functions. Those should be harmless to the parent site; we can't drop database tables/fields here.
Comment #27Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Needs work
|» Reviewed & tested by the community
@webchick: that is an interesting comment. We are currently (before patch) drop 7 fields in the same function, and we introduced those field drops with multiple patches: http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core%21includes%21update.inc/function/u...
Given language is so core to boostrapping Drupal, it is important that the language schema is in the form expected by the runtime system, so not seeing how we could do this clearly later (eg. without bugos data being loaded/cached and us needing to prepare the code of unexpected fields / field name collisions, etc. to possibly appear due to the temporary state in the update).
Comment #29podarok CreditAttribution: podarok commented
Comment #31webchick CreditAttribution: webchick commented
|» task
Yeah, created #1816864: update_prepare_d8_bootstrap() makes irreversible changes to D7 databases, so update UPGRADE.txt accordingly to track this at a larger meta-level.
Thank you, Jose!
Also, from the looks of things, this is more of a refactoring task than a new feature so I am re-categorizing accordingly so this is not blocked by thresholds.
Comment #32Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Needs work
|» Reviewed & tested by the community
@reyero: @webchick's point was that no irreversible schema changes should be done in the update. Not sure where would irreversible starts. If we rename a field? If we create a new table and copy the field data over? Both would need manual DB adjustments to turn back on just to different degrees.
However, consensus on #1816864: update_prepare_d8_bootstrap() makes irreversible changes to D7 databases, so update UPGRADE.txt accordingly so far is that this is not in fact a problem (should be documented rather) and no other concerns were posted here, so moving back to RTBC.
Comment #33Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Reviewed & tested by the community
|» Needs review
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Upon more discussion with @webchick in IRC I implemented these two changes mentioned above by Jose. It should be back to RTBC when passes (given the update related concerns are not anymore valid).
- Rename $string->location to $string->locations (locationS)
- Maybe getLocation() to getLocations() too for it to be consistent.
Comment #34catch CreditAttribution: catch commented
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/StringBase.phpundefined
@@ -152,6 +152,35 @@ public function getValues(array $fields) {
+ public function getLocations($load = TRUE) {
+ if ($load && !isset($this->locations)) {
+ $this->locations = array();
+ foreach ($this->getStorage()->getLocations(array('sid' => $this->getId())) as $location) {
+ $this->locations[$location->type][$location->name] = $location->lid;
+ }
+ }
+ return $this->locations;
When would you ever want to call this method with $load = FALSE while $this->locations isn't set?
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/StringInterface.phpundefined
@@ -158,6 +158,54 @@ public function setValues(array $values, $override = TRUE);
+ * @param bool $load
+ * (optional) Whether to load the string locations if not loaded yet.
This also doesn't explain why you'd ever set this to false.
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.installundefined
@@ -126,6 +120,54 @@ function locale_schema() {
+ 'version' => array(
+ 'type' => 'varchar',
+ 'length' => 20,
+ 'not null' => TRUE,
+ 'default' => 'none',
+ 'description' => 'Version of Drupal, where the location was found (for locales optimization).',
This is no longer really for optimization, since the locale caching strategy has changed. It's still for (potential) garbage collection of old strings though.
Otherwise looks good to me.
Comment #35Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
@catch: about $load = FALSE, I had the same question above and it was discussed between #13-15. The answer from Jose was:
getLocation(FALSE) is used by the StringDatabaseStorage to check whether the string has locations to save without loading them if not. The problem of the storage is that it deals with 'StringInterface' objects so it cannot access the properties directly.
In other words the 'locations' in a String stores possibly yet unsaved locations. The updateLocation() in StringStorage calls out to ask for these. If it does not have any unsaved changes, this makes it work quicker. Otherwise it would always load all locations when attempting to update locations even if there are no changes. So it would exercise the storage and then iterate through locations that it just got from storage so none need to be updated anyway. This is what is skipped.
Do you think this optimisation should be removed or have a better suggestion for the argument name / description? :) As seen above, I also stumbled onto it and took some time to realize what it is for :/
Comment #37Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Needs review
|» Needs work
That makes sense indeed. Marking for needs work for that then.
Comment #38catch CreditAttribution: catch commented
In reply to #35 - what about either 2 methods, or changing the argument to $check_only?
Comment #40Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Needs review
|» Reviewed & tested by the community
Looks good to me. Now even invasive updates are pushed to an update function, so resolved @catch's and @webchick's concerns.
Comment #41Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
Comment #42catch CreditAttribution: catch commented
|Reviewed & tested by the community
|» Fixed
Committed/pushed. fwiw completely agree with removing the update for locations.
Comment #43Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
Woot, thanks!
Comment #45Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
This introduced a bug in sqlite due to the selective JS cache refresh based on string IDs (when there are too many strings affected). A tiny part of this patch is suggested to be rolled back to proceed at #1884182: Import of large number of translations fails on SQLite. That bug blocks the commit of #1848490: Import translations automatically during installation, so it would be good to resolve quickly :)
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Updating description since patch has been repurposed.


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It's usually easy to tell which services Google is passionate about and which ones they most want to grow because they update and add new features to them pretty regularly. One service that has kinda been neglected over time is Google News, and people are starting to notice. A recent article over at The New York Times points out how slow Google is at updating the top news of the day. Their example was last week when Tim Russert of NBC News died. They pointed out that news sites like Yahoo News had it posted immediately while it took Google an hour to catch-up to their competitors.
To point out even further how Google is struggling to grow Google News, we'll let the numbers do the talking. In May, Google News had 11.4 million visitors. That number, while it may seem large, was enough to put them in 8th place. Take Yahoo News on the other hand, they were ranked #1 with 35.8 million visitors which is quite a difference.
So what does Google plan to do with Google News? Are they going to try and grow it and gather up more daily visitors? Are they going to place ads on the site to monetize it? According to Google officials, Google News is available as part of a plan to "feed the main business." Google's Vice President for Search and User Experience, Marissa Mayer explains, "For us, news is about search and helping people find information."
Of course it's worth pointing out that Google uses an entirely different system for obtaining news than sites like Yahoo. Yahoo aggregates news while cites like CNN are original news sources. Google on the other hand has their own system for finding news. The NYT explains it saying:
In the same way that Google's computers crawl through the Web to add pages to its search engine, the company's news service scans Web sites and compiles the articles it collects into an index. It then groups together articles on a particular subject and uses various signals – the placement of an article on an ews site, the authority of a news publisher on a given topic, whether the article appears elsewhere– to rank those articles by importance.
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1. AhmadAlsayegh (Posts: 313; Member since: 18 Jul 2011)
I always tell people community>corporations
like the Nokia N900, even though Nokia officially stopped the updates, community SSU is available with periodic updates
even though I am not an Android fan, but I tip my hat to CyanogenMod community
4. ilia1986 (unregistered)
community > corporations, but official support > unofficial support.
Prime example would obviously be Cydia, where there are a lot of really cool tweaks, skins, and such, but the availability of things like widgets - though they do exist - is severely limited by Apple's stupidity not to make them part of the OS.
5. daniel_bargs (Posts: 325; Member since: 27 Nov 2010)
they dont include customs because in the end... they will integrate it in the true OS and claim that they invented it. just like the notifications bar in iOS 5
6. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Yeah... guess you're right. Why invest cash in actual innovation when you can just hire talented people, and claim their hard work as your own..
Seriously anyone who thinks Apple invented anything in the software department is either misinformed or an iSheep.
Even Mac OX is stealing from Linux lol..
2. Audelio13 (Posts: 15; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
The guys on CM have done a great job, I'm actually bothered that I waited to put it on my Captivate, and have Serendipity longer. CM7 is THE best thing you can do for your android device, if it's available for it that is, and if it happens to be, DO IT!
3. BobbyTaba (Posts: 316; Member since: 11 Aug 2010)
Does anyone know how to put it on the Droid Incredible
7. ILikeBubbles (Posts: 525; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
this doesn't include ports.... there's no way to count how many times a port has been installed. there's easily 25 people using just the rom that i am on my HTC Droid Eris. and there's about 5 popular roms for the eris that are just ports of CM. i'm sure the number is much higher.


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Italian-American carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automotive (FCA) is recalling 1.9 million vehicles across the world because their airbags may not deploy in case of a crash.
The recall affects certain models from FCA's Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Lancia brands from the 2010–2014 model year lineups.
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Calcutta, Nov. 19: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plans to offer a discount on the proposed crude price with import parity to domestic public sector refiners.
It is toying with the move to break the deadlock over the contentious issue of pricing domestic crude produced by ONGC.
The company is seeking an import parity price from PSU refiners, which means that the c.i.f. (cost insurance freight) value of the imported crude will be the basis of the new price for ONGC crude. Sources said ONGC has demanded that the c.i.f. price of West African crude should be the basis for the new pricing formula.
Domestic refiners, who had earlier refused to pay the c.i.f. value on the crude sourced from the ONGC, have now agreed, but with some modificationthey want the c.i.f. price of West Asian crude.
Our argument is very simple. The domestic refiners import crude from West Africa because it has less sulphur content. The crude produced by us is also of the same nature. So why should we not get the c.i.f. price of West Africa, a senior ONGC official said.
ONGC, which has already lost a huge amount of money because of the delay in fixing crude prices with the refiners, is now trying to make its proposal a little more flexible in order to settle the issue.
Although we are still sticking to our demand for prices based on West African crude, we think some discounts can be offered, the official said. However, he did not divulge anything about the discount that is being offered.
Currently, ONGC is getting an interim price of merely $ 22 per barrel while the international price is hovering around $ 25.
Crude prices zoomed to over $ 30 a few months ago, but we had to be content with whatever interim price had been fixed. On a yearly production of 25 million tonnes of crude, you can easily estimate what kind of losses we have to bear if the pricing formula is not arrived at immediately, the official said.
Meanwhile, ONGC is gearing up to sell crude and other related products directly to domestic refiners in the private sector. Until now, the public sector crude producer has been allowed to sell its products only to PSU refiners.
ONGC chairman Subir Raha earlier said the government has in principle agreed to its request for an approval whereby it can sell its products at competitive prices to the private sector.


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I purchased an auto back in may of 2008. I had it financed through a local credit union. I still have not received my tag and the title has not been secured by the credit union. The dealership has since gone out of business. There attorney contacted me and sent me to the dmv for a tag extension, which was difficut to obtain due to the length of time since the vehicle had been purchased. Now the attorney said i need to try to resolve this through the dealerships bonding company. I have no clue what to do. All i do know is that I continue to make my monthly payments but it looks like when the tag expires October 24th I willhave to park the car. It is very frustrating as the consumer.Do i have any recourse? I need my car and I dont wont to let it go back because then it will effect my credit.
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Tempestt Henderson, a Girl Who Eats Soap, Suffers From Pica
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You may have heard about 19-year-old Floridian Tempestt Henderson, the young woman known for eating soap. In the past few weeks, she's appeared on TLC's My Strange Addiction, and she's also been featured on the Daily Mail. To find out what's really going on, just keep reading.
Tempestt admits that she suffers from a not-uncommon disorder called pica. Pica, instead of freakish or funny, is actually pretty scary for the people who have it. Sufferers feel compelled to eat things that aren't food, and although Tempestt is "addicted" to soap, other people feel as though they have to eat paper, dirt, and even objects like spoons. It can be terrifying, and sufferers often end up hospitalized. Tempestt seems like a smart, kind young woman with a good sense of humor despite her illness. Thankfully, she's on her way to recovery and hasn't eaten soap since September of last year.


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Every preseason we take a look at potential best-case and worst-case scenarios for every Pac-10 team. While these are often tongue-in-cheek, they nonetheless represent the top and bottom we see for each team.
So it might be worthwhile to revisit each.
Next up is Oregon, which finished12-1 and lost the national title game to Auburn.
Best case: 12-1 with Rose Bowl win over Boise State and split national championship with Ohio State.
What was right: The general feel here is pretty accurate. The Ducks did finish 12-1 and played well on both sides of the ball. LaMichael James was a Heisman Trophy finalist, if not the winner. The Ducks won a sloppy game at Arizona State and struggled mightily at California. The Ducks finished ranked in the top 3.
What was wrong: The biggest problem is quarterbacks Nate Costa and Darron Thomas both seeing regular action, which in hindsight was a bit of overthinking by your Pac-10 blogger. Oregon struggled but won at California and had little trouble with Oregon State, which we overrated here. Instead of winning the Rose Bowl and splitting the national title, Oregon lost the national title game and finished No. 3 in both polls.
Worse case: 8-5 with a loss to Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl.
What was right: Very little. Obviously, we correctly picked eight of the Ducks' 12 wins, but that's about it.
What was wrong: Just about everything. The most glaring problem -- and that's true of both scenarios -- is the failure to foresee Thomas' consistency at QB. Also, Ducks fans surely will enjoy gloating at the mistaken measures of Washington quarterback Jake Locker's and Oregon State running back Jacquizz Rodgers' seasons, particularly in contrast to the success of James. Finally, coach Chip Kelly signed a contract extension and Phil Knight is as obsessed and invested as ever.
Conclusion: Oregon's season fell just short of a best-case scenario that even exceeded our version. While the Ducks ultimately didn't end up splitting the title, it's hard to see a 12-1 finish and final No. 3 ranking as anything but pretty great.


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Who let the dishwasher run the kitchen?: Voyager of the Seas Cruise Review by bakerbj
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Who let the dishwasher run the kitchen?
Destination: South Pacific
Embarkation: Sydney (Australia)
The flights and transfer went smoothly and as we had already travelled on the Rhapsody in 2009, our crown & anchor status saw us go straight on board for lunch. The food in Windjammer is great. Fresh and reasonably varied. Were able to go back on shore and post the late Xmas cards, etc. Boarded again about 4:00 o'clock and tried to switch to early or anytime dining but ended up on a long waiting list so filled in time till the 8:15pm sitting in our allocated More restaurant, Le Boheme.
This is where it really started to unravel. We found ourselves together, alone, just the two of us, on an 8 seat table and sat there for 30 minutes while the waitstaff waited to see if anyone else came along. Eventually ordered the "chef's recommendation" on the theory that, the easiest way to gauge the grub, is to eat whatever the chef puts his/her name to. Sadly, the entree that turned up about 9:00 o'clock was like a large lump of fish paste with a couple of tired looking leathery prawns thrown on top. OK, maybe the main will be better.
About 20-25 minutes later, out came the pork chop (I think it was Mojo Pork Chop), went to cut a bite, it was so tough I reckon if I'd been at home, I would have used the nail gun to fix it over the hole in me work boot and it would have been good for months. Needless to say, Julia's meal wasn't much better so we gave up and walked out, much to the consternation of the waitstaff.
Felt a bit guilty for the waitstaff so decided to try Le Boheme again on night 2. Jane, our waiter, took our order a bit quicker this time. After the previous experience, I was smart enough to NOT order any recommendations but Julia couldn't resist the Roast Duck. BAD MOVE. What turned up looked like something that had been cooked in the morning and sat out of Woolies rotisserie all day till late night closing. It was so tough she could hardly find any edible meat -- not what you expect on a cruise ship under the chef's name. Desert was also not great but they simply bought out a different dish.
Needles to say we henceforth ate in the Windjammer. Come Christmas Day, we thought we would give Le Boheme one last try as we had already run into other passengers who had also walked out and figured even the dumbest chef would work out there was a problem and fix it. Sadly, we ordered the traditional Christmas pud and custard. When it turned up, mine was so hard that I needed a hammer and chisel to break it open. Julia's was actually burnt under the custard. The same problem was observed on several tables.
Talked to guests who had been to the 5:15 sitting, they found their food was fine. Finally worked out the problem (BE WARNED)
The "chef/dishwasher" was obviously cooking ALL the "special" dishes in the afternoon for the early sitting and then shoving them (hopefully) into a baine marie or slow oven for several hours until they were finally served after 9:00 pm that night . In any serious restaurant dishes that badly overcooked would not get out of the kitchen. Unfortunately, like many yank ships, they close the buffet at 9:00 o'clock so if the late sitting meal is inedible, alternatives are limited. (Eagle boys don't deliver at sea.)
Basically, while we enjoyed all other aspects of the cruise, this sort of treatment of guests is enough to cause us to write off the Voyager and put a big question mark against RCCL. I'll bet RCCL wouldn't actually try this if they were in the Caribbean with American passengers but obviously don't have the same respect for Australians, especially as we are forced to prepay gratuities rather than being allowed to actually reward good service and withhold from average service. Less
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[This is a transcript of the Speech given by Sri Harshaji during Satachandi Purnahuti at Guhananda Mandali]
kAraNaparachidrUpayai namaH
shrIchandramoulIshwaraya namaH
he parabrahmamahiShi – Oh Queen Consort of Parabrahman;
AgamavidaH – the knowers of the shAstra-s;
[tvAmeva] druhiNagR^ihiNIm girAm devIm [AhuH] – refer to you as the Goddess of Learning who is the wife of Brahma;
[tvAmeva] padmAm hareH patnIm [AhuH] – they call Thee as Padma, the consort of Hari;
[tvAmeva] adritanayAm harasahacharIm [AhuH] – they refer to Thee as the daughter of the Mountain, who is the consort of Hara;
tvam - While thou are in Truth;
turIyA – the transcendent fourth;
kApi – who cannot be described in words;
duradhigamaniHsImamahimA – and with unfathomable, unattainable and boundless prowess;
vishwam bhramayasi – perplex the world [with Thy power of Maya];
In this Shloka, Srimadacharya conveys in a nutshell, the Supreme Glory of Srividya Parameshwari. Agamas and Tantras are filled with descriptions of various manifestation of Parashakti, the chief being Saraswati, the goddess of speech and learning, who is Brahma's consort; Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and wife of Mahavishnu; Uma, the daughter of Himalaya, who is Rudra's consort. But Srimadacharya clarifies that it is none of these manifestations are the objects of adoration in this hymn or the goals of Srividya Upasana. The central focus of this hymn (Saundaryalahari) and of Srividya Upasana is Sri Lalita or Tripurasundari, who is the transcendent fourth, beyond the trinity and their powers and who is the consort of Parabrahman or Shiva Kameshwara.
There are various aspects to this Shloka, related to Advaita Vedanta, like mAyA, its place in shAkta Tantra, reconciliation between the two paths etc. However, that would be for a student of Vedanta. Most of us are in this path of Srividya as we are not yet ready for the direct path of Jnana; so why discuss those technicalities till we get there? Let us talk of what is relevant to most of us and save the rest for future.
The incomparable name of Amba, 'lalitA', is explained thus:
lokAnatItya lalate lalitA tena chochyate – Amba is called lalitA as she plays transcending all the worlds.
If one notices carefully, the entire essence of this Shloka of Saundaryalahari can be expressed in a single word – lalitA. There are various planes of existence – each qualified to be called a world in its own sense, inhabited by various manifestations of Shiva and Shakti like Bhairava and Bhairavi, Rudra and Uma, Vishnu and Laksmi, Brahma and Vani etc. However, the Supreme plane of existence is called mahAkailAsa or aparAjitA, which is beyond all the other worlds. This is the residence of the Supreme Parashakti of Parabrahman, called Sri Lalita Mahatripurasundari. This is also referred to as sarvottIrNAmnAya revealed during mahA sAmrAjya medhA. One should note that Srividya Parameshwari has various auspicious names like Rajarajeshwari, Tripurasundari etc., but they are all adjectives to the name Lalita. They describe something more about Lalita, about a certain aspect of Srividya Parameshwari. But lalitA is her actual name, which is revealed in this verse of Saundaryalahari. Brahman assumes name and form to facilitate Sagunopasana and the form of Amba with four hands, sporting pAsha, ankusha, dhanurbANa is revealed in the Shloka – kvaNatkAnchIdAmA. The nature and name of the deity, who is the central focus of Srividya Upasana and of this hymn, is revealed in the current verse.
The Supreme Brahman or Kameshwara is described in Sruti thus:
R^itagM satyaM paraM brahma puruShaM kR^iShNapi~Ngalam |
UrdhwaretaM virUpAkShaM vishwarUpAya vai namo namaH ||
The Supreme power of Parabrahman, seated on his left thigh, called Adi Mahalakshmi or Srividya, is described thus:
tasyA~NkamaNDalArUDhA shaktirmAheshwarI parA |
mahAlakShmIriti khyAtA raktA sarvamanoharI ||
The Sruti also says, 'hRishcha te lakshmIshcha patnyau' – hrIH and lakShmi are the wives of Parabrahman. Here, hrIH refers to Bhuvaneshwari (bIja) and lakShmi to Srividya. The importance here is of Srividya as Srividya Mahamantra includes in itself the Bhuvaneshwari Bija. Thus, from the above Sruti pramANa-s, it becomes evident that Parabrahmamahishi is none but Sri lalitA or Srividya Parameshwari. One should not get confused between Adi Mahalakshmi (generally used to refer to Sri Mukambika) and Lakshmi. The former refers to Srividya Parameshwari and latter to ramA, the goddess of wealth and wife of Narayana. The supreme Parashakti or Adi Mahalakshmi is described thus in mArkaNDeya purANa:
sarvasyAdyA mahAlakShmiH triguNA parameshwarI |
lakShyAlakShyaswarUpA sA vyApya kR^itsnam vyavasthitA ||
From the same purANa it becomes clear that Saraswati, Gauri etc., though the manifestations of the same Parashakti are not the same as Srividya or Adi Mahalakshmi but instead were created by her for a specific purpose.
At the beginning of creation, the sole existence was of Sri Adi Mahalakshmi, who created Sri Mahakali with a predominance of Tamo Guna and Sri Mahasaraswati with a predominance of Sattva Guna. Then, each of the three great goddesses created a mithuna or a couple. Sri Mahalakshmi created Brahma and Lakshmi. Mahakali created Rudra and Saraswati. Mahasaraswati created Vishnu and Gauri. Brahma was given Saraswati, Vishnu was given Lakshmi and Gauri was given as wife to Rudra. Deriving their powers from the Supreme Adi Mahalakshmi, the three couples engaged themselves in the acts of creation, preservation and destruction of the world. Now, how is it by worshipping Uma, ramA or vANi that one can hope to attain the Supreme Parashakti lalitA, who created these three powers and hence is beyond them as the transcendent fourth? By saying thus, Srimadacharya sings the glory of Srividyopasana as being superior to other paths and this need not be assumed as mere arthavAda. If Parabrahman is the goal, the way towards him is thorugh his mahiShi – Srividya. The Sruti says:
Yato vAcho nivartante | aprApya manasA saha |
Sri Lalita is beyond the realms of speech and mind. Such is her power of enchantment or mAyA that even the greatest of jnAni-s cannot escape her:
jnAninAmampi chetAmsi devI bhagavatI hi sA |
balAdAkR^iShya mohAya mahAmayA prayacChati ||
Then how does one escape from mAya and attain salvation? Sage Markandeya has the answer:
stutA saMpUjitA puShpaiH dhupagandhaiH sudhUpitA |
dadAti vittaM putrAmshcha matiM dharma tathA shubhAm ||
sA yAchitA cha vijnAnam tuShTa R^iddhiM prayacChati |
ArAdhitA saiva nR^iNA bhogaswargApavargadA ||
Amba is the giver of whatever is sought by an upAsaka. When one asks for wealth, she grants the same as Lakshmi; when one asks for learning, she grants it as Sharada; when one prays for physical prowess, he is blessed by Amba in her form as Uma. Worshippers of other deities get just what their deity is capable of granting. But Amba is capable of granting everything as all other deities derive their power to grant specific boons to their devotees, from Amba. However, when one performs niShkAma karma, without any attachment to fruits, such a devotee is blessed by Amba in her resplendent aspect as Sri Mahatripurasundari, with the liberating knowledge of the Self. Srimadacharya, by refusing to accept Srividya Parameshwari as Lakshmi, Uma or Vani, has made an important statement here, that Srividya Upasana is not for wealth, prosperity, powers etc., but for mokSha alone. Bhagavan Hayagriva states the same, mokShaika hetu vidyA sA shrIvidyA nAtra samshayaH. We often hear the statement, shrIvidyA is bhogamokshapradAyinI, which is true. Amba, being the personification of limitless compassion, grants Bhoga and Moksha to those who worship her as Srividya Parameshwari. But, this is her doing. This in no way means that the aspirant should pursue Srividya Upasana with the goal of Bhoga and Moksha as this would be against the code of conduct prescribed by Bhagavan Hayagriva. Again, it must be remembered that Srividya is not meant for all types of aspirants and is prescribed for uttamAdhikAri-s alone, who aim for Moksha. If Bhoga comes along in the way, unasked, that is fine but in no way, knowingly or unknowingly, should one pursue Bhoga over Moksha. Srividya is not for such aspirants. Many times, though claiming to perform niShkAma karma, we are secretly engaged in sakAma karma. I have a bad financial position and know that Srividya Samputa of Srisukta can help me. But I am a Nishkama Upasaka and cannot resort to such prayoga-s. So what do I do? I find a priest who does it for me. Or, I will simply recite the Sukta without mentioning anything about the actual purpose during the Samkalpa. Neither of these is Nishkama karma and both are technically prayoga-s. Though the samkalpa does not specify the actual purpose of the Japa, the mind is secretly dwelling on it, making it sakAma. How can Chitta Shuddhi occur with such 'niShkAma' karma-s?
Another aspect of significance here is the usage of the word 'Parabrahman' referring to Kameshwara. This verse is basically doing Shakti mahimA gAna – singing the praises of Parashakti as the Supreme. But Srimadacharya does not forget to bring in Kameshwara in this hymn, ensuring that he is a part of her glory. This is the basic trait of Samayachara – where Shiva and Shakti are given equal importance and Shiva Shakti Aikya is stressed, remembered and contemplated on, at every stage, in various ways based on adhikAra.
shambormUrtishcharati bhuvane shankarAchAryaswarUpA ||
sUkShme.api durgamatare.api guruprasAda –
sAhAyyakena vicharan apavargamArge |
saMsArapa~Nkanichaye na patatyamUm te
kAmAkShi gADhamavalambya kaTAkShyayaShTim ||


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When the expedition reached the Pacific Ocean, York voted along with the rest as to where the Expedition would build winter quarters. Most significantly, at a time in which slaves were forbidden to carry weapons, York not only carried a firearm but also frequently shot game such as buffalo.
Historian Robert B. Betts speculates that the freedom York had during the Lewis and Clark expedition made resuming enslavement unbearable. After the expedition returned to the United States, every other member received money and land for their services. York received nothing, since as a slave he was considered mere property. York apparently asked Clark for his freedom based upon his good services during the expedition. Failing that, York pleaded to be reunited with his wife, who was owned by a man in Louisville; he even offered to work in Louisville and send Clark all his earnings. Clark refused, pleaded financial difficulties, although he let York send a couple of buffalo robes to his wife and, a couple of years later, visit her for a few weeks.
Clark's attitude is recorded in letters to his brother. When York returned from his visit to his wife, Clark considered him still "insolent and sulky" and disciplined him with beatings. He considered selling York in New Orleans, or hiring him out to a "severe master". York continued demanding freedom, Clark hired him out to others.


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June 3, 2011
LARAMIE, Wyo. -
University of Wyoming head women's basketball coach Joe Legerski announced today that guard Kristen Scheffler has been granted a medical hardship for the 2010-11 season. She will have two years of eligibility remaining.
"We are very happy that Kristen was granted another year of eligibility," said Legerski. "It has been a tough year for her, but we are looking forward to her contribution to the team."
A 5-10 guard from Lovell, Wyo., she played in six games before an injury sidelined her for remainder of the season. She was averaging 4.8 points and 1.5 rebounds. In her first two years with the Cowgirls, she averaged 8.6 points and two boards.