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I'm also interested in GiST and would be happy if somebody could provide workable example. I have an idea to use GiST indices for our fulltextsearch system. Regards, Oleg On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Michael Ansley wrote: > Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 11:34:16 -0000 > From: Michael Ansley <Michael(dot)Ansley(at)intec-telecom-systems(dot)com> > To: 'Tom Lane ' <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, 'Franck Martin ' <franck(at)sopac(dot)org> > Cc: 'pgsql-general ' <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, > 'pgsql-hackers ' <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, > "'t(dot)h(dot)p(dot)ansley(at)durham(dot)co(dot)uk'" <t(dot)h(dot)p(dot)ansley(at)durham(dot)co(dot)uk> > Subject: RE: [HACKERS] Indexing for geographic objects? > > Hi, > > Remember also that the GiST library has been integrated into PG, (my brother > is doing some thesis workon that at the moment), and you can create new > index types relatively quickly (assuming that you understand the indexing > theory ;-) using this mechanism. Run a web search on GiST for more info. > > Currently GiST has support for btree and rtree indexes, and possibly r+ or * > trees, I can't remember which, if any, and IIRC, at least a couple more. > However, if you have a requirement or 3d indexing, and you have the > knowledge available, you should be able to hack a few 3d indexes together > quite quickly. > > > Cheers... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Lane > To: Franck Martin > Cc: pgsql-general; pgsql-hackers > Sent: 11-26-00 4:35 AM > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Indexing for geographic objects? > > Franck Martin <franck(at)sopac(dot)org> writes: > > I would greatly appreciate if someone could guide me through the > > methodology to build an index for a custom type or point me to some > > readings where the algorithm is explained (web, book, etc...). > > The Programmer's Guide chapter "Interfacing Extensions To Indices" > outlines the procedure for making a new datatype indexable. It > only discusses the case of adding btree support for a new type, > though. For other index classes such as R-tree there are different > sets of required operators, which are not as well documented but > you can find out by looking at code for the already-supported > datatypes. > > > I plan to use 3D geographical objects... > > That's a bit hard since we don't have any indexes suitable for 3-D > coordinates --- the existing R-tree type is for 2-D objects. What's > more it assumes that coordinates are Euclidean, which is probably > not the model you want for geographical coordinates. > > In theory you could build a new index type suitable for indexing > 3-D points, using the R-tree code as a starting point. I wouldn't > class it as a project suitable for a newbie however :-(. > > Depending on what your needs are, you might be able to get by with > projecting your objects into a flat 2-D coordinate system and using > an R-tree index in that space. It'd just be approximate but that > might be close enough for index purposes. > > regards, tom lane > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > www.mimesweeper.com > ********************************************************************** > _____________________________________________________________ Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia) Internet: oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/ phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83
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Eredivisie leaders FC Twente wrapped up their 10th win of the season with 2-1 victory over Roda JC.
Two goals in the space of seven first-half minutes from Bryan Ruiz and Miroslav Stoch put the visitors in control, but they had to endure a nervy finish after Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo put the hosts back in it 11 minutes after the break.
Balazs Dzsudzsak's fifth league goal of the season settled a low-key encounter at Phillips Stadion as PSV Eindhoven beat Vitesse 1-0. The Hungary international pounced on defensive uncertainty to slot the ball past keeper Piet Velthuizen in the second half.
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An attorney representing plaintiffs in a federal click-fraud class action suit pending against Google in California claims the $90 million settlement Google reached last month in a related case filed in Arkansas fails to penalize Google or fairly compensate advertisers victimized by click fraud.
The most that aggrieved advertisers can expect from settling with Google is about a half a cent for every dollar lost to click fraud, according to Brian S. Kabateck, a partner in Los Angeles law firm Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP.
Kabateck is representing disaffected Google Adwords customers in the California click-fraud case, Advanced Internet Technologies (AIT) v. Google.
In March, Google said that it had reached a settlement in Lane's Gifts and Collectibles LLC v. Yahoo! Inc., which was filed in Arkansas in February 2005. The plaintiffs, small companies that paid for search engine ads, accused a number of search engines including Google of breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and civil conspiracy arising from click fraud. The case is still pending against the other defendants including Yahoo.
"We stand firmly by our proprietary click protection systems and look forward to vigorously defending our position on this matter," Yahoo said in a statement.
A hearing to determine whether Kabateck's California case would have qualified for nationwide class action had been scheduled for May in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, but in early April Google won a stay in the AIT lawsuit. The stay delays Kabateck's case until the Arkansas case is resolved and possibly renders it moot.
"Google apparently doesn't see cheating its customers out of billions of dollars as doing evil," Kabateck said in a statement issued Wednesday. Google's detractors frequently accuse the company of being evil to highlight alleged failures to live up to its informal corporate motto, "Don't be evil."
Google did not respond to a request for comment. Google has until May 20th to notify advertisers in the Arkansas case of the settlement. Once notified, advertisers have 30 days to opt-out. The settlement is slated for final judicial approval in July.
At the time the settlement was announced, John Battelle, author of The Search and noted Google observer, said in his blog, "This settlement is a major victory for Google. Was it good for advertisers? Not sure. But I think the folks at Google are pleased as punch with the deal."
At a panel discussion on click fraud at the Ad:Tech Conference in San Francisco on Thursday, Jessie Stricchiola, president of search engine marketing firm Alchemist Media, declined to comment on the fairness of the settlement Google reached in the Arkansas litigation, citing her involvement in the case.
But she did have a lot to say about click fraud in general.
Stricchiola began the discussion by pointing out the mixed signals the industry has been sending about click fraud. She cited conflicting statements by Google executives to prove her point. Google CFO George Reyes has called click fraud "the biggest threat" to the Internet economy. Google CEO Eric Schmidt has called click fraud "immaterial." The truth, she and others on the panel suggested, lies somewhere in between.
Click fraud occurs when someone, directly or using click-automation software, clicks on an online ad for a purpose other than receiving information about advertised product or service. That's an inherently difficult thing to define given that human intentions are not machine readable.
Google refers to click fraud using the decidedly less pejorative term "invalid clicks." "Invalid clicks are clicks generated by prohibited methods," the company explains on its Web site. "Examples of invalid clicks may include repeated manual clicking or the use of robots, automated clicking tools, or other deceptive software. Invalid clicks are sometimes intended to artificially and/or maliciously drive up an advertiser's clicks and or a publisher's earnings."
In March, Nicole Wong, associate general counsel for Google, addressed the issue of click fraud when disclosing the proposed settlement in the Google blog. "We have said for some time that we believe we manage the problem of invalid clicks very well," she wrote. "We have a large team of expert engineers and analysts devoted to it. By far, most invalid clicks are caught by our automatic filters and discarded *before* they reach an advertiser's bill. And for the clicks that are not caught in advance, advertisers can notify Google and ask for reimbursement."


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Coppell woman to race 203 miles to battle domestic violence
Coppell ultra marathoner Rochelle Frazeur has begun a challenge no other woman has attempted. At 8 p.m. Thursday, she began a 203-mile sojourn from Bastrop to the San Jacinto Memorial near Houston. She will follow the Texas Independence Relay course. She hopes to finish by 1 p.m. Saturday. That's when the majority of the 170 participating relay teams — most comprised of 12 members — will be completing the distance.
Frazeur, 41, is the only individual running solo this year.
For Frazeur, 200 miles isn't daunting. She has completed three events of 200 miles or more, including the 223-mile Capital to Coast Relay course from Austin to Corpus Christi in 2010. Last year, she survived Badwater, a 135-mile extreme endurance course that featured 115-degree temperatures.
This event poses different mental and physical challenges because she's battling painful iliotibial band (IT-band for short) issues, Frazeur said. It's fitting that she will endure pain from her hip to her knee throughout the race because she's running in support of The Power of Shoes, a national non-profit that battles domestic violence.
For information, visitsocietyofwomenwholoveshoes.org. The group supports local domestic violence shelters with shoes, clothing and funds.
"If I have any pain, it will be nothing compared to the women I'm running for," said Frazeur, a single mom, who said she endured sexual and spousal abuse. "An abusive relationship is hard, just like this race will be. It's going to hurt. You never give up. You keep trusting and moving forward — one step at a time."
Frazeur ran her first marathon in 2001. After completing a 50-miler in 2005, she pushed herself farther — completing a 100-miler in 2007 and a pair of 200-milers in '07 and '08.
"She's like Forrest Gump," said promoter David Ruddick with Mylar Media.
There are about five women who regularly compete in 100-mile distance events, Frazeur said.
Over the years, Frazeur has established a run/rest/refuel regimen. She stops for 20 minutes every six hours. She rests for 60 minutes every 24 hours. During stops, she elevates her legs, ices anything that hurts, and refuels. She'll have crew members supporting and pacing her along the course.
She anticipates finishing the course in 65 hours, averaging 19-minute miles including all the stops. She said she anticipates walking and stretching her IT band more during this race, which might cut into her sleep.
"I've had the mental strength to push past the pain," she said. "There's a lot of pain … It's the greatest feeling — after you've hit the wall — when the surge of energy comes back and you get that endorphin rush."
Briefly: The Firefly Run, an illuminated evening run, will be held March 31 at the Campus at Legacy in Plano. Jerry Su, the race creator, said more than 4,000 have registered and he can accommodate 7,000. … Jim Gilliland, the longtime Cowtown Marathon race director, died last week. … Bill Melton is announcing his 40th and final Texas Relays in Austin this week. … Grapevine senior William Huffman will be the lone American pro triathlete competing in Saturday's Joao Pessoa ITU Triathlon in Brazil.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Colt Stampede 5K and 1-mile, Key Elementary School, 3621 Roosevelt Drive, Arlington, $14, coltstampede.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Dash to the Altar 5K Run/Walk, Legacy Pavilion, River Legacy Parks, 701 Northwest Green Oaks Blvd., Arlington, 9 a.m., $35, 817-680-5044 or www.dashtothealtar.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Delta Epsilon Psi's Dash for Diabetes, UT-Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Drive, Richardson, 9 a.m., $10, dashfordiabetes.org.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Eco-Lonestar Adventure Race, Murrell Heritage Primitive Camping Area, North Park Drive at Coe Drive, Lake Grapevine, Flower Mound, 8 a.m., Eco Lonestar Basic $85 per person, $170 per team, Eco Lonestar Extreme $140 per person, $420 per team, 972-966-1300 or terrafirmaracing.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Family Fun Run 5K and 1-mile, Cottonwood Creek Baptist Church, 1015 State Highway 121, Allen, 8 a.m., $25, 972-359-7777 or cottonwoodcreek.org.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Firefly Run Plano 5K, Campus at Legacy (Near Shops at Legacy), 5340 Legacy Drive, Plano, 8:30 p.m., $45, fireflyrun.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — IRP South Midwest Regional Collegiate-only qualifier (1,000-meter open water lake swim/19-mile bike/5-mile run), Lynn Creek Park at Joe Pool Lake, Grand Prairie, 8 a.m., $50, 817-707-0500 or ironheadrp.com. (USA Triathlon membership required. $39 annual permit or $10 one-day pass.)
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — The Jog with the Frog 5K, The Band Shell at Fair Park, Dallas, 1K 8 a.m., 5K 8:30 a.m., $25 today, $30 race day, 214-824-7940 or JogwiththeFrog.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Lion's Dash 5K and Fun Run, Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium, 1201 Townsend Drive, Rockwall, 8 a.m., $20 early, 469-556-0417 or providencelions.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — The Lone Star 5K/10K, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Lot A, E. Randol Mill Road and Stadium Road, 5K $30, 10K $35, 800-999-1898 or TheLoneStarRace.org.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Make the Break 5K/1 mile, Reverchon Park, 3505 Maple Ave., Dallas, $30, 214-389-7700 or genesisshelter.org.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Muddy Creek 5K, Sage Creek Poolhouse, 800 Springwell Parkway, Wylie, 8 a.m., 5K $10 and non-perishable food item early, $15 and non-perishable food item race day, allsportstiming.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Plano Pacers Spring Scamper Run 5K and 10K, Bob Woodruff Park, 2510 San Gabriel Drive, Plano, members free, others $10, 8 a.m., 972-967-7223 or planopacers.org.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Springer Stampede 5K and 1-mile, Springer Elementary School, 3025 Limestone Hill Lane, Rockwall, 8:30 a.m., $20 early, 972-772-7160 or rockwallisd.com, then click on Springer Elementary.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 — Water is Basic 5K Race for Clean Water, 343 Hyatt Regency Hotel Drive, Dallas, 8 a.m., $25 early, $30 after, 972-998-2301 or waterisbasic.org.
SUNDAY, APRIL 1 — Be a Fan 5K and Fun Run, Reverchon Park, Dallas, fun run 9 a.m., 5K 9:30 a.m., $30 today, $35 race day, $15 kids 12 and under, 214-943-9981 or specialolympicstexas.org.
SUNDAY, APRIL 1 — Burleson Back to Basics 5K, Kids 1K, Chisenhall Park, Burleson, 4 p.m., $7, 817-496-3734 or burlesonrunnersclub.com.
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Curtis D. Klaassen, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, has been found by a faculty hearing committee to have engaged in abusive and unprofessional treatment of faculty and staff and substantially disrupted the proper operations of the academic unit, specifically the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics. Dr. Klaassen's conduct was found to be unprofessional, abusive, disruptive, and unacceptable. These findings were accepted and approved by Acting Executive Vice Chancellor Steven Stites. This announcement represents formal censure of Dr. Klaassen for his actions.


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The number of companies poised to sell stock for the first time jumped 56 percent in the first quarter over the same quarter last year, including a handful of San Diego firms.
A report from accounting firm Ernst & Young said 125 companies are in the pipeline for initial public stock offerings, up from 80 at the end of the first quarter last year.
Five San Diego firms are on the list — The Active Network, Peregrine Semiconductor, Ambit Biosciences, IASO Pharma and Fallbrook Technologies.
"It's definitely an increasing number," said Mark Sogomian, Ernst & Young's IPO leader for the West. "It is showing continued replenishment."
At the end of April, Fallbrook Technologies withdrew its proposed IPO. The company has recently raised an additional round of private capital.
None of the San Diego firms has set a date for their IP0s. The Active Network, which makes event registration software, is probably closest to going public. Last week, it set the expected debut price for its stock at between $16 to $18.
Sogomian said more companies in the pipeline today are backed by private equity funds, not venture capital investors. Of the 125 companies in the IPO pipeline, 39 are owned by private equity firms. Some of the largest proposed deals in the pipeline, including Freescale Semiconductor, are private equity deals.
"These are companies that may have started as venture capital backed and went to private equity," said Sogomian. "There wasn't an IPO market for a number of years and it's back now."
Technology companies lead the pipeline with 27 of the proposed IPOs. Professional services with 12 filings, banking and capital markets with 10 and pharmaceutical firms with 10 round out the top sectors.
California is the top state with 25 companies seeking to raise $2.2 billion. Texas has 15 companies seeking $4.3 billion.
In all, the dollar amount sought in proposed IPOs was $18.4 billion, up from $11.4 billion for the same quarter last year.
Sogomian noted that companies seeking to go public today tend to be more mature. "They have revenue. A number of them are profitable. Many of them are under the direction of private equity. From an investor standpoint, there is a large appetite for those types of companies,"
In the past when investors began to welcome IPOs, some young companies would jump in, hoping to tap the public markets before the IPO window closed. Sogomian doesn't see much of that happening this year, at least so far.


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Get an overview of this hotelOntario airport hotel with complimentary shuttle
Popular property highlights
Near convention center
This Sheraton is 1 block from the Ontario Convention Center, just over a mile from the Ontario International Airport, and less than 4 miles from downtown and Ontario Mills Mall.
Easy access
Sheraton Ontario Airport Hotel offers a complimentary on-demand shuttle 24 hours a day within a 5-mile radius of the hotel. A 24-hour business center, 24-hour fitness center, outdoor lap pool, and spa tub are also provided.
Wi-Fi and plush beds
Guestrooms include The Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Bed with plush-top mattresses and plump duvets, wireless Internet access (surcharge), and TVs with premium channels.
Guest Highlights
- Proximity to airport
- Breakfast and room service
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Comfy beds and overall room comfort
- Onsite bar could've been nicer
Sheraton Ontario Airport Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
This Sheraton Ontario Airport Hotel is one block from the Ontario Convention Center, just over a mile from Ontario International Airport, and less than four miles from downtown and Ontario Mills Mall. Complimentary on-demand transportation is provided within 5 miles of the hotel including the airport, 24 hours a day (based on availability).
The Orchid Grill Restaurant offers American and Californian cuisine for all meals, and has a cocktail lounge. A 24-hour business center, 24-hour fitness center, outdoor lap pool, and spa tub are also provided. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in the lobby area. Outdoor parking is free.
Pets 40 pounds and under are permitted at no additional charge. Larger pets are not permitted.
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour business center
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Free airport transportation
- Number of floors - 6
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Express check-in
- Free area shuttle
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms 4
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 164
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free long-term parking
- Free self parking
- Spa tub
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms:
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free long-term parking, Free self parking
Room Amenities
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Air conditioning
- Free bottled water
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free weekday newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Iron/ironing board
- Partially open bathroom
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Shower/tub combination
- Room service (limited hours)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
The Orchid Grill Restaurant - Casual dining. American and California cuisine. Bar and lounge. All meals; bar open until late evening.
Room service - Available from early morning to late evening.
Nearby Things to Do
The Sheraton Ontario Airport Hotel has an outdoor lap pool and spa tub on a sunny deck. A fitness room contains cardio equipment and free weights.
Empire Lakes Golf Course, open to the public, is four miles from the hotel. Local parks provide playgrounds and playing fields.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 20 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets stay free
- Up to 50 lb
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Deposit: USD 75.00 per stay
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 6.5 and USD 18.5 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 8.95 (rates may vary)
- Refrigerator fee: USD 15.00 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 20 per night
Hotel Name
- Ontario Airport Sheraton
- Sheraton Hotel Ontario Airport
- Sheraton Ontario Airport
- Sheraton Ontario Airport Hotel
- Ontario Sheraton
- Sheraton Ontario
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Soulseek, with its built-in people matching system, is a great way to make new friends and expand your mind! Soulseek does not endorse nor condone the sharing of copyrighted materials. You should only share and download files which you are legally allowed to or have otherwise received permission to share.
What's new in this version:
- A toggle in the uploads tab now allows you to set the client to finish all existing uploads and quit. No new uploads will be allowed, no search results will be returned, and after about five minute of all existing uploads no longer being queued (just in case any aborted uploads are retried), the client should exit quietly.
- An ordered history of your previous searches is now available via a dropdown, much like in the original Soulseek client.
- You can now choose to receive room activity alerts via a toggle. When anything is said in the room, you'll receive a run-of-the-mill alert. Plus you can set a sound for it in Options->Notification Sounds. Should be useful for low-traffic rooms.
- Client data should now be saved in case of an abrupt shutdown, such as often happens when rebooting or shutting down the operating system.
- Lowering the number of upload slot to less than the number of currently active uploads should no longer start all users' uploads.
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Beyond Love - Poem by eternal Soul
We all know we have one heart
An organ it is but such is its beauty,
For when it loves someone, it does depart
The reasons of nature and society's duty.
Beyond Love, this heart knows nothing
It's task it feels, is not to know anymore,
The hand of its beloved it needs to be clinging
Like shimmering sand accompanying the sea shore.
Like fireflies during dusk it lights and shines
Like clouds on a rainy day it comes and goes,
Those lonely feelings within which it whines
Neither happiness strikes it nor empty sorrows.
It stands to discard all what u and I stay
What society preaches it finds demeaning,
Like an unfelt breeze in a windy bay
The pursuit of love is its one and only meaning.
Like the blossom of unknown flowers
Like the flow of youth from a fountain,
It feels beyond pain and yet it showers
Those affectionate feelings, like a strong mountain.
In the spring of bliss in which it resides
The flight it takes like a tender dove;
I hope this heart could notice besides
Being woven in perpetual and endless love..
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[Plugin: Posts 2 Posts] All connections disappeared after updating 1.0.1 to 1.3
I have reverted my plugin to version my old 1.0.1 after updating to 1.3 because all of my connections disappeared during the update.
Are there known issues I need to address in my code before making the update to 1.3?
I realise I am several versions behind here. Apologies for that.
I would like to update correctly without losing my existing connections, which are many.
I noticed you said in your notes on v1.2 that WP_Query no longer works. I am not sure, but do I need to change my code below?
This is my code in functions.php:
/* Activating Post to Page/Albums to Songs relationship via Posts2Posts plugin. Source: https://github.com/scribu/wp-posts-to-posts/wiki/Basic-usage */ function ncp_lr_connection_types(){ if ( !function_exists( 'p2p_register_connection_type' ) ) return; p2p_register_connection_type( array( 'id' => 'posts_pages', 'from' => 'album', 'to' => 'song', 'sortable' => 'order' ) ); }
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Before I head up to bed, I thought I would share my latest project with you – a Christmas mini-album and display holder.
I love scrapbooking but time does not always allow me to create pages for all of the activities that we do (I won't tell you how far behind I am!). I often end up creating mini-albums so I can cover a month (or season) of events at one time. The problem is that once I had compete my albums, I'm quite sure what to do with them. So… I decided to come up with a display holder that I could easily change out each month. Here are my supplies:
I had most items left over from other projects. I purchased the large ball from Michaels. I also ended up having to add a square piece of wood (from the remnants of the kids old playhouse) to the bottom of the cube to add some more weight. I tippy display holder does not work out so well!
- Paint all of the wooden pieces black. Lightly distress the edges with sandpaper.
- Drill a hole the size of the dowel in the center of the wooden ball.
- Glue all of your pieces together. I really had to clamp down the ball to the candle stick as there wasn't a lot of surface for gluing. Once the glue is dry, you may need to touch up a few spots with paint where the glue shows through.
- Add a ribbon or other decorative touches. I chose to keep mine simple and the ribbon can easily be changed out with the seasons or to coordinate with the mini-album.
I would like to get a small little ball to attach to the end of the dowel to finish it off a bit more but I will have to wait until I can make it to Michaels.
For my mini-albums, I find that 6×6 sizes are the easiest to work with. The standard 4X6 photos can easily be added with a little room for jouranlling or embellishment or two wallet sizes also fit nicely on a page. If you pick a coordinating paper line, these mini-albums can go together quite quickly. It usually takes me longer to pick and order the photos than it does to actually create the album! I created this album from last year's Christmas photos. Here are some brief instructions:
- Cut 2 6×6 pieces of chipboard (or a cardboard box) for the front and back cover. Decorate as you would like.
- Cut 6×6 squares from thick cardstock to use as your pages. Add photos and jounalling.
- Punch 2 holes in the top of your chipboard and cardstock for the D-rings (these are available at any office supply store).
- Add the D-rings and you hang your album on your cute little display!


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Black Cardamom Doughnuts with Warm Apple Cider Glaze
This recipe is really simple and it rises perfectly. Even frying them was simple–even though I did over do it by a few minutes. I finished the recipe off with a warm apple cider glaze, which was perfectly light and not overly gooey. I loved the recipe as it was easy; but, you have to eat them right away. You cannot save them until the next day or the next, just not that great. They are meant to be eaten hot, warm and fluffy! The recipe is easy enough to start early in the morning, just in time to have warm fluffy doughnuts on the table by a proper brunch time.
To make doughnuts
- Place the milk, buttermilk and butter in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat just until warm enough to the butter. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, sprinkle the yeast over the warm water and let dissolve for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, pour the yeast mixture into the large bowl of a stand mixer and add the milk mixture, first making sure it has cooled to lukewarm. Add the eggs, sugar, salt, cardamon, and half of the flour. Using the paddle attachment, combine the ingredients on low speed until flour is incorporated and then turn the speed up to medium and beat until well combined. Add the remaining flour, combining on low speed at first, and then increase the speed to medium and beat well. Change to the dough hook attachment of the mixer and beat on medium speed until the dough pulls away from the bowl and becomes smooth, approximately 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a well-oiled bowl, cover, and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- On a well-floured surface, roll out dough to 3/8-inch thick. Cut out dough using a 2 1/2-inch doughnut cutter. Set on floured baking sheet, cover lightly with flour sack towel and let rise for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oil in a deep fryer, dutch oven or deep frying pan to 365 degrees F. Gently place the doughnuts into the oil, 3 to 4 at a time. Cook for 1 minute per side. Transfer to a cooling rack placed in baking pan. Allow to cool for 15 to 20 minutes prior to glazing, if desired.
- Dip doughnut into glaze, place on a cooling rack, glaze side up and let sit about 10 minutes. Serve. Eat.
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There are a lot of things going on in Paris Hilton's life these days that she would consider "hot."
To start, her romance with actor and model Chris Zylka is heating up so much, she's confident he's "the one."
"I've never been surer of anything in my life," she told E! News. "He's so incredible in every way. We've actually been friends for a really long time, like the past six years. We just now started being serious in the past few months and it's really just changed my life in so many ways and brought so much happiness to my life. I feel so safe and he's so special. We're best friends and we're together every minute. I don't know what else I could ask for. He's perfect for me."
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Now that she's happily in love, the 31-year-old mogul is considering becoming a mother more so now than ever—especially thanks to a special little lady in her life.
"Before I met [my niece, Lily Rothschild], I mostly cared about my business and my brand and traveling and I just thought I'd never have time, but especially after meeting her and me being in such an amazing place in my life and being so happy and in love, I can't wait to [have a baby] one day," she shared. "It's just the meaning of life to have a family of your own and bring children into the world, so I cannot wait to do that one day."
As for her sister Nicky Hilton Rothschild's first and only child, Paris is soaking up every moment of being an aunt.
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In the meantime, Paris is still as busy as ever, traveling the world and managing 19 various product lines, including the launch of her 21st fragrance, a DJ residency in Ibiza and hotels just like her namesake.
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Tomas Rosicky and Lukas Podolski 'audition for Arsenal boy band'
Both players have taken to the stage to show their musical talents, and RVP is bound to have taken note.
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See if this sounds like a familiar refrain: The NFL and the networks are coming off another record-setting viewership weekend. Just goes to show what the NFL brand, close games and lousy weather across the country, keeping people at home, can do.
The four Wild Card games averaged 34.7 million viewers, most ever for a comparable weekend.
Fox's late Sunday afternoon game, which featured San Francisco's 23-20 victory over Green Bay led the pack. It averaged 47.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched Wild Card game ever, pummeling the old record of 42.4 million for a 2011 Pittsburgh Steelers-Denver Broncos game on CBS.
Some perspective: The deciding Game 6 of the Boston Red Sox-St. Louis Cardinals 2013 World Series had 19.3 million viewers. The last time a World Series game topped the 30 million mark was Game 7 in 2002 when the then Anaheim Angels beat the San Francisco Giants (30.8).
Last year's Academy Awards had 40.3 million viewers. On the other hand, Baltimore-San Francisco in Super Bowl XLVII drew 108.4 million.
Expect this weekend's four playoff games on Fox and CBS to be in the same tony neighborhood as last weekend's. It would not be unwise to wager another record-breaking Saturday and Sunday.
You want to know why Jerry Jones and Roger Goodell are talking about expanding the playoffs? How does the league squeezing more dollars from the networks by putting up for bid Sunday and Monday night playoff games sound?
Meanwhile the NFL's regular-season television numbers continue to stagger the imagination.
For 17 weeks, Fox averaged a record 21.1 million viewers per national broadcast. That's with losing four Cowboys games to NBC Sunday Night Football.
NBC's Sunday Night Football averaged 21.7 million viewers, making it television's No. 1 prime time show for the fourth consecutive season.
The Cowboys-Raiders on Thanksgiving afternoon was the most watched show of the fall season with 31.7 million viewers glued to CBS. The network averaged 18.6 million viewers, its second best ever.
ESPN's Monday Night Football was the most –watched series on cable with an average of 13.7 million.
To put the NFL numbers in perspective: The NFL averaged 20.3 million viewers on broadcast television. The networks' prime-time programming averaged 7.0 million.
Of TV's Top 35 shows from Sept. 1 to the end of the year, 34 were NFL games. Only the NBC's coverage of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, ranked No. 22, kept the NFL from shutting out the competition.
The 8-8 Cowboys, by the way, appeared in nine of the 35 and five of the top 10. In addition to No. 1 Raiders-Cowboys, there were: No. 4 Broncos at Cowboys (28.3 million); No. 6 Cowboys at Giants (27.9) No. 7 Packers at Cowboys (27.8 million); and No. 9 Eagles at Cowboys (27.4 million).
Here's the rundown of last week's top 10 programs
Average Viewers
1. 49ers-Packers
47.1 million
2. Saints-Eagles
34.4 million
3. Chargers-Bengals
30.9 million
4. Chiefs-Colts
27.6 million
5. The Big Bang Theory
19.2 million
6. Rose Bowl: Stanford-Mich. St.
18.6 million
7. Sugar Bowl: OU-Alabama
16.3 million
8. New Years Rockin' Eve
12.2 million
9. Orange Bowl: Clemson-Ohio St.
11.4 million
10. The Millers
11.3 million
Source: NFL and The Nielsen Company
Musburger out?
There has been considerable speculation that Brent Musburger's time as ESPN's lead college football play-by-play voice came to the end with Monday's Florida State-Auburn call in the BCS Championship game.
Musburger is 74. His contract expired at the end of the game. He has been with ESPN since 1990, resurrecting a career that once took him to the top of pecking order at CBS. Keith Jackson, by the way, was 77 when he called his final game – Texas's victory over USC in the BCS Championship at the Rose Bowl. Over on CBS, college play-by-play voice Verne Lundquist will be 74 before next season.
Replacing Musburger alongside analyst Kirk Herbstreit, 44, could be College Football GameDay host Chris Fowler, 51.
Musburger wouldn't necessarily be leaving ESPN. There are plenty of other calls to be made on the network's college football and basketball coverage.
Dierdorf out
CBS' Dan Dierdorf, 64, signs out Saturday night as the longest tenured NFL game analyst on television. His work on the Colts-Patriots game ends a network career that began at CBS in 1984.
His three-decade career sandwiched a dozen seasons on ABC Monday Night Football between stops at CBS.
He entered the booth in the wake of a 13-season Hall of Fame career as an offensive tackle for the St. Louis Cardinals. Cowboys fans may remember he was the Cardinals tackle that faced off against Too Tall Jones twice a season. His work on the field has taken a toll. Both of his knees and hips are artificial. Travelling is not easy.
"Physically it's just hard for me to travel 20 weeks a year and do my job the right way," Dierdorf said via conference
"I tell everybody, I'm retiring I'm not expiring," he said. "I've got to find something to do. I love the NFL, and I love the game of football. Whether it's radio just something that doesn't involve me having to go to the airport every Thursday or Friday and be gone for three or four days. I'm going to find something to do and you haven't heard the last of me. I hope."
Radio daze
The December radio books has arrived and the headline has to be the success enjoyed by the mid-day pairing of Mark Friedman and Ian Fitzsimmons on KESN-FM 103.3.
In the all-important demographic of men 25-54 which pays the bills and salaries, Friedo and Fitz was the top-rated sports talk show in three of their four hours. That's rare air for KESN-FM.
They won the 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. hours.
Bob Sturm, Dan McDowell and Donovan Lewis over on SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket took the noon hour.
The Ticket won every other hour Monday-Friday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. 105.3 FM The Fan was third all 13 hours.
The ratings period ran from November 7 to December 4. It marked the Ticket's settling in on its new 96.7 FM frequency and it's parent company, Cumulus, taking control of KESN-FM .
At 11 a.m. KESN-FM averaged a 5.4 share on Monday through Fridays. The Ticket's Norm Hitzges was second at 4.9 while 105.3 FM The Fan's GBag Nation scored a 2.0
At noon it was Sturm, McDowell and Lewis (6.3); Friedo and Fitz (5.9); GBAG (2.3).
At 1 p.m. it was KESN-FM (5.2); The Ticket (4.5); The Fan (2.7).
At 2 p.m. it was KESN-FM (5.1); The Ticket (4.5); The Fan (1.8).
Over all among men 25-54 for the month, it was The Ticket (5.0); KESN-FM (3.5); The Fan (2.4)
Around the Horn
* The Missouri-Oklahoma State matchup in the Cotton Bowl scored a 3.9 rating nationally for Fox and a 9.6 in Dallas-Fort Worth. The competing Orange Bowl, which featured Clemson-Ohio State on ESPN pulled a 6.7 nationally but only a 4.8 in D-FW.
* Bill Conlin, an iconic baseball writer in Philadelphia, and a one-time Sunday morning regular on ESPN's "The Sports Reporters" died Thursday. He was 79. His career ended in disgrace when he was accused of child molestation in 2011.


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In a move anticipated for several months, the NFL on Tuesday suspended Kansas City Chiefs starting cornerback Eric Warfield for the first four games of the 2005 season, the sanctions coming as a result of multiple DUI convictions.
The suspension will cost the Chiefs a talented cover defender, one who has started in all but one game over the last four seasons, and will cost Warfield $776,470 in base salary. That amount represents four-seventeenths of the $3.3 million base salary that Warfield was scheduled to earn in 2005.
Warfield, 29, was arrested for DUI on Sept. 20, 2004 in Overland Park, Kan., and police reports indicated that he had a blood alcohol level of .189 at the time, more than double Kansas' legal limit of .08. Warfield pleaded no contest in January to the felony charges. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 80 days of house arrest, was fined $1,500 and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service.
The DUI conviction was the third for Warfield, who is also serving one year probation, and the only surprise in Tuesday's action was that the NFL took as long as it did to levee the sanctions against the former Nebraska star. At one point last month, in fact, Warfield acknowledged some frustration in not knowing when the NFL would resolve his status.
A seven-year veteran, Warfield has assumed for several months he would be sanctioned by the league, and spoke openly about that likelihood during the offseason. Warfield has said in the past he would abide by the NFL's decision.
During a mandatory June minicamp, in anticipation that Warfield would be suspended for the start of the season, Kansas City coaches demoted him to the No. 2 unit and began to prepare third-year veteran Julian Battle to open the '05 season as the starter. But Battle suffered a season-ending Achilles' injury during the minicamp, and the Chiefs then signed 13-year veteran Ashley Ambrose as an unrestricted free agent.
Ambrose is expected to battle Dexter McCleon for the starting spot opposite standout cover corner Patrick Surtain, obtained from the Miami Dolphins just before the draft for a second-round selection. Kansas City coaches have indicated they prefer to keep McCleon at the nickel cornerback spot if possible.
Chosen in the seventh round of the '98 draft, Warfield has been a mainstay of the Kansas City secondary since breaking into the starting lineup full-time in 2001. For his career, he has 308 tackles, 19 interceptions and 70 passes defensed. Warfield, who has appeared in 104 games, with 68 starts, has four interceptions in each of the last four seasons.
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SOLEDAD >> Work has begun on what will be the largest wind turbine in the Salinas Valley, Soledad city officials announced Tuesday.
The turbine is expected to produce approximately 3.5 million kilowatt hours of energy to offset usage at the nearby water reclamation facility, and Soledad officials say energy customers will save money because of it.
"When wind is sufficient, the electricity generated will significantly exceed the facility's needs, allowing the city to net-meter the surplus back to the grid," city officials said in a statement. "The project is projected to generate over $2 million in savings over 25 years, which will protect ratepayers against future rate increases."
The project is scheduled to be finished this summer.
"Our highest priority is always to protect our taxpayers, who work hard for every dollar they earn," said Soledad City Manager Adela Gonzalez. "This project allows us to deliver them real savings with no upfront capital costs. It is a huge win for our city and our local community."
Soledad officials also hope the wind generator will serve as "another strong visual across the Salinas Valley landscape demonstrating the City of Soledad's continued push towards becoming the economic and tourism hub of south Monterey County."
Gonzalez said using the turbine will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 2,500 metric tons, "equivalent to taking over 500 vehicles off the road."
A Menlo Park company called Foundation Windpower LLC was hired by the city to develop, finance and construct the turbine. Other company projects include installing wind turbines for Safeway in Tracy and a number of California projects for the Mexican cement and concrete company Cemex.
The southern Salinas Valley, and especially Soledad, is known for constant afternoon winds.
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First Trust files to offer target date maturity ETFs, joining iShares and Claymore, which have blazed a new trail in the still-developing world of fixed-income exchange-traded funds.
First Trust, an ETF company known mostly for its First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund (NYSEArca: FCG), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to gain permission to offer target maturity date bond ETFs, the first of which will focus on U.S. investment-grade corporate debt.
The plan will put the Wheaton, Ill.-based firm in the company of iShares and Claymore, two ETF providers that have already rolled out target maturity date ETFs that effectively offer investors something similar, though not identical, to holding an individual bond to maturity.
That's huge, because rising rates are dangerous for bond-fund investors. An actual bond can be held indefinitely and redeemed at its full par value at maturity, making price declines that accompany rising rates irrelevant unless you plan on selling before then. Traditional bond funds don't have maturity dates, and investors who need every bit of their investments can lose a lot if they have to draw on principal in the middle of a rate-hike cycle.
The filing said the company plans on calling its first target maturity date ETF the First Trust 2020 Target Term Corporate Bond Fund and that it will mature at the end of 2020.
The fund's main objective will be to provide steady income from coupon payments and return of principal at its target term date. But the ETF will also have a secondary objective of seeking additional total return, the filing said.
First Trust said principal of bonds that mature within about a year prior to the target term date will be reinvested into high-quality money market instruments.
Last month, Lisle, Ill.-based Claymore launched seven target date ETFs, with maturity dates beginning at the end of 2011 and extending through the end of 2017. Each of the funds, which have a 0.24 percent expense ratio, will close upon maturity, with investors getting net asset value of all the bonds in the portfolio.
Claymore followed iShares, the world's biggest ETF company, in offering maturity date bond funds, though the iShares products are focused on tax-free municipal bonds. The six iShares ETFs, with maturity dates between 2012 and 2017, each charge 0.30 percent in fees a year.
In its exemptive relief filing, First Trust didn't name a price for its proposed fund.
Exemptive relief grants ETF firms exception to sections of the Investment Act of 1940 and are just the first step in the path to launching ETFs. It often takes at least six to 12 months from the date of the initial filing for a company's first ETF to hit the market.
First Trust's natural gas ETF, FCG, had about $393 million in assets as of July 14, according to daily data compiled by IndexUniverse.com.


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Sherwood: Tottenham outplayed Arsenal
Tim Sherwood has told Sky Sports that Arsenal's 1-0 win at Tottenham "papered over the cracks" of the Gunners' bid to win the Premier League trophy.
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Arsenal claimed three points at White Hart Lane on Sunday thanks to Tomas Rosicky's early goal, despite Spurs dominating possession for much of the game following the Czech's impressive strike.
Sherwood was frustrated to see his side come away from the North London derby with nothing as he feels they were by far the better team against a club pushing for the title.
The Spurs head coach said: "I thought we were better than them. I thought we played well and created chances today. We played on the front foot and defended together.
"No one can say we deserved to lose that game. No one tries to miss chances, if you're in there to miss them, I can't complain.
"We can't just do that in North London derbies. If the players give me that between now and the end of the season, no problem, we'll be where we need to be.
"The result for Arsenal will paper over a lot of cracks, they were outplayed today and they've got to admit that.
"We've outplayed Arsenal today, and they're title contenders. We played better today, a lot better than we have recently. We deserved to win that game, not lose it."
Sherwood was seen throwing the ball at Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna in the second half, and he admitted that on occasion his emotions got the better of him.
"I just want to wear my heart on my sleeve -- when I wear them! It was too hot for that gilet anyway," he added in the Mirror.
"That's me. It might get me in trouble at times -- I'm sure it will. I can't apologise for it and I can't say it won't ever happen again. I don't even know why I was angry!
"Every manager would be the same, but I suppose I show it more than others. If we were all the same then this world would be very boring.
"I've got to show my emotions. If I didn't then I'd be acting, and there's too many actors in this game."
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Today's Portals "Inadequate" for Web Services?
A stunning report from web services analysts Zapthink for portal developers recently predicted that today's web-based portals will prove "wholly inadequate" for loosely coupled, distributed web applications. Read why the solution may be "rich clients," of all things. And why such an approach could save devs lots of time -- and headaches.
A stunning report from web services analysts Zapthink predicts that today's web-based portals, even those that use Java rather than Open Source technologies, will prove "wholly inadequate" to meet the needs of emerging standards-based, loosely coupled, distributed applications.
The solution, Zapthink's research says, will come from "rich clients" that will allow portal users to customize their UIs and even their workflow and application access.
Bottom Line: The key to effectively upgrading today's portal technology is to let all this user customization happen at the front end -- without requiring any server side developers to change a thing at their end, Zapthink thinks. And today's portals just aren't there yet.
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"What we've realized is that the portal as the primary interface to complex applications in the enterprise will become more and more obsolete," said Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst with ZapThink of Waltham, Mass. told IDN. "It sounds a bit like heresy, but the web-based portal does not really make a very effective interface to functionality that resides in many systems"
Schmelzer cites a number of innovative rich client approaches that he says will hold promise for improving client interaction with portals, including Macromedia's Flash, and start-ups such as Nexaweb, with its client plug-in called Avalon. I can imagine a corporate desktop that has a graphical widget thing (Flash or Avalon based, I want my inventory stuff here and I drag in to a quandrant. Just like a regular UI, but the difference is those are web services and the other key difference is that you can take it offline.
Even good-ol' Microsoft Excel provides benefits, Schmelzer said. "Believe it or not, there is no better 'rich client' interface for web portals like Google and Amazon than using Excel because it lets me get data, sort my data and manipulate it." Aside from the desktop, Schmelzer also said the increasing adoption of sometimes-connected devices, mobile computing, asynchronous computing, and e-Forms will mandate widespread and rapid adoption of rich clients.
But, Schmelzer suggests that the definitive rich client will come with the rollout of Microsoft longhorn, now slated for 2006/7. Whatever the final ship date for Longhorn, its release will cause "the window of opportunity for new entrants in the rich client market [to] start to wane," he said.
Why Developers Need 'Rich Clients'
Zapthink lists several key reasons why portals -- and Java and Open Source portal developers -- will all benefit from deployment of rich clients on top of (or in) browsers. The key, Zapthink says, is that users can change their look-and-feel, the way they trigger events or work with business rules and data -- all without requiring major customization programs at the backend.
Here are some cases in point for you to consider.
One of the biggest benefits that a rich client should provide is the ability for end users to create and modify rich client presentation and user interface functionality without having to modify any server-side business logic. Similarly, developers of a server-side application shouldn't have to make any changes to rich client functionality to make sure that the two sides can communicate. The rich client, like the standards-based Web thin client, can be truly loosely coupled and thus enable independent innovation of the business logic and the user interface to that business logic.
Users demand the versatility and low cost of thin clients but the richness of interaction that thick clients provide. These rich clients must be able to provide windowing features and data navigation controls including buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, toggles, windows, palettes, dialogs, menus, hierarchical menus, popup menus, lists, outlines, tables, expand and collapse lists, sliders, scroll bars, progress bars, edit fields, tabs, and scrolling borders. These clients should also provide powerful rich-media component objects like animated sprites, multi-track sound, and movies that are rendered using the latest technologies.
Rich clients must also be able to integrate local and remote sources of data and business logic to provide the most productive user environment. Typical thin clients are not easily able to integrate local information, and thick clients have traditionally not been able to handle disparate, heterogeneous information in the enterprise. The rich client can take advantage of standards-based, Service-oriented (SO) approaches to integrate all the content, communications, and application interfaces it can physically access. Rich clients must provide seamless integration for all data sources, messaging technologies, and types of interaction.
Commensurate with the ability to use a wide range of protocols is the ability to provide for distributed computing interaction whether or not the client is physically connected to the network. Users require the ability to interact with applications while they are offline on occasionally connected devices such as mobile phones, laptops, and personal digital assistants (PDAs). Similarly, users want to be able to take advantage of their network connections through two-way, event-driven, and notification-based communications. Rich clients enable online, offline, and sometimes-connected modes of interaction through client-side caching mechanisms, support for asynchronous protocols, and stateful interaction with servers.


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