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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate community editor
Vandalism is not a new problem in Spring Canyon. Now, the destructive acts are focusing on government sponsored facilities.
"There has been a definite increase shooting things up in the canyon," indicated county recreation director Steve Christensen during the Carbon Commission's regular meeting. "And the more signs that are posted, the more targets they seem to have."
In recent years, the county has invested a significant amount of money putting a walking trail into the canyon and installing restroom facilities.
The restrooms have apparently become the target of at least one small group of vandals.
"It used to be that I would go up there and there was one or two bullet holes in the walls," explained Christensen. "Now there are dozens of holes."
Commissioners have struggled to keep the road to the top of the canyon open for access to public land, even though the majority of the property is privately owned. Owners have reported destruction of property, thefts and assault incidents in the area. Christensen said the Carbon County Sheriff's Office has committed to making more trips up the canyon, but he doubted that would solve the problem.
"The chances of catching anyone doing anything up there is very remote," said the recreation director. "In fact, we have had some really strange stuff besides shooting stuff up too. We have found three old televisions that had been thrown off the cliff where people go rock climbing and I have had to pick them up. One was a full size console television."
But the shooting is still the major problem.
"I picked up 140 45-caliber casings around the restroom facilities," said Christensen. "Maybe we should look at some kind of reward for reporting people who are shooting everything up."
Christensen also reported that all-terrain vehicles are starting to use the paved trail set aside for people who want to walk. He said when the county has put in posts to keep ATVs out, someone comes and pulls them out.
Ray Hanson, the county road supervisor, said he thought most of the problems were occurring on weekends and at night. County crews maintain the road in the winter and see a lot of what goes on first hand.
The suggestion of putting a gate across the road was made. But the county has hesitated to install a gate because of their desire to keep public access open. A gate would also not keep out people on foot.
"I'm wondering if there is some way we haven't thought of to keep this vandalism down," said Commissioner Steve Burge. "Maybe we should look at some studies and see what others are doing to control similar problems."
The commission asked county attorney Gene Strate to explore the legalities of installing a gate.
In an unrelated matter, the commissioners discussed using grant money for a study on a joint city-county-college recreation center. The county has to use the grant or return the money to the agency approving the funding.
"I would like to put some of that money to use so people can see what a center like this would be like if we build it," stated Burge. "I know we haven't totally agreed on a place for it, but putting it around the Price pool complex would cut the overall cost down, and the college also said they would be a partner there as well."
Burge said he had attended a number of meetings about attracting people into the area. Often, people express concerns about the lack of recreational activities. He believed a recreational facility would draw people to Carbon County.
"There's a pool already in place there and it just makes sense to me," said Burge. "With a plan in place, at least we would have a starting place."
Commissioner Mike Milovich said spending money on a plan the county may not use seemed to be a waste..
"I just think we are predisposing ourselves if we do this," stated Milovich. "We have no estimate on what such a facility would cost and we would be spending money on something we might not use."
In the last year, a design firm gave the county an estimate of $8,200 to draw up the proposal for the center and Burge felt the documents would give officials a chance to view what could be.
Milovich said that any kind of recreational center would provide direct competition to businesses offering workout facilities.
"How do we explain that to them?" asked Milovich.
But Burge was adamant about the center and said that studies have shown that when exercise activities happen in town it increases everywhere.
Commissioner Bill Krompel said that he has some reservations about such a center, but that he is not opposed to it.
"The fact that the entire thing would be on Price City property is of concern to me," he said. "We would have to look into the legalities of us supporting that. I also think we would need a letter of support from CEU and in addition we would need to look at what the maintenance and operations costs would be over the years."
With those extra suggestions in place the commission voted 2-1 to go ahead with studying such a center.
The commission also opened bids for asphalt for road work this summer season. The two bidders were Peak Asphalt at $158 per ton and Koch Asphalt at $159 per ton. The commission voted to accept the Peak bid.


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The present invention relates to vehicle sensing systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system for performing object detection utilizing a single vision sensor.
Various sensing systems currently exist for performing collision warning and countermeasure system operations, such as detection, classification, tracking, and relative distance and velocity estimation of objects within a close proximity of a host vehicle. Sensing systems also exist for performing other sensing system operations, such as occupant related operations and adaptive cruise control operations.
Collision warning and countermeasure system operations include providing a vehicle operator knowledge and awareness of vehicles and objects that are within a close proximity of the host vehicle to prevent colliding with those objects. Countermeasure systems exist in various passive and active forms. Some countermeasure systems are used to aid in the prevention of a collision, others are used to aid in the prevention of injury to a vehicle operator.
Certain collision warning and countermeasure systems are able to sense an object within a close proximity of the host vehicle and warn the host vehicle operator such that the operator can take precautionary steps to prevent a collision or injury. Other collision warning and countermeasure systems activate passive or active countermeasures such as airbags, load limiting seatbelts, or brake control whereby the system itself aids in the prevention of a collision or an injury.
Occupant related operations include the detection of occupant characteristics, the determination of which safety system countermeasures to perform, and the adjustment of deployment or enablement times and rates of the countermeasures. Example countermeasures that may be enabled are seat belt pretensioners and airbags. Occupant characteristics may include occupant positioning within a seat, occupant size, or other known occupant characteristics.
Adaptive cruise control operations include adjusting a host vehicle traveling speed to maintain a safe operating distance between the host vehicle and a target vehicle. Other similar sensing systems also exist, such as lane departure and lane-keeping systems, which monitor lane markers or roadway lane designating lines and provide warnings when the host vehicle is not maintaining travel within a current operating lane.
The various sensing systems may be ultrasonic, radar, lidar, or vision-based. In order to perform each of the various sensing system tasks many of the stated sensors are distributed throughout the host vehicle. Not only does each of the sensors increase vehicle manufacturing and maintenance costs, but in order to perform object detection and assessment multiple sensors are needed.
Also, various techniques have been utilized, such as triangulation, in determining range, velocity, acceleration, and identification of objects in relation to a host vehicle. Typically, two or more cameras are used to determine the stated parameters, potentially further increasing the number of sensors used.
One technique, that is used to reduce the number of sensors within a host vehicle, uses vision sensors and performs optical flow visual image processing to estimate range of a target. In essence the technique infers three-dimensional characteristics from two-dimensional information. Other image processing techniques assume target size, based on a known range of vehicle sizes, and estimate range, based on the assumed size or an apparent two-dimensional size and image pixel intensity. The stated techniques tend to be inaccurate due to the assumptions and estimations contained therein.
Thus, there exists a need for an improved sensing system that decreases the number of sensors to perform object detection and determines object parameters associated with the detected objects. Reduction in the number of sensors can aid in reducing the number of related vehicle components, system complexity, and vehicle manufacturing and maintenance costs.
The present invention provides a method and system for performing object detection and safety system operations within a vehicle. A sensing system for a vehicle is provided and includes a single vision sensor that has a position on the vehicle. The vision sensor detects an object and generates an object detection signal. A controller is coupled to the vision sensor and generates a safety system signal in response to the position of the vision sensor and the object detection signal.
The embodiments of the present invention provide several advantages. One of several of these advantages is the provision of a sensing system that is capable of determining object parameters relative to a host vehicle through use of a single vision sensor. In so doing, the present invention minimizes the number of sensors and related system components needed to perform multiple safety system operations. The present invention is capable of performing the safety system operations that are traditionally performed through use of multiple vision sensors.
Another advantage of the present invention is that it provides a sensing system that utilizes a single vision sensor, but provides accurate measurements for improved sensing system performance.
Furthermore, the present invention is capable of determining object parameters without assuming actual size of a target to estimate or determine range of the target.
The present invention itself, together with attendant advantages, will be best understood by reference to the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying figures.
For a more complete understanding of this invention reference should now be made to embodiments illustrated in greater detail in the accompanying figures and described below by way of examples of the invention wherein:
While the present invention is described with respect to a system and method of performing safety system operations within a vehicle, the present invention may be adapted and applied to various systems including: collision warning systems, collision avoidance systems, parking-aid systems, reversing-aid systems, passive countermeasure systems, adaptive cruise control systems, lane departure systems, lane-keeping systems, windshield clearing systems, or other systems known in the art.
In the following description, various operating parameters and components are described for multiple constructed embodiments. These specific parameters and components are included as examples and are not meant to be limiting.
Additionally, in the following description, the term "performing" may include activating, deploying, initiating, powering, and other terms known in the art that may describe the manner in which a countermeasure or a comfort and convenience feature may be operated.
As well, in the following description, various countermeasures are discussed. The countermeasures may be reversible or irreversible. Reversible countermeasures refer to countermeasures that may be reset to their original form or used repeatedly without a significant amount of functional deficiency, which may be determined by a system designer. Irreversible countermeasures refer to countermeasures such as airbags that, once deployed, are not reusable.
Furthermore, a countermeasure signal may include information pertaining to the above-stated reversible and irreversible countermeasures or may include other information, such as collision warning information, and parking-aid or reversing-aid countermeasure information. For example, the countermeasure signal may contain object detection information, which may be used to indicate to a vehicle operator the presence or close proximity of a detected object.
In addition, the term "object" may refer to any animate or inanimate object. An object may be a vehicle, a pedestrian, a lane marker, a road sign, a roadway lane designating line, a vehicle occupant, or other object known in the art.
Also, although the present invention is primarily described with respect to a single sensor, in applications where a single sensor is infeasible or undesirable additional sensors may be utilized and may be utilized in a similar fashion.
Referring now to
The vision sensor 14 is coupled to a signal processor 18, which in turn is coupled to the controller 16. The signal processor 18 formats object detection signals generated by the vision sensor 14 for further processing by the controller 16. The vision sensor 14 may be a camera, a charged-coupled device, an infrared detector, a sensor formed of a series of photodiodes, a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, or other vision sensor known in the art. In one embodiment of the present invention, the vision sensor 14 is a two-dimensional camera. The vision sensor 14 may be located in various locations on the vehicle 12.
The signal processor 18 receives and converts the object detection signals, generated by the vision sensor 14, into a proper format for reception by the controller 16. The signal processor 18 may include analog-to-digital converters, filters, or amplifiers, as well as other signal conditioning components known in the art. The signal processor 18 may be part of the vision sensor 14, the controller 16, may be a stand-alone device, as shown, or may be some combination thereof.
The controller 16 may be microprocessor based such as a computer having a central processing unit, memory (RAM and/or ROM), and associated input and output buses. The controller 16 may be an application-specific integrated circuit or be formed of other logic devices known in the art. The controller 16 may be a portion of a central vehicle main control unit, an interactive vehicle dynamics module, a restraints control module, a main safety controller, or may be a stand-alone controller as shown.
The controller 16 may perform various different sensing system operations including adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping control, lane-departure control, collision avoidance control, countermeasure control, or other sensing system operations known in the art. The operations may be performed sequentially or simultaneously.
Adaptive cruise control is used for the monitoring of objects forward of the vehicle 12 and for the maintaining of a safe predetermined distance away from the detected objects to prevent a collision therewith. When adaptive cruise control is active the controller 16 may warn a vehicle operator of an impending object or perform a countermeasure as to alter the speed of travel of the vehicle 12.
Lane-keeping and lane-departure control refer to when the controller 16 monitors lane markings or roadway lane designating lines and warns the vehicle operator when the vehicle 12 is exiting a current lane of travel or is directed to exit the current lane of travel. The controller 16 may perform a countermeasure, such as one of the countermeasures 20, to maintain the current lane of travel. For example, the controller 16 may control vehicle steering to adjust the direction of travel of the vehicle 12.
Countermeasure control may include occupant related operations, such as detecting occupant characteristics, determining which of the countermeasures to perform, and adjusting times and activating rates of the countermeasures 20. The occupant characteristics may include occupant positioning within a seat, occupant size, or other known occupant characteristics.
The countermeasures 20 may include passive countermeasures 22 and active countermeasures 24. The controller 16 as part of a countermeasure may generate a warning signal and communicate the warning signal to vehicle occupants via the indicator 26.
The passive countermeasures 22 may include internal air bag control, seatbelt control, knee bolster control, head restraint control, load limiting pedal control, load limiting steering control, pretensioner control, external air bag control, pedestrian protection control, and other passive countermeasures known in the art.
The active countermeasures 24 may include brake control 25 and steering control 27, as shown. The active countermeasures may also include throttle control, suspension control, transmission control, and other vehicle system controls known in the art. The controller 16 may signal the vehicle operator via the indicator 26 of an impending potential collision so that the vehicle operator may actively perform a precautionary action, such as applying the brakes or steering to prevent a collision.
The indicator 26 is used to signal or indicate a safety system signal, which may include a warning signal, an adaptive cruise control signal, a collision-warning signal, a countermeasure signal, or an object identification signal in response to the object detection signals. The indicator 26 may include a video system, an audio system, an LED, a light, a global positioning system, a heads-up display, a headlight, a taillight, a display system, a telematic system, or other indicator known in the art. The indicator 26 may supply warning signals, collision-related information, lane departure and lane-keeping information, external-warning signals to objects or pedestrians located outside of the vehicle 12, or other pre and post collision information.
The controller 16 determines which of the sensing system operations to perform. The controller 16 while performing one or more of the sensing system operations may determine whether to perform one or more of the countermeasures 20 and indicate to the vehicle operator various object and vehicle status information. Depending upon the relative positions, velocities, and accelerations of the detected objects, the controller 16 may also determine whether to indicate to the vehicle operator of a potential collision or may perform a countermeasure, as needed, to prevent a collision, mitigate a potential injury, or prevent the vehicle 12 from traveling outside a current lane of travel.
Various other vehicle and occupant sensors may be coupled to the controller 16 for determining whether to perform the various safety system tasks. The sensors may include a velocity sensor 28, a transmission gear sensor 30, occupant sensors 32, as shown, or other sensors known in the art. The velocity sensor 28 may be utilized to determine relative range rate of an object. The transmission gear sensor 30 may be utilized to determine traveling direction of the vehicle 12. The occupant sensors 32 may be utilized to identify and determine occupant characteristics, such as size and position within the vehicle 12.
A memory 34 may be coupled to the controller 16 for storing various vehicle, object, and occupant related information. The memory 34 may be part of the vision sensor 14, the controller 16, may be a stand-alone device, as shown, or may be a combination thereof. The memory 34 may, for example, store position information related to the vision sensor 14. The position information of the vision sensor 14 is used by the controller 16 in determining object related parameters, which are described in further detail below.
The safety system 10 may be located in various locations in the vehicle 12. The safety system 10 may be located within an overhead console, near any vehicle window, near a vehicle bumper, in or behind a vehicle dashboard, internal to or external from a vehicle cabin, or in various other locations known in the art.
Referring now to
In step 100, the vision sensor 14 detects the object 40 and generates an object detection signal. In step 102, the signal processor 18 converts, modifies, and formats the object detection signal for the reception by the controller 16. The signal processor 18 may, for example, include an analog-to-digital converter to convert analog image signals into a digital format.
In step 104, the controller 16 determines the position and the orientation of the vision sensor 14 within and relative to a fixed reference point or set of reference points on the vehicle 12. In the embodiment of
In step 106, the controller 16 determines the size and the up-angle of the object 40 in response to the position of the vision sensor 14 and the object detection signal. Up-angles α and α″ correspond to the object 40 in states 1 and 2, respectively. The up-angles α and α″ have a first vector and a second vector, which are designated by V1 and V2 in
Notice in the embodiment of
In step 108, the controller 16 in response to the determined size and up-angle of the object 40 determines object related parameters, such as relative actual range and range rate of the object 40. The controller 16 is capable of determining the object related parameters from two-dimensional or three-dimensional information collected from the vision sensor 14. Height, width, and up-angle of the object 40 can be determined having just two-dimensional information from the vision sensor 14. The controller 16 initially or as an assumed default determines that the vehicle 12 and the object 40 are on the same vertical plane and monitors relative size and movement of the object 40 to determine whether this assumed default is true, and adjusts the operation accordingly. For example, after collecting and comparing a couple of frames of data the controller 16 is able to better determine vertical position of the object 40 relative to the vehicle 12.
Distance between intersection points 50 for each vector pair V1, V2 and V1′, V2′ are referred to as estimated ranges RE and RE′ of the object 40. The intersection points 50 correspond with the intersection of each line segment 44, 44′, 46, and 46′ with the planes P1 and P2. A relatively fixed horizontal distance DV exists between the horizontal position of the position sensor 14 and the intersection points 52 where the first vectors V1 and V2 intersect the plane P1. When the position sensor 14 is located in an upper portion of the vehicle 12, such as in the overhead console, horizontal distance DV is approximately the same for various inclined roads, due to the high positioning of the vision sensor 14. Thus, horizontal distance DV is approximately the same for both state 1 and state 2 and is designated as such.
Relative actual range RA of the object 40, with respect to the vehicle 12, may be determined by adding the estimated range RE with the fixed distance DV and subtracting a horizontal distance Vp between the vision sensor 14 and the hoodline 42. Relative actual ranges RA and RA′ for states 1 and 2 are represented by equations 1 and 2, respectively.
As the object 40 becomes relatively closer or farther away from the vehicle 12 the apparent size of the object 40 increases or decreases in size accordingly. When using a two-dimensional sensor, size may refer to height and width of the object. The object 40 may appear to rise in elevation when the vision sensor 14 is situated in a higher vertical position than the object 40 and distance between the object 40 and the vehicle are increasing. When the size of the object 40 appears not to change between collected frames of information, but the object 40 appears to be moving upward or downward then the controller 16 may determine that the vertical plane of the object 40 is changed. Actual range of the object 40 is altered according to the change in the vertical plane of the object 40. When the size of the object 40 does appear to change than the controller 16 may determine that the actual range has also changed.
The situation also exists where the vehicle 12 and the object 40 exist on different planes, such that the vertical relative position of the object 40 is unaltered, but yet the distance between the vehicle 12 and the object 40 is changed. In this situation, the controller 16 monitors and determines that the size of the object 40 is changed and in response thereto determines change in the actual range.
In step 110, the controller 16 generates safety system signals in response to the apparent size and relative elevation of the object 40. The controller 16 may also generate the safety system signals in response to other known object related parameters.
In step 112, the controller 16 may determine occupant characteristics using the occupant sensors 30. Step 112 may be performed simultaneously with step 110, whereby, the controller 16 generates or modifies the safety system signals in response to the determined occupant characteristics.
In step 114, the controller 16 may perform a countermeasure 20 in response to the safety system signals. Performance of the countermeasure 20 safety system signal may be in response to any of the object related parameters, the occupant characteristics, other parameters known in the art, alone or in a combination thereof. The controller 16 may perform a countermeasure operation, an adaptive cruise control operation, or any of the other above-mentioned or known in the art safety system operations or tasks in response to the safety system signal. In one embodiment of the present invention, the controller 16, as part of an adaptive cruise control function, reduces the speed of the vehicle 12 to avoid colliding with the object 40. The controller 16 returns to step 100 or 104 to detect additional objects and further monitor any detected objects that are of concern.
The above-described steps are described with respect to the vertical and horizontal positioning of an object relative to a vehicle; they may be easily modified to also perform operation with respect to lateral positioning of the object relative to the vehicle. Also, although the above-described steps are described with respect to determining up-angle of a detected object, other angles may be utilized in determining object related parameters. The above-described steps are also meant to be illustrative examples; the steps may be performed sequentially, synchronously, simultaneously, or in a different order depending upon the application.
The present invention provides an accurate safety system for a vehicle that is capable of determining object parameters, such as object range and range rate, utilizing a single vision sensor. The present invention in utilizing a single vision sensor minimizes the number of sensors and sensing system components within a vehicle, minimizes sensing system complexity, and minimizes manufacturing and maintenance costs involved therein.
While the invention has been described in connection with one or more embodiments, it is to be understood that the specific mechanisms and techniques which have been described are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention, numerous modifications may be made to the methods and apparatus described without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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Ashley Williams - Soccer Player
Swansea City's English-born Welsh defender Ashley Williams celebrates... News PhotoAshley Williams - Soccer Player,Bradford City F.C.,Celebration,Defender - Soccer,England,Football,Football League Cup,Greater London,Horizontal,London - England,Match - Sport,Portrait,Smiling,Sport,Stadium,Swansea City A.F.C.,Trophy,UK,Wembley StadiumPhotographer AFPCollection: AFP 2013 AFPSwansea City's English-born Welsh defender Ashley Williams celebrates with the trophy after the League Cup final football match between Bradford City and Swansea City at Wembley Stadium in London, England on February 24, 2013. Swansea City won the game 5-0. AFP PHOTO/GLYN KIRK RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 45 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo credit should read GLYN KIRK,GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)


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Learning JavaScript Design Patterns – An Updated Free Book For Developers
Over the past year or so I've been actively trying to encourage more developers to invest time in learning about the benefits of design patterns and how they can be applied to JavaScript. To help with this, I wrote a … Continue reading →
Understanding the Publish/Subscribe Pattern for Greater JavaScript Scalability
Design patterns are an invaluable tool for modern JavaScript developers, providing us with generalized reusable solutions to commonly occurring problems in application design that we can apply to our own problems. In addition, they provide the community with a common … Continue reading →
My name is Addy Osmani. I'm an engineer at Google working with the Chrome team to build tools to help improve developer productivity and satisfaction.
I've also written 'Developing Backbone.js Applications' and 'Learning JavaScript Design Patterns'.
First do it, then do it right, then do it better. This is one fundamental I always keep in mind when developing anything.
If you're a developer wishing to learn something new, regardless of skill-level, remember that as important as it is to read, it's equally as important to get out there and *do*.
Create a new gist or JSBin, pop open the console and experiment. It's effing fun.


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cor strewth ... major PIMPS!
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's début title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
A Half-Life wad file with four textures from AddonDB. You can use this with any mod you like.
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Meet 'genius' 5-year-old Indian boy who has same IQ as Albert Einstein
At the age when kids are just starting to learn their alphabets, a five-year-old boy, based in Haryana, India, has left psychologists stunned with his high IQ of 150 points that is similar to renowned scientist Albert Einstein.
According to Gulf News, Kautilya Pandit has extraordinary grasping skills and can recall random information about some 213 countries.
Pandit is also aware about domestic and international affairs, space, geographical borders, natural resources and such at his tender age.
Pandit's proud grandfather, Jaikishan Sharma, told the publication that his grandson has an excellent photographic memory and can answer almost any question with utmost ease.
Sharma continued saying that such capability is extremely rare in Pandit's age group and the first time they noticed his potential was during a family trip to Agra when they saw him reading and remembering the signboards.
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Federal regulations require institutions that receive Title IV funding provide specific consumer information about Heidelberg University to prospective and currently enrolled students. Listed below is the information that Heidelberg is required to disclose and where additional information can be found. Additional information is also available in the Heidelberg University Catalog. Financial Aid Office staff members, located in University Hall, are available during normal business hours to assist you if you are unable to obtain the desired information.
Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act
Information regarding the College's commitment to provide equitable opportunities for men and women students may be requested in the Athletic Office. Heidelberg submits an annual report to the Department of Education as required for Title IV Financial Aid eligibility. The results of the report can be found on line at www.ope.ed.gov/athletics. Heidelberg University is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III, and the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC), and, as such abides by their policies and procedures. A student-athlete may receive financial aid through the established programs for all students at Heidelberg University. Athletic interest and ability is not considered in the formulation of a financial aid award.
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The Family Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (commonly referred to as FERPA or the "Buckley Amendment") guarantees a student 1) access to his or her educational record, 2) the right to challenge the accuracy of the record, and 3) the right to limit release of information from the record. Additional information or questions can be directed to the Office of the Registrar.
Heidelberg 's policy can be found on the Registrar's site.
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In compliance with Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act (P.L. 101-542) and the Higher Education Technical Amendments of 1991 (P.L. 102-26), Heidelberg annually publishes graduation rates. This information can be requested through the Office of Registrar or found online.
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Heidelberg 's campus security report may be requested from the Office of Security. The Office of Post Secondary Education Campus Security Statistics Website. The Office of Residence Life annually publishes a guide to safety and security in the residence halls, on campus and in the surrounding area. It is made available to every student at orientation programs, mandatory residence hall meetings and on electronic student announcements. Students are encouraged to take security issues seriously.
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Throughout our history, Heidelberg has been a nondiscriminatory institution. The President appoints an Affirmative Action Council representing the various groups of which the college is comprised. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any educational program or activity receiving federal assistance by way of grant, contract or loan. Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is similar in its prohibition of employment discrimination on the basis of sex, religion color or national origin. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities. Additional information for students can be obtained by contacting the Vice President for Student Affairs on the third floor of the Campus Center or by calling 419-448-2062.
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Heidelberg has adopted and implemented a program to prevent the illicit use of drugs and the abuse of alcohol by students and employees. A Policy Handbook of Substance Abuse is published annually and distributed by the Dean of Student Affairs Office.
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Voter registration forms are available in the Business Office and Financial Aid Office in University Hall as well as in Beeghly Library.
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Male students who are 18 years old must be registered with selective service to receive federal aid. Registration forms are available at any post office or you may register online.
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Every year, millions of high school graduates seek creative ways to finance the rising costs of a college education. In the process, they sometimes fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams. Congress has enacted the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 (CSFPA). This CSFPA enhances protection against fraud in student financial assistance by establishing stricter sentencing guidelines for criminal financial aid fraud. It also charged the Department, working in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with implementing national awareness activities, including scholarship fraud awareness.
According to the FTC, perpetrators of financial aid fraud often use these telltale lines:
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CCM Ribcor Reckoner – First Look
Sep 14th
CCM's new Ribcor stick offering is now up for pre-order and we know you can't wait to dig in to the nitty gritty. So we're gonna get right into it! You'll notice a lot of similarity to last year's 40K with a few new features that CCM claims help make the Reckoner the best Ribcor model yet. After all, the 40K was the goods, and we said as much in our last Ribcor blog entry, but you all about that new new, aren't you? Yeah, we feel you. Let's get into it…
We see many features make their return in the More >
A First Look at the Easton Stealth CX Stick
May 19th
Posted by Brandon G in Articles
It's hard to admit our faults sometimes. Be real with it! Some of us are guilty of being puckhogs, some are guilty of cherry picking; others are guilty of making sticks that explode when you take a slap shot after just a few weeks of use. It happens…
It's no big deal. We all have our faults. That's why we practice. We go back to the drawing board from time to time. The day we become content, that we stop working towards being better, that's when we're in trouble.
Easton's not stupid. They know how brutally competitive the stick market is, and More >
CCM Speedburner Stick
Mar 30th
Posted by Brandon G in Equipment
Do you remember the Octogun series of sticks? Of course you don't! How about the U+ Anatomy?!?! Bahahaaaaa! Not trying to trash talk, but man, I can remember a time (not so long ago) when CCM was borderline irrelevant in the stick world. Fast forward to today and CCM now boasts a three family stick arsenal currently contending for the number one spot in the stick market!
So how'd they do it? And in such a short amount of time? To be honest, if I knew how I'd probably be CEO of some fortune 500, More >
CCM JetSpeed Skate – It's all about fit and CCM gets it!
Mar 9th
What do we always say? If there's one sentence that can sum up all the advice we've ever given those looking to purchase new gear, it would be "It's all about FIT!" Like the kid that swears his shot is garbage because he's currently using a mid curve when he REALLY needs a mid/toe: all the while his stick is two feet too long for him! Splitting hairs over laces, runners, or even quarter packages makes zero sense if the boot doesn't complement YOUR specific foot shape.
Last week, CCM released a first look at their new JetSpeed skate. While the More >
CCM Takeover – Fitlite Helmet
Jan 19th
The concussion issue, and all the controversy that comes with it, seems to be here to stay. With new safety rating systems believed to be in the near future for hockey, manufactures are in a frenzy to create the safest, most concussion proof helmet possible.
While there's still nothing set in stone, it's apparent that Reebok is being put on the back burner while CCM is now the clear cut name of the future. CCM made waves a few months back with the release of the CCM Ribcor 40K; the long time Reebok flagship stick now bearing the CCM name.
The new More >
CCM Ribcor
Oct 31st
Rumors have been flying around for the past several months about Reebok's passing of the torch to CCM, and even the possibility of leaving the hockey industry entirely. While these rumors still can't exactly be confirmed, when we were told that this year's Ribcor stick would be shedding its Reebok markings for a new CCM look, we weren't exactly surprised.
The new CCM Ribcor 40K picks up right where its predecessor (the Reebok Ribcor) left off. The name of the game is still the same – to bring you a stick that's easier to load and more efficient at generating power More >
CCM Tacks Skates – Four Months Later
Oct 17th
After a decade without, CCM has brought the legendary Tacks skate line back! Personally, I haven't skated in the old "Tackaberry" skates that everyone has come to know and love, but one thing that is for sure, CCM has made some huge improvements in its newest set of jets. So, what exactly do the Tacks skates have going for them? Skating in my very own pair of Tacks has given me insight on the technological advancements that CCM has implemented in its skate.
Let's start with More >
Little Bruins – Learn to Play Program
Oct 10th
There are many perks to working in the hockey equipment industry. We often get to see unreleased product months before the public, we benefit from awesome discounts on gear, and we roll hard with dual monitors here in the office, but most of us are in the industry simply because we love the game.
Passing the awesomeness of hockey onto the next generation (and the feeling of doing one's part to grow the greatest game in the world) has always been the most rewarding part of this industry. Outfitting a youngster that may go on to love the game for the More >
Coming this Fall – Two New MonkeySports Superstore Locations!
Aug 1st
We are happy to announce that HockeyMonkey is expanding to Colorado and New Hampshire! There are two new MonkeySports Superstore locations coming soon and they will be the first Superstore locations for both states, adding to our current locations in: California, New Jersey and Massachusetts. By adding these two great stores, we are making it even easier to get the best Hockey gear at the lowest prices!
The latest addition out West is set to open up in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Greenwood Village borders the city of Littleton and is only a 30 minute drive from the "Mile-High City" of Denver. More >
Hands On The CCM Resistance Helmet
Jun 1st
Posted by Brandon G in Equipment
We got our hands on the new CCM Resistance Helmet today and wanted to give it the old sniff test… So here goes nothing.
First off, I'm a Bauer boy mostly and have been for a long time. I've been using essentially the same helmet for way too long now (Bauer 5000, 5500 and currently 7500). Upon opening this bad boy, I'm struck by the metallic packaging (I'm all about being flashy) and we're off to a good start. Disclaimer: I didn't at point in this process actually sniff the helmet—maybe tomorrow. Once I got it out, I'm struck by its simplicity. More >


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Non-trophoblastic neoplasms
Reviewers: Mandolin Ziadie, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 29 November 2011, last major update November 2011
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● More than 10 capillaries in at least 10 terminal villi in at least 3 low-power fields of the placenta (normal villi rarely have > 5 capillary lumina)
● Capillary (NOT stromal) hypercellularity is due to chronic placental hypoperfusion or low-grade tissue hypoxemia
● May be seen in pre-eclampsia, diabetes mellitus, placentomegaly, high altitudes, drugs and urinary tract infections
● Associated with neonatal morbidity / mortality (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1984;108:71)
Gross description
● Associated with single umbilical artery and other umbilical cord anomalies, retroplacental hematoma (abruptio placentae) and placenta previa
Micro description
● More than 10 capillaries in at least 10 terminal villi in at least 3 low-power fields of the placenta
● Capillaries are not surrounded by a continuous layer of pericytes or associated with stromal fibrosis
● May be associated with other features of villous dysmaturity, chorangioma, amnion nodosum, chronic villitis and FTV
● Distinguish from congestion (vessels appear prominent but are normal in number) and tissue ischemia (other features of ischemia include shrunken coalesced villi)
Micro images
End of Placenta > Non-trophoblastic neoplasms > Chorangiosis
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Grand Duchy
Black Francis and Violet Clark had one simple goal heading into their second Grand Duchy album...
"My motto for this record was 'if Petits Fours was missionary, Let The People Speak needs to be doggy style'," says Clark.
"Let the People Speak has more confidence," adds Francis. "For Violet, the confidence of finding one's voice; for me, the confidence to become submissive. This record was definitely more about slamming it in."
That's clear from the start, as "See-Thru You" sets the scene alongside laser-guided synth lines, brass-fitted beats and ravenous riffs, only to be swept away by the manic melodies and fist-pumping choruses of "White Out." Written by Clark while Francis was on tour with the Pixies, it's just a taste of how carefree and confident the married couple's become in the three years that separated their debut LP—an "experiment" that didn't stay that way for long—and the dizzying highs of a concept album that exists in a "parallel universe in the past...now."
And the host of that parallel universe? Why, it's longtime Phoenix DJ Jonathan L, who treats every track like a freshly played single on his popular Lopsided World of L show. So while the steely pulse of "Silver Boys" may put him in a "Warhol-esque kind of mood," the plaintive piano outro of "Esther" goes one step further, channeling "a glittery Lou Reed, or maybe a Ziggy?"
Which isn't an accident. As Clark admits, "Andy Warhol is my hero. I'm also fascinated with the dark aspects of nightlife and intoxicated social intercourse, so just thinking about him and his world brought some sexier energy into these songs."
As did several other factors, from Clark's position as in-house producer (with the Fall's Simon "Ding" Archer mixing, and drummer Jason Carter engineering) to the freedom Francis felt as he focused on being a better band member.
"Whenever I wrote for this record," he says, "I knew that Violet would take it wherever she wanted to. It was nice to just think about music and not worry about the end result."
"There's more energy left in the music if you're not picking it all apart with your brain," adds Clark, "worrying about whether what you're doing is 'cool' or not. &;I have decided that 'cool' has no place in what we're trying to do or achieve. &;What is 'cool' anyway?"
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I'm bored! Let's have some Everton jokes!
A Liverpool and an Everton fan get into a nasty car accident. Both vehicles are really wrecked, but amazingly neither of them are hurt.
After they crawl out of their cars, the Everton fan says, "So you're a Liverpool supporter, that's interesting. I'm an Everton fan… Wow! Just look at our cars. There's nothing left, but fortunately we are unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace the rest of our days."
The Liverpool fan replied,"Totally agree – this must be a sign from God!" The Liverpool fan went on, "And look at this – here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of whisky didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink it, to celebrate the fact we are alive and kicking?"
He hands the bottle to the Everton fan who nods his head in agreement, opens it and takes few big swigs from the bottle, then hands it back to the Liverpool fan. He takes the bottle, immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the Evertonian.
He looks puzzled and asks, "Aren't you having any?" The Liverpool fan replies, "Nah…I think I'll just wait for the police……"
A medical professor was lecturing his 1st year students about involuntary muscle contractions.
To liven up the lesson he asked one of the female students, 'For example, do you know what your ar*ehole does while you are having an orgasm?'
She replies "Of course i do! Hes at Goodison Park watching Everton…..'.
A man walks into a pub were they have a robot serving behind the bar, he orders a pint & whilst the robot is pouring it he asks the punter what his IQ is.
The man replies 147 & the robot starts chatting about the difficulties in the American sub prime mortgage market causing a credit crunch over here in the UK.
The guy is amazed by the robot decides to visit the pub a week later, again as the robot is pouring his pint he asks the guy what his IQ is.
This time the guy says 94 & the robot starts chatting about who'll get the England Job and about that bloke who reappeared for 5 years after faking a canoe accident.
Again the bloke is amazed by the robot & visits the pub the following week, usual script the robot asks him what his IQ is
This time the man replies 57 to see how the robot reacts
The robot starts chatting in a real slow & deliberate voice and says…..
"So how do you think Moyes is doing this season?"
I met this really sexy woman last night. I took her home and she said in a sultry voice "I want you to humiliate me."
So i made her wear an Everton shirt!
An Everton fan walks into the library. He walks up to the counter, slams a book down and screams at the librarian, "This is the worst book I've ever read! It has no plot and far too many characters!"
The librarian looks up and calmly remarks, "So, you're the one who took our phone book!"
Two Everton fans observed in a parking lot trying to unlock the door of a Mercedes with a coat hanger.
One Everton fan said: "I can't seem to get this door unlocked!"
The other fan said: "Well, you'd better hurry up and try harder, its starting to rain and the top is down!"
A little boy took his parents to court because he did not want to live with them anymore. The honored judge said to him "So why don't you want to live with your dad?"
"Because he beats me" said the little boy.
"Why don't you want to live with your mum then?" asked the judge.
Because she beats me as well.
"Oh" said the judge "Well who would you like to live with then?"
The little boy replied" I would like to live with Everton, because they don't beat anyone!!"
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Managing Asthma: Learn To Breathe Easier
Asthma is a common, long-lasting disease that affects the lungs. It can begin in childhood or adulthood. Without proper care, asthma can become serious, even deadly. But most people with asthma learn to manage the disease so they have few symptoms or none at all.
Bad Air Day: Air Quality and Your Health
In many parts of the country, summer has the worst air quality of any season. When the forecast says it's a code red day for air quality, what does it mean for your health?
Your Microbes and You: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
Trillions of microscopic creatures—like bacteria, fungi and viruses—are living in and on your body right now. We tend to focus on destroying bad microbes. But taking care of good ones may be even more important.
Recommended NIH Resources
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An overview of asthma, including causes, risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
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Research and information on asthma that focuses on understanding how the environment, allergens, and genetics interact with the immune system to cause the disease and aggravate symptoms.
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Information and resources on asthma. Includes videos on how to use inhalers, listings of health studies and clinical trials, NIEHS activities and resources, general information, and materials for educators.
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Tenterden & District Association
The Tenterden & District Association is a voluntary body of National Trust members, established in 1994 to promote the work of the Trust and, through social activities, make membership more enjoyable.
To obtain information about all of our activities, download membership and other forms or make an enquiry, please view our independent website.
If you are not already a member of the National Trust you can find out more by visiting the membership section of this website.
We look forward to welcoming you.
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Erin Henderson's miscue in coverage remains a sore spot a day later
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Erin Henderson was still bothered Monday morning by the fact he was at fault for the 30-yard touchdown pass that Andrew Luck threw to Reggie Wayne near the end of the first half Sunday in Indianapolis' 23-20 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.
"I told Coach Pug I had nightmares about that play," Henderson said referring to his position coach, Fred Pagac. "He told me, 'Good, I should.'"
Henderson is the Vikings' starting weak-side linebacker, but moves to the middle when the team puts an extra cornerback on the field in place of Jasper Brinkley.
On the play in question, Wayne was released by cornerback Antoine Winfield and it was largely Henderson's responsibility to drop into the deep middle of the field and pick up the wide receiver. He also was supposed to get some late help from a safety.
That was the design but it didn't work that way, and the Colts took a 17-6 halftime lead in large part because of Henderson's miscue.
"I was in very good position," Henderson said. "I was where I was supposed to be, and I just tried to make a play on the ball too soon. When I turned around to look at it, I misjudged it completely. I felt I had Wayne under control. ... When I tried to make a play on it, I just kind of lost it. ...
"It's one of those things that eats you up. You hate to have it happen, but you're glad it happens at this point in the season, where you can bounce back from it and grow from it, and maybe come back and be put in that situation this season, and make that play that gets us into the playoffs or something like that. I'm glad it happened when it did, and I move forward from it."
Henderson, in his second season as a starter for the Vikings, is hoping other quarterbacks think they can take advantage of him on the same type of play.
"I misjudged it a little bit, so hopefully there are quarterbacks out there, watching it, and they think that they can come in and try to get some on me, too," he said. "I've got a little surprise for them if they want to present that to me."
Henderson was credited with a team-leading 12 tackles, a sack, three tackles for a loss and a quarterback hurry Sunday. But Henderson knows that his error in coverage put a damper on things and that even when asked to cover wide receivers like Wayne, he must do a better job.
"It's what they ask of me, and I've got to figure out how to get it done," he said. "I don't know if you guys noticed or not, I had some time last year playing the same position and doing the same things, and I didn't give up anything across the middle.
"So, it's one of those things, I was trying to take the next step and get my head back and look back at the quarterback and see what was going on back there and I got nosy and he kept running. It is what it is. I learn from it though. I understand what I have to do now. How I can play that better."


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Tag: vegan Halloween candy
There's no shortage of vegan Halloween candy!
I've compiled a list of vegan candy not only for Halloween but for year-round. I am notorious for having a mega sweet tooth and it's nice to know there are vegan sweets galore. Many of these vegan sweets range from conventional, name...
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March 01, 2002 April 27, 2002
18 Wooster Street, New York
Vanessa Beecroft sets up a structure for the participants in her live events to create their own composition, presenting themselves according to their own internalized aesthetic system. Deitch Projects was pleased to present an exhibition of video and photographic work from two such projects by Vanessa Beecroft, VB 45 and VB 48 in the Spring of 2002. VB 45 was Vanessa Beecrofts largest performance to date featuring 45 girls, naked except for thigh high boots designed for the performance by Helmut Lang. It was conceived as a minimalist, military type formation for the opening of the Kunsthalle Wien in February 2001. Additional works from VB 45 were later presented at the XXV Bienal São Paulo curated by Julian Zugazagoitia opening March 23, 2002. VB 48 took place at Palazzo Ducale in Genoa as part of the G8 summit of world leaders in July 2001. The dramatic space and the chiaroscuro lighting of Baroque painting inspired the concept of the performance.
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Opened 6 years ago
Closed 3 years ago
#10905 closed defect (bug) (invalid)
Do not allow duplicate (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) rows in meta tables
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Having these two rows in a meta table shouldn't be allowed:
meta_id post_id meta_key meta_value 1000 1 foo bar 1001 1 foo bar
Attachments (1)
Change History (26)
comment:1 follow-up: ↓ 6 @scribu — 6 years ago
- Keywords needs-patch added
- Milestone changed from 2.9 to Future Release
When trying to add a UNIQUE index to post_id, meta_key and meta_value I get an error:
#1170 - BLOB/TEXT column 'meta_value' used in key specification without a key length
So this will have to be resolved through the *_metadata() API.
comment:2 follow-up: ↓ 3 @scribu — 6 years ago
- Summary changed from Add UNIQUE(post_id, meta_key, meta_value) constraint to meta tables to Do not allow duplicate (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) rows in meta tables
comment:3 in reply to: ↑ 2 @sivel — 6 years ago
Can you comment on what changed on your view in regards to this very discussion you had on the wp-hackers list.
Seems that your last comment was:
"Ok, I suppose it wouldn't be a good idea. Nevermind."
comment:4 @scribu — 6 years ago
The reason why I said that then, was this reply:
[wp-hackers] On 2/26/09, aesqe <aesqe at skyphe.org> wrote:
i think this is the right behavior - how else would a plugin like
flutter have grouped custom fields?
i don't know how many of you are familiar with flutter, but here's an
let's say you have a group called reviews, and that group can be duplicated.
let's say that it has three fields:
- reviewer_name
- reviewer_magazine
- review_text
and if two journalists from the same magazine write a review about that
particular post (which is actually a book, or a movie, etc)
then too, you'd have the same situation:
*meta_id* *post_id* *meta_key * *meta_value*
001 001 reviewer_magazine bar
002 001 reviewer_magazine bar
and flutter has its own table in which it stores relations between
custom fields and groups, so this works jus fine.
But after I thought about it more, it just hit me that that's not a good reason at all. There are better ways to achieve what Flutter is doing, without having the same data duplicated over and over again.
comment:6 in reply to: ↑ 1 ; follow-up: ↓ 9 @hakre — 6 years ago
Replying to scribu:
When trying to add a UNIQUE index to post_id, meta_key and meta_value I get an error:
#1170 - BLOB/TEXT column 'meta_value' used in key specification without a key length
Can you please provide the SQL you used to create the key? That would be interesting.
So this will have to be resolved through the *_metadata() API.
Let's see. It might work with SQL, maybe you have just forgotten to use some more parameters / options in the SQL Statement.
comment:8 @aesqe — 6 years ago
I've actually changed my opinion on this matter since the above-mentioned discussion, there definitely are better ways to do what Flutter is doing with grouped custom fields (saving values as array comes to mind first) :)
comment:9 in reply to: ↑ 6 @scribu — 6 years ago
- Keywords reporter-feedback removed
Replying to hakre:
Replying to scribu:
When trying to add a UNIQUE index to post_id, meta_key and meta_value I get an error:
#1170 - BLOB/TEXT column 'meta_value' used in key specification without a key length
Can you please provide the SQL you used to create the key? That would be interesting.
ALTER TABLE `wp_postmeta` ADD UNIQUE ( `post_id` , `meta_key` , `meta_value` );
It was generated by phpMyAdmin, so I don't think the SQL is wrong.
comment:10 @mrmist — 6 years ago
The SQL is wrong..
ALTER TABLE wp_postmeta ADD UNIQUE (
post_id ,
meta_key ,
meta_value (40)
Would work.
It's because meta_value is a blob. You have to specify the length of the part you want to index. The example above would index the first 40 chars, you could go longer but it probably isn't necessary.
comment:11 @mrmist — 6 years ago
Actually reading up that length is bytes not chars so (40) is a lot.
comment:12 @scribu — 6 years ago
Hm, didn't know you could do that.
Anyway, that doesn't help: checking only a fragment of the value doesn't guarantee it's the same value.
comment:13 @mrmist — 6 years ago
Nope, but it's the only way to index such columns.
The alternative (to the index) I guess is to introduce a check before such a row is inserted or updated, to see if it would produce a duplicate.
comment:14 @scribu — 6 years ago
- Keywords has-patch added; needs-patch removed
Should add a check on update_metadata() too. This is how I think it should work:
If by performing the update you end up with duplicates, delete the old value and return true.
comment:15 @scribu — 6 years ago
- Milestone changed from Future Release to 3.0
comment:16 @scribu — 6 years ago
Related: #11683
comment:17 @arena — 6 years ago
Not sure the duplicates (meta_key, meta_value) should not be allowed as it is supported today !
A. To complete the api, following functions should be added
1. update_metadata_by_id($meta_type, $meta_id, $meta_value, $meta_key = false)
2. delete_metadata_by_id($meta_type, $meta_id) ( see function delete_meta() )
3. get_metadata_by_id($meta_type, $meta_id)
B. For code consistency, make a definitive choice between $type_column or $column
C. add_metadata should return inserted id :
$result = $wpdb->insert( $table, array( $type_column => $object_id, 'meta_key' => $meta_key, 'meta_value' => $meta_value ) ); if ($result) { $result = $wpdb->insert_id; wp_cache_delete($object_id, $meta_type . '_meta'); do_action( "added_{$meta_type}_meta", $wpdb->insert_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value ); } return $result; }
comment:18 @arena — 6 years ago
- Cc arena added
comment:19 @hakre — 6 years ago
Having more concrete working API functions would indeed help to figure things out properly. I like arena's suggestion.
comment:20 @nacin — 6 years ago
- Milestone changed from 3.0 to 3.1
Per the latest patch, I don't think we expose meta_id anywhere in the API, at least not prominently.
They should probably be unique across post_id, meta_key, meta_value, but we're too late in the dev cycle to be making this change at this point.
comment:21 @Denis-de-Bernardy — 5 years ago
- Keywords needs-patch added; has-patch removed
See also #15049, which got closed as dup, with further discussion points.
Btw, the unique index is not an interesting one. It's too large - better use in_array() for this kind of stuff.
comment:22 @nacin — 5 years ago
- Milestone changed from Awaiting Triage to Future Release
Agreed with Denis - avoid the index here if we want to do this.
comment:23 @moskjis — 5 years ago
Thanks to scribu: pointed out this ticket.
I have a related ticket: #16267 If this one (#10905) is implemented, #16267 isn't needed.
Although, I would like to have the possibility of duplicates.
comment:24 @wonderboymusic — 3 years ago
is anyone still pining for this?
comment:25 @scribu — 3 years ago
- Milestone Future Release deleted
- Resolution set to invalid
- Status changed from new to closed
Well, the API already covers this:
- add_metadata() has a $unique parameter (don't know if it had it 3 years ago)
- update_metadata() will never produce duplicates
So, not much else to do here.


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1) This Asian city is at the center of the Hexi Corridor and Marco Polo has spent a year in this ancient city.
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2) The nickname "City of Lights" just gives this one away.
-- Perth, Australia
3) Tangerines were named for this city, the first one to ship the fruit to Europe.
-- Tangier, Morroco
4) This city has a government building named the "The Custom House".
-- Dublin, Ireland
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-- Como, Italy
6) This northern Canadian city started its first oil boom when it struck oil on February 13, 1947.
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7) This beautiful rail station is central to this Asian mega-city.
-- Beijing, China (Beijing South Rail Station)
8) A major UN convention on biodiversity was held in this city in 2006.
-- Curitiba, Brazil
9) This lake is a few kilometers outside the city created in 1937 to be the headquarters for the western mining group of the High Katanga Mining Association.
-- Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo
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United States: Thurston County (WA), Spokane (WA), Albuquerque (NM), Jackson (MS), Winnebago County (IL), Boone County (IL), Ogle County (IL), Lee County (IL), Dekalb County (IL), La Salle County (IL), Putnam County (OH), Van West County (OH), Mercer County (OH), Paulding County (OH), Shelby County (OH), Union County (OH), Morrow County (OH), Richland County (OH), Seneca County (OH), Sandusky County (OH), Ottawa County (OH), Wayne County (OH), Cabton County (OH), Tuscarawas County (OH), Harrisburg (PA), Winston-Salem (NC), Greensboro (NC), Hyde County (NC), Onslow County (NC), New Hanover County (NC), Gulf County (FL), Jackson, Liberty County (FL), Jefferson County (FL), Columbia County (FL), Gilchrist County (FL), Levy County (FL), Citrus County (FL), Lake County (FL), Sumter County (FL), Hernando County (FL), Sarasota County (FL), Osceola County (FL), Indian River County (FL), Okeechobee County (FL), Saint Lucie County (FL), Collier County (FL), Monroe County (FL), Mineola (TX), State of Missouri, State of South Carolina, the Coast of Georgia, and the Coast of Mississippi
Canada: Leduc (BC)
Mexico: Guadalajara, Leon de Los Aldama
Bolivia: La Paz
Brazil: Curitiba, Tocantins, Aracatuba,
Paraguay: Asuncion
Argentina: Rio Cuarto, Santa Rosa,
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Belgium: entire country
Italy: Amalfi, Como
Spain: Beasain, Costa del Sol
Sweden: Stockholm
Morocco: Casablanca, Agadir, Safi, Larache
Gibralter: entire country
Turkey: Antalya
Saudi Arabia: Mecca
Qatar: Doha
Oman: Masqat, Salalah
Zambia: Lusaka, Livingstone
Mozambique: Beira
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kolwezi
Iran: Shiraz
Asia & Oceania:
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China: Bejing, Baoji, Lanzhou
Pakistan: Okara
South Korea: Busan
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
Timor-Leste: Dili
Fiji: Suva
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