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#2. A Norse Coin in Maine
Imagine it's 1957 and you're on an archaeology dig in Maine. If it helps set the scene, picture yourself listening to Elvis Presley in a white tee with a cigarette pack in your sleeve while you dig around. The spot you're working on was once the largest Native American settlement in Maine, so you're looking for Native American-y stuff. Arrowheads and the like. But among all that is this coin that just doesn't fit. "That's because it's British!" said everyone at first, but the truth turned out to be much weirder. The coin was Norse (think descendents of Vikings), and a thousand years old at that.
The Find:
It actually took 21 years for anyone to pay attention to the coin that looked like a half-eaten Oreo ...
Prenibbled for the best filling-to-cookie ratio.
... but when they did, the evidence was pretty conclusive. Not only was this an ancient coin minted during the reign of Norse King Olaf Kyrre, but the window of its production was pretty limited: 1065 to 1080. That's 15 years, for those of you too lazy to bother with rudimentary math. This coin must have been made within those 15 years, and in Norway. And it was found in Maine, USA, 5 inches beneath the surface of the earth, among 30,000 genuinely Native American artifacts found during the dig.
"Dammit, Thor, I told you not to flip that coin. Now we have no change for the parking meter."
One lone Scandinavian coin among tens of thousands of American Indian relics. So how did it get there? There was zero evidence of the Vikings ever settling past the very top of Eastern Canada, and even that wasn't so much of a "settlement" as it was a "temporary campground, maybe." And that was hundreds and hundreds of miles away. So the story was probably amazing, and also one that we'll never, ever know.
#1. Ancient Japanese Speakers in New Mexico
We're starting to think aliens knew what they were doing when they totally and for real landed in New Mexico all those years ago. Weird shit has been popping up in the Land of Enchantment since forever. They probably thought no one would notice their weird little melon heads among the Hebrew rocks and wacky turquoise shops.
"Aw, my Etsy store sucks."
Case in point: Tucked into New Mexico is one tribe of Native Americans who happen to speak a language unlike any around them. A language called Japanese.
The Find:
OK, maybe the Zuni people aren't speaking Japanese-Japanese, but there are enough similarities between the two languages that a few experts are spooked. The theory of a Japanese/Native American connection came about when graduate student Nancy Yaw Davis took an anthropology class on Southwestern Native American culture. She noticed that some Zuni words sounded a hell of a lot like Japanese words, and at a rate way above random chance. For example, the Zuni word for "clan" is "kwe," while in Japanese it is "kwai." The word for "clown" is "newe" in Japanese and "niwaka" in Zuni. "Priest" is "shawani" in Japanese and "shiwani" in Zuni.
The word for "cosplay" is "You're an embarrassment to your culture."
And then there was the whole syntax thing -- both languages use the verb as the last word of a sentence, a feature only 45 percent of languages share. That may not seem like a lot, but considering the Zuni language is nothing like the languages of the people who surround it, it's a pretty odd connection.
Kachina. In Japanese that translates to "those who have difficulty with sweaters."
So then Davis really started digging, and that was when she discovered all kinds of spooky crap -- like that both the Zuni and the Japanese share frequency of Type B blood, a rare kidney disease and specific oral traditions about their origins. So her theory is that sometime around the 12th century Buddhist missionaries made it all the way to California and traveled inland. Somehow.
If Davis' theory is true, the Zuni walked away from the deal with Japanese genes and some kickass stories -- which is a whole lot better than, say, smallpox. So it could have been worse.
It could have been dickgirls.
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Thinking about what used posted is kinda shocking (no pun intended), but the image itself wasn't, I think. Oh well.
I didn't find it shocking until he explained what was actually happening with that link.
I'd rather all of these drawings not have to go away, but I'd like to make sure in the future.
wah wah wah why are the mods looking out for the forums when I wanna link death shit, a boo hoo.
You punked yourself the instant we saw people on for realsies fire. The rules are the rules.
"You couldn't even tell what was going on till I explained it to all the reptilian brains here, without me you're nothing" who does this guy think he is as if we are too stupid to see anything unless it's explained to us.
For reference Usedtabe, here's fake people on fire so next time you'll know the difference.
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Researchers found the community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) bacterium secretes agents that attract and destroy immune cells that are supposed to protect against infection.
CA-MRSA infection is a global health issue because new strains of these staph bacteria have become resistant to treatment with many antibiotics and can cause severe infection in otherwise healthy individuals.
Although much attention has been paid to the hospital-associated strains of the bacterium, researchers say the findings show that the strains in the community may be more serious and difficult to treat.
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In the study, Michael Otto, PhD, and colleagues at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' (NIAID) Rocky Mountain Laboratories identified peptides (building blocks of protein) called PSM that are secreted by CA-MRSA. The results appear in Nature Medicine.
These peptides appear to destroy healthy immune cells that would normally fight against the infection.
Researchers developed test strains of CA-MRSA based on widespread strains of the bacterium, identified the PSM genes within them, and performed lab tests on mice.
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Teach humor writing? Is this a joke?
I am so excited. I might even stop by the Goodwill store and buy an old tweed jacket with patches on the elbows. That's right, I'm going back into the classroom. Just call me "Professor."
In a moment of questionable judgment, the administrators of the Education Connection program accepted my proposal to teach a six-week course titled "Basics of Humor Writing."
If you're not familiar with the Education Connection, it is a pretty cool program. (Visit EducationConnection.org.) They offer a wide range of educational opportunities in Western Connecticut, and one aspect of the program is called "Foothills Adult & Continuing Education." Free GED classes are offered, and they also offer what are called "enrichment classes." These enrichment classes are not free — but the fees are quite reasonable.
I convinced the administrators that teaching people how to include humor in their everyday personal and business correspondence is a very important adult "enrichment." My wife reviewed my proposal before I submitted it and remarked, "Really? Encouraging people to add flatulence jokes when they write emails at work is 'enrichment'?"
"Of course it is," I replied. "Don't you realize how boring most work emails are?"
I suspect my wife is concerned I will teach the type of humor I use while hanging around the house. No, don't worry, Honey. I plan to keep it clean and uplifting. (I'm not exactly sure what those terms mean, but I'll look them up on Wikipedia before the class begins.)
Here is an excerpt from my proposal: "This course will examine why people find certain things funny, and explain how to employ tried-and-true techniques to add humor to the students' writing."
You see, humor is as much a science as it is an art. Many folks think you are either born funny or you are not, and if not, then you never should try to be humorous. This is completely untrue. Humor is a lot like learning to ride a bicycle. At first you have to wobble around a bit and crash into a few trees. But once the cast comes off your arm, you're ready to crash into a parked car. No wait, humor is NOT like learning to ride a bike. Let me get back to you on that one.
Although humor is subjective, it can be analyzed to uncover WHY someone laughed. And there are a number of techniques that can be used to increase the level of humor. (My proposal said these techniques are "tried-and-true," so that must mean they will ALWAYS work. Um, sure.)
Another portion of my proposal said: "Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to judiciously include appropriate humor in his or her writing, especially with personal correspondence and business communication."
When my wife read this sentence, she said, "Judiciously? Appropriate? WHO is teaching the course again?"
My wife doesn't realize that writing a humor column each week for almost 12 years has made me an expert on what NOT to write and WHEN not to write it. Yes, I've learned this lesson the hard way, by writing things I thought were hilarious only to find out they offended every single person in Western Connecticut. But now I can share my painful experience with the students so they don't make the same mistakes. After all, as that old expression goes: "Experience is the mother of detention" (or something like that).
The course will begin Feb. 6 at Torrington High School, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. I guarantee it will be a fun time. Please sign up, and I'll see you then. And make sure you call me "Professor."
Bill Dunn is a freelance writer who resides in Torrington. He can be reached via his website at www.boomertrek.com.
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ANDERSON, S.C. – Anderson University's Chandler Hash continues to garner postseason accolades, as the standout senior guard has been named Honorable Mention All-America by the Division II Bulletin, as announced by the publication on Tuesday.
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It's a Spike's upper/lower, Magpul MIAD and CTR, and a Daniel Defense 7.0 forearm.
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I'm having some issues with the component ComboBox.
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LayoutContainer combosPanel = new LayoutContainer(new RowLayout(Orientation.HORIZONTAL)); combosPanel.setSize(610, 22); final ComboBox<BeanModel> comboProvince = new ComboBox<BeanModel>(); ListStore<BeanModel> storeProvinces = new ListStore<BeanModel>(); storeProvinces .add(provincesModel); comboProvince.setId("comboProvince"); comboProvince.setStore(storeProvinces); comboProvince.setEmptyText("Province"); comboProvince.setDisplayField("name"); comboProvince.setSize(135, 22); comboProvince.setTriggerAction(TriggerAction.ALL); comboProvince.addSelectionChangedListener(new SelectionChangedListener<BeanModel>() { @Override public void selectionChanged(SelectionChangedEvent<BeanModel> se) { comboTowns.disable(); } }); combosPanel.add(comboProvince, new RowData(-1, -1));
It expands the list, and if I try to click on one, it doesn't select it, it doesn't collapse the list, nothing. It's like if the component is blocked and can't receive the mouse events.
I have to write the name of the province on the comboBox and then push enter to select it.
I was just wondering if this is something that someone else reported or it's just something that only happends to me.
I'm using Google Chrome (for give more information).
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This is hard to say without having a fully working testcase. Have you checked if there are any exceptions?
Have you also tried to reproduce this in a small stansalone testcase implementing EntryPoint? This would probably the fastest way to solve it.
26 Jan 2011 12:02 AM #3
Hello sven.
The next time it will happend I will check it out and let you know.
Thank you.
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(TypeError): Cannot read property 'itemSelector' of null
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This webinar is one of a series of webinars on topics within the National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations of adults and adolescents. Recommendations from the National Protocol include encouraging patients to accept prophylaxis against STI's if indicated. HIV is one of the concerns the patient may have and exposure risk after sexual assault must be a priority for all clinicans. This webinar is is designed for clinicians and medical directors who deliver and prescribe treatment for post-sexual assault patients. The presenters will discuss:1. What: The currently recommended nPEP antivirals and different medication regimes clinicians can prescribe according to patient's history of assault and pertinent medical history2. Why: Variations in medical regimens may be prescribed based on certain details of the patient's history of the assault and pertinent medical history.3. How: Suggestions for implementation of nPEP procedures for post-sexual assault patients;3. How: Information on providing resources to assist patients in receiving the nPEP antiviralsAll clinicians and allied professional disciplines who work with sexual assault patients are welcome to attend the webinar. The webinar is being supported by Grant No 2011-TA-A-K021, awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, US Department of Justice. The webinar will also be archived for future viewing.


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Ready to participate in our one-day Competitions Training and Judging Day? This year, the competitions training and judging will be held _on the same day._ We hope you'll find this format more convenient and productive.
On Saturday, November 12th, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., all judges will meet for a brief training session. We'll talk about what to consider as you evaluate an entry and how to give the most helpful feedback. And as your team evaluates entries together, you'll get an idea of how to work as a group and decide on an award. It's an easy way to ask questions as you're examining entries and to network with judges on other teams.
In addition to serving breakfast foods and beverages, we'll provide a catered lunch from Babymoon Café. Choose from a variety of sandwich and salad box lunches.
For details, see:
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Treatment of Prostate Cancer with Radiotherapy: Should the Entire Seminal Vesicles be Included in the CTV
Ryan Smith, MD
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
Last Modified: November 7, 2001
Presenter: L.L. Kestin
Presenter's Affiliation: William Beaumont Hospital
Type of Session: Scientific
Materials and
Author's Conclusions
Clinical/Scientific Implications
The standard dose of radiation delivered in the treatment of prostate cancer has increased in recent years. This is being done with a paucity of data regarding long term toxicity. With increasing doses, it is important to limit the volume being treated. This study makes strides in defining the extent of SVs that need to be treated. As expected, with higher "classic" prognostic factors (high PSA, higher Gleason Score, higher T stage) comes a a higher involvement of the SVs. Regardless of the prognostic factors, the authors recommend treating, at the most, the proximal 2 cm of the SVs in patients with clinical T1-2 tumors. It should be noted, that also presented during this session, was a paper also looking into SV involvement (Davis, et al, Abstract #250). These authors reached the opposite conclusion, notably that the entire SVs should be treated in those patients at risk for SV involvement. In this study, however, a majority (75%) had stage T2b or higher tumors, and all had Gleason Score >6. In addition, the length of SVs was measured differently in terms of pathologic sectioning. This likely accounts for the discrepency, and the indiviaual patient should be considered when evaluating these data.
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Voting by Post
Voting by post is an easy and convenient way of voting if you are unable to get to the polling station.
Postal votes are now available on demand without having to give reason, unless your postal vote is being sent to an address other than the one at which you are registered. We can send your ballot paper to any address in the UK or abroad.
If you wish to change an existing postal vote or apply for a new postal vote requests must be received no later than 5pm eleven working days before polling day.
If you choose to vote by post, your ballot paper will be sent to you during the week before election day.
A postal vote application form is available below.
- Completing the Application Form
Applications can be downloaded from our website or the Electoral Commission (links and attachments below). The form must be printed out and completed, as we require a physical signature on the application form.
You should ensure that you complete all sections of the application form, and return it directly to the Elections Office. Any incomplete forms will be returned to you for further information.
If you require assistance in completing the application form, you should contact the elections office helpline immediately.
- After I have applied
Once you have completed the postal vote application form and returned it to the elections office, it will be processed as soon as possible. If there are any queries with the form, or if any part has been filled in incorrectly, then you will be contacted.
Once the form is correct and has been processed, you will receive a letter confirming that your application has been accepted and that your postal vote has been put into place. This will provide details of where your postal vote will be sent, and for how long these voting arrangements will be in place. PLEASE CHECK THIS LETTER CAREFULLY. It is your responsibility to ensure that all the details are correct. If you find something wrong, you should contact the elections office immediately.
Postal voters are sent yellow poll cards instead of the white ones received by electors who are registered to vote in person at a polling station. These poll cards are sent out several weeks before an election, and contain information on how to cancel or amend your postal vote, including all the relevant deadlines.
- If my details change
If you wish your postal vote to go to a different address to the one that you originally requested, then you should write and tell the elections office immediately.
You should also contact us in writing if you have changed your name. You are likely to receive a new postal vote application once we have processed this change of name, as we will need to check whether there has been any change to your signature, and if there is, capture the new one.
If you change the address where you are registered to vote, your postal vote will not automatically transfer with you when you re-register. The postal vote will be cancelled at your previous address, and you will need to complete a new application form if you wish to continue voting by post.
- The postal voting process
Postal Votes will be posted out to all postal voters the week before polling day. It is not possible for a postal vote to be sent out any earlier than this. YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THIS CAREFULLY IF YOU WILL BE GOING ON HOLIDAY IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS BEFORE POLLING DAY.
Your postal vote will contain your ballot paper(s) and a 'Postal Voter's Statement', on which you will need to provide your date of birth and signature. These are checked against those provided on your application form, so if they are missing or do not match, then your postal vote will not be counted.
The postal vote must be completed and returned to the Elections Office, in the first class envelope provided, before 10pm on polling day. Any postal votes received after this time will not be accepted.
Postal Votes can be returned in the post, using the envelope provided, handed in in person at the Elections Office, or handed in at a polling station (providing it is a polling station within your own electoral area – this is usually within your ward).
Once your postal vote has been received, it will be processed and the personal identifiers checked, before the ballot paper is secured and taken to be included in the count. Your 'Postal Voter's Statement' and ballot paper are dealt with separately, meaning that it is not possible to tell how a person has voted.
Although the postal votes are opened and checked, the ballot papers are handled face down until the start of count following the close of poll, so that it is not possible to see how the votes have been cast.
- Personal identifiers
All Personal Identifiers collected upon application for a postal vote will be held securely by the Elections Office, and will not be used for any purposes other than checking against the Postal Voter's Statement.
There is an understanding that people's signatures change over time, and therefore there is a legal requirement for the Elections Office to undertake an exercise to refresh the personal identifiers of anyone who has had a postal vote for more than 5 years.
This will now be an annual exercise undertaken each year. It was undertaken for the first time in January 2012. Anyone who receives a new form as part of this exercise who does not reply to the request for a new signature within 6 weeks would have their postal vote cancelled.
- Lost and Spoilt/Damaged postal votes
Once you have been granted a postal vote and the deadline has passed, you will not be able to go and vote in person, instead you MUST use the postal vote that has been sent to you.
It is possible to obtain a replacement postal vote if yours has been lost, stolen or damaged, or if you have spoilt it in some way. There are certain rules and deadlines which apply in these cases, which are laid out below:
If all or part of your postal vote has been lost, or if you have not received it, it is possible to obtain a replacement. This replacement cannot be issued until 4 working days before polling day. On or after this date, you can obtain a replacement postal vote from the elections office, or by having it posted out to you. You will be required to complete a declaration confirming that you have lost/not received the postal vote, and if you collect the postal vote in person, you will need to provide identification.
If following the reissue of a replacement postal vote you find or receive the original, you should throw it away, as it will have been cancelled and will not be counted, even if it is returned to us.
If you spoil or damage all or part of your postal vote, you can also obtain a replacement. In these circumstances, you are required to return all (or as much of) the original postal vote pack as you can. We will then be able to issue a replacement. Again the postal vote can be posted out to you, or can be collected in person from the elections office. A declaration will need to be completed, and again, if the postal vote is collected in person, then identification will also be required.
A replacement on the grounds of a postal vote being spoilt or damaged can be requested at any time once the postal vote has been received.


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TORONTO - Bell Chapel United Methodist Church in Steubenville was the setting for the Sept. 15 wedding that united Anica Lea Alvis and Robert Tyler Lease in marriage. The 3:30 p.m. ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Steve Smith.
Escorted to the altar by her uncle, James Michael Harris, and given in marriage by her mother, Cyndy Miller, the bride chose a white satin A-line strapless gown with a sweetheart neckline and embroidered accented bodice.
She carried a bouquet of white roses and fuscia stargazer lilies.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lease
The groom is the son of Patricia and Cliff Scheel and Robert and Cecelia Lease of Toronto.
Marjorie Grafton, cousin of the bride, served as maid of honor, and Erin Reed, sister of the bride, served as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Celeste Rawson, Jessica Shafer, Emily Smith, Leigha Zeiber and Evelyn Zimmer.
Josh Benton, cousin of the groom, was the best man, and Brad Lease, brother of the groom, was head groomsman. Daniel Blood, brother-in-law of the groom; Anthony Bradley, cousin of the groom; and Shawn Core, Joe Doyle and Bryan Ray served as groomsmen, as well as Cole and Gabriel Reed, nephews of the bride.
Paige Lease, Denali Blood and Rayne Lease, nieces of the groom, served as flowergirls, and Gunnar Blood, nephew of the groom, was the ringbearer.
A reception followed at the Holiday Inn of Weirton. The couple honeymooned in Maui, Hawaii.
The bride is a 2003 graduate of Edison Local High School and is employed as a retail sales consultant with AT&T in Steubenville.
The groom is a 2003 graduate of Toronto High School and a 2008 graduate of Bethany College with a bachelor's degree in communication. He is a retail sales consultant with AT&T in Weirton.
The couple live in Toronto.


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21 Dec 2012 7:43 AM #1
Problem with build version of app
I migrated the cmd tool from Cmd 250 to Cmd 258.
I did run: sencha app upgrade ../extjs-4.2.0
The app still work perfect.
Then started: sencha app build. The build ended with success with no errors.
But now the has problems. I see this error msg in Chrome:
Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'isLocalRtl' all-classes.js:1
Does somebody know what the problem here is????
What is isLocalRtl???
4 Jan 2013 11:27 AM #2
Same problem here ...
Sencha Cmd v184.108.40.2068.
Upgrade app from ExtJs 4.1.2 to 4.2.0.
The application works perfect but when build the application then ends with the following error :
TypeError: 'undefined' is not a function (evaluating 'this.isLocalRtl()')
4 Jan 2013 2:56 PM #3
I had problem with Ext 4.2.0beta
I moved back to Ext 4.2.0. Problem gone.
17 Jan 2013 3:38 AM #4
I'm also getting this problem. I'm using ExtJs 4.2.0 b285, and Sencha Cmd 3.0.2.
The isLocalRtl method is part of Ext.rtl.AbstractComponent (presumably part of the new Right-to-Left work); the error in question is coming from the definition of Ext.rtl.util.Floating, as packaged up into the all-classes.js file.
So the bug is that, for some reason, Ext.rtl.util.Floating is being packaged up into the all-classes.js file, but the other Ext.rtl classes (especially Ext.rtl.AbstractComponent) are not.
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23 Jan 2013 11:21 PM #5
Same Problem here:
ExtJs 220.127.116.115
Cmd 220.127.116.118
Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'isLocalRtl'
After reading the above post again (thanks!), I added "Ext.rtl.AbstractComponent" to requires in my app.js and the error disappeared. This is an acceptable workaround for the time being.
23 Jan 2013 11:25 PM #6
Workaround - manually require the Ext.rtl classes.
As a work-around, you can add 'Ext.rtl.*' to the requires section of your application. This ensures that the packaging brings in all of the RTL classes.
I haven't found a way to prevent it needing the RTL classes in the first place.


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6 Mysterious People at the Heart of Unsolvable Mysteries
#3. Captain Charles Johnson, the Pirate Biographer
Not many people can claim the title "pirate biographer," but Captain Charles Johnson certainly meets the criteria. His 1724 book, which bears the truly spectacular title A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates, has become the definitive reference guide for pirate culture in the 17th and 18th century Caribbean. His writings influenced pretty much every famous pirate character in history, from Long John Silver to Jack Sparrow. If you close your eyes right now and picture a pirate, Charles Johnson is responsible for the image in your mind.
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And your deviant Jack Sparrow fantasies.
And not only does nobody know who he was, but nobody is even sure if any of the shit he wrote was actually true.
Charles Johnson makes it very clear on the cover of Notorious Pirates that he is a pirate captain, and the book's text maintains this assertion throughout. In a time when fake biographies were circulating the world like counterfeit postage stamps, his was the first authentic account of daily pirate life that anyone had ever seen (in the book's bizarre third-person introduction, Captain Johnson more or less dares anyone reading to call him a liar). And he provides stories, anecdotes, and insights that only someone with firsthand experience would be able to relate. He even had candid woodcuts of piratical life -- the lonely sea captain equivalent of photographic evidence.
National Science Foundation/MilitaryTimes
"Keep the boat steady while I whittle this. Nobody will believe us otherwise."
The problem is that there were no pirates named Charles Johnson operating during that time period. Also, and perhaps more incriminating, there's the fact that virtually no pirate in the history of time had any kind of higher education. Illiteracy was so emphatically the norm among pirate crews that we are surprised none of them used pictographs to label their booty, and yet whoever was responsible for Johnson's book clearly knew how to read and write.
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"Arrrrr ... is a letter I can neither write nor recognize."
The most popular theory is that Captain Charles Johnson was actually Robinson Crusoe author Daniel Defoe, doing an undercover buccaneer expose. However, if that's the case, we're disappointed in him for having selected the most unimaginative pirate name in recorded history.
#2. B. Traven, Author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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B. Traven was one of the most prominent writers of the early 20th century, in a time when much of the world was so desolately broke that people were more likely to eat books than read them. He was responsible for the Western epic The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a novel arguably more famous for its movie adaption, in which a gold-crazed Humphrey Bogart is murdered by a band of giant machete-wielding mustaches with Mexican accents. However, despite his literary stature, no one knows for sure who B. Traven actually was.
Warner Bros.
Also known as the "I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" movie.
For some inexplicable reason, Traven went to incredible lengths to keep his identity a secret. In fact, B. Traven wasn't even his real name, which shows you how serious he was about the deception. It was a pen name he selected before beginning his writing career in Europe -- most of his books were published in German first, then translated into English later. Understandably, this has led many people to believe that Traven was German, despite the fact that during the first half of the 20th century, Germans were primarily occupied with killing people and not writing things.
Utilizing his fake name of make-believeitude, Traven wrote in Europe for several years before relocating to Mexico, which, considering the European climate at the time, was probably a smart move. He avoided going out in public as much as possible and would submit his manuscripts either via mail or through a proxy/human decoy, as if he was fearful of being struck down by assassins' bullets at any given moment. He was so good at this that only a handful of photos of Traven are known to exist, one of which was taken when he was arrested in London for forging travel papers because he didn't want to give out any personal information.
Wikimedia Commons
If you're going to be weird, just do it honestly.
Even after B. Traven died in 1969, reporters continued hounding his longtime associate and translator Hal Croves to reveal the author's true identity, even going so far as to ask if Croves himself was the famous recluse (in fact, "Traven Croves" was the alias Traven was using at the time of his death, so this wasn't exactly a leap of deductive reasoning). So who was he?
One theory points to a German actor named Ret Marut, who changed his name to the less G.I. Joe-sounding B. Traven to escape imprisonment during the German Revolution, which, contrary to popular belief, was a thing that happened. Other theories claim that Traven was an illegitimate son of Kaiser Wilhelm, that he was actually two or more people joining forces as a literary Voltron, or that he was an alter ego of the famous novelist Jack London, because Jack London liked to write a bunch of weird bullshit about being outside, too.
Wikimedia Commons
Yup, the guy with the Hitler mustache might have had this guy as a father. Seems appropriate somehow.
#1. The Woman of the Seine, aka the CPR Dummy Model
WARNING: This is going to be the weirdest goddamn story you've heard all week.
In the 1880s, a young woman was found floating in the Seine River in Paris. It was exactly like the beginning of The Bourne Identity, if that movie had been 10 seconds long and about drowning. The police fished her body out of the water and sent her off to the coroner, because the 19th century was a time when investigative techniques went about as far as checking the immediate area for evil spirits and then going back to the police station to wait for someone to confess to the crime. The coroner became smitten with the corpse and took her body straight to a molder to have a plaster cast made of her dead face, because everything was terrifying back then.
Mental Floss
"This was actually the third least terrifying thing we could have done with her body."
Before the coroner could come back to pick up his plaster corpse mask, random customers in the molding shop took notice of the piece and began requesting duplicate casts of their very own. Because money often helps you ignore the pleas of your conscience as it is torn apart by foul wrongness, copies of the anonymous dead girl's face were soon mass produced. By the turn of the century, the mask was a must-have across France and Germany, which are a pair of countries that know a thing or two about horrifying craziness.
The fad mercifully waned, but the masks could still be found all over Europe. So when the first CPR dummy was created by a Norwegian toy maker back in 1960, he decided to base its face on the Woman of the Seine's famous lifeless fear helmet, because why the fuck wouldn't he? Every single rescue dummy manufactured since then has had her face, which means that if you've ever been a lifeguard or had to take CPR training in high school, you have wrapped your lips around the mouth of a 130-year-old dead girl. And to this day, nobody has any idea who she was, so odds are she's haunting at least one of us right now.
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Hey, look at the bright side, mystery lady -- you've probably gotten more mouth action than anybody else in history.
Evan V. Symon is a moderator in the Cracked Workshop. When he isn't trying to find the real identity of Banksy, he can be found on Facebook, and be sure to bookshelf and vote for his new book, The End of the Line.
For more unusual tales, check out 6 People Who Just Fucking Disappeared and The 5 Creepiest Unsolved Crimes Nobody Can Explain.
If you're pressed for time and just looking for a quick fix, then check out The New Movie That Is Clearly a 'Men in Black' Rip-Off.


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f(z) = z^n - k [ z^(n-1) + ... + z + 1 ] where n is a positive integer and k is a real constant such that nk<1.
I have shown that a root of this polynomial must satisy |z|<1, but I want a slightly better bound such as 1-k. This seems plausible from computational results but is difficult to prove. I am trying to use Rouche's theorem to do this but finding an appropriate bounding function is difficult. Is there any other result about holomorphic functions that may help?
Summary of the discussion: Using the triangle inequality, one sees that that $|f(z)|\ge f(|z|)$, and so the root of largest absolute value is the positive real root $z_k$. Differentiating $f(z)(z-1)$, one gets a bound:
$$z_k < \frac{1 + k}{1 + n^{-1}}.$$
When $k \rightarrow 1/n$, the largest real root approaches $1$ (by continuity, since $f(1) = 1 - nk$). Thus any bound must involve $n$.
The OP complains that he wants something better. It is pointed out that as $k \rightarrow 1/n$, the quantity $1 - z_k$ is asymptotic to
$$\frac{2(1 - kn)}{(1 + n)}.$$
The OP then complains that he wants a bound in $n$ and $k$ (which was already given). The OP askes whether the asymptotic above was found in the following way: "Are you simply using the fact that the root would occur roughly twice as far as the turning point?" No --- mathematics was used at this point.
The OP says that he simply wants an upper bound on the real part of each root. Since the real part of the real root $z_k$ is itself, this question has already been answered. The asymptotic result shows it is impossible to impove this bound significantly.
It's hard to tell if the problem with the OP's repeated questions involve English, Mathematics, or both. In either case, this has already wasted 15 minutes of my time. To paraphrase Zagier, that's the equivalent of 15 days of the OP's time. Feel free to edit this post to make it more "civil".
I don't know about any further boundings, but n = 3 and k = 1/4, or polynomial $4z^3 - z^2-z-1 = 0$ has a solution (1/12 + 1/12 (235 - 6 Sqrt[1473])^(1/3) + 1/12 (235 + 6 Sqrt[1473])^(1/3)), whose absolute value is ~ 0.868877, which is greater than 1-k. Other {n,k} pairs are {2,3}, {4,6}, and {5,6}.
EDIT I noticed that if the roots are multiplied by nk, then as k goes from 0 to 1/n, the largest root in absolute value (which happens to be the largest root) goes from 0 to about 1. So I suppose that the roots are bound in the range (0, 1/n).


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Open the
Camera app to capture that perfect moment. While waiting to take your next photo, switch
HTC One X/One X+ to Sleep mode. When you're ready to take more photos and videos, just press POWER again to use the camera.
Use the controls on the Viewfinder screen to add effects, zoom in or out, and more.
On the Viewfinder screen, do any of the following:
When using Flash on or Auto flash mode, the camera intelligently sets the best flash brightness for your photo.


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Porn star Sunny Leone has achieved what remains a dream for most aspiring actresses! Yes, the sexy lady has been offered a role opposite Bollywood superstar Salman Khan.
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Highlights of this day in history: Ranger 7 beams lunar pictures; France's Marquis de Lafayette makes his name in the American Revolution; Thomas Eagleton withdraws as George McGovern's running mate; Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling born. (July 31)
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Margaret Wylie lives about a quarter-mile from the crash site of the hot air balloon in Lockhart, Texas and told The Associated Press that she was letting her dog out Saturday morning when she heard a "pop, pop, pop." (July 30)
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Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine made a stop in Pittsburgh on Saturday, as part of a three-day bus tour through the Rust Belt battlegrounds of Ohio and Pennsylvania. (July 30)
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While using testdrive gui, how to configure it to use zsync?
There seems to be no option to change that. Or is there a config file somewhere which can be edited?
TestDrive will use rsync, and then zsync, and then wget by default.
If you'd like to force zsync, I think that's a reasonable configuration option we should support. You're welcome to file a bug against the TestDrive project in Launchpad, http://launchpad.net/testdrive.
After some googling 1 it seems testdrive will use zsync by default as long it's installed.
Update: I have checked testdrive's source, it will use zsync if it can find the zsync command and if the image url starts with either http or ftp .


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Is it possible to create a stand alone deb packages by merging dependancies without manual repacking.??
I've looked at this question but it doesn't really answer what I'm trying to achieve above.
if possible how to do it?
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No tools available yet(?) So what about creating new deb package containing all packages which will copy dependencies to the cache and executing main package. Is it possible?
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Above method appears to be impossible because dpkg cant handle more than one operation at a time. Some scripts may can do it
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this tool is very helpful but it currently wont support oneric and above still waiting for more generic tool
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I have installed WPS office from the omg ubuntu website but my problem was it had to many crashes and is in chinese. In the software center, all it says is reinstall, not remove. Is there any way I can remove it?
WPS Office is Chinese software intended to be used in Chinese.
UbuntuKylin, a new official Ubuntu flavor intended for users in China, includes "cooperation with WPS", so presumably WPS will not crash when used with Kylin.
The current version of WPS is actually Windows software. The Linux version of WPS at OMG Ubuntu is still in Beta, so some crashes are to be expected.
If the Sowftware Center is not offering an uninstall option, you should be able to use Synaptic or the command line to uninstall:
You can remove it using
You can remove WPS Office/Kingsoft Office by follow commands:
BTW: Kingsoft office is full English support, and stable enough now? Do you want try it again?
You can get newer version here: http://wps-community.org/download.html
If you are having problems with an out release, foreign language program, then you can do this...


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How do you know when to draw the next frame if its bounding box is larger/smaller than the current? For example, in KOF, some characters have elastic arms and things of the like..How are these handled in a game?
You know those paper dolls with moving arms? The arms are attached to the doll using tacks or something similar. What you're looking for is basically the virtual counterpart to this.
To have complete freedom between the sprite frames and their sizes, each part has to have a reference points (both from and to).
You would want to set up a definition of a
Lets take Dhalsim for example, classic and answers your category of stretchy limbs. This is how it is done: http://sfgalleries.wikia.com/wiki/Sprite_Sheets#Dhalsim
The artists, draws the sprite frames and places them on a sheet with enough room so that each frame has it's own rectangle. In another layer, the artist marks the center of mass of the character in each frame (so that the frames are in-synch during animation)
Another person, usually not an artist, uses a tool to save the positions of these rectangles mentioned above and their width and height.
If you require more detail on how to implement the tool that helps extract the rectangles and save them to xml or text format ask and I could elaborate.
How to write a tool to collect data for a sprite sheet:
point is (x,y)
rect is (x,y,width,height,label,index);
pseudo code main loop:
If this makes sense let me know or please feel welcome to ask for elaboration.
To pick the frames 'character centering point' use a similar loop, that only asks the user to input one point.
Have the artist add this one pixel points in a new layer in Gimp/Photoshop and write a tool that opens the point layer and extracts their coordinates by iterating on all pixels and saves the results into your the format your prefer.
If you do it that way, you could easily calculate which point belongs in each rectangle and then pair them automatically.


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2007 Sacramento Autorama - Stylin' in SactoWritten by on May 14, 2007 The Customs of the 2007 Sacramento Autorama
You can make a strong argument that California's northern San Joaquin Valley is the cradle of customizing, considering how many customizing greats got their start in the region. Pioneers Harry Westergard and Dick Bertolucci plied their trade in Sacramento. Sam and George Barris got their start in the same area before moving to Los Angeles, while Gene Winfield did his early work in nearby Modesto.
With so much local custom history, it's no wonder the Sacramento Autorama has always drawn a high proportion of tail draggers and 'sleds. The event itself has a pretty rich history too. Started by H.A. Bagdasarian in 1950, the Sacramento Autorama is billed as the second-longest-running indoor car show anywhere. It's also one of the larger indoor shows in the West, drawing more than 350 vehicles into multiple buildings on the Cal Expo complex. It has always been a strong draw for San Francisco Bay Area cars, not to mention many from the central valley and beyond.
In 1991, the Autorama initiated the World's Most Beautiful Custom award. Much like the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award at the Grand National Roadster Show, the WMBC honor comes with an 8-foot-tall perpetual trophy, dubbed the Baggy in honor of Bagdasarian. In the past, Baggy himself would select the top custom, but the award was elevated to its own class two years ago. The honor is now earned based on a points system from a judging staff, with Bagdasarian awarding the trophy on Sunday.
Needless to say, the WMBC competition brings some outstanding customs to Sacramento every year, which was one of the main reasons we decided to take in the 57th annual gathering, held this past February 9-11. We hope you'll enjoy checking them out in print as much as we enjoyed drooling at them through the viewfinder. When you're done reading, be sure to check out the expanded coverage-including some cool rods to complement the customs on our Web site, www.rodandcustommagazine.com.
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And the winner is ... Tom Kowalski's '51 Mercury! The 2007 World's Most Beautiful Custom was built by Hot Rods by Dean in Phoenix and features many timeless custom Merc touches: a tasteful chop, DeSoto grille and bumpers, '54 Merc taillights, Buick side trim, and beautiful candy red over bone white paint. There's a hopped-up Flathead under the hood, cream-colored leather inside, and lots of fine detailing throughout. You can find a full feature on the car on the Rod & Custom Web site.The WMBC competition was heavy on '49-51 Mercs this year-they counted for six of the 14 cars in contention, including the eventual winner. We really like the design of George Garza's chopped '51, which was built and painted at Lucky 7 Customs. Distinctive touches include a chrome-rimmed grille opening, '55 Chevy parking lights, scooped rear quarters, frenched Lincoln taillights framed with fabricated chrome trim, and a gorgeous copper finish that earned the Outstanding Paint award.Patt and Alan Richardson's '49 Cadillac was a strong contender for the Baggy award. The Meadow Green beauty from Washington features a 2-inch top chop, frenched lights, subtle de-chroming, and a Ram Jet 427ci big-block mill in a highly detailed chassis.The latest in Richard Zocchi's long line of customs is this '64 Pontiac Grand Prix. The John Aiello bodywork includes Zocchi's trademark chopped top and flared rockers, plus frenched headlights in reshaped fenders and custom taillights. Art Himsl laid down the beautiful blue finish, and Bob Divine stitched the fine threads.Rick Dore's latest effort is this '57 Cadillac, built for John O'Quinn. It has taken on the air of a GM dream car by being turned into a two-seat roadster while retaining its distinctive Cadillac elements. Floyd Oldewurtel did the metalwork, while Danny Ornellis tweaked the fit and finish and Marcos Garcia sprayed the PPG paint.
You've seen Oz Welch's fantastic body and paintwork on other people's customs before. This chopped Merc-with its eye-popping House of Kolor Candy Sour Apple finish-is his personal ride. Subtle scallops highlight the ground-scraping body, which sports a clean Dodge truck grille bar, rounded corners, and custom frenched taillights.Lincoln Zephyrs are pretty swoopy to begin with. Scott and Diane Byrne made theirs more so by having Marty's Chop Shop slice the top slightly and move it back a couple inches, extend the rear fenders, and modify the front fenders to accept a '41 Lincoln hood and grille. The slick coupe gets smooth power from a 32-valve, 4.6-liter Lincoln V-8 cradled in a GM subframe.You saw the front end of James Hetfield's '53 Buick Skylark in last month's Grand National Roadster Show coverage. Here's the aft end, which has been de-finned and fitted with Jimmy Smith-designed taillights and a custom bumper. The Art Himsl- sprayed pearl lavender paint just glows under the spotlight, and the pearl white upholstery by Lux Interiors earned the Outstanding Interior award in Sacramento.Darrell Hayes' chopped '50 Merc was the second entry built and painted by Lucky 7 Customs. With the exception of the top chop, this one is relatively mild, sporting simple, clean mods like frenched headlights, a slightly altered stock grille, and rich emerald green paint two-toned with a deep green on the lower body.Mark Cameron's sectioned shoebox Ford started as a high school shop project back in 1982 and has been an on-again, off-again effort ever since. During the 25-year build time, it was placed on a '65 El Camino chassis, fitted with a Chevy TPI small-block, and received countless body mods from craftsmen like Jerry Sezar and Mike Schitta. Art Himsl recently painted it.Blueberry Thrill is the name of Jack and Patty Loveall's '51 Merc. Besides being chopped and sectioned, the deep burple Merc wears '55 Pontiac bumpers front and rear, a Chrysler grille bar, '54 Merc headlights and taillights, and an LT4 small-block Chevy. Beige leather fills the full-custom interior.Steve Frediani's '51 Ford won the 2006 WMBC trophy and made an encore appearance this year. The radically subtle convertible blends traditional and modern elements in a seamless, tasteful manner. The long list of body mods is highlighted by a '70 Torino windshield, wedge-sectioned fenders, and stretched doors.Brad Masterson spends his days working with the legendary Bill Hines, and has spent much of his recent free time finishing up this chopped Chevy Fleetline in the finest traditional style.
This under-construction Chevy being built by Roseville Rod & Custom pairs a subtle top chop and curved B-pillar with a not-so-subtle injected Bill Mitchell big-block and Morrison chassis. Cool!


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|Wedding anniversary, Joseph G. and Marilyn (Dilger) Dunn, 1952
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Dunn of Wolcott celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a dinner hosted by their children at East Street Eatery in Wolcott. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were married Aug. 23, 1952, at St. Thomas Church in Waterbury. They have 11 children, Kathy Decelles, Karen Hamel, Joe Dunn, Tom Dunn, Kelly Dunn, Stephen Dunn, Kris Dunn, Darlene Tynan, Doreen Dunn and Kyle Dunn of Wolcott, and Michael Dunn of Waterbury, 29 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Dunn is the former Marilyn Dilger.
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Hunting Those Rascally Jack Rabbits
Posted 06 May 2012 - 11:44 AM
The guys on YouTube that are hunting in the flat desert areas where there is a great deal less vegetation for the Jack Rabbits to hide in or under have it easy compared to those of us who hunt them in the more overgrown hilly and mountain areas of Southern California. I've found it a great challenge to spot Jack Rabbits with all of the plants and bushes that exist out where I was hunting. Don't get me wrong, I had a blast and it was really fun too. I am not giving up anytime soon.
Now to the story:
I actually got out to my spot about half an hour before sunrise (left home at 3:35am and got to my spot at around 5am). I walked to my stand/hunting location and sat there waiting for the light to make it "legal shooting time". It was odd that last weekend when I went there were animals all over the place in the morning, especially tons of Cottontails. However, this time was much different. It was as if the animals were on vacation. I only saw two Cottontails the entire time, where the time before I must have seen a dozen or more. I did come across a covey of quail and saw a couple of deer too while I was out stalking/walking around.
The first Jack I saw was when I decided to drive further back towards the main road where I was hunting. When I rounded a corner I see a huge Jack Rabbit look up and bolt off before I could even stop. It had to be the biggest one I've seen to date. I was about as big as my Beagle. I figured that one was a loss since it never looked back as it took off doing mach 1.
So I drove about another 100 yards and found a place I could pull off the road. I hiked up a trail for about half an hour and hear something to my right. A large jack had been spooked from his rest and hopped about 40 yards away and turned to look. I should have been getting ready for the shot when it was hopping, but I didn't and when I finally got ready for the shot it took off again. Rats! "Not again!", I thought to myself. I've got to get better at reacting, taking aim and taking the shot.
Finally I was getting a bit hot and tired, so I decided to head back on the same trail to go to my truck when I spotted a Jack Rabbit with my binoculars resting in the shade under a large bush. It ranged at 69 yards. I got myself set up as best I could and steadied the M-Rod on a pair of shooting sticks. I double checked everything and slowed my breathing, took aim and fired. Missed! The Jack stood up and before I could reload it hopped off. "Ugghhh", I thought to myself, "Yet another one that got away!"After that miss I set up a small target at 50 yards and found that while at 18 yards I was dead on, at 50 yards I was about 1/2" to 3/4" high. That meant that my shot went clean over the jacks head (since I was aiming for the fuse box) at 70 yards.
When I got home I readjusted my scope so that I wouldn't be high the next time. As difficult as those Jacks are to find and hunt down, I can't afford to be missing the shots that should be the easy ones.Well, I look forward to the next time. Hopefully the 3rd time out will be the charm and I'm hoping to come back with a couple the next time I go out.
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This is going to be a great year for small game because of all the extra cover and a healthy rattlesnake population because of all the rodents !
So be careful,
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I have a healthy respect for all snakes (even the big non-poisonous kind) and would rather not mess with them if they don't mess with me, but if I see them, they are a goner! I plan on ordering a pair of high snake boots for hunting this summer. I'd rather be safe than sorry in the end. I've got enough things to worry about without having to think about what would happen if I every got bit by one of those critters.
Posted 16 May 2012 - 05:05 PM
So it would be a good idea to load the .22 pistol with the CCI rat shot? Does anyone do anything with rattlesnakes when they kill them?
Thought I posted this last night, but either I accidentally erased it or it didn't go through? Forget about the bird shot in the .22. Almost every snake you will see is on dirt, and a standard .22 has always worked better for me. Shoot it at a slight angle (obviously) and whatever you do DO NOT PUT YOUR HANDS NEAR EVEN A DEAD RATTLER'S HEAD!!! Shoot the head off, have someone hold it down firmly with a long stick while you cut it off, anything except put your hands down there, they can still strike.
As for what to do with it, many I know have eaten it. They say it's not bad, no sirloin steak, but not bad. It has never worked out for me to try it, so I can't tell you personally. Your memory also must be slipping since you saw first hand what else you can do with them. Look at the hat, not the birds.
Posted 16 May 2012 - 06:02 PM
Think the snakes kinda hijacked this thread lol. To get back to the topic, becareful hunting rabbits lol. ED
Posted 17 May 2012 - 09:17 AM
I've been needing to get a good pair of hunting boots anyway since I've just been using a five year old pair of cheap hiking boots. The hiking boots are still mostly in one piece , but are starting to come apart at one of the seams so now is as good of a time as any for me to upgrade. Today I ordered a pretty decent pair of hunting boots that will protect me from any snakes that may happen to strike 15" and below at my legs. I'm hoping they will last at least as long or longer than my cheap hiking boots since I do try to take good care of my equipment. I'm not rich enough to buy new stuff all the time . Now I won't feel as nervous about walking around, though I'll still be keeping a look out for that camoflauged slithery bugger and his buddies.
I plan on heading out for some Jacks early Saturday morning (won't have the boots by then, but I'll just be careful). I'm hoping to come back with something this time.
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Monday I'll rezero it in at 17 yards after I run about 10 to 15 pellets through it ahead of time and I'm hoping that this solves the issues. I was so aggrevated on Saturday. I had three good shots at three different jacks. One even gave me four opportunities at it (four shots) and I still never hit it. I was so angry! I saw 11 jack rabbits while I was out and couldn't bring one down. I really, really hope it shoots better now that I've clean and realigned everything. I can't afford to be missing the easy shots when they are presented.
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Rezeroed in the scope today at 17 yards and every single shot went within a 1/2" bullseye. I'm really hoping that this means that the problem is fixed. I guess I'll find out when I go to try my best to get one in a couple of weeks from now.
Posted 21 May 2012 - 12:20 PM
I also saw plenty of quail, ground squirrels and cottontails. I took out (6) of the regular California ground squirrels and took a photo of the two I could recover, but I'll have to post that once I download the photos from my phone. I also saw a ton of those little Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels running around everywhere. Of course I never took any shots at those little guys being that they are protected. One thing I would say about those little buggers though is they sure are fast. They run way faster than a typical ground squirrel. I'd say about 3 times as fast. Cute litte critters too.
Anyway, once I get the photos downloaded I'll post them here.
Posted 21 May 2012 - 02:15 PM
Rock formation that I was shooting Ground Squirrels off of:
These were the only two ground squirrels out of six I shot that I could recover:
This was a cactus flower that I took a photo of for my daughter because I thought she would like it (it is pink... of course ):
I'm not sure how I was able to hit the squirrels which were much smaller when I couldn't hit a jack rabbit all day! You'll notice though that the wounds are in the middle of the body instead of the head (which is what I was aiming at). Both had given me side profiles and they were crawling across the rocks. One was at 30 yards and the other at 39 yards. It appears the gun was shooting to the right. I'm hoping with the cleaning I gave the barrel on Sunday that I won't have accuracy issues anymore (at least for a while anyway).
I can't wait to get back out and see if I can get a few this next time.
Posted 21 May 2012 - 05:18 PM
Take pics, lots of pics if you go out ARH
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I'm hoping to get out the following weekend (first weekend in June) early in the morning again and put a few in the cooler this time . I found a good spot to sit and watch for the Jacks as they come through. Kind of like a Jack Rabbit "Highway" that goes through one spot of the area I was in.
I'm also, slowly but surely, figuring out some of the Jack Rabbit's habits. One things for sure, when they spot me, even if it is from 100 yards away when it is cooler in the morning or afternoon, they take off and don't look back. If it is in the heat of the day they seem to hold a bit longer and I've spotted a few keeping cool under some brush. I'm going to take a tiny mouth whistle this next time so that when I see them take off I can whistle to see if they will stop and give me a quick shot. I never could whistle very loud, so I'm having to take a whistling device with me.
Well, if you do go out with the young ones this weekend Bisley, I hope you and the youngins are successful. Glad to hear you are working and I full understand the long days and how it affects us "older dude's" bodies (well, semi-older anyway). I must have hiked about 3 or 4 miles on Saturday and with the heat my feet felt like they were in frying pans. Found out I had gotten a blister on a toe about half way through the day and that was why my foot was burning so much.
Posted 21 May 2012 - 07:26 PM
My feet are having sympathy for you. Ouch! I hate blisters. I think the worst part is that you are already out (from the vehicle) when it happens, which means the only way to get back is to walk some more
If it is in the heat of the day they seem to hold a bit longer and I've spotted a few keeping cool under some brush.
It is funny you say this, that is how we used to take a majority of our rabbits was mostly by looking under the brush. This is an old pic from 2005, a great year for rabbits. I actually got to the point I would see this from a moving vehicle off in the brush all the time. Of curse I was out two to three times each month hunting thought. Amazing what you can do with enough practice, just like hitting them on the run with rifles and pistols.
Posted 22 May 2012 - 08:36 AM
I have a hard time spotting them because I wear glasses now. I can hunt without them, but it makes spotting stuff hard because I'm slightly near sighted... which means things farther away get blury . Even with the glasses everything is not perfectly clear because I need to go in again for a eye exam and get a new pair of glasses. The ones I currently wear are what they call "Progressive" which means there are three magnifications but no lines in the lens. I really don't like them, but I've started to get used to positioning my eyes to see through the different magnifications when needed.
It is a real bummer because I had awesome eyesight up until I was about 37. Then the old eyes started going bad, probably from working in front of a computer screen all day. One of these days I'll get better at spotting them before they spot me. I think I need a better pair of Binos too. I dropped them and the prisms got jacked up. I disassembled them and realigned the prism pretty close, but even before then something got on the lens and so the sight picture is not really as clear as it should be. Ahh, I just need to get a decent pair of binos that are powerful, clear and don't cost me a ton of cash.
Good hunting.
Posted 22 May 2012 - 05:13 PM
I know what you mean about the transitional, my dad has had them for years. He had the same gripes, but must have eventually got used to them since he no longer complains. And believe me, he would complain if they still bothered him . Hope you get some you can see out of and get used to them, it should surely help.
Like I said also, seeing that was easy when I hunted almost every weekend, usually both days, for over three months straight. Practice, practice, practice, it is definitely true. But three short weeks of not going out and it was lost rather quickly . But you are definitely on to something by looking under the shaded bushes
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1970 Super Bee - Front Inner Fender ReplacementWritten by on November 1, 2006 Installing a factory part the way the factory never planned
It's a common problem that many have already had to or will have to deal with-rust. Let's face it, short of finding a car stored in a climate-controlled garage, any Mopar project we try to undertake is going to have some rust somewhere. But it's usually just a simple matter of contacting the appropriate restoration supply house and getting the parts needed. What if the afflicted area doesn't have a replacement piece of metal available? Let's take, for instance, the driver-side inner front fender of our '70 Super Bee. The battery tray mounting area had a fairly large rusted area brought about by many years of battery acid slowly eating away at it, and no replacement is available. We can either weld a piece in where the rust is apparent, or find either a nice panel at a swap meet that has been removed from a donor car or hope to find a N.O.S. panel at the same swap meet.
Luckily for us, a N.O.S. panel came with the deal when we bought the car, so now all we needed to do was to remove the old one and weld the new one in place. Sounds simple, right? Depending on your mechanical/body repair skills, you might consider it an easy task. Let's say you have found a good, used inner fender at the swap meet, and you bought it. You now have an idea of what it takes to remove the one already on your car. Each of the little holes drilled around the edge of the panel is not a bunch of holes that some dimwit just decided to place on the panel. Nope, those holes are where the welds used to be that held the panel to the car. You will need to do the same thing to the panel currently on your car. to find the locations of all those holes, simply look for the dimples around the edges.
From the factory, the inner fender is welded to the body structure by "pinch welding." an easy description of that process is to picture two long metal fingers, one is touching the inside of the panel; the other is touching the structure outside of the panel. An electrical current is now sent through the "fingers," and the two areas directly under the finger tips are fused together-instant bondage. When it comes time to drill the welds, here is where the first of your specialty tools comes into play. You will need a spot-weld cutter. A spot-weld cutter will cut the area that has been welded, and makes the panel come loose from the structure without drilling through the structure itself. After you get all the welds drilled, all you need to do is clean up the structure with a grinder, and you're ready to place the new panel in the car.
Since we are not a large body shop that just happens to have a pinch welder handy, we'll have to attach our panel with a "plug-weld" system. A plug weld is nothing more than a hole filled in by welding. It may take a little work to make a plug weld look like a pinch weld, but what else are we to do? Remember, we had a N.O.S. panel to install that didn't have any holes already drilled in it from removal. So, first we needed to make all the required holes in the new panel so we could weld it to the structure. Another thing to keep in mind is, you simply cannot weld the inner fender on without taking some measurements. The inner fender attaches to the cowl and the radiator support, and the distance must be measured to ensure proper fender, hood, bumper, grill, and other parts all align during final assembly. Take the time to measure the distances from a flat point on the cowl (we used the body seam) and the radiator support. We also took a lot of measurements from different locations, just to give us more than one reference point, and we recommend you do the same.
Now that you have the panel resting in its new location and all your measurements taken, use a couple sets of locking pliers to hold it in place. If you are undertaking this job, we will assume you either have a mig welder of your own or have been able to borrow a buddy's. Either way, without it, you can't continue. That's the second specialty tool you'll need.
Now it's time to weld, and the best advice we can give you is to take your time. With the panel in place, begin welding at the center of the hole and work your way to the outside of the circle. Try to keep the weld build-up to a minimum to alleviate the need for a lot of grinding later. If you take your time, you can make the welded spots look relatively close to what a pinch weld looks like. And the subsequent painting will hide your devious secret.
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The main reason we needed to replace the inner fender of our Bee, is the battery has leaked acid for years and has eaten away at the metal. Not only that, but a minor fender-bender had placed a few small wrinkles in it. Were it not for the wrinkles, we could have simply patched some metal in the location of the rust hole, smoothed it out, and called it good.Before you even think about removing the inner fender, you need to take a couple of measurements. Take a measurement from a point on the cowl to another point on the radiator support. Another measurement is to measure from the passenger-side inner fender panel to the driver-side inner panel in a couple different locations. This measurement should repeat itself when you install the new panel, but it's better to be safe than sorry. When you install the new inner fender, make sure the measurements are the same before you do any welding.After you have taken all your measurements, you may need to clean off the years of grease and grime to begin locating all the pinch welds.After you have located them, a spot-weld cutter is used to cut around the weld, so the panel can be removed. We got ours from Blair Equipment.As you are making your way around the edge of the fender, you will need to remove the master cylinder in order to get to the welds at the back of the panel.After getting the old panel out of the way, it's time to clean up the area where all the welds will be. You will have a lot of small circle pieces of metal sticking up that need removed. These are the center cuts made when cutting the spot welds. Grab a grinder and start cleaning.
If you are using a panel removed from another car, you already have the welding holes drilled. In our case, we had to drill them.We used a couple of vise-grips to hold the panel in place. You have to make sure the panel rests tight against the surrounding structure so the welding process works correctly. Not only that, but it makes a nicer finished job. After you have the panel held in place with the vise-grips, make sure you have the same measurements as the old panel.Now for the fun part. Take a few moments and practice with the welder on the old inner fender to get the settings where you need them in order to make welds that need the least amount of grinding later.There is no way to make a plug-weld even look remotely close to a pinch-weld without some grinding. This will take some time if you are planning to recreate the look of a pinch-weld, but if you take your time, you can do it.