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The 5 Most Badass Things Ever Done in the Name of Research
For most of us, research is something you "Google," or, if you've really got the eye of the tiger, research might be something you "library." Either way, for 99.9 percent of us, research is something we do from a desk or couch and not, say, by crossing the polar ice caps on foot.
Time to meet the 0.1 percent.
#5. Thor Heyerdahl Crosses the Pacific Ocean on a Raft
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"Anthropologist" sounds like a boring job, but then again so did "archeologist" before Indiana Jones came along. But where real archeologists don't actually bullwhip their way to scientific discovery, some anthropologists do think that science is best accomplished through manly adventure. For instance, adventurer and winner of Manliest Baby Name of the Year 1914 Thor Heyerdahl wanted to prove a point about the migration patterns of ancient tribes, and in 1947 he decided that the best way would be to build a crude raft and sail for several thousand miles on the open ocean to see if he would die.
Why? Well, his theory was that the Polynesian Islands were settled by people who sailed there from Peru on flimsy rafts made of balsa wood. And how else could you find out if such a thing was possible? Now, you'd think that assembling a crew to sail 4,300 miles on a raft made of model airplane material would be tough, but Thor was so ballsy that he advertised with this simple message:
"Am going to cross the Pacific on a simple raft to support a theory ... Will you come? Reply at once."
"Must enjoy long walks on beach, spitting in God's eye."
For all anyone knew, the theory could have been "People are stupid" or "Humans resort to cannibalism faster than you'd think," but five brave people joined up anyway. Heyerdahl named his danger-raft the Kon-Tiki, which is either the name of the Inca sun god or Norwegian for "suicidal," depending on who you ask. The raft itself was nothing more than "nine balsa wood tree trunks lashed together with hemp rope."
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"Look at this boat. The ocean wouldn't dare fuck with us."
And all the fluttering flags and badass ethnic-looking sails in the world could not change the fact that six guys stranded themselves on a barge in the Pacific Ocean for 100 days. Sure, they had water and provisions, but look at the thing. Some of us can barely stand hanging out in a four-bedroom house with our family during the holidays -- can you imagine spending three months at sea in a space that amounts to an open mobile home? With five other men?
On the 101st day, they made it. The "boat" hit a reef in French Polynesia and beached on an uninhabited island. But it didn't prove his point; even though Heyerdahl had proved that the journey was possible, no one believed that this was actually how Polynesia was populated. Science basically patted him on the head for trying his best and told him to run along. Only recently has DNA testing revealed that there was definitely some DNA swapping between Polynesians and South Americans before Europeans made it to the islands in 1722, so everyone would decide that he was at least partially right, decades later. Totally worth it.
"In the meantime ... WHEEEEE!"
So how could anybody top that? Well ...
#4. Alain Bombard Shipwrecks Himself on Purpose
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Where Heyerdahl had to risk a potentially deadly shipwreck in his pursuit of the truth, in 1952 a French doctor named Alain Bombard just skipped right to that part. He wanted to see what it would be like to survive a shipwreck if the worst case scenario happened: just you, alone, on a raft, with no food or water. Basically like a tigerless and much more boring Life of Pi. According to Bombard, all a stranded sailor needed to survive an ocean voyage was ingenuity, and damn it, he was out to prove that shit the hard way.
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That raft is actual size.
Starting in Monaco, Bombard drifted the Atlantic Ocean in his 15-foot inflatable raft, eating nothing but raw fish and plankton and drinking captured rainwater and half a pint of seawater a day (note that it's generally believed that seawater will eventually kill you if you consume enough).
But for weeks he survived this way. On Day 53, Alain met up with a tanker whose crew politely informed him that he was 600 miles off course from his destination. Twelve days later, Bombard landed in Barbados and was immediately hospitalized for his efforts. But he did it! After 65 days and 2,700 fucking miles, a severely malnourished and desperately thirsty Alain Bombard proved that a stranded sailor could cross the Atlantic. All he had to do was spend every minute of his journey fishing and pressing and drinking fluids out of the fish he caught.
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And as a result of Bombard's journey, lifeboat makers began to take notice when he told them to put fishing gear in every boat. He also proved that you don't even have to be a sailor to survive this situation -- Bombard could hardly navigate. He just drifted his way across the ocean, proving that anybody could do it. Thanks, we'll take your word for it, buddy.
#3. Graham Hoyland Climbs Mount Everest With No Modern Gear
One of the great mysteries of the 20th century was "What was up with Beanie Babies?" Another was "Did George Mallory make it to the top of Mount Everest in 1924?" If so, he and his climbing partner would have beaten the supposed record holders Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay by 29 years. But we'll never know, because Mallory disappeared on the mountain, and the camera that was supposed to document his triumph went missing.
Which is a shame, because the guy could take a picture.
But the best argument against Hillary having completed the climb is the total lack of equipment that would have made it possible. Even today, climbers wearing the best, most technologically advanced North Faced mountain climbing gear in the world fail against the elements on Mount Everest. So how could George Mallory, with his 1924 knickerbockers and newsie cap, have possibly reached the summit without freezing to death? Well, that's what Graham Hoyland wanted to find out.
In 2006, Hoyland commissioned an exact replica of Mallory's expedition gear to see how it would hold up on Everest. And we're talking everything -- from the wooly underwear on his privates to the Indiana Jonesish fedora on his head. And then he climbed Mount Everest. And while he often found himself talking in old-timey movie slang and inexplicably doing the Charleston, the clothes themselves held up. He actually had more freedom of movement and warmth than other climbers in their modern climbing gear. And he looked infinitely more dashing.
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Behold, the elusive mountain hipster.
Except for that screeching sound that the DJ makes when a bear walks into a house party. Four years later, Hoyland discovered some meteorological data that changed all of his previous conclusions about the 1924 journey. Base camp records suggested that a sudden drop in barometric pressure meant that Mallory and his partner must have encountered a sudden blizzard while en route to the summit, the same kind of storm that killed eight Everest climbers in 1996. So while George Mallory's retroville clothes probably would have done just fine in regular Everest weather, there's no way he could have withstood the intensity and killing power of an Everest blizzard.
"My pee actually froze inside my wang."
In other words, Graham Hoyland climbed Mount Everest while looking like Judge Doom in vain.


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5 Reasons Riding a Bike Is The Most Humiliating Exercise
A lot of people don't find bike riding very impressive as a sport, because how hard can it be? Little kids learn how to ride bikes before they learn how to tie their shoes (which is a little dangerous if you think about it).
Disaster waiting to happen.
Well, I started riding to get in shape recently and learned that there's a big difference between bike riding and serious bike riding. Doing all the things "right" according to the pros seems at times like a terrible initiation prank designed to kill or embarrass new riders. I can only conclude that there are a limited number of slots in the Real Bicyclists Club and they are dedicated to keeping applicants out by making them deal with things like this...
#5. You Can Kill Yourself Just Getting On (if You Do it Right)
Sit on your bike seat. Can you put one foot down on the ground? YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. That's what they told me anyway.
Common sense tells you that when you come to a stop on your bike, you want to be able to quickly put a foot down so you don't, you know, fall over.
But apparently that's crazy talk. You're actually supposed to be able to fully extend your leg when the pedal is all the way down, to get full use of your leg muscles, because pedaling with your knees always bent is like duck-walking a footrace -- you're not fully using your muscles, and the other racers will laugh heartily at you.
Unless you are holding a guitar.
Since the pedal is several inches above the ground (or it would scrape it), that puts your foot several inches above the ground when your leg is fully extended -- which means you can't put your foot down. If your seat is at the proper height, and you come to a stop and try to put your foot down, you will fall over, and the other bikers will laugh heartily at you.
The guitar isn't going to help you here.
And if you get on the normal way, swinging your leg over the seat with the bike tilted toward you, and then lean upright to get underway, well, a road bike in particular is liable to turn as you get on, because it's sensitive, and you steer by leaning left and right. So you can find yourself turning into traffic, or maybe the curb, which never turns out well.
So how are you supposed to get off and on? Well, you're supposed to straddle the crossbar, then put one foot on one of the pedals, and push the bike forward, picking up your other foot, like you're on a scooter. You're supposed to go from ground to scooter position to sitting on the seat, to get on, and the opposite to get off, which is easy to do with a bit of practice, but who the hell is going to remember an orderly series of steps 1-2-3 when you're about to ride into an obstacle and you hit the brakes?
Not me! I prefer an unexpected crotch full of crossbar apparently.
Wakes you right up.
#4. Your Feet are Stuck to the Goddamned Bike
What if people are too wily to fall off their bikes just because you raised their seats? Well, the cycling community has just the thing to deal with them -- toe clips. Clips that hold your feet to the pedals, whether you like it or not.
"What if the rider can't get their foot off in time because it's actually fastened to the pedal with something that looks like an S&M torture device?" one of the Real Bicyclist Club members no doubt proposed one day, to resounding applause. And so toe clips were born.
Most serious bicyclists wouldn't dream of using toe clips, however, and have special clipless pedals that lock onto special cleats on special bike shoes.
It all costs special amounts of money too.
They'll talk like toe clips and cleats are completely different things even though it's quite obvious to a terrified clumsy person like me that they both attach your goddamn feet to the goddamn pedals.
"No sweetie, that's twine, not rope. Totally different thing. You'll be fine."
Of course they've come up with an excuse for this, which is efficiency. With a regular bike pedal, you only push down. Strapping your feet in with those deathtraps allows you to also pull the pedals up, giving you extra power, at the cost of immortality. If you're riding in a group and everyone else has them, you're liable to get left behind.
I personally don't care, I'm not attaching my feet to anything. I'll go lift some fucking weights and get 50% stronger than everyone else if that's what I have to do to keep up. A week doesn't go by where I don't hear someone's horror story about being clipped in and falling over their handlebars and breaking their ankle or seeing their shinbone or something equally charming.
Bonus: The bike shoes you have to wear to attach the cleats often have solid pieces of plastic as soles, so if you enjoy ice skating across a dry parking lot, you will enjoy these.
You can be Lance Armstrong AND Michelle Kwan.
#3. Embarrassing Ass Products
Anyone who's ever been on a bike more than five minutes (after puberty) knows that biking makes your ass hurt.
Fortunately they've invented entire lines of products to deal with that. Unfortunately these products are somewhat humiliating. The first thing every bicyclist needs is padded bike shorts, with more and more specialized crotch padding over the years:
I'm not the only one who has the vague feeling I'm looking at something obscene here, right? Oh, and you go commando. That disturbingly shaped pad goes right up against your special parts.
All the padding in the world doesn't do anything about the fact that some of your parts just need space. Nothing can be done for your balls, if you have them, but there are apparently many veins and tubes and nerves both men and women have down there that are very bad to squish.
So to fix that, you can ride on a stupid looking seat with a hole in the middle:
If that's still not enough (and it won't be), you'll need chamois butter (which is a delicate term for "ass cream.")
Although, to be perfectly accurate, it also goes on your nads.
They come with oddly appropriate brand names like "Chamois Butt'r," "Assos" (a general cycling supplier whose name happens to fit this one product surprisingly well), "Udderly SMOOth" and "Bag Balm" -- brands of ass cream that anyone would be proud to ring up at the counter.
So yeah, if the certainty of falling off your bike doesn't scare you, junior, why don't you just lube up your ass, put on some disturbing-looking shorts, and hop up on that donut seat. You see what I mean? They are totally just waiting to see when you will catch on.


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Kyle Chudoba threw three touchdown passes to lead Oxford over Seymour, 27-6, Friday in an NVL-SWC Challenge football game at Oxford High.
Chudoba finished the game 5-for-12 for 198 yards. He threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Chris VanKamerik, a 48-yard pass to Marcus Esteves, and a 37-yard flea-flicker touchdown throw to VanKamerik on the first play of the fourth quarter. Chudoba also had a 1-yard touchdown run for Oxford's (4-2) first score.
Christian Thurmond took a kickoff 75-yards for a touchdown for Seymour's (3-3) only score.
Crosby 43, Immaculate 20: Chris Matthews rushed the ball 17 times for 218 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Bulldogs took care of Immaculate to pick up their first win in an out-of-league game played at Crosby High.
Mike Marshall went 11-for-25 for 218 yards and two touchdowns. Michael Reyes caught three passes for 96 yards, including a 41-yard touchdown reception.
Marshall and Myles Goulbourne hooked up on a 36-yard touchdown pass while Brandon Cruz added a 10-yard touchdown run.
Dashawn Smith returned a kickoff 92 yards for a score for Crosby (1-5).
Newtown 56, Wolcott 14: Andrew Tarantino threw three touchdown passes (19, 16, 32) to lead visiting Newtown in an NVL-SWC matchup.
Cooper Gold had three rushing scores (57, 3, 53) for the unbeaten Nighthawks (6-0), while Nicholas Lotrecciano had a receiving score (32) and a rushing score (11).
Jayson Matos caught a 58-yard touchdown from Vincent Gambino for the Eagles (4-2), and Michael Audibert scored on a run from 7 yards out.
Cheshire 13, Hamden 6: Andrew Yamin carried the ball 15 times for 116 yards and a 6-yard score for host Cheshire in SCC play.
Jack Cunningham also had a 5-yard touchdown for the Rams (3-3), while Tyler D'Errico led the defense with 18 tackles.
Colin Thorne added 10 tackles, an interception and a blocked extra point.
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I'm trying to restore a database from disk to the most recent backup. There are four backup sets in the backup. I would like to restore the most recent one (taken today). I need to be able to do it with TSQL.
This script below works:
RESTORE DATABASE DatabaseName
FROM DISK = 'D:\Data\DatabaseName.bak' WITH FILE = 4, REPLACE
However, the file position will change in the future as more backups are made.
Is there a way to restore a backup to a file position without specifying the exact file number? Something like "WITH FILE = most_recent_backup"


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I've been studying about diskstats lately, and I get that the amount of hdd read comes in sectors. But in most places I've noticed that there exists a slight misunderstanding about sectors and blocks. So, what type is this sector which is read by the diskstats? Can I figure it out with:
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Sex-Off! Women of the '70s vs. Today
TODAY: Jessica Simpson
THE '70s: Barbara Bach
Admittedly, Simpson has perhaps the best body on the entire planet besides Las Vegas' Dean Cain. But that's a whole different article that also involves a long talk with mom and dad. Bach, on the other hand, has a noticeably les ample bosom and hair that looks like it hasn't been washed for seven to eight weeks.
That said, the most striking difference is their overall expression. Simpson's body language seems to say, "You come one step closer and I'll throw a shit-fit that concludes with my personal security director, Reginald, shoving half of the General Lee up your pee-hole." Bach's, in contrast, seems to say, "If you show me your penis, I will do literally anything you want me to do to it. And your pal Reginald can join in for an extra 10-spot."
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Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke has returned from war to find his beloved southwestern desert threatened by industrial development. Joining with Bronx exile and feminist saboteur Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D., Hayduke is ready to fight the power taking on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are threatening the natural habitat. The Monkey Wrench Gang is on the move and peaceful coexistence be damned
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I need a new wheel for my bike. I do not know how to tell what the rim size is. My tire size is 700x23c. It is my back wheel. I tried to have it trued which started breaking the rim. Rim finally broke all the way and is unusable now. I have asked local bicycle shops all they want to do is quote price of rim. I know I can find a cheaper wheel online if I knew what to look for. Any help is appreciated.
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Fortunately 700c is a standard size that describes most road bikes.
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An area business is taking steps to help its community after an 11-year-old boy tragically died last May. Logan Aluminum of Russellville donated an automated electronic defibrillator to the Logan County Little League Association in memory of Caleb Slaton.
Slaton died after being hit in the chest by a baseball during practice knocking his heart of out of rhythm. Russellville Police will be managing the A.E.D. until the Little League Season starts. The defibrillator will stay on the field where coaches will be trained to use it.
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The Perfect Box of Chocolates
For a Mint, Chocolatiers Go Bespoke
When it comes to the age-old question of which European chocolate is the best, it may simply be a matter of taste. In Belgium, the chocolate is sweeter, and in France, more bitter; Italians err on the side of boldness, the Swiss on the side of creaminess. But in recent years, all have been revolutionized as chocolatiers complement the art of making chocolate with the art of finding beans.
The precise sourcing of cocoa beans from previously unimagined corners of the tropics has led to new palettes of flavors and complicated labels. In response, chocolate lovers have become ever more demanding, as they calibrate the cocoa content of their candy bars and crave fresh flavor combinations.
Now, for a small group of aficionados with a bit of time and a lot of spare change, that novelty has come home to roost. Some of Europe's premier chocolate labels are offering a bespoke service that allows customers to adjust the look and tweak the taste of their truffles and pralines. With firms like Switzerland's Confiserie Sprüngli and Belgium's Mary, chocolatier to the Belgian royal family, willing to collaborate with clients, it is as if Château Mouton Rothschild decided to let customers design their own wine bottle, or ramp up the Cabernet Franc in their personal cuvée.
These chocolate makers often require a substantial minimum order, measurable in the tens of kilograms, and delivery times of a month or more. But if you get started now, you can have a unique and delicious holiday present for a few lucky friends and family members.
Before the era of single-estate bars and tamarind-laced ganaches, Sprüngli's freshly made truffes du jour were the ne plus ultra of the chocolate world. Sprüngli is still tempting chocolate lovers with its truffles, but the company now also lets you get in on the act by specifying select flavors or ingredients, as well as shapes and decoration. "There are no limits," says Sprüngli Chief Executive Tomas Prenosil. Past orders have included pralines in the shape of racing cars. Sometimes, just changing the form can create a subtle new flavor. "Shape can affect taste," he says. Clients in the Middle East and India like to have bespoke packaging, like treasure chests of chocolates wrapped in silk.
Sprüngi's in-house chocolatiers will send you a prototype batch to sample before filling and shipping your request. It will consider orders as small as five kilograms, says Mr. Prenosil, but costs typically run between 3,000 Swiss francs and 5,000 francs (€2,490-€4,150).
Other artisanal Swiss chocolate makers offering bespoke services include Basel's Beschle, a traditional family firm, and Läderach, located in a village in the canton of Glarus, with a strong following in Switzerland and Germany. Beschle requires a minimum order of 50 kilograms, at about €60 per kilo, for personalized ingredients, and 10 francs a praline to customize the look of the chocolate. Läderach has a 500-piece minimum, which you can then distribute into some two dozen 18-piece boxes; price depends on ingredients.
In Belgium, Flanders's master chocolatier, Frederic Blondeel, has garnered attention for his use of herbs and spices. He whips up his creations on the Belgian coast, where he lives, and sells them at his flagship shop in Brussels. His chocolates with coriander ganache aren't being made this season, but he will concoct a special batch for you (30-kilogram minimum, at €60 per kilo). He also offers a wider bespoke service upon request—and consideration. "Sometimes I refuse," he admits.
Don't expect to find any newfangled flavors at Mary, the Brussels chocolatier. "We do the reverse," says Olivier Borgerhoff, Mary's managing director. He says Mary is "the most traditional chocolate maker in Belgium," with some recipes dating back 90 years. Everything is handmade, so bespoke orders are easy—if Mary agrees. "We do what interests us," says Mr. Borgerhoff. "If a king or a president asks us to make something special, we will." For bespoke orders, he says, "write us an email or call us up." Once a week, the staff meet and consider requests. Orders are pricey, even by bespoke standards: "We will probably start at €5,000 for 50 kilos."
In France, Patrick Roger offers a bespoke service, and even Jacques Genin, the self-taught genius of French chocolate, is open to customizing his creations. "If someone wants a special order," says his spokesperson, Emmanuelle Gillardo, "Jacques could do it."
Many fine chocolatiers, however, aren't open to suggestion. Amedei, Tuscany's high-end chocolate maker, won't consider creating a special flavor or adding a certain ingredient. But the company will consider requests for bespoke wrapping of its chocolate bars, like the "Porcelana," made of Venezuelan Criollo beans and considered the world's most exclusive chocolate bar, currently selling online for €13.80.
For a personalized selection of Europe's best artisanal chocolate, consider looking across the Atlantic and ordering your gifts from San Francisco's CocoaBella Chocolates, where you can combine Läderach and Mary with chocolate from Italy's Maglio, and then add in the best of America's growing artisanal chocolate scene, which includes Kansas City, Mo.'s Christopher Elbow, whose caramels feature strawberries and balsamic vinegar. CocoaBella will deliver by courier to Europe, with shipping costs starting at around $150 (€117).
Christine Olson Giebel, a self-described chocolate lover in California's Silicon Valley, says she regularly sends out personalized combinations of chocolate from CocoaBella. "They have the world's best purveyors all under one roof," she says, "and there is nothing like the gift of chocolate."


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How to determine in polynomial time if a number is a product of two consecutive primes?
All I can figure out is that if Cramér's conjecture is true, then we can use the AKS primality test to find $p_i < \sqrt n < p_{i+1}$, then check if $p_i * p_{i+1} = n$. Is there some way to determine if a number is of this form in polynomial time that doesn't rely on any unproven assumptions?
Also, given that a number is of this form, what is the quickest way to factor it? How fast will modern general-purpose factoring algorithms such as the quadratic sieve factor a product of consecutive primes?


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I'm editing a manuscript in English that contains numerous yoga terms for poses, concepts etc. These are generally derived from Sanskrit, if not actual Sanskrit transliterations. My publisher requires Chicago Style, however a search yields nothing helpful with regard to capitalization of these terms. For instance, is the word yoga itself to be capitalized? In some instances but not all? What about yoga/yoga concepts, like Dharana? Capitalized? Always? I'm in a pickle.
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You mention that your publisher requires Chicago Style citations. The Chicago Manual of Style, Chapter 7: Italics and Capitalization of Foreign Words (see sections 7.49 through 7.51 specifically) gives some guidance. There are also several existing questions here and particularly here that are related, and may help.
Italicizing seems standard practice. However, capitalizing and italicizing every yoga-related term will be awkward. Based on my own quick review of this site, and what I could view without a full subscription to the Chicago Manual of Style, plus my own experience with biological taxonomy terms, I would do this:
See related Should capitalization be preserved in loanwords?
I would only capitalise them if not doing so is likely to cause offence, ie. if the word is the name of a deity. Even then, only if yoga people are the type to get violent with rage about that sort of thing ;-)


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What do you do if one of the users of your website announces that he will commit suicide?
You should handle it just like any other threat to someone's life. A person threatening suicide, or to kill someone else, is still threatening to kill someone. The only sensible thing to do is try and report it.
If you have the visitor's information, you may be able to get in touch with a local police department. This might be difficult if the visitor is from another country. If not, you have the FBI, etc, even if they tell you that there's nothing they or you can do.
If the person followed through, at least you tried to report it, furthermore, nobody can say you failed to report it, though I hate to bring up public perception in such a topic.
If you think the user is serious, I'd call the local police in his or her jurisdiction and let them know, for their own safety.
I believe that's how this is typically handled.
(this is of course assuming you have some kind of address or location beyond an IP address..)
The biggest flashing red light with screaming alarms is when someone starts talking about how they are going to do it. If you ever hear or read about anyone talking about their own suicide in terms of how they would/are planning on executing it then you owe it to them and your conscience to try and get them help.
How to do that is answered elsewhere in the answers to these questions, but if you ever see someone talking about how they're going to do it, you have a moral obligation as a decent human not to ignore it.
There's probably not a lot you can do and I don't think that there is any right answer.
I was going to say that I would either take the post down or not let it through (depending on your moderation scheme), but that could be interpreted the wrong way by the poster. However, you don't really want such posts on your site - other users might not be sympathetic or tactful.
The best you can do is not be judgemental and reply with a link or phone number to the Samaritans (or equivalent) in their country (assuming you know the country).
Reddit has a "suicide watch" forum at http://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/ where users can go for help. You could point the user there, in addition to calling the police in his area.
Here is a list of international suicide hotline numbers:
I guess it really depends on the kind of website you have, the audience it caters to, and just how much personal information you have on users.
Suicide is a Big Thing, but 98% of people who threaten suicide just don't friggin do it, and are only uttering said threats out of a need for attention. Don't provide the attention, they'll go elsewhere. Give them chocolate candied attention, they'll pester you again, and again, and again.
PS: No, really, if you've got a suicide helpline of a website, or one targeting troubled persons (former cancer patients or something), yeah, call the cops if you have enough info. That might just be a real Desperate Cry for Help®.


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14 Nov 2012 2:49 AM #1
Collapse a node in a treeGrid recursivly
Hi,
I have a question, how can i collapse a node in a treeGrid with all there childrens recursivly ( if a children was also expended, he have to be collapsed).
I use treeGrid.setExpended(parent, false, true), but seem not working, juste childrens in the first level are collapsed, there childrens are note and i have a bug in result. Any help plz
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I resolve the problem, but now, i have an other problem with this code snippet:$
treeGrid.setExpended(node, false, true); treeGrid.setExpended(node, true, false);
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What do you mean you can't see the action of it? Is it not happening? Or that you expect it to do something else?
From your description, only the first line is correct - collapse the node deeply (i.e. collapse all sub-nodes). This is how the treeGrid.collapseAll() method works - it calls setExpanded(child, false, true); on each child, which appears to work on http://www.sencha.com/examples/#Exam...:basictreegrid


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We have a limited number of paid positions each semester, and sometimes it takes more than one semester to receive a position. Fall semester applications are available the first week of classes and are due about one week later. Spring semester applications are available in early November, and are due around Thanksgiving Break. Applications for full-time summer positions are available in late January, and are due about two weeks later. Decisions for summer are usually made just prior to spring break. All application materials are submitted on-line to Angie Hinz and will be available from this site at the appropriate time.
Remember that the best way to secure a research position is to go and talk with a potential faculty mentor about their research projects. Explain to them why you want to do research, where your own passions lie and how a position in their lab will help you in you in your future career (whatever that may be...). Be ready to commit to 5 hours per week and have a plan for how research is going to fit into your other academic commitments.
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Taunton police are cracking down on drivers who won't stop for pedestrians trying to use downtown crosswalks.
"Often when someone steps in the crosswalk, vehicles still continue through," said Taunton Police Sgt. Mike Grundy. "Even if they just step off, it's dangerous. We find a lot of times people are still going through when people are stepping off the sidewalk, not so much when in the middle. People have to absolutely be a little more mindful."
Grundy oversees the use of a $5,000 Pedestrian Grant to enhance the Taunton Police Department's ability to enforce violations when motorists don't stop for people walking in the crosswalk. Grundy said the grant has allowed him to assign targeted patrols with the goal of discouraging failure to yield for pedestrian violations.
"It's more so to educate the public," Grundy said.
On Monday, for example, there were eight motor vehicle stops for crosswalk violations within a two hour period just at 30 Taunton Green and Court Street.
Grundy said with the grant, he has to space out the targeted enforcement patrols throughout the year, supplementing the three full-time traffic officers employed by the Taunton Police Department.
"We're trying to spread it out over time," he said. "We have traffic officers, but obviously they have other duties. We have two traffic officers during the day. The grant really helps with the enforcement."
Grundy warned motorists in Taunton to be aware of their surroundings and to wait for all pedestrians using the crosswalk, no matter if they are already in the middle of the crosswalk or just stepping off the curb. Otherwise, Grundy said, violators will face a $200 fine.
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Tension flares between selectmen, fire department in Nelson
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There weren't a boatload of Skyline Thunderbirds at the state track meet in Wichita over the weekend, but the ones who were there did well—very well, indeed.
Sprinters Morgan Flowers and Jessica DeWeese each brought home a silver medal, and distance runner Roman Ibarra narrowly missed medaling in his two races.
Senior Morgan Flowers culminated a stellar 3-sport career as a Thunderbird by mounting the awards stand to receive her silver medal in the 100m dash. Qualifying earlier during Saturday morning's prelims by posting a 12.74, Flowers sprinted to the finish line in 12.58 in the finals to earn her 2nd place.
"It felt good to end my career that way," Flowers said later, after receiving her medal.
Freshman Jessica DeWeese narrowly missed qualifying in the 100m, placing 9th in 12.98. (The top 8 qualify for finals.) She more than made up for that in the 200m, however. She earlier had posted a qualifying time of 26.79 in Friday's prelims, then came back Saturday with a 27.55 which was good for 2nd place.
Ironically, Flowers and DeWeese were both bested by the same girl— Caroline Bingham of Maranatha Academy, who won the 2A girls team title. Skyline finished 19th in the team standings thanks to the 16 points won by Flowers and DeWeese.
Freshman Roman Ibarra competed in both the 1600m and 3200m runs. Although not medaling in either race, Ibarra was the top freshman finisher in both—indicating he will be a force to be reckoned with in the future. His 4:48 (10th) in the 1600m was a mere 5 seconds from placing, and his 10:48 in the 3200m placed him a respectable 11th.
So at the state track meet, the Skyline track program saw the ending of one standout career with Morgan Flowers 2nd place in the 100m, and the beginning of two promising careers in Jessica DeWeese and Roman Ibarra.
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My guess is descending, but I want to have some theoretical background. I was using an application and my intuition told me to click the scroll bar down just to find previous years, and I felt surprised when I was wondering around the 2020s...
Choice restriction for data not having sense in this task quite enough also isn't present sense to change an order, it can create a small embarrassment with changing chronology ordering model, for example month sorted from DEC to JAN.
I can't tell precisely what such as tasks more in your case, drawing up of reports or forecasts. Therefore value by default left reports as for their construction there are necessary data for last years.
And one more...
If to take into consideration typical temporary model of interaction with documents - I don't see sense in formation of reports older than 5 years, and forecasting for 10 years forward are more senior. Documents of five years' prescription already most likely are in archive, and information received from the report hardly will carry any practical sense, except the publication on a company website in the section history of company .
Also illogically the forecast of this passenger traffic of railway transport in 2050 based on data for 1901 looks.
The chronology of a choice will remain with a scroll direction if you limit a choice of values not having sense for various type of documents.
Owing to that the greatest number of inquiries will be in a range of 3-5 years, it is possible to limit number of years in the list. For example if your company is based in 1997 - report creation for 1980 has no logic sense, otherwise the quantity of similar inquiries is insignificant a little.
More detailed info or wireframes simplify decision search, but, I hope that correctly understood your task.
In general it is always descending. But for forecast, it is best to use ascending. Simply because forecast always means future, so always have date from now to the future. If you see weather forecast it is also ascending link.
If you look at the stock market, it always shows dates in ascending order.
If you think of 2020, I would suggest instead of giving long list of years, just present current 3 years; for the rest, let the visitor manually choose it by typing or from archive!
The most important thing is that the years are sorted and the sorting is consistent through your design.
I think that the direction of the sorting should depend on which years are more frequently used - the older years or the newer ones.


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February 23, 2013
South African Airforce Museum – A photo essay
At Air Force Base Ysterplaat, Cape Town, is an aviation nut's dream: the South African Air Force Museum.
It boasts a varied collection of exhibits that cover the history of the SAAF's existence and operational activities, to the history of military and civil aviation in the Cape.
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Peace Corps update
June 17, 2011
A couple months ago I submitted an appeal to the Peace Corps' Pre-service Review Board regarding their decision to not accept my application based on my Medical Review. I wrote a post about this earlier when I first got the bad news that I had been rejected from being a Peace Corps volunteer because of having rheumatoid arthritis and the medications I have to take for it. I submitted an appeal to this decision with a statement explaining why I should be accepted and that my RA would not be a problem, citing the fact that I have previously lived abroad. My rheumatologist also wrote a statement on my behalf. Well, obviously my appeal was not sufficient enough and they still rejected me.
"At your request, the Pre-service Review Board (PRB) has considered your case. The PRB has completed its review of your medical information, including the new information you provided, carefully considering it in the context of your medical history and physical findings. We are sorry to inform you the Board has reaffirmed the decision that we are unable to medically qualify you for Peace Corps service."
Not fair, really, but what can I do? Maybe this is just another case of "it's not meant to be." I am getting sick of these not-meant-to-be situations, however. But it probably is a blessing in disguise. Onto the next thing, right. What should that be?
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June 18, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Wow, I'm so sorry, what a bummer. I SO understand your disappointment, but you're right, this may be a blessing in disguise. You never know how your illness will progress. And even though I know, KNOW, how hard it is to make changes to your life because of it (it makes me feel like it's winning, and I hate that!) sometimes, you have to give just a little.
This probably just means you're now available to do something good and worthy within your own community. You're already doing so much! Perhaps there is an opportunity about to open itself up to you! I'll keep my fingers crossed!
June 29, 2011 at 6:23 pm
How about Americorp? It's like Peace Corp but in the US.
June 30, 2011 at 12:57 pm
One of my best friends is in Americorp and loves it. You should look into it. They have lots of different program areas.
I understand your frustration about living overseas! When I finished graduate school I wanted to live in Ecuador and work at their research station. Then came RA and the need for insurance, so I got a job with benefits. At first I was disappointed but now I see it was a blessing. I love my job and after 7 years here I will be able to take paid sabbatical. I plan to go overseas for a few months then. My doctor told me about a biological that is injected every 6 months so my hope is to start on that one and go into remission before I leave.
Life takes us down many roads. We just have to learn to sit back and enjoy the ride!
July 1, 2011 at 8:21 pm
I am newly diagnosed RA as well as hypothyroidism…I looked online for a blog to follow regarding Rheumatoid Arthritis, and I found yours. Thanks for sharing your perspective, and advice..Blessings :)
July 7, 2011 at 9:24 am
I did Americorps…that's what brought me to Massachusetts. Maybe they have something in Hawaii, or somewhere else amazing, or whatnot. I guess it's not the same as being abroad but still…there is so much need for help within our country, as well as abroad. And that's coming from a serious left-winger. LOL.


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Tonight I thought occurred to me regarding Yosef going to meet Yaakov for the first time in Egypt. It depended on where Goshen was, which I thought was south of the main then center of Egypt. I could not find any maps showing where 'Goshen' was in any of the many and various Chumashim at the Shul I was at, but did find a sefer from Mosdei Rav Kook that did. It seemed to show that 'Goshen' was located to the East of the Nile and North of the YomSuf. Is that the accepted location?
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An alternate view (which I hadn't previously heard of) is mentioned in Hebrew Wikipedia - that Goshen is Faiyum, southwest of Cairo (which is also famous in Jewish history for another reason - it was the birthplace of R' Saadiah Gaon).
Which one is the real Goshen probably would depend on where in known Egyptian history the story of Yosef is placed. Most historians put Yosef's ministry during the Hyksos occupation of Egypt; during this period the capital was in Avaris, near later Tanis (צוען in Tanach), not far from the area mentioned in Gershon's answer. On the other hand, if it was during one of the periods when the capital was in or near Memphis, then Faiyum is fairly close to there. (And if it's when Thebes assumed that role - well, then, neither of these is anywhere near it; if that's the case, Yosef's "you will be close to me" (Gen. 45:10) would have to be understood relatively - either Faiyum or Qosem would still be a lot closer than the Land of Israel.)
Yehoshua 10:41 and 11:16 indicate that Goshen was part of Eretz Yisrael. The Land of Goshen (mentioned in a 12th Dynasty papyrus as Qosem) lay well to the west of Wadi El-Arish in the vicinity of the Pelusian arm. Commentators who identify Nachal Mitzrayim with the Wadi El-Arish are thus forced to propose the existence of a second Goshen lying east of the Wadi El-Arish but no such locality has ever been identified.
So if Goshen was indeed in NE Egypt (see my comment below Alex's answer) , this would indicate to me that the Bnai Yisroel chose not to leave Egypt when the slavery started in order to fulfill the 400 years dictum. It would also provide an explanation of how the tribe of Ephraim got to the desert
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To Keep Halloween GoingTuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Cianna Stewart, who I somehow was lucky enough to meet years ago when I first visited San Fran, approached me recently about this great site, Dudecraft, which was gathering stories to benefit 826 National, a nonprofit which helps kids learn to be writers.
Well, instaboner on my part. That sounds like lots of stuff I love. Dudes, crafts, kids, writing, nonprofits. Shoot, add some hotsauce and whiskey to that and my kind of party is starting!
So, she asked me to write a story about Halloween. Here's what I came up with. Picture goodness included.
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Recent and archived news articles by Joe Sharkey of The New York Times.
U.S. Airports Are Better, but Not Best
While they pale beside the best foreign airports, domestic terminals have improved significantly in the last 25 years, as facilities have expanded and terminals have been modernized.
May 7, 2015, Thursday
The Power Grab at Airports Has a New Headache
Airports are installing more electric outlets in departure areas, and pranksters are pasting on walls stickers of outlets, to dupe power-hungry travelers.
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Thoughts at the End of the Road, and a Word of Advice
The writer sums up 16 years of On the Road columns for The Times.
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Longer Flights From La Guardia Might Be Mixed Blessing for Passengers
A proposal to end the airport's 1,500-mile limit on flights could make it more appealing to long-haul travelers who find it convenient to Manhattan, but regional flights could be cut.
March 24, 2015, Tuesday
Smaller Airports Struggle Against Big Airports' Lures
As large airports attract travelers with more flights and lower fares, small and midsize airports use incentives and marketing to increase traffic.
March 17, 2015, Tuesday
PreCheck Expansion Plan Raises Privacy Concerns
Under a previous T.S.A. request for proposals, private companies would have been allowed to use social media to determine air passengers' eligibility.
March 10, 2015, Tuesday
In Homeland Security Funding Standoff, Business Travelers Face Uncertainty
Recurring threats to partly shut down Homeland Security are frustrating travel planning, with many employees unsure whether to postpone a trip or risk delays.
March 3, 2015, Tuesday
What Flying Was Like Before the Smoke Cleared
Pressure from a flight attendants' union was crucial to the ban imposed on smoking on domestic flights 25 years ago.
February 24, 2015, Tuesday
Numbers May Not Give a Complete Picture of Passenger Unruliness
While government statistics show a decline in reported incidents, an international body says they have been on the increase in recent years.
February 17, 2015, Tuesday
For Domestic Airlines, Open Skies Have Limits
Domestic airlines are expected to push harder this year for government intervention to counter unwanted foreign expansion into the United States.
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Shonishin: Japanese Pediatric Acupuncture addresses the emerging interest in safe, specialized, non-insertion acupuncture treatment options for infants and children. The only English language book available on the topic, it focuses on the most important feature in the treatment of children: patient-comfort. The author gives hands-on advice that can be easily integrated into clinical practice.
The text begins with an overview of the underlying principles of Shonishin and the special tools and needles used to gently press, tap, scratch, rub, and stroke the child's skin without penetrating it. The expert author then outlines root and symptomatic approaches and techniques, followed by detailed information on how to manage a wide range of specific problems and diseases. Shonishin is an excellent treatment option for common respiratory and digestive ailments.
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• Choose a sinking pelleted food of the appropriate size for your Loach as its staple diet.
• Feed your fish as much food as they will consume in three minutes, twice a day.
• Vary the fish's diet by including frozen (thaw first) or freeze-dried brine shrimp, bloodworms, tubifex worms and other foods.
• Avoid overfeeding, as this is a common cause of water quality problems and fish loss.
Maintaining a healthy environment for your fish is an ongoing commitment. A newly set up aquarium requires more frequent monitoring with weekly water testing and changing if necessary. Once the water quality is stable, you can keep your aquarium in great shape with minimal effort by following this schedule:
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Feed fish twice daily.
Check water temperature and general health of fish.
Remove 10% of the water and replace with dechlorinated water.
Test water quality in new aquariums.
Scrub glass to remove algae, if necessary.
Vacuum gravel and replace 25% of water with dechlorinated water.
Test water quality in established aquariums.
Perform filter maintenance (i.e., replace filter cartridge, replace carbon, rinse pre-filter, etc.)
Scrub algae and prune live plants, if necessary.
Always add a dechlorinator or water conditioner to tap water before adding it to the aquarium. Do not use soaps or detergents to clean aquarium or decor, as they are toxic to fish.
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Thor: God of Thunder #3
"Thor: God of Thunder" #3 from Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic is fantastic as Thor races to understand the God Butcher so he can face up to him again.
|December 20th, 2012
"A+X" #3 has a Black Panther/Storm story by Jason Aaron and Pasqual Ferry and a Hawkeye/Gambit story by James Asmus and Billy Tan with mixed results.
|December 19th, 2012
Thor: God of Thunder #2
"Thor: God of Thunder #2" by Jason Aason and Esad Ribic brings the hammer down on the tale of Thor's first encounter with the God Butcher.
|November 28th, 2012
Wolverine and the X-Men #21
After the events of "Avengers Vs. X-Men," it seems only fitting that Jason Aaron and Nick Bradshaw would take the mutants to the circus in "Wolverine & the X-Men" #21.
|November 26th, 2012
Wolverine and the X-Men #20
Angel takes on a primary role in recruiting new mutants for the Jean Grey School in "Wolverine & The X-Men" #20 by Jason Aaron and guest artist Steve Sanders.
|November 15th, 2012
Thor: God of Thunder #1
"Thor: God of Thunder" #1, written by Jason Aaron with luscious art by Esad Ribic gives the legend of everyone's favorite Thunder God a bold new start with a twist of mystery.
|November 14th, 2012
Wolverine and the X-Men #19
With the crossover finally over, Jason Aaron and Nick Bradshaw continue the path of strong stories in "Wolverine & the X-Men" with a search for a new teacher, plus the fates of Broo and the new Hellfire Club.
|October 30th, 2012
Incredible Hulk #15
Jason Aaron and Jefte Palo take the fight to Doctor Doom in "Incredible Hulk" #15 as Aaron's year of offbeat Hulk stories concludes in the third and final part of "Hulk United."
|October 25th, 2012
The final issue of "AVX VS," arguably the summer's most divisive series, offers readers the most surprising installment yet, as things get weird.
|October 8th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #12
Jason Aaron and Andy Kubert bring "Avengers Vs. X-Men" home with this final issue of Marvel's big showdown summer event.
|October 3rd, 2012
Wolverine and the X-Men #17
With "Avengers vs. X-Men" almost over, Jason Aaron and Michael Allred give readers a healthy dish of silly with "Wolverine & the X-Men" #17, which finally explains Doop's job within the school's administration.
|September 25th, 2012
Wolverine & the X-Men #16
Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo bring an odd tale about (and from the perspective of) Kade Kilgore, King of the Hellfire Club, and in one way or another, a future player in the lives of the X-Men.
|September 14th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #11
Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel wind down "Avengers vs. X-Men" with a character death that readers have predicted for months, and a closing moment that is also a wee bit predictable and overdue.
|September 12th, 2012
Scalped #60
The final issue to Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera's "Scalped" leaves a gratifying experience in its wake to the long-running Vertigo series.
|August 27th, 2012
Incredible Hulk #12
Wolverine and the Thing make a guest appearance in "Incredible Hulk" #12 by Jason Aaron and Carlos Pacheco -- who better to deal with a threat from the Jade Giant?
|August 13th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #9
In "Avengers Vs. X-Men" #9, Spider-Man and a contingent of Avengers face the X-Men and teach the Phoenix Four a lesson or two about power and responsibility.
|August 1st, 2012
Wolverine & the X-Men #14
"Wolverine & the X-Men" #14 lets Jason Aaron and Jorge Molina show us a side-story of "Avengers vs. X-Men" as Colossus and Shadowcat go on a date -- and unsurprisingly, disaster ensues.
|July 26th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #8
"Avengers Vs. X-Men" #8 features Namor going all Phoenix-powered Imperius Rex all over Wakanda, pitting the Avengers against just one of the Phoenix Five with near disastrous results.
|July 19th, 2012
Wolverine & the X-Men #13
Gladiator thinks he can take on the Phoenix Five in "Wolverine & the X-Men" #13. He's not exactly right.
|July 16th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #7
There's enough to entertain, but "Avengers vs. X-Men" #7 is a reminder that this event doesn't need 12 issues.
|July 5th, 2012
Wolverine & The X-Men #12
Another tie-in issue to the "Avengers Vs. X-Men" event that drags down an otherwise solid book.
|June 28th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #6
"Avengers Vs. X-Men" #6 follows up on the Phoenix Five and the changes they've made to the global status quo.
|June 21st, 2012
Incredible Hulk #9
Jason Aaron's "Stay Angry" storyline in "Incredible Hulk" is entertaining, but also quickly falling into a pattern.
|June 13th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #5
"Avengers Vs. X-Men" #5 takes Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Marvel's Merry Mutants to the moon for another brawl.
|June 7th, 2012
Wolverine & the X-Men #11
"Wolverine & the X-Men" #11 explores the relationship between Wolverine and Hope during "AvX" and checks in at battles around the world.
|June 4th, 2012
Incredible Hulk #8
"Incredible Hulk" #8 kicks off the new storyarc "Stay Angry."
|June 4th, 2012
Incredible Hulk #7.1
The Hulk is free of Bruce Banner -- so what now?
|May 22nd, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #4
Ding! Round 4 of "Avengers Vs. X-Men" takes the teams to the four corners of the globe to beat the snot out of each other.
|May 17th, 2012
Wolverine & the X-Men #10
Cyclops drops by the Jean Grey school to have a chat with Wolverine in an "Avengers vs. X-Men" tie-in issue.
|May 14th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #3
"Avengers vs. X-Men" #3 sets up a series of upcoming fights, but don't worry -- you've also got a fight scene this issue too.
|May 3rd, 2012
Magneto takes on Iron Man and Namor battles the Thing in the first issue of "AvX: VS"
|April 27th, 2012
Wolverine & the X-Men #9
The Jean Grey School prepares for the arrival of The Phoenix Force on Earth.
|April 19th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #2
"Avengers Vs. X-Men" pretty much says it all.
|April 19th, 2012
Wolverine & the X-Men #8
"Wolverine & The X-Men" #8 ties up a loose end from last issue so that "Avengers vs. X-Men" can begin its tie-in shortly.
|April 4th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men
"Avengers Vs. X-Men" #0 by Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis and Frank Cho finally kicks off the most hotly-anticipated Marvel event this year.
|March 29th, 2012
Incredible Hulk #6
The Hulk and Banner slug it out while we learn the truth about what happened immediately following the pair's separation.
|March 19th, 2012
Wolverine & the X-Men #7
Wolverine and Quentin Quire finish their quest for funding for the Jean Grey School while Broo gets a little more Broodish back home.
|March 15th, 2012
Scalped #56
A mighty tale deserves a sublime coda. The end starts here.
|March 5th, 2012
Wolverine & The X-Men #6
Wolverine and Kid Omega try to save the Jean Grey School by cheating at gambling while the rest of the team tries to save Kitty and the students from a Brood attack.
|February 23rd, 2012
Punishermax #22
The series ends with Frank Castle dead and Nick Fury dealing with the aftermath.
|February 12th, 2012
Wolverine & The X-Men #5
"Wolverine & The X-Men" is fun, but this issue is feeling a little scattered.
|February 8th, 2012
Scalped #55
It's Dash versus Shunka and only one of them is walking away.
|January 15th, 2012
Wolverine & The X-Men #4
"Wolverine & The X-Men" collides with "Uncanny X-Force" with shockingly good results.
|January 11th, 2012
Wolverine #300
Wolverine celebrates his three-hundredth anniversary as only Wolverine can: by getting stabby.
|January 11th, 2012
Incredible Hulk #3
Banner's creations attack the Hulk's allies, forcing the Hulk to make a decision.
|December 22nd, 2011
Wolverine & The X-Men #3
All heck breaks loose when Krakoa attacks the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.
|December 22nd, 2011
Wolverine #19
Wolverine, Fat Cobra, and Gorilla Man attempt to bring down the local Chinese crimelord.
|December 5th, 2011
Wolverine & The X-Men #2
Wolverine and the X-Men come under attack from the Hellfire Club.
|November 28th, 2011
Scalped #54
Poetic violence tarnishes the landscape, and as the sun sets you just don't know how dark night will be.
|November 26th, 2011
Incredible Hulk #2
We discover what, exactly, Banner has been up to without the Hulk in his life.
|November 16th, 2011


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9 Aug 2007 2:45 PM #1
[Solved] IE error in ext-all.js 'undefined is null or not an object
I am rendering a grid in my project.
On firefox, this code works fine.
However in IE 7 I get the following error:
'undefined' is null or not an object
I believe the error is occuring on Line 239 in ext-all.js and the following section is highlighted:
if(typeof _1[i].dataIndex=="undefined")
I feel as if I'm not providing enough information for you guys to help me with my problem, let me know what else I should provide!!
9 Aug 2007 3:02 PM #2
You have an extra comma somewhere in one of your object literal definitions.Jack Slocum
Sencha Co-Founder, Ext JS Founder
Original author of Ext JS 1, 2 & 3.
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9 Aug 2007 4:31 PM #3
1 Sep 2007 3:33 PM #4
Hi I think I'm having a problem here as well. Is it possible that the extra comma is somewhere in a json object?
Something like this perhaps breaking IE7?
1 Sep 2007 4:35 PM #5
I doubt; I'd expect that Ext.decode would fail on invalid json.Jozef Sakalos, aka Saki
Education, extensions and services for developers at new http://extjs.eu
News: Grid MultiSearch Plugin, Grid MultiSort Plugin, Configuring ViewModel Hierarchy
2 Sep 2007 1:45 AM #6
How did you solve it? Others may be interested too...Jozef Sakalos, aka Saki
Education, extensions and services for developers at new http://extjs.eu
News: Grid MultiSearch Plugin, Grid MultiSort Plugin, Configuring ViewModel Hierarchy
10 Oct 2007 11:31 PM #7
I had a similar problem, turned out (as others mentioned) I had an extra comma in my json file (which I dynamically create based on logged in user in my application).
1 Jun 2009 10:55 AM #8
I was getting same error message, but my solution was different.
I was calling function using a href="javascripthowWindow(this)"
and then used "this" as source for win.open()
Worked fine in firefox and chrome, but gave this error in IE.
28 Jan 2010 6:27 AM #9
My server side application dynamically generates and returns JSON. Cutting and pasting this from the response tab of the Firefox console into any one of the free JSON verification web sites revealed an extra comma. Fixed this and everything is now okay.
6 Apr 2010 1:06 AM #10
Perfect =D


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Hi I have downloaded RSyntaxTeaxtArea-Demo 2.0.7.
Four poits about it:
1. Nice that RSTA have now Visual Basic support. But sadly in the demo it isn't.
So I have added a modified version of your VisualBasicExample.txt, to see it:
[ rsyntaxtextarea_demo-2.0.7-1.jar ]
2. Sadly for VisuslBasic and Ruby don't existing Code Folding. Will it be added in the future?
3. The theme after the start is not the same like the "Default" theme. (other caret color, "true" and "false" have other colors and something like "text#otherText" is different colored)
4. The menu option "Animated Bracket Matching" seems to be the reverse of that, what there stand.
After the start, the bracket-matching is animated. If I deselect the option in the menu, it is still animated. But if I then select "Animated Bracket Matching" again, the bracket-matching is not animated.


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5 Musicians Who Need to Find Something New to Sing About
#2. Jimmy Buffett
Lyrical Fixation:
How awesome it is to be Jimmy Buffett
Example Lyric:
"Waistin' away again in Margaritaville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt"
How It All Started:
With 1977's "Margaritaville," Jimmy Buffett had a huge hit on his hands. So huge, in fact, that at some point he went from singing about how awesome it is to live on an island to actually living on an island. Not that he stopped singing about it, though. It was just that now he was able to sing about it all while thinking, "Wow, I really do live on an island, fuck yeah."
"Fuck yeah." - Jimmy Buffett
Why It Needs to Stop:
Plenty of musicians write songs about how awesome they are (we're looking at you, every performer in the history of rap music). But the bothersome thing about Jimmy Buffett's boasting is that he isn't boasting at all. He states it all in a plain, matter-of-fact way, as if to say, "yeah, I guess I'm pretty damn awesome." Regardless of the subject matter, Jimmy Buffett will take some time out to remind you that, unlike you, he lives on a goddamn tropical island. Take for example, this excerpt from the song "Jamaica Mistaica":
"Well the word got out
All over the island
Friends, strangers, they were all apologizin'
Some thought me crazy for bein' way too nice
But it's just another shitty day in paradise"
He's singing about his airplane being mistakenly shot at by the Jamaican government! Is this really the time to drop the "paradise" reference?
"Hold your fire! It's just Jimmy Buffett."
While we admire the restraint it must have taken to not mention that Bono was on the plane with him at the time, this basically makes Buffett the equivalent of that obnoxious rich relative who shows up at your family gathering at the trailer park and regales you with tales of his jet-setting life style and the burdens of SUV ownership while you contemplate the ramifications of calling in to your job at Wal-Mart the day after Thanksgiving.
This guy can't even sing about food with reminding you how unspeakably awesome it is to be Jimmy Buffett.
"Not just havanas or bananas or daiquiris
But that American creation on which I feed
Cheeseburger in paradise
Medium rare with mustard be nice
Heaven on earth with an onion slice
I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise"
Nice. Now we hate cheeseburgers. Thanks a fucking lot, Buffett.
Bacon cheeseburgers are still OK, however.
Look, we'd love to tell you all about how Jimmy Buffett has continued this cycle of braggadocio on his most recent album, 2006's Take the Weather With You, but honestly, these are tough economic times. The last thing we want to do is spend an hour listening to Jack Johnson's grandfather piss and moan about tourists sunbathing too close to his satellite television adorned tiki hut. Just understand, it's definitely still happening.
#1. The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Lyrical Fixation:
Southern California
Example Lyric:
"L.A. is the place, sets my mind ablaze
For me, its a race through a cotton pickin maze"
How It All Started:
Those sample lyrics are from the Red Hot Chili Peppers very first single, "Out In L.A." From that point on, references to California ("Under the Bridge," "Californication," etc.) have occupied almost as much space on RHCP albums as the shitty "rapping" does.
Why It Needs to Stop:
Sure, we all love the place we live in to some degree, or else we'd move. But there isn't all that much you can say about any place before things start to get a little redundant. If Springsteen didn't mix in a little sex music with all of those anthems about impoverished towns, at some point the frustration would overtake you and you'd find yourself at your local homeless shelter with a megaphone imploring people to get a fucking job already.
"Just give me a reason."
But Anthony Kiedis has an uncanny ability to reference Los Angeles no matter what the song is about.
A song about chicks? Best believe those chicks are from L.A. A song about depression? L.A. is super depressing, bro! A tune about drug addiction? Blame it on the City of Angels. A song about absolutely nothing? It's a safe bet that at some point, "wang dang dong bell flay" will be rhymed with "L.A."
It's enough to make a person pray for an earthquake, if not for the inevitable RHCP benefit album to earthquake victims that would surely follow (with a title like "Los Angeles Rocks." )
Too bad Randy Newman already has dibs on "I Love L.A."
Unfortunately, the band's fascination with ham fistedly mentioning California whenever possible shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The first single off of their most recent album was called "Dani California."
Hell, at least take a hint from Sufjan Stevens and branch out to another freaking state.
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As some of us are in the part where it already ended, I would like to say that it is a nice day outside, statistically speaking of course. With no videos to upload and aging, shriveled-up testicles that no longer need short term maintenance, I find myself twirling my thumbs and thinking of stuff. Why are zebras in black and white? You'd think by now they would have the technology to be in color. Same goes for pedestrian crossings. Even the traffic lights are now in color, so what's with the crossings? Different management? And pizza? Can't they do anything else but get eaten? And rainbows? Why are they so happy when all this global warming sheise is going on? And stairs? Why do they go upwards when I go up, and downwards when I go down? Is there some metaphysical law I missed while sleeping under bridges these last 4 years? Do you know that the actress Goldie Hawn has been sleeping under Bridges for thirty years now?
But I digress. What I really wanted to talk about is crocodiles. Are they greener or longer?
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A Sumo maniac's work is hardly ever done . This is an invitation to all gamers and non-gamers to play the thought-invoking in between- bashos' "Guess the Banzuke" (GTB) game . The entry form is online and awaiting your affection.
Rules in 14 languages, none of them relevantly updated as usual. (We all speak the universal language of love, right?)
Tiebreaker - Most total guesses, then, the earlier entry, then, the player who has an Eskimo grandmother.
It's up to you to check if you are on the list of entries. We've been having quite a few complaints lately of entries getting lost in the mail (no we haven't, but it makes for a great conversation piece..). It's going to be your fault, not the Internet's. No monoiis on this matter will be accepted. At the risk of repeating myself- no exceptions! Unless you're really hot- in which case you may turn on the air conditioner while I'm not looking.
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DEADEND- TAKE NOTE- Saturday, February 25th , 2012 at 18:00 GMT ("Grope My Tits") .
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Alex Calott and Jordi Massalle Ferrer posted singles victory, but the Charlotte 49ers (3-4) lost to Campbell (3-2), 5-2, at the Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex.
"This was a tough loss," Charlotte coach Billy Boykin said. "Weather conditions were tough out there today for everyone and after edging us out of the double point in a tie break, Campbell used that momentum to carry them through the singles."
Campbell won two of three highly contested double matches to claim the doubles point. At number one doubles, Charlotte's Massalle Ferrer and Jack Williams defeated Campbell's Adrien Rossingnon and Josep Baro, 8-4. At number two doubles, Charlotte's Calott and Paul Cisti lost to Campbell's Fernando Guillen and David Clavera in a tiebreaker, 8-7 (7-1). Then, Charlotte's Kamil Khalil and Krzysztof Kwasniewicz lost to Campbell's Steven Billington and Ondrej Kralik, 8-5.
Campbell won four of the six singles matches to claim the victory. At number one singles, Charlotte's Williams lost to Campbell's Guillen, 6-3, 6-3. At number two singles, Charlotte's Calott defeated Campbell's Billington, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2. At number three singles, Charlotte's Massalle Ferrer defeated Campbell's Rossingnon, 7-5, 7-6. At number four singles, Charlotte's Khalil lost to Campbell's Clavera, 6-4, 7-6. At number five singles, Charlotte's Cisti lost to Campbell's Baro, 7-5, 6-1. At number six singles, Charlotte's Nate Shanok lost to Campbell's Rick Van Gerwen, 7-3, 7-6 (9-7).
Charlotte continues their five match home stand when they play Mercer at the Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex, Friday, February 8 at 1 pm.


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Where do I search for The Hanging Tree book in Act I?
The Hanging Tree is the first "book" you need to listen to in the Act I, but I cannot find it; what am I missing?
Where do I search for The Hanging Tree book in Act I?
The Hanging Tree is the first "book" you need to listen to in the Act I, but I cannot find it; what am I missing?
The Hanging Tree is a book and event in Act I, that takes place in the Weeping Hollow. The event happens at a tree from which three corpses are hanging. When your character walks past, he'll say something like "What happened to this grave," although I'm sure that depends on your class and gender. Clicking the coffin under the tree starts an event where a dozen skeletons will rise up and attack you. When you kill them all, the event is over and the book will pop up.
There are five random spawn points where you might find the tree within the zone. As you enter the zone from the Southeast, keep walking Northwest, off of the road. The first random chunk is just on the other side of the trees that line the road. The second is just northwest of the first; the third just northwest of that; the fourth to the northeast of the third. The fifth is on the other side of the road, far to the east and just a bit further north of the fourth chunk.
There are eight different tiles that might spawn in these five locations. If you run this zone a few times, you'll quickly learn to recognize them. I'm describing all of them here to help make the farming process easier.
The Hanging Tree event (and hence the book) will only appear when the tree is surrounded by those four bits of disturbed earth.
The easiest way to farm this event is to change your quest to The Shattered Crown, walk out of Tristram to the checkpoint across the bridge, and start hunting. If you don't find the tree, leave the game and then resume again -- you'll spawn right at the start of the zone. Knowing that there's five places where this event/tile can spawn should help you quickly find it (as well as the Den, if you're hunting that achievement too).
Note: in the below image, I just marked what the chunks were that time. They're random! The tree could be at any of the 5.
According to this post at gamefaqs forum:
I finally got this book after 30+ runs or something. It seams it's pretty rare (or i just got bad luck). You have to look in those four areas of the map that are random. Finding the tree is not enough, this event only happens when you see four desecrated graves around the tree, if you see a single grave, that is not it. You need to remake and keep searching. The fastest way is to get the checkpoint outside New Tristam when you are doing the "The Shattered Crown" quest. This way, every time you restart, you are already in the zone.
According to a comment on D3DB:
Using the answer here I was able to find the Hanging Tree in only a few run throughs.
Particularly I was in Normal - A Shattered Crown ( Find the Cemetery ) on patch level 1.03
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Good point. Prokofiev was not, I believe, a religious man in a an orthodox sense, though he was influenced by Christian Science,
I don't agree with Bart about the end of the ballet! For one thing, he couldn't have the Father run to the Prodigal, because it's not in Prokofiev's score, which suddenly goes all soft and gentle.
Actually, I'm not big on the idea of the Father running forward. I object not so much to the stillness of the Father as to the stark, static quality which is a feature of many productions (including those by Miami City Ballet, directed by one of the greatest of Prodigals, Edward Villella).
The Rembrandt painting linked by kfw captures what I'm think the part needs. It does depict a moment of perfect stillness. But the father's face, as well as the positioning of his hands, has gentleness, sadness, consolation ... in other words, life. The Prodigal can't perform this big climactic moment in a vacume. He needs a father who is experiencing and depicting feelings of equivalent weight.
Shaun O'Brien, in the early NYCB performances, certainly conveyed much of what you see in the Rembrandt without altering the choreography or violating the music. It was a great stage performance. Other less talented dance-actors don't always handle it quite as well.
Sorry to keep this thread so Off Topic. Thanks, AnthonyNYC, for bringing us back to the Siren. So please: let's have more Siren sightings, Siren critiques, and Siren theories?


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On my polished wood table any disturbance (and I have kids, so you can imagine the disturbances...) can shift tiles around, which I then feel compelled to try to adjust to be flush with those around them. I want to get a mat to fix this, and was wondering if anyone has had experience doing this, and can offer advice. Thanks!
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You could try some no-slip shelf liner (the kind you use for kitchen cabinets). They're sold by the roll at various department stores, fairly cheaply. They lay flat and can be cut into whatever shape you need. If you can, I would splurge and err on the side of using a heavier-duty liner. The cheap stuff is probably little better than a tablecloth.
For Carcassonne specifically, you'll want to make sure you cover as much of the table as is practical. You probably don't want to artificially constrain the game if your no-slip surface isn't big enough.
Felt. A thousand casinos can't be wrong. Padded felt also makes it easier to pick cards/chits up off the table.
For Settlers of Catan, there is an expansion you can get that consists of six interlocking long sections that frame the pieces in. At worst, your entire island will shift, instead of individual hexes. I just picked it up recently from my local game store after seeing our island moved one too many times.
For other tile-based games, I would suggest a tablecloth like Egg of P'an Ku suggested, or a large piece of fabric (or felt) that you can get at a craft store -- you don't want any fabric to be TOO slippery, though. You can even go one step further and get those no-slip rubber mats for rugs to place between the table and the tablecloth. The only downside to that I could see is the tablecloth may occasionally get bunched up.
You could also try a table-top gaming mat, or simply skip the tablecloth and just use a large number of the no-slip mats I mentioned above, and place your tiles directly on the rubber mats.
For Settlers of Catan, a sheet of acrylic or pane of glass over the board can work wonders!
I have used both a pane of glass and a sheet of plexiglass. The two are roughly equivalent to play on. Pieces slide around a little bit easier, but not so much as to become a nuisance. I prefer glass for its superior durability, but I have been using plexiglass at home for quite a while and it works just fine.
It was quite a bit of work to construct, but we made a mat to play games on that was baize on one side and leatherette on the other. It's really nice playing card and board games on the baize surface - it's easy to pick up cards and tokens, as if from a slightly squishy card table. The leatherette underside is heavy enough to keep it in place, and easy to clean if you discover afterwards that the table wasn't as clean as you though. I made an instructable showing how we made this.
It'd be nice to know of places that sell something like this.
I just took one of my old Bridge tables and is using that for most games, it works great as long as we're 4 players. I also have a fairly cheap 8-sided poker foldable tabletop thing for bigger sessions (with the added bonus of drinkholders).
This means another table which is perhaps not an option for you but both options can be folded and take very little space when not playing at least.
In addition to Kristo's answer, if you have a wood shop you likely have a router mat which would accomplish something similar.