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Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 - August 16, 2007) to parents Alphonse and Cressie Roach. He was a world-class percussionist, drummer, and jazz composer.Read More...
Roach was born in the Township of Newland, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, which borders the southern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp, to Alphonse and Cressie Roach. Many confuse this with Newland Town in Avery County. Although Roach's birth certificate lists his date of birth as January 10, 1924,[3] Roach has been quoted by Phil Schaap as having stated that his family believed he was born on January 8, 1925. Roach's family moved to the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York when he was 4 years old. He grew up in a musical home, his mother being a gospel singer. He started to play bugle in parade orchestras at a young age. At the age of 10, he was already playing drums in some gospel bands. In 1942, as an eighteen-year-old fresh out of Boys High School, he was called to fill in for Sonny Greer with the Duke Ellington Orchestra when they were performing at the Paramount Theater.
In 1942, Roach started to go out in the jazz clubs of the 52nd Street and at 78th Street & Broadway for Georgie Jay's Taproom (playing with schoolmate Cecil Payne).[4] His first professional recording took place in December 1943, supporting Coleman Hawkins.[5]
Roach's most significant innovations came in the 1940s, when he and jazz drummer Kenny Clarke devised a new concept of musical time. By playing the beat-by-beat pulse of standard 4/4 time on the "ride" cymbal instead of on the thudding bass drum, Roach and Clarke developed a flexible, flowing rhythmic pattern that allowed soloists to play freely. The new approach also left space for the drummer to insert dramatic accents on the snare drum, "crash" cymbal and other components of the trap set.
By matching his rhythmic attack with a tune's melody, Roach brought a newfound subtlety of expression to his instrument. He often shifted the dynamic emphasis from one part of his drum kit to another within a single phrase, creating a sense of tonal color and rhythmic surprise.[1] The idea was to shatter musical conventions and take full advantage of the drummer's unique position. "In no other society", Roach once observed, "do they have one person play with all four limbs."[6]
While that approach is common today, when Clarke and Roach introduced the new style in the 1940s it was a revolutionary musical advance. "When Max Roach's first records with Charlie Parker were released by Savoy in 1945," jazz historian Burt Korall wrote in the Oxford Companion to Jazz, "drummers experienced awe and puzzlement and even fear." One of those awed drummers, Stan Levey, summed up Roach's importance: "I came to realize that, because of him, drumming no longer was just time, it was music."[1]
He was one of the first drummers (along with Kenny Clarke) to play in the bebop style, and performed in bands led by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis. Roach played on many of Parker's most important records, including the Savoy November 1945 session, a turning point in recorded jazz.
In 1952 Roach co-founded Debut Records with bassist Charles Mingus. This label released a record of a concert, billed and widely considered as "the greatest concert ever," called "Jazz at Massey Hall," featuring Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Mingus and Roach. Also released on this label was the groundbreaking bass-and-drum free improvisation, "Percussion Discussion."
In 1954, he formed a quintet featuring trumpeter Clifford Brown, tenor saxophonist Harold Land, pianist Richie Powell (brother of Bud Powell), and bassist George Morrow, though Land left the following year and Sonny Rollins replaced him. The group was a prime example of the hard bop style also played by Art Blakey and Horace Silver. Tragically, this group was to be short-lived; Brown and Powell were killed in a car accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in June 1956. After Brown and Powell's deaths, Roach continued leading a similarly configured group, with Kenny Dorham (and later the short-lived Booker Little) on trumpet, George Coleman on tenor and pianist Ray Bryant. Roach expanded the standard form of hard-bop using 3/4 waltz rhythms and modality in 1957 with his album Jazz in 3/4 time. During this period, Roach recorded a series of other albums for the EmArcy label featuring the brothers Stanley and Tommy Turrentine.
In 1960 he composed the We Insist! - Freedom Now suite with lyrics by Oscar Brown Jr., after being invited to contribute to commemorations of the hundredth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Using his musical abilities to comment on the African-American experience would be a significant part of his career. Unfortunately, Roach suffered from being blacklisted by the American recording industry for a period in the 1960s. In 1966 with his album Drums Unlimited (which includes several tracks that are entirely drums solos) he proved that drums can be a solo instrument able to play theme, variations, rhythmically cohesive phrases. He described his approach to music as "the creation of organized sound."
Among the many important records Roach has made is the classic Money Jungle 1962, with Mingus and Duke Ellington. This is generally regarded as one of the very finest trio albums ever made.
During the 70s, Roach formed a unique musical organization -- M'Boom -- a percussion orchestra. Each member of this unit composed for it and performed on many percussion instruments. Personnel included Fred King, Joe Chambers, Warren Smith, Freddie Waits, Roy Brooks, Omar Clay, Ray Mantilla, Francisco Mora, and Eli Fountain.
Not content to expand on the musical territory he had already become known for, Roach spent the decades of the 80s and 90s continually finding new ways to express his musical expression and presentation.
In the early 80s, he began presenting entire concerts solo, proving that this multi-percussion instrument, in the hands of such a great master, could fulfill the demands of solo performance and be entirely satisfying to an audience. He created memorable compositions in these solo concerts; a solo record was released by Bay State, a Japanese label, just about impossible to obtain. One of these solo concerts is available on video, which also includes a filming of a recording date for "Chattahoochee Red," featuring his working quartet, Odean Pope, Cecil Bridgewater and Calvin Hill.
He embarked on a series of duet recordings. Departing from the style of presentation he was best known for, most of the music on these recordings is free improvisation, created with the avant-garde musicians Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Archie Shepp, Abdullah Ibrahim and Connie Crothers. He created duets with other performers: a recorded duet with the oration by Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream"; a duet with video artist Kit Fitzgerald, who improvised video imagery while Roach spontaneously created the music; a classic duet with his life-long friend and associate Dizzy Gillespie; a duet concert recording with Mal Waldron.
He wrote music for theater, such as plays written by Sam Shephard, presented at La Mama E.T.C. in New York City.
He found new contexts for presentation, creating unique musical ensembles. One of these groups was "The Double Quartet." It featured his regular performing quartet, with personnel as above, except Tyrone Brown replacing Hill; this quartet joined with "The Uptown String Quartet," led by his daughter Maxine Roach, featuring Diane Monroe, Lesa Terry and Eileen Folson.
Another ensemble was the "So What Brass Quintet," a group comprised of five brass instrumentalists and Roach, no chordal instrumnent, no bass player. Much of the performance consisted of drums and horn duets. The ensemble consisted of two trumpets, trombone, French horn and tuba. Musicians included Cecil Bridgewater, Frank Gordon, Eddie Henderson, Steve Turre, Delfeayo Marsalis, Robert Stewart, Tony Underwood, Marshall Sealy, and Mark Taylor.
Roach presented his music with orchestras and gospel choruses. He performed a concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He wrote for and performed with the Walter White gospel choir and the John Motley Singers. Roach performed with dancers: the Alvin Aily Dance Company, the Dianne McIntyre Dance Company, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
In the early 80s, Roach surprised his fans by performing in a hip hop concert, featuring the artist-rapper Fab Five Freddy and the New York Break Dancers. He expressed the insight that there was a strong kinship between the outpouring of expression of these young black artists and the art he had pursued all his life.
During all these years, while he ventured into new territory during a lifetime of innovation, he kept his contact with his musical point of origin. His last recording, "Friendship", was with trumpet master Clark Terry, the two long-standing friends in duet and quartet. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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So I picked this up three months ago almost and I love it, especially compared to the 2013 FR-S that I used to have, but I do have some questions. Thank you
1. Some reliable performance parts while still keeping it a daily driver? Ive heard Perrin and COBB mainly but I'm tempted to get the COBB stage 2 package.
2. Good colors for plasti dipping my rims and other small parts? Seeing as mine is grey I'm not quite sure what color. I've been getting votes for black/blue/red.
3. Short throw shifter? Is it worth it for this particular car? It feels pretty short as it is and I already have a weighted shift knob coming.
4. A good source of reference for properly changing out the oil/coolant besides the owners manual?
5. General tricks and tips for the car specifically, there always seems to be some.
Thank you for any replies and sorry for all of the questions that are probably easy answers.

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My research focuses on medieval Chinese literature, culture, and historiography, in particular tales and anecdotal literature from the eighth and ninth centuries. Thousands of short narratives survive from this period, ranging from gossip about the escapades (savory and unsavory) of high-ranking government officials to cautionary tales about deadly encounters with zombies. In my work, I investigate what this material meant to readers and writers at the time and what it can tell us about their understanding of the world in which they lived. How did people obtain and interpret information about recent events? How did stories get changed as they were passed around from person to person? How did narrative conventions shape the way stories were told? What does "authorship" mean when a story is a mixture of inherited information and the recorder's personal embellishments? The majority of these accounts are best characterized as recorded hearsay, information that was of interest because it promised to deliver an inside scoop on events that were presumed to have really happened, whether those events concern the emperor's love-life or how an exorcist freed a young girl from a fox-demon who had possessed her. But during the ninth century, some writers began to use this form in new ways, crafting increasingly inventive and literary tales, and I am also interested in how writers appropriated the conventions of recorded gossip to create distinctive, intentionally belletristic works.
I explore some of these ideas in my book Shifting Stories: History, Gossip and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China (Harvard University Asia Center, 2014). Doing my research is fun because I read a lot of stories about ghosts, hapless scholars, and animals disguised as beautiful women. But I first became interested in medieval literature simply because classical Chinese is such an elegant and beautiful language.
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1985-1992 Fleetwood, 1993 Sixty Special, All FWD Forum Discussion, Need Opinion on Corsa System? in Past Cadillac Vehicle Discussion; Okay so i ordered the corsa system for my DTS which i have to decided to keep and restore (I ...
- 07-21-13 10:27 PM #1SGWORLDWIDE Guest
Need Opinion on Corsa System?
Okay so i ordered the corsa system for my DTS which i have to decided to keep and restore (I think i lost my mind that day when i posted i was going to buy a SS impala and trade my baby away )
Anyway i now feel that i dont know if i made the right choice its a little expensive even though i got it for a little over $1100 plus free shipping i was first going to use that money to add a LOJACK system to the car which is around the same price
So what u guys think should i cancel the order i also see corsa discontinued the system aswell and is hard to find now? or should i get the lojack insted though i would like both plus i feel sometimes the corsa is better suited for the newer sporty caddys a 2004 DTS is a beautiful car but its not a sporty/fast caddy like a V series i feel the corsa might be out of place?
Out of place, no. I think it fits the character of the car.
And IMHO, LoJack is a waste of money for our older, relatively cheap cars. The only people that would seriously consider stealing them, are joy riders, not legitimate car thieves. They're not going to get past the PK3 system, nor is it likely they have a tow truck.
- 07-21-13 10:47 PM #3SGWORLDWIDE Guest
Re: Need Opinion on Corsa System?
Cool thanks moist yeh i really wanted it since i had the car love the sound seen it on reguler devilles but it looks cheezy on them but the DTS with the chrome blade rims it does fit your right thats why i never got a remote start or anything that messes with the harness dont want eletrical problems or PK3 acting up
I am having body work being done aswell to take some dents out my driver and passanger door that a motorcycle and car hit plus my rear bumper which the corner is cracked and front bumper which it scraped and uneven so its costing over three grand with the corsa but i think its worth it shes going to look brand new
so how effective is PK3 is it just another factory alarm that can be bypassed in minetes? street punks aint who im worred about though my areas pretty nice and trying to take someones car is a bad idea
- 07-22-13 07:57 AM #4SGWORLDWIDE Guest
Re: Need Opinion on Corsa System?
Anyone else i know a few forum members have the system come on get your casual conversation spirit out lol
Sub will tell you it's mellow around town, no drone, but will wake the dead when you get on it. To measure twice, cut once, make sure everything is where you want it before tightening the clamps, and not to over tighten them.
.....Or something along those lines .
Re: Need Opinion on Corsa System?
Yup ^^^^
I've had mine on for 6.5 years now, it looks just like the day I installed it, and I would change nothing. You will know it's there at idle, around town and normal driving it's pretty quiet (authoritative), and if you stick your foot in it, it will wake the dead. Up around WOT redline it is screaming LOUD........... because there are NO baffles in the piping - it's all straight pipe - you can see a flashlight beam from the cat to the tips. The low and mid-speed sound tuning is done by flame-cutting different sized holes in the pipe inside the resonator and muffler cases.
Just ahead of the cat there is a (factory) flex joint, so if the system tends to walk to one side after the install (make sure the mufflers and hanger rods are absolutely perfect) you get 4 small screw band clamps (rubber fuel line size) and place them over the muffler hanger rods on either side of the hanger cookies. Center the system by hand, push each clamp to the cookie and tighten the clamps. The install is best done on a lift.
Follow the instructions to the letter, use the anti-seize on the clamp bolts, measure twice/cut once, and use a 4-point lift.
The muffler ends and the Y-pipe are pretty shiny from 30 feet behind the car, so I used a can of flat black hi-temp header paint to darken it all down - except the tips - they're electropolished to a chrome finish and they still look exactly like that picture. NO black dust inside.......... but remember: My engine gets over 6,000 miles to a quart of 5W-30.
The first time you start the car with the system installed you're gonna think "Oh, wow ! ............"
- 07-22-13 10:31 AM #7SGWORLDWIDE Guest
Re: Need Opinion on Corsa System?
lol cant wait i was going to consider canceling the order but i guess ill keep it it better be worth $1200 dollars
Re: Need Opinion on Corsa System?
When I have the dough and the time I may just order a set for the newer DeVilles and use as much as I can to fit my car. Granted, that may leave me with just the mufflers, but I cannot find those alone anywhere.
Re: Need Opinion on Corsa System?
For your car you can do it better and cheaper at a good exhaust shop using Magnaflow mufflers and mandrel bent tube. Talk to the pipe tech about either keeping or deleting a resonator - without it, Magnaflows will be ummmm .......... noticeable at all times.
- 07-24-13 10:37 PM #10SGWORLDWIDE Guest
Re: Need Opinion on Corsa System?
Okay the company i ordered the system from cancelled my order i know corsa discontinued the system but i figured places would still have it in stock since most aint dropping that much on a exhaust though it says ships from manufacturer on some sites, does that mean o matter where i order it from if i find it they wont have it because its a custom made item?
Re: Need Opinion on Corsa System?
it says ships from manufacturer on some sites
if it says that - they don't have it in stock -
and IF they don't have it - you won't get it -
keep looking - but when you order the kit -
make sure they actually have their hands on the boxes -
Re: Need Opinion on Corsa System?
FWIW, When I ordered the CORSA system for my STS in late 2006 I got it from an online parts site (AutoPartsWarehouse) but it was drop-shipped from CORSA in Berea, Ohio. 2 boxes. The Deville system was discontinued years ago, so it would appear that chances of finding one are slim and none.
Google "corsa performance exhaust systems berea ohio" and try to find a phone number - nothing like getting info straight from the horse's mouth .........
Contact corsa. They are pretty good
The Seville and Deville are very close they may fab you one. They made custom ones for the aurora forum on a limited production run.
Corsa is one of the few big name places that actually treat the little guys with respect. I've run corsa on my sts and Seville sts no regrets. I'd have it on my Camaro too but with long tubes its far too raspy so I went with the magnaflow corsa knock off quad exhaust.
- 07-25-13 01:30 PM #14SGWORLDWIDE Guest
Re: Need Opinion on Corsa System?
Im trying i contacted like 8 auto parts stores online no one has em they all have to order thru corsa so i called corsa directly lets see what happens if not guess ill just leave her stock and polish up the stock tips not sure if the wife is even going to like that Vroom Vroom sound lol she feels it makes it a street car no longer classy and unless its a real peformence sports car it sounds stupid
Don't contact the stores. Call corsa directly.
The Seville kit could easily be modified to work on the Deville. Same mufflers tips and I pipe. I believe the y pipe is slightly longer is all.


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Northstar Engines and System Technical Discussion Discussion, Bore heads for larger headbolts or stud/insert ? in Cadillac Engine Discussion; Local shop use larger headbolts and drills/taps block to accept them. Enlarges holes in head to fit. Did not say ...
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Bore heads for larger headbolts or stud/insert ?
Local shop use larger headbolts and drills/taps block to accept them. Enlarges holes in head to fit. Did not say what they do for alignment dowels? Seems to me dowels are pretty thin wall? Says bolts are "custom"? I think they are just sourced from another brand/make vehicle? If GM went with simple threaded bolt holes in block, what's wrong with tapping the next size larger? Ya, I know there is a limit to bolt diameter?
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Nothing. That's essentially what "Bigserts" are and what Jake's studs are as well. Not sure about CCC's, but I suspect they are as well. It's not so much the diameter as much as the coarser thread pitch.
I believe the same holds true for Norms NS300L inserts.
A big sert has larger OD threads than a standard sert but still uses stock headbolts? The studs I see here are stepped? Larger diameter into block but standard diameter up thru head? I was wondering about how much clearance work u can do on head thru holes? Not many folks here talk about enlarging head thru holes
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Don't try to bore out the cylinder head bolt holes to accept larger bolts. There are very good reasons why GM, Cadillac, Jake, Tim, Joe, Norm, TimeFastener, and a host of others make and use the proper studs and inserts.
I know the head thru hole is bigger than bolt. Bolt is M11. Is hole 12mm? I am not planning on trying larger bolts. Just reporting on local shops process.
Re: Bore for larger headbolts or stud/insert ?The studs I see here are stepped? Larger diameter into block but standard diameter up thru head?I was wondering about how much clearance work u can do on head thru holes? Not many folks here talk about enlarging head thru holes
The shop does over counter fix or drive in-turn key work. He says they do in car jobs so they must be handy.
Re: Bore for larger headbolts or stud/insert ?
The shop is mistaken - No such Northstar block work as "over the counter" or "turnkey" - too many hoops to jump through.
Studs and inserts remove the failed/corroded bolt threads, replace them with threaded steel parts ..................
Here - see if you can figure out what an "insert" really does, then what block studs do .................
They said they can do ANY repair. U bring in motor alone. They fix it. Or u can use ur motor as core and they give u another. That is what I meant by over the counter. Turnkey means u drop off car.
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Re: Bore heads for larger headbolts or stud/insert ?
Just a guess, but, if you dramatically change the diameter of the section of the bolt (non threaded area) that needs to expand and contract as the engine goes through its heat cycles, will you not also have to recalculate the initial torque values during installation to allow for this change? If you try to put a larger diameter bolt section up through to the head, I think that it would "stretch" differently than those selected by the GM engineers, causing new problems.
Re: Bore heads for larger headbolts or stud/insert ?
BTSOM! Now you're getting into engineering and metallurgy. WAAAY beyond my knowledge.
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Re: Bore heads for larger headbolts or stud/insert ?
I've recently repaired my Northstar car using Carrol's stud kit. I haven't mentioned it yet but fitting the heads down onto the installed studs was a PITA. I've been "handy" with metal objects since I was a kid and do this for a living quite well but despite all my best efforts the studs weren't "perfectly vertical" (Tim Carroll) after free hand drilling just like he does in his videos. Most were close enough but a few on each side required some minor bending with the hoist's jack handle slipped over them for leverage. Even after all were pretty strait up it was still next to impossible to get the heads down. Every time I got them somewhat started there were metal shavings being developed by the studs scraping against the head holes. So after several attempts and some thought I started drilling out the head itself to make more room for the stud to pass through. First drill was actually the same diameter of the studs and it removed some material in spots but not all the way through. I attribute this to corrosion and shifting of the metal over the 130K in service under pressure. The head still wouldn't slide down as cleanly as I like so I went the next 1/64th over. Same thing so I went another 64th and that was enough to get the head to slide onto the deck reasonably, it could be set down and lifted with a slight drag and wiggle. I just got it running last week and have only put about 130 miles on it with only one short WOT blast through a yellow light this morning but so far so good. At the 1/32 level of head hole enlargement there was not an issue and the stud nuts and washers still blanketed the hole. It was not an issue with the alignment dowels because it was still way under that diameter step.
BTW I'm not complaining about Tim's kit because it is an aftermarket repair part and it's doing what I need it to do with some mild massaging but I would love to see an uncut video of him drilling, tapping, studding, and then just sliding some un-drilled heads down onto the decks. It's not going to happen. His prices, service, and personal technical advice over the phone were great.
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Re: Bore heads for larger headbolts or stud/insert ?
If the shop you're referring to is in Mahtomedi, they are legit. They have done a lot of them. I had them do a 98 SLS for me a while back before I learned to do it myself. A friends Mom bought the car and put 43000 miles on it before she sold it over a year ago. They give a 1 year unlimited mileage warranty.
I've only done a dozen of them and haven't attempted one in the car yet. I'm tempted to try it though. If you add up removing and reinstalling the cradle, recharging the AC, bleeding the brakes, etc. It might be worth a try, especially on a Deville where the front cross brace unbolts. Unfortunately, my next one is a 2002 STS but I might try it anyway. I can always pull it if I run out of patience.


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Early last year I (and my wife) went for the jowel lift & face smoothing. With pulling of the skin in different areas, I was shown "what it will look like when done." After it was done, my wife & I went back a week later to have the stitches removed. My wife took a day off from work, but the doctor never showed up. We had to return on another day (more time off from work). I had to return another time because they didn't remove all the stitches. I'm not sure that they still didn't get them all out. There is still a large scar under my chin along with a lump in the middle of the scar.
Down both sides of my jaw line, just in front of my ears there are VERY noticeable scars that run down around my ears and up the back of them. There have been lumps in them from the beginning and continue to itch. It feels as if there are things under the scars like missed sutures. I was under the assumption that plastic surgery shouldn't leave very noticeable scars. I feel as if I were operated on by butchers.
After just over a year, things seem to be back to almost the same as they were prior to the surgery, for both of us. It was a waste of time and money, along with a lot of pain. Along with that, they don't seem to want to know you after you've paid and left after the surgery. Beware of this procedure. Save a little extra money and seek out a "real" plastic surgeon.


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Since I had to implement sorting in lucene 1.2 I had to write my own sorting using something similar to a lucene's contribution called SortField. Yesterday I did some tests, trying to use lucene 1.4 Sort objects and I realized that my old implementation works 40% faster then Lucene's implementation. My guess is that you are right and there is a problem with the cache although I couldn't find what that is yet. Aviran -----Original Message----- From: Greg Gershman [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:22 AM To: email@example.com Subject: Sort: 1.4-rc3 vs. 1.4-final When rc3 came out, I modified the classes used for Sorting to, in addition to Integer, Float and String-based sort keys, use Long values. All I did was add extra statements in 2 classes (SortField and FieldSortedHitQueue) that made a special case for longs, and created a LongSortedHitQueue identical to the IntegerSortedHitQueue, only using longs. This worked as expected; Long values converted to strings and stored in Field.Keyword type fields would be sorted according to Long order. The initial query would take a while, to build the sorted array, but subsequent queries would take little to no time at all. I went back to look at 1.4 final, and noticed the Sort implementation has changed quite a bit. I tried the same type of modifications to the existing source files, but was unable to achieve similiar results. Each subsequent query seems to take a significant amount of time, as if the Sorted array is being rebuilt each time. Also, I tried sorting on an Integer fields and got similar results, which leads me to believe there might be a caching problem somewhere. Has anyone else seen this in 1.4-final? Also, I would like it if Long sorted fields could become a part of the API; it makes sorting by date a breeze. Thanks! Greg Gershman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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Getting Here
The Menemsha Inn is located in the 300 year-old fishing village of Menemsha on the Island of Martha's Vineyard. There is no bridge or tunnel to this island paradise, so plan your travel accordingly.
The Island encompasses six towns spread over 87 square miles. While there is public transportation and taxi service available, we recommend that you bring your vehicle or rent one here on the island.
By Sea
During the warm weather, there are a number of ferry lines that will bring you to the island. The Steamship Authority has the only ferries that carry vehicles and departs from Woods Hole, MA.
Arriving from Woods Hole, MA
The Steamship Authority carries both vehicles and passengers. Vehicles need a reservation, while walk-on passengers do not. Vessels operate between Woods Hole and docks in Vineyard Haven or Oak Bluffs. Operates year-round.
You may view schedules, make ferry reservations and check space availability.
Arriving from Falmouth, MA
The Island Queen is a passenger-only vessel which travels to Oak Bluffs Harbor on a 35-minute scenic sail. Reservations are not required. Operates seasonally.
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The Pied Piper is 72-foot, passenger-only, luxury fast ferry which travels to Edgartown on a 35-minute scenic sail. Reservations recommended. Operates seasonally.
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The Brazilian TV show that put forward the terrifying "Ghost in the Elevator" prank has rolled out a sequel. This time it's a "corpse" in an elevator.
Programa Silvio Santo's "Corpse in the Elevator" sketch begins as the seemingly random participants walk in through a building's lobby and go into an elevator. As soon as they get in another group rushes in behind them delivering a large coffin. The deliverymen then leave the coffin there and rush out of the elevator. As they hurry back with a funeral wreath the door closes before they can get back in.
At this point, the elevator seems to go up, (it reality it stays put) and the person inside the elevator is surprised when the coffin pops open and a "corpse" falls out. They are then further shocked when the body comes to…
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This week WTI oil recovered to $100 per barrel, but that has not seemed to have allayed fears of a future glut in capacity in the United States. Shares of many of the biggest domestic oil producers are still lagging behind the broader market, and that has affected oil stocks.
Because shale oil is harder to get at and generally requires higher oil prices to be produced profitably, shale producers have been hit hardest on concerns of future overcapacity in oil. EOG Resources (EOG), for example, is down 9.2% since October and Pioneer Resources is down 10.2% since the same month.
Paul Sankey of Deutsche Bank, in his upgrade of Marathon Petroleum (MPC), said he believed that WTI could get as low as $75 per barrel before some of the more marginal drilling stops. Shale economics vary quite a bit. Some of the core shale drillers can continue to produce profitably at these levels while many peripheral wells may not be worth drilling.
Sanchez Energy (SN) is one of those producers which should be able to weather through lower oil. Sanchez operates mostly in the Eagle Ford shale of South Texas. Among oil shale plays, the economics of the Eagle Ford are second only to that of the Bakken. Much of Sanchez's operations are in Palmetto County, which is the core area and which yields the highest returns. However, Sanchez is enthusiastically developing and acquiring in the western portion of the Eagle Ford, where it still expects very profitable production, even at a lower price.
$80 oil scenario
At $80 oil, Sanchez's better core wells will fetch an 86% internal rate of return, with the lesser wells still getting 19%. Its next closest acreage will get a 38% return on 550 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (MBOE) wells and 21% on those set to produce 450 MBOE.
Moving west, Sanchez's most recently acquired "Wycross" acreage will yield a 53% return on 550 MBOE wells and a still respectable 30% on its 450 MBOE wells, even at $80 oil. Not bad. Finally, Sanchez's western most acreage near Laredo will yield a 24% rate of return on its 500 MBOE wells and 11% on its 400 MBOE wells, all at $80 oil.
Of all of Sanchez's Eagle Ford wells, only the lower production wells in the western most part of the play will yield significantly below 20% at $80 oil. And this is all hypothetical. Remember, WTI oil is now just above $100. Oil would have to drop $20 for returns to get even this low. Sanchez will be just fine.
Before we go into valuation, here are some other operational tidbits. Sanchez's margins in 2013 have thus far been great. At $58.93 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization per barrel equivalent, Sanchez has margins that rival even some of the more conventional oil producers. The company has done a great job in reducing operating costs. Since 2011, cash operating costs per barrel have declined from about $45 per barrel down to $22.89 per barrel in the third quarter.
We don't yet have guidance for 2014 production growth, although in 2013 Sanchez grew production by the triple digits. Nearly all of that was oil, not lower-priced gas. In 2014 the company will drill 79 new wells compared to just 40 in 2013.
Sanchez shares have been beaten up, it's that simple. Since late October, shares are down a whopping 18%, and Sanchez was never all that expensive to begin with. Trading at just 1.33x book value, Sanchez is cheaper than the shale heavyweights: EOG sits at 3.11x, Pioneer is at 3.43x, and Continental Resources (CLR) is up there at 5.34x book. Only a small handful of established shale producers trade at Sanchez's level. Given the company's operational excellence, high margins and bright production growth prospects, I believe that Sanchez Energy is a great value right here.


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Thanks to Adam Greene of Davis Wright Tremaine for this tip:
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has hired an organization to implement its HITECH-required HIPAA compliance auditing plan.
OCR went with KPMG of McLean, Va., to assist OCR in operating an audit program that effectively implements the statutory requirement to audit covered entity and business associate compliance with the HIPAA privacy and security standards as amended by HITECH.
According to a snapshot of the contract provided by HHS, KPMG in the $9.2 million contract will end up auditing 150 entities varying in size by Dec. 31 2012. HITECH required "periodic audits" of covered entities and business associates to ensure HIPAA compliance. OCR had hired Booz Allen Hamilton to recommend a model HIPAA auditing plan, and now has hired KPMG to implement it.
Writes Greene on his website:
"The awarding of the audit contracts raises as many questions as it answers. We do not know the scope of the audits, such as whether KPMG will review general compliance with the Privacy and Security Rules or whether the audits will be focused on specific issues. Once Booz Allen Hamilton completes its contract to identify audit candidates, we do not know how entities will be selected for audit. … We do not know what will happen if an entity is selected for audit and it has an existing relationship with KPMG; KPMG may need to use a subcontractor to conduct such audits. Most importantly, we do not know whether the audit program will be used as an enforcement tool (leading to resolution agreements or civil monetary penalties), or whether it will be used strictly as an educational tool to improve general compliance."
The new contractor's duties will include the following:
- Site visits that include:
- Interviews with leadership (e.g., CIO, Privacy Officer, legal counsel, health information management/medical records director
- Examination of physical features and operations
- Consistency of process to policy
- Observation of compliance with regulatory requirements
- An audit report that covers the following:
- Timeline and methodology of the audit
- Best practices noted
- Raw data collection materials such as completed checklists and interview notes
- Certification indicating the audit is complete
- Specific recommendations for actions the audited entity can take to address identified compliance problems through a corrective action plan
- Recommendations regarding continued need for corrective action, if any
- Description of future oversight recommendations
Further, KPMG will produce a final report based on the audits will include, at minimum:
- Methods used to conduct the audit
- Findings that include:
- Condition: the defect or noncompliant status observed, and evidence of each
- Criteria: a clear demonstration that each negative finding is a potential violation of the Privacy or Security Rules, with citation
- Cause: The reason that the condition exists, along with identification of supporting documentation used
- Effect: the risk or noncompliant status that results from the finding
- Recommendations for addressing each finding
- Entity corrective actions taken, if any
- Acknowledgement of any best practice(s) or success(es)
- Overall conclusion paragraph
"Covered entities may wish to focus on checking that policies and procedures are up to date, rather than merely a binder sitting on a shelf, and ensure that the workforce has been appropriately trained (especially newer staff)," Greene writes. "Covered entities and business associates also may wish to do their own site visits to see that policies have been implemented among staff and that they are effective in protecting privacy. Some seemingly good privacy policies fail in the face of practical realities, such as human error, limited staff time, and limited resources."
Well…at least we know the who…but as Adam points out so clearly…as to the how and what…this is a mystery.
Another concern…150 audits by 12/31/12.
One key aspect of auditing which I learned years ago has to do with expectations and education. To be brief…if an entity is going to be audited one of the precepts is that a clear identification of that which is being audited and how the audit will compile its findings. It certainly appears that we are no where in this ballpark yet….


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Breast cancer health centre
This article is from the WebMD News Archive
Sharon Osbourne's preventive mastectomy
6th November 2012 - The former X-Factor judge Sharon Osbourne has had a double mastectomy after being told she carries genes which increase her risk of breast cancer.
She had colon cancer 10 years ago. "The odds are not in my favour," she told Hello! magazine.
"I didn't want to live under that cloud: I decided to just take everything off, and had a double mastectomy."
Around 48,000 women get breast cancer in Britain each year.
Genetic testing is offered for women with a higher risk of breast cancer, such as having close family relatives with cancer. The test screens for faulty genes called BRCA1 and BRCA2.
Preventive mastectomy decision making
To find out about the decisions facing a women who is told she has a genetic risk of breast cancer, BootsWebMD spoke to Dr Caitlin Palframan, policy manager at Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
"I think it's always a difficult decision. The NHS offers free genetic counselling to women in this situation who have a very high risk of developing breast cancer.
"That counselling will take them through what their options are. This kind of surgery is not the only option. Some women will take a more watchful waiting approach. They might opt for extra screening instead which gives them the best chance of detecting breast cancer at an early stage."
Weighing-up the options
Dr Palframan says a genetic counsellor will discuss the options with a woman: "How high their risk actually is. What risk reduction is associated with having this kind of surgery. How it might make them feel about their bodies.
"All kinds of things need to be considered and different people will rate different things in a different way. Some women might have more concerns about how they'll look than others. It's a really personal decision and the genetic counselling is there to guide women through that decision."
Genetic testing
A woman will usually be referred for genetic screening via her GP because of concerns about family history.
"Once they are there, they'll have their family history taken again. They'll work out how high the risk is that they might carry one of these genetic faults," Dr Palframan says.
"Then they'll talk to them about the genetic testing process. What the results could be. What the different results would mean for the person. Once the genetic counsellor is satisfied the person has made an informed choice, and knows what's involved, blood tests will be sent off for genetic testing."
Getting the genetic test results
The results will be known in two to eight weeks. "Then they'll have a session with a counsellor to discuss what the results actually are, what they mean for them and options available to them."
The decision on the next steps could be made at that meeting or later: "It depends on the woman. Generally slow and steady is the approach that's taken for these things to make sure that people really have a chance to think about what the results mean for them," Dr Palframan says.


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Olstein: Pick Stocks, Not SectorsKaryn Mccormack
Stocks have had a rocking good time this summer, giving the S&P 500 index a 13.5% gain for the year (through Aug. 24). The Nasdaq Composite index has surged 28% this year, thanks to a strong rebound in technology shares.
Whether the summertime giddiness lasts into September and autumn is anyone's guess. Veteran fund manager Bob Olstein, who I profiled last week, told me today that investors need to focus on quality of earnings and choose companies that have been able to generate free cash flow even during the financial crisis. "You'll find protection from the downside by buying companies with free cash flow," he says.
Olstein also invests in companies with "wide moats" — that is, the leaders and tough competitors in their industry. A few that meet his cash flow and valuation critieria (and are also top holdings in the Olstein All Cap Value (OFALX) fund) include Intel (INTC), 3M (MMM), Cintas (CTAS), and CommScope (CTV).
He also thinks sector plays — such as energy and commodities that have dominated in the last seven years or so — are out, and stock picking is in. "It's a stock picker's market as opposed to a sector-driven market," Olstein says.
What do you think? Are you still making sector bets through ETFs or other sector funds? Or do you think picking individual stocks is the best way to invest?


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Rodrigo de Bastidas
Learn more about Rodrigo de Bastidas
Rodrigo de Bastidas (c. 1468 - July 28, 1527), Spanish conquistador and explorer.
After sailing with Christopher Columbus during his second voyage to the New World about 1494, Bastidas petitioned the Spanish Monarchy to start his own quest to be financed totally with his own money. In exchange for granting Bastidas the right to explore various territories in the New World, the Crown required him to give them 1/3 of everything he acquired. The King and Queen issued a charter that is still preserved in the National Archives in Spain. He sailed to the New World from Cádiz in October, 1500, with two ships, the San Antón and the Santa Maria de Gracia. He was accompanied on this voyage by Juan de la Cosa and Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
In 1501, he sailed westward from the Atlantic side of present day Colombia in an attempt to reconnoiter the coastline of the Caribbean basin. Though the poor condition of his ships caused by seaworms that ate the wood of his ships, forced him to turn back and return to Santo Domingo to effect repairs, he reached La Punta de Manzanillo on Panama's upper Caribbean coast before having to abandon his effort.
He is acknowledged to be the first European to have claimed that part of the isthmus, and therefore is credited with the discovery of Panama which includes the San Blas region of the Kuna indians.
Bastidas, Rodrigo de (rô&thstrok;rē'gō dā bästē'&thstrok;äs) [key], c.1460–1526, Spanish conquistador in Colombia. In 1501, accompanied by Balboa and Juan de la Cosa, he discovered the mouths of the Magdalena River. Because of difficulties with the Spanish crown, it was 1525 before he returned to found Santa Marta. He prohibited exploitation of Native Americans and so dissatisfied his followers that they tried to murder him. Wounded, he fled to Santo Domingo, but bad weather forced him to land in Cuba, where he died. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2006, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. factmonster.com
The Magnificent Don Rodrigo de Bastidas I is known as Spain's "greatest and noblest conquistador" because he had the distinction of treating the Native Indians he came into contact with humanely although it is said he had slaves too.
According to the Inscriptions at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, The architects' plans for certain buildings and monuments at the Exposition called for a number of inscriptions to occupy panels and spaces provided for the purpose. Inscription No. 1. Tower of Jewels. South side. Panel at left of colonnade reads: 1501 Rodrigo De Bastides Pursuing His Course Beyond The West Indies Discovers Panama. Rodrigo de Bastidas, the first white man to reach the shores of Panama, was a well-to-do notary of the town of Triana, a gypsy suburb of Seville. Obtaining a license to conduct an expedition to the newly-discovered continent, he set sail with two caravels from Cadiz in October, 1500. Early in the following year he landed on the shores of Darien, becoming thereby the discoverer of what is at present the Isthmus of Panama.
Bastidas was subsequently appointed governor of the island of Trinidad. While he was administering this office some of his subordinates conspired against his life, and he was stabbed by them one night while asleep. He died shortly thereafter (1526) at Santiago, Cuba, from the effects of his wounds.
It has been said of Bastidas, "Spain's best and noblest conquistador," that he had the almost unique distinction of acting humanely in his dealings with the natives of America. He was a gentleman by birth, and an entirely different type from the impecunious courtier, the swashbuckler, and the adventurer. http://www.books-about-california.com/Pages/The_Inscriptions/The_Inscriptions_text.html
In the Dominican Republic, the famous historian Fray Cipriano de Utrera is attributed as saying of Rodrigo de Bastidas: after the name of Columbus, there is no other name that is more illustrious or more heroic to Santo Domingo (meaning the Dominican Republic) than that of Bastidas. http://www.idg.org.do/capsulas/mayo2005/mayo200528.htm
Bastidas is buried at the Cathedral of Santo Domingo.
Moreover, in terms of wealth and ancestry, compared to Rodrigo de Bastidas, Christopher Columbus was poor. Rodrigo de Bastidas' ancestral lineage can be traced back to the Kings of Asturias and Leon. He was a direct descendant of Don Rodrigo Diaz de Asturias, the Count of Oviedo and Astuiras and the Lord of Nava, whose daughter, Ximena, married Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid Campeador") de Vivar. http://www.euskalnet.net/laviana/gen_hispanas/bastidas.html
From various sources readily found on the Internet, Rodrigo de Bastidas was distinguished from the other conquistadors of his time by being fair in how he treated and dealt with the Native Indians.
While in Santa Marta, Columbia, the City he founded in 1525, it is said that Rodrigo de Bastidas ordered his men to be fair to the Indians and not mistreat them in any way. Mr. Ruiz's website informs us that Rodrigo de Bastidas was different from the other conquistadors because he was "well educated and a man of position."
Rodrigo de Bastidas was murdered, in addition to a dispute over money, because of his good relationship with the Native Peoples which caused resentment among some of his men.
In 1526 he left from Santo Domingo, his place of residence and where he was retailer, with general lieutenant Pedro Villafuerte, Rodrigo Alvarez Palomino, the Royal Accountant Juan de Ledesma and other captains, like Antonio Díez de Cardoso and Juan of San Martín. Bastidas had a policy of respect, humanity and friendship towards the Indians; he maintained pacifistic relations with his neighbors, the Indians Tagangas, Dorsinos and Gairas. He went on a trip to the territories of Bonda and Bondigua, where he obtained enough gold. Bastidas had prohibited his troops to brutally use the Indians and to undress them of their goods. Translated from Spanish http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/biografias/bastrodr.htm
Rodrigo de Bastidas' male heir, Rodrigo III, married Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes' only heir, a female daughter named Juana, thus, joining the two houses of De Bastidas and Fernandez de Oviedo, together. Don Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo Y Valdes, the Royal Historian and Official Chronicler of the New World, in addition, to his other accomplishments, was also a defender and protector of Native rights and complained about the unfair treatment of the Indians to the Spanish Crown.
Certain information provided by Edward Levin LaMarche, J.D. a 15th Great-Grandson of the Magnificent Don Rodrigo De Bastidas I.
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http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/biografias/bastrodr.htm http://www.books-about-california.com/Pages/The_Inscriptions/The_Inscriptions_text.html http://www.euskalnet.net/laviana/gen_hispanas/bastidas.htm
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We live in Arizona. &n... have an employer assisted health insurance through a large, well known insurance company. In my plan, the insurance generally only covers service by "in-network" providers, except for emergencies. Of course, all our normal appointment based services come from in-network doctors and other providers.
Unfortunately, recently I hat to take my wife, who's covered under my insurance, to the emergency room at our local hospital, because she was in a lot of pain and was vomiting. The hospital, after examination by the ER doctor and ultrasound, immediately admitted her, saying she needed surgery to remove her gall bladder. (She had her surgery and has recovered well thankfully.) The local hospital was in our insurance company's "in-network" list.
After her discharge from the hospital, we were sent a copy of the claim by the surgeon who was not "in-network" with our insurer. The surgeon isn't employed by the hospital.&nbs... Initially, our insurance company rejected the bill, because he's "out-of-network". ... So, I called the insurance company, reminded them that this was an emergency, and that we had no choice as to which surgeon would operate in the hospital. So, the insurance company paid the claim, but at their reduced "customary and reasonable" rate. Then, we got a bill from the surgeon saying unless the insurance pays the difference between what he claimed and what they paid, we have to pay the difference. If we don't pay the difference by some specified date, we will be referred to some collection agency. Of course, the difference is substantial, in the thousands of dollars.
I do some online search, and find this practice is known as "balance billing". Most articles I came across say the practice is illegal in many if not most states, but I can't figure out whether the practice is legal in Arizona. So, what are our rights in Arizona? Can the surgeon make us pay the difference?
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Thanks very much.
The problem is that the out-of-network surgeon has no contract with your insurance company and thus is not obligated to accept the insurance company's "customary and usual" rate. Insurance companies set these rates too low, and you end up having to fight the insurance company (with whom you have a contract) to get this paid.
While some states, notably CA, do have rules that provide protection from this situation, it is my understanding that many do not. Whether AZ does, I don't know. You might start by asking the AZ state insurance regulator—they would likely know the rules that apply to health insurance practices in your state.
Thanks, Taxagent. I'll see what I can find out from the AZ insurance regulator. ... Would it be the same regulator that has jurisdiction over the surgeon? Or would that be some other state agency (eg the medical licesing board etc.)?


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Heavy snow continued to frost eastern Japan on Saturday, leaving at least six people dead and more than 1,000 injured and rewriting snowfall records in several cities.
Tokyo had received 27 cm of snow as of Saturday morning, the fourth-largest amount in the postwar period and rivaling the amount logged just a week ago.
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One person died early Saturday in a five-vehicle accident on the Tomei Expressway in the city of Shizuoka that was apparently caused by snow, local police said. Following the accidents, the Tomei and other expressways in the Tokyo area were closed Saturday morning.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Select Box Factory 2.2j (improvements)
The improvements to 2.2j (also included in 2.2.1j) are explained below.
I've been tinkering with SelectBoxFactory (Help Guide) mainly because I have been getting
some feedback and want to provide some real world use cases. The tool did not come out of the box with any hooks to accept onChange events, and many people asked how they could "retrieve" the values of the dropdown.
The result is SelectBoxFactory 2.2... (or 2.2j, same thing for now - from now on always in jQuery unless someone needs it in mooTools). Its a modest improvement, but one that I think will enable more people to use it, and to me thats a more important change.
So what can you do? Based on code that is now in the internal.js file, the following examples are now available...
With selectBoxItemHook(), you can now write any code you want to run as soon as someone or some code selects an item in the select box. This applies to dropdowns and single-select items. Its very simple, but entirely critical, since this interface is not exposed to the external world. Now it is.
With gatherAllChoices() I show how you can use the method _gatherChoices(type) to collect values from a particular dropdown. Because you may have various data requirements, the type argument can be any delimiter, or "array" as text, or "json" as text. The output of selections will come in that format. The purpose of gatherAllChoices() is to show that you can create one place where all dropdowns on the screen are collected (say, as part of a form).
When you call externalClick, a new event on the dropdown, it will cause the dropdown to make a selection for you but it won't cause the dropdown to open and close, which it would do, thinking that a user was touching it. Its actually an important addition if you think about it. This way you can make programmatic calls using selectBoxItemChooser(), another demo. selectBoxItemChooser is an example of code you might write that will select items for you based on another component. (The example here is a month button on a calendar that when pressed, triggers selects the next month in the dropdown for the user).
This is just the start of the use cases, and it is small, but the changes i made to the codebase are powerful and should enable you to really take these to the next step. See the updated sections in the (Help Guide) for more information.
14 comments:
- web said...
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- January 19, 2009 at 1:20 AM
- corpix said...
Hi!How can i get 'id' of selected item, using you jQuery plugin??
Sorry my bad English
- April 8, 2009 at 7:23 PM
- corpix said...
Hi, how can i get 'id' of selected item, using your 'Select Box Factory'?
Sorry my bad English
- April 8, 2009 at 7:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
Nice job! It has everything I need and more. But what about speed? It turns out to slowdown quite fast as a selectmultiple type with 300 options (which I need in my case). Especially when selecting more options.
Another neat feature (not urgent for me btw ;-) would be selectmultiple with ctrl+mousedrag support. You already have ctrl/shift+mouseclick support.
- May 27, 2009 at 7:57 AM
- Wolf said...
Hi, i have a problem,
I use your select box factory in a ajax list with each line contain one select box factory but when i clicked one, this update the rest of selects too if are visibles, then do not yet know how to click the select the correct select box.
this is the code for dinamic select box:
var dropdownType = eval("var dropdownType" + countRow + " = new sFac({id : \"dropdownTypeAno" + countRow + "\",container : \"selectAno" + countRow + "\",selectionImagePath: \"../../../includes/JQuery/selectboxfactory/images/\",coreImages : [\"clear.gif\",\"eraser.gif\"],eraser: true,width: 120,toggleStyle : \'closed\',type : \'dropdown\',choices :["+contador+"]});");
later for the events select i create this click because I did not understand the gatherAllChoices,etc:
- July 2, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- skube said...
Nice plugin, but at 51kb it is way too big!
- July 30, 2009 at 8:56 AM
- Максим said...
Newest version doesn't work in Firefox with xhtml-doctype too... What can be the problem?
- August 1, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hi UIGuy,
thanks for providing Select Box Factory. It's great and the new version is a worthy improvement over 2.0.
One comment on setting "selectionImagePath" in your examples. It took me some time to find out that your examples set this option explicitly. This is not reflected in the javascript code quoted in <pre> but only in the original javascript code embedded in the web page.
I copied an example quoted on the example page. In the quoted source code this option is missing. So the example did not work as expected. After copying the original javascript code, they worked.
- August 24, 2009 at 5:00 AM
- Jamal said...
Dear UiGuy, I have been struggling for the past 4hours trying to get the simple list box to show on my page. It sounds simple, but why does it not show. When I tried to debug the code from your selectboxfactory.html, the offending code seems to be with the divs that are specified in the other table(that's what it appears to be). I would post the code that I think is having a problem but I cannot post HTML. Please help.
Not sure what to make of this, but I am lost as to what to do next. Especially since it appears as if it is really easy to get going, however trials have proven otherwise. Please help me through this.
- August 26, 2009 at 4:50 AM
- Jamal said...
Putting the code in an html page or a jsp page does not seem to work. I have even taken the source from selectboxfactory.html and tried to work backwards, but something still seems to be missing. Can you publish some basic instructions for using this with a blank jsp or html page?
- August 27, 2009 at 1:05 AM
- Ethemba said...
I am trying to use your amazing script inside Joomla. As Joomla use mootools, if its not a big effort can i have the mootools version?
I need also to create various selectbox, but i can´t join all the scripts as they are generated dinamically. Only the first one works. Can you please tell me how must i write the function to have it in different parts along the body?
Thnak you very much for your help and wonderful script.
- September 21, 2009 at 6:26 PM
- Alberto said...
How can i have select box factory under mootools? You offer it in the text and i need it to integrate it in joomla.
Thank you very much
- September 22, 2009 at 7:25 PM
- Zash said...
Hi, great script. Can you also do dynamic option lists (ie car makes in 1st selector, and car models from the selected car make in 2nd selector)? Thanks
- September 27, 2009 at 3:54 PM
- Mahmoud said...
i used your great plugin & it's a nice one.
my problem is that, providing a preselected sfac.
i can't use the javascript data option, i can only use the inline elements i tried to put in select="true", selected="true" & state="1", but i didn't work.
what is the way to do so??
rgrds ||| Mahmoud
- November 13, 2009 at 12:49 PM


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