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Tigers released to play mating game =96 and rescue species

By Andrew Buncombe in = Delhi
Tuesday, 8=20 July 2008

The male which was released into Sariska Tiger = Reserve last=20 week

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In the wilds of an Indian nature reserve, a soap opera is gripping = the=20 nation. The hero of the drama is a four-year-old male tiger who was = flown to the=20 Rajasthan park by wildlife officials and released last week. Yesterday, = the=20 heroine, a similarly aged female, was also set free from a holding pen = inside=20 the reserve. Now it is up to the two cats to play their = parts.

"This is a real attempt to try and do something to help the tigers," = said=20 Valmik Thapar, a tiger expert and member of India's National Board of = Wildlife.=20 "There has been real consultation with the experts, and the tigers were=20 carefully selected. All efforts have gone into doing this the right = way."

The two wild tigers were moved to the Sariska Tiger Reserve from the=20 Ranthambore National Park, also in Rajasthan, as part of a relocation = experiment=20 that has not been tried in India for at least 70 years. If successful, = officials=20 hope to move three more wild tigers to Sariska in the next six = months.

The experiment is an attempt to confront India's most pressing = wildlife=20 crisis: a tiger population that once stood at more than 100,000 but = could now be=20 as low as 1,300. Loss of habitat and a failure to prevent poachers = supplying the=20 Asian trade in tiger parts has brought to the edge of extinction an = animal that=20 more than any other symbolises the majesty of nature.

Nowhere better demonstrates that tragedy than Sariska, which was once = a royal=20 hunting ground before being turned into a national park in 1979. In 2005 = it was=20 revealed that poachers had succeeded in wiping out all the tigers in the = park.=20 Shocked, the Indian government backed plans to relocate wild tigers from = other=20 parts of the country to try to raise the numbers. Ranthambore has 45 = tigers,=20 including 14 cubs, and there have been reports of territorial fights in = which=20 the older animals chasing some of the younger tigers from the = forest.

Last week, Indian Air Force helicopters flew the Ranthambore tigers = to=20 Sariska. The male was released over the weekend and reportedly killed a = cow that=20 had been left for it. Yesterday the female was freed. Officials hope the = pair=20 will soon mate.

Belinda Wright, head of the Wildlife Protection Society of India, = said this=20 was the first time that a scientifically monitored experiment (both the = tigers=20 are fitted with tracking collars) had been tried anywhere in the world. = "It's a=20 bold initiative," she said. "Tigers are very tenacious =96 Ranthambore = has itself=20 twice had its tigers wiped out, and they bounced back."

The decline of the tiger is not confined to India. Within the last = century it=20 is estimated that tiger populations across the world have fallen by 95 = per cent.=20 Of the nine known sub-species of tiger, three are already extinct while = there=20 may be as few as 30 South China tigers in the wild.

While India's population of tigers has fallen drastically, it is = perhaps here=20 that conservationists are fighting hardest for the animals. "The killing = of the=20 entire population in Sariska was devastating, but we hope the = reintroduction of=20 the species in this reserve will spawn a new population and ultimately = expand=20 the region where tigers can grow and flourish," said Dr Sybille = Klenzendorf, a=20 spokesman for the World Wide Fund for Nature. "It is imperative that we = take=20 action now to keep [tigers] from disappearing = altogether."

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}); theItemCount =3D theSummaries.length; startTicker(); } }); document.write(''); ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C8E693.6FBF5410 Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.independent.co.uk/independent.co.uk/javascript/cookies.js /** * Read's a cookie */ function readINMCookie(pCookieName) { var cookieName =3D pCookieName + '=3D' var cookies =3D document.cookie; var pos =3D cookies.indexOf(cookieName); if (pos !=3D -1) { var start =3D pos + cookieName.length; var end =3D cookies.indexOf(';', start); if (end =3D=3D -1) { end =3D cookies.length; } return unescape(cookies.substring(start, end)); } } /** * Set a cookie */ function setINMCookie(pName, pValue) { var expireDate =3D new Date(); expireDate.setTime(expireDate.getTime() + 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365) document.cookie =3D pName + '=3D' + escape(pValue) + ";expires=3D" + = expireDate + ";path=3D/"; } /** * Reads one individual Identity cookie */ function readIdentityCookie(id) { var idCookie =3D readINMCookie('idCache'); if (idCookie =3D=3D null) { return null; } var idCacheCookies =3D idCookie.split(';'); for (var i =3D 0; i < idCacheCookies.length; i++) { var idCookie =3D idCacheCookies[i]; if (idCookie.indexOf(id) !=3D -1) { return idCookie; } } } /** * An array of Identity cookie id's */ function readIdentityCookieIds() { var idCookie =3D readINMCookie('idCache'); if (idCookie =3D=3D null) { return null; } var idCacheCookies =3D idCookie.split(';'); var result =3D new Array(idCacheCookies.length); for (var i =3D 0; i < idCacheCookies.length; i++) { var hepp =3D idCacheCookies[i].split(':') result[i] =3D hepp[0]; } return result; } /** * Set's a Identity cookie */ function setIdentityCookie(field, value) { var values =3D ''; var pollCookieIds =3D readIdentityCookieIds(); if (pollCookieIds !=3D null) { for (var i =3D 0; i < pollCookieIds.length; i++) { values +=3D readIdentityCookie(pollCookieIds[i]) + ';'; } } var thetime =3D new Date(); var year =3D thetime.getYear() + 1900; var month =3D thetime.getMonth() + 1; var day =3D thetime.getDate(); var nhours =3D thetime.getHours(); var nmins =3D thetime.getMinutes(); var nsecn =3D thetime.getSeconds(); var curDate =3D year + '-' + month + '-' + day + '-' + nhours + '-' + = nmins + '-' + nsecn values +=3D 'id-' + field + ':' + curDate + ':' + value; setINMCookie('idCache', values); } function clearIdentityCookie() { setINMCookie('idCache', ''); } function saveIdentity(toggleId, func) { var saveIdentity =3D document.getElementById(toggleId); if (saveIdentity.checked) { clearIdentityCookie(); var name_from =3D document.getElementById(func + "name"); var email_from =3D document.getElementById(func + "email"); var city_from =3D document.getElementById(func + "city"); var country_from =3D document.getElementById(func + "country"); setIdentityCookie("name", name_from.value); setIdentityCookie("email", email_from.value); setIdentityCookie("city", city_from.value); setIdentityCookie("country", country_from.value); } return true; } function setIdentity(func) { var name_from =3D document.getElementById(func + "name"); var email_from =3D document.getElementById(func + "email"); var city_from =3D document.getElementById(func + "city"); var country_from =3D document.getElementById(func + "country"); var str_name_from =3D readIdentityCookie("name"); var str_email_from =3D readIdentityCookie("email"); var str_city_from =3D readIdentityCookie("city"); var str_country_from =3D readIdentityCookie("country"); if (name_from !=3D null && str_name_from !=3D null && str_name_from = !=3D 'undefined') { var name =3D str_name_from.split(':') name_from.value =3D name[2]; } if (str_email_from !=3D null && str_email_from !=3D 'undefined') { var mail =3D str_email_from.split(':') email_from.value =3D mail[2]; } if (city_from !=3D null && str_city_from !=3D null && str_city_from = !=3D 'undefined') { var city =3D str_city_from.split(':') city_from.value =3D city[2]; } if (country_from !=3D null && str_country_from !=3D null && = str_country_from !=3D 'undefined') { var country =3D str_country_from.split(':') country_from.value =3D country[2]; } } ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C8E693.6FBF5410 Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.independent.co.uk/independent.co.uk/javascript/func_scripts.js /*********************************************** * Scripting for popup ************************************************/ function launchPopup(url, name, width, height, resizable, scrollbars, = toolbar, location) { popup_window =3D window.open(url, "name", = 'width=3D'+width+',height=3D'+height+',resizable=3D'+resizable+',scrollba= rs=3D'+scrollbars+',toolbar=3D'+toolbar+',location=3D'+location+''); popup_window.focus; } =20 // script to close the popup window and go to other url in target = window. function openInTargetWindow(url) { opener.location.href =3D url; this.window.close(); } /*********************************************** * Scripting for search ************************************************/ function findArticles() { searchKeyword =3D trim(document.headerSearchForm['eceExpr'].value); if (document.headerSearchForm['eceExpr'].value =3D=3D 'Search') { document.headerSearchForm['eceExpr'].value =3D ''; document.headerSearchForm['eceMode'].value =3D ''; } if (searchKeyword =3D=3D '' || searchKeyword =3D=3D '*') { document.headerSearchForm.submit(); return true; } else if (checkSearchQuery(searchKeyword)) { return true; } else { alert('Please enter a valid search query.'); return false; } } function findArticlesRefineSearch(modus) { refinement =3D trim(document.normalSearchForm['eceExpr'].value); if (refinement =3D=3D '' || refinement =3D=3D '*' || = !checkSearchQuery(refinement)) { if(modus=3D=3D'refine') { alert('Please enter a valid refinement.'); } else { alert('Please enter a valid search query.'); } document.normalSearchForm['eceExpr'].focus(); document.normalSearchForm['eceExpr'].value =3D ""; return false; } else { // if(document.normalSearchForm['eceExpr'].value) { // if(refinement.charAt(0) =3D=3D '+' || refinement.charAt(0) =3D=3D = '-') { // document.normalSearchForm['eceExpr'].value +=3D " " + = refinement; // } else { // document.normalSearchForm['eceExpr'].value +=3D " +" + = refinement; // } =09 //} else {=20 document.normalSearchForm['eceExpr'].value =3D refinement; //} document.normalSearchForm.action=3D"/search/index.jsp"; document.normalSearchForm.submit(); return true; } } function validateNewSearchBottom() { searchQuery =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['eceExpr'].value); if (searchQuery =3D=3D '' || searchQuery =3D=3D '*' || = !checkSearchQuery(searchQuery)) { alert('Please enter a valid search query.'); document.newSearchBottom['eceExpr'].focus(); document.newSearchBottom['eceExpr'].value =3D ""; return false; } if (document.newSearchBottom['dateRange'][2].checked) { fromDay =3D = trim(document.newSearchBottom['last30daysFromDay'].value); fromMonth =3D = trim(document.newSearchBottom['last30daysFromMonth'].value); fromYear =3D = trim(document.newSearchBottom['last30daysFromYear'].value); toDay =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToDay'].value); toMonth =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToMonth'].value); toYear =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToYear'].value); } if (document.newSearchBottom['dateRange'][1].checked) { fromDay =3D = trim(document.newSearchBottom['last7daysFromDay'].value); fromMonth =3D = trim(document.newSearchBottom['last7daysFromMonth'].value); fromYear =3D = trim(document.newSearchBottom['last7daysFromYear'].value); toDay =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToDay'].value); toMonth =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToMonth'].value); toYear =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToYear'].value); } if (document.newSearchBottom['dateRange'][0].checked) { fromDay =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToDay'].value); fromMonth =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToMonth'].value); fromYear =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToYear'].value); toDay =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToDay'].value); toMonth =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToMonth'].value); toYear =3D trim(document.newSearchBottom['todayToYear'].value); } if (fromDay !=3D '' && fromMonth !=3D '' && fromYear !=3D '') { document.newSearchBottom['eceFromDay'].value =3D fromDay; document.newSearchBottom['eceFromMonth'].value =3D fromMonth; document.newSearchBottom['eceFromYear'].value =3D fromYear; document.newSearchBottom['eceFromDate'].value =3D "true"; } if (toDay !=3D '' && toMonth !=3D '' && toYear !=3D '') { document.newSearchBottom['eceToDay'].value =3D toDay; document.newSearchBottom['eceToMonth'].value =3D toMonth; document.newSearchBottom['eceToYear'].value =3D toYear; document.newSearchBottom['eceToDate'].value =3D "true"; } if (document.newSearchBottom['dateRange'][0].checked || document.newSearchBottom['dateRange'][1].checked || document.newSearchBottom['dateRange'][2].checked) { document.newSearchBottom.submit(); return true; } else { return false; } } function validateAdvancedSearch(modus) { =09 searchQuery =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['refineExpr'].value); if (searchQuery =3D=3D '' || searchQuery =3D=3D '*' || = !checkSearchQuery(searchQuery)) { if(modus=3D=3D'refine') { alert('Please enter a valid refinement.'); } else { alert('Please enter a valid search query.'); } =09 document.advancedsearch['refineExpr'].focus(); document.advancedsearch['refineExpr'].value =3D ""; return false; } if(modus=3D=3D'refine') { if(searchQuery.charAt(0) =3D=3D '+' || searchQuery.charAt(0) =3D=3D = '-') { document.advancedsearch['eceExpr'].value +=3D " " + = document.advancedsearch['refineExpr'].value; } else { document.advancedsearch['eceExpr'].value +=3D " +" + = document.advancedsearch['refineExpr'].value; } } else { document.advancedsearch['eceExpr'].value =3D = document.advancedsearch['refineExpr'].value; } =20 if (document.advancedsearch['dateRange'][4].checked) { fromDay =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['fromDay'].value); fromMonth =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['fromMonth'].value); fromYear =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['fromYear'].value); toDay =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['toDay'].value); toMonth =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['toMonth'].value); toYear =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['toYear'].value); isValid =3D checkDate(fromMonth, fromDay, fromYear, toMonth, toDay, = toYear); } =20 if (document.advancedsearch['dateRange'][3].checked) { fromDay =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['allFromDay'].value); fromMonth =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['allFromMonth'].value); fromYear =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['allFromYear'].value); toDay =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToDay'].value); toMonth =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToMonth'].value); toYear =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToYear'].value); } if (document.advancedsearch['dateRange'][2].checked) { fromDay =3D = trim(document.advancedsearch['last30daysFromDay'].value); fromMonth =3D = trim(document.advancedsearch['last30daysFromMonth'].value); fromYear =3D = trim(document.advancedsearch['last30daysFromYear'].value); toDay =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToDay'].value); toMonth =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToMonth'].value); toYear =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToYear'].value); } if (document.advancedsearch['dateRange'][1].checked) { fromDay =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['last7daysFromDay'].value); fromMonth =3D = trim(document.advancedsearch['last7daysFromMonth'].value); fromYear =3D = trim(document.advancedsearch['last7daysFromYear'].value); toDay =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToDay'].value); toMonth =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToMonth'].value); toYear =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToYear'].value); } if (document.advancedsearch['dateRange'][0].checked) { fromDay =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayFromDay'].value); fromMonth =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayFromMonth'].value); fromYear =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayFromYear'].value); toDay =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToDay'].value); toMonth =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToMonth'].value); toYear =3D trim(document.advancedsearch['todayToYear'].value); } if (fromDay !=3D '' && fromMonth !=3D '' && fromYear !=3D '') { document.advancedsearch['eceFromDay'].value =3D fromDay; document.advancedsearch['eceFromMonth'].value =3D fromMonth; document.advancedsearch['eceFromYear'].value =3D fromYear; document.advancedsearch['eceFromDate'].value =3D "true"; } if (toDay !=3D '' && toMonth !=3D '' && toYear !=3D '') { document.advancedsearch['eceToDay'].value =3D toDay; document.advancedsearch['eceToMonth'].value =3D toMonth; document.advancedsearch['eceToYear'].value =3D toYear; document.advancedsearch['eceToDate'].value =3D "true"; } if (document.advancedsearch['dateRange'][0].checked || document.advancedsearch['dateRange'][1].checked || document.advancedsearch['dateRange'][2].checked || document.advancedsearch['dateRange'][3].checked || (document.advancedsearch['dateRange'][4].checked && isValid)) { document.advancedsearch.submit(); return true; } else { return false; } } function checkDate(fMonth, fDay, fYear, tMonth, tDay, tYear) { if(!(fMonth && fDay && fYear && tMonth && tDay && tYear)) { alert( 'Please specify all parts of the from and to-date.' ); return false; } var fromDate =3D new Date(); fromDate.setFullYear(fYear, fMonth, fDay ); var toDate =3D new Date(); toDate.setFullYear(tYear, tMonth, tDay ); if (fromDate.getTime() > toDate.getTime() ) { alert( 'Please specify the From-date before the To-date.' ); return false; } else { return true; } } function trim(sString) { while (sString.substring(0, 1) =3D=3D ' ') { sString =3D sString.substring(1, sString.length); } while (sString.substring(sString.length - 1, sString.length) =3D=3D ' = ') { sString =3D sString.substring(0, sString.length - 1); } return sString; } function checkSearchQuery(string) { return string.search(/[;\$%@<>\n\r,\\]/) =3D=3D -1; } /*********************************************** * Scripting for poll ************************************************/ /** * Shows a element */ function show(pElementName, pDisplay) { //alert('show(' + pElementName + ', '+ pDisplay + ')'); var voted =3D document.getElementById(pElementName); voted.style.display =3D pDisplay; } =20 /** * Hides an element */ function hide(pElementName) { //alert('hide(' + pElementName + ')'); var voted =3D document.getElementById(pElementName); voted.style.display =3D "none"; } =20 /** * Changes two element at once, switching states between them. */ function change(pHideElementName, pShowElementName) { //alert('change(' + pHideElementName + ', '+ pShowElementName + = ')'); hide(pHideElementName); show(pShowElementName, 'block'); } /** * Checkes state */ function mentometerState(pollId) { //alert('mentometerState(' + pollId + ')'); var cookies =3D document.cookie; var pos =3D cookies.indexOf('mentometer=3D'); if (pos !=3D -1) { var start =3D pos + 11; var end =3D cookies.indexOf(';', start); if (end =3D=3D -1) { end =3D cookies.length; } var value =3D cookies.substring(start, end); value =3D unescape(value); var mentometerIds =3D value.split('M'); for (var i =3D 0; i < mentometerIds.length; i++) { if (mentometerIds[i] =3D=3D pollId) { change('vote-' + pollId, 'voted-' + pollId); return; } } change('voted-' + pollId, 'vote-' + pollId); } else { change('voted-' + pollId, 'vote-' + pollId); } } /** * Calculates the size of one individual width */ function size(pTotalVotes, pVotes, pSize) { return Math.round((pSize * percent(pTotalVotes, pVotes)) / 100); } =20 /** * Calculates the percentage value of a set * of votes represents... */ function percent(pTotalVotes, pVotes) { var result =3D 0; if (pTotalVotes > 0) { result =3D (pVotes * 100) / pTotalVotes; } return Math.round(result); } =20 /** * Read's a cookie */ function readCookie(pCookieName) { var cookieName =3D pCookieName + '=3D' var cookies =3D document.cookie; var pos =3D cookies.indexOf(cookieName); if (pos !=3D -1) { var start =3D pos + cookieName.length; var end =3D cookies.indexOf(';', start); if (end =3D=3D -1) { end =3D cookies.length; } return unescape(cookies.substring(start, end)); } } /** * Set a cookie */ function setCookie(pName, pValue, expiredays) { var exdate =3D new Date() exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + expiredays) document.cookie =3D pName + '=3D' + escape(pValue) + ((expiredays=3D=3Dnull) ? "" : ";expires=3D" + exdate) } function getCookie(c_name){ if (document.cookie.length>0){ c_start=3Ddocument.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=3D") if (c_start!=3D-1){=20 c_start=3Dc_start + c_name.length+1=20 c_end=3Ddocument.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start) if (c_end=3D=3D-1) c_end=3Ddocument.cookie.length return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end)) } } return null } =20 /** * Reads one individual poll cookie */ function readPollCookie(pollId) { var pollCookie =3D readCookie('pollCache'); if (pollCookie =3D=3D null) { return null; } var pollCacheCookies =3D pollCookie.split(';'); for (var i =3D 0; i < pollCacheCookies.length; i++) { var pollCookie =3D pollCacheCookies[i]; if (pollCookie.indexOf(pollId) !=3D -1) { return pollCookie; } } } =20 /** * An array of poll cookie id's */ function readPollCookieIds() { var pollCookie =3D readCookie('pollCache'); if (pollCookie =3D=3D null) { return null; } var pollCacheCookies =3D pollCookie.split(';'); var result =3D new Array(pollCacheCookies.length); for (var i =3D 0; i < pollCacheCookies.length; i++) { var hepp =3D pollCacheCookies[i].split(':') result[i] =3D hepp[0]; } return result; } =20 /** * Set's a poll cookie */ function setPollCookie(pollId, vote) { var values =3D ''; var pollCookieIds =3D readPollCookieIds(); if (pollCookieIds !=3D null) { for (var i =3D 0; i < pollCookieIds.length; i++) { values +=3D readPollCookie(pollCookieIds[i]) + ';'; } } values +=3D 'pollId-' + pollId + ':' + timestamp + ':' + vote; //alert(values); setCookie('pollCache', values); } /*** Cookie functions = *********************************************************/ function createCookie(name,value,days) { if (days) { var date =3D new Date(); date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000)); var expires =3D ";expires=3D" + date.toGMTString(); } else { expires =3D ""; } document.cookie =3D name + "=3D" + value + expires + = ";domain=3Dindependent.co.uk;path=3D/"; } function readCookie(name) { var nameEQ =3D name + "=3D"; var ca =3D document.cookie.split(';'); for(var i=3D0;i < ca.length;i++) { var c =3D ca[i]; while (c.charAt(0)=3D=3D' ') c =3D c.substring(1,c.length); if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) =3D=3D 0) return = c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length); } return null; } /********************************************************* Cookie = functions ***/ /*********************************************** * Scripting for upload your photo ************************************************/ function checkrequired(which) { var pass=3Dtrue; if (document.images) { for (i=3D0;i-1 ) { if (((tempobj.type=3D=3D"text" ||tempobj.type=3D=3D"textarea" || = tempobj.type =3D=3D "file") && tempobj.value=3D=3D'')||(tempobj.type.toString().charAt(0)=3D=3D"s" = && tempobj.selectedIndex=3D=3D0)) {=20 pass=3Dfalse; break; } } } } if (!pass) { =09 alert("The field "+tempobj.name+" is required."); setTimeout("focusElement('serviceform', '" + tempobj.id + "')", 0); return false; } else { return true; } } function checkValidDates(which) { var pass=3Dtrue; if (document.images) { for (i=3D0;i-1 ) { if (tempobj.type=3D=3D"text" && !checkDate1(tempobj)) {=20 pass=3Dfalse; setTimeout("focusElement('serviceform', '" + tempobj.name + "')", = 0); break; } } } } return pass; =09 } function checkDate1(fld) { var mo, day, yr; var entry =3D fld.value; var reLong =3D /\b\d{1,2}[\/-]\d{1,2}[\/-]\d{4}\b/; var reShort =3D /\b\d{1,2}[\/-]\d{1,2}[\/-]\d{2}\b/; var valid =3D (reLong.test(entry)) || (reShort.test(entry)); if (valid) { var delimChar =3D (entry.indexOf("/") !=3D -1) ? "/" : "-"; var delim1 =3D entry.indexOf(delimChar); var delim2 =3D entry.lastIndexOf(delimChar); day =3D parseInt(entry.substring(0, delim1), 10); mo =3D parseInt(entry.substring(delim1+1, delim2), 10); yr =3D parseInt(entry.substring(delim2+1), 10); // handle two-digit year if (yr < 100) { var today =3D new Date(); // get current century floor (e.g., 2000) var currCent =3D parseInt(today.getFullYear() / 100) * 100; // two digits up to this year + 15 expands to current = century var threshold =3D (today.getFullYear() + 15) - currCent; if (yr > threshold) { yr +=3D currCent - 100; } else { yr +=3D currCent; } } var testDate =3D new Date(yr, mo-1, day); if (testDate.getDate() =3D=3D day) { if (testDate.getMonth() + 1 =3D=3D mo) { if (testDate.getFullYear() =3D=3D yr) { // fill field with database-friendly format if (mo <=3D 9)=20 { moStr =3D "0" + mo; } else { moStr =3D mo; } if (day <=3D 9)=20 { dayStr =3D "0" + day; } else { dayStr =3D day; } fld.value =3D dayStr + "/" + moStr + "/" + yr; return true; } else { alert("There is a problem with the year entry."); } } else { alert("There is a problem with the month entry."); } } else { alert("There is a problem with the date entry."); } } else { alert("Incorrect date format. Enter as dd/mm/yyyy."); } return false; } function checkValidEmail(which) { var pass=3Dtrue; if (document.images) { for (i=3D0;i-1 ) { if (tempobj.type=3D=3D"text" && !checkEmail(tempobj)) {=20 pass=3Dfalse; break; } } } } return pass; =09 } function checkEmail(elem) { var str =3D elem.value; var re =3D /^[\w-]+(\.[\w-]+)*@([\w-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,7}$/; if (!str.match(re)) { alert("Verify the e-mail address format."); setTimeout("focusElement('serviceform', '" + elem.name + "')", = 0); return false; } else { return true; } } function checkValidFile(which, fileExtensions) { var pass=3Dtrue; if (document.images) { for (i=3D0;i-1 ) { if (tempobj.type=3D=3D"file" && !checkFile(tempobj, fileExtensions)) {=20 pass=3Dfalse; break; } } } } return pass; =09 } function checkFile(elem, fileExtensions) { var fld =3D new String(elem.value.toLowerCase()); var r =3D ""; var s =3D ""; var extensions =3D fileExtensions.split(","); for(var index=3D0; index-1 ) { if (tempobj.type=3D=3D"text" && !checkLength(tempobj, = maxLengthText)) {=20 pass=3Dfalse; break; } if (tempobj.type=3D=3D"textarea" && !checkLength(tempobj, = maxLengthTextarea)) {=20 pass=3Dfalse; break; } } } } return pass; =09 } function checkLength(elem, maxLengthAllowed) { var fieldLength =3D elem.value.length; if(fieldLength > maxLengthAllowed) { alert("Maximum length ("+maxLengthAllowed+") of field " + elem.name + = " exceeded."); setTimeout("focusElement('serviceform', '" + elem.name + "')", 0); return false; } return true; } function focusElement(formName, elemName) { var elem =3D document.forms[formName].elements[elemName]; elem.focus(); elem.select(); } //@author: Gabor de Mooij //@version: 2008-2-18 //Attaches event listener=20 function attachWeatherHandler() { //attach event listener to set-as-home button try{ =09 jQuery("#weatherTempsOverlay li a").each(function(){ = jQuery(this).attr("href",jQuery(this).attr("href")+"&showweather")}) jQuery("#setAsHome").click(function(){ =09 //get the currently selected location from the drop down =09 var regionVal =3D jQuery("#locations-a").val(); =20 //Show alert if no region has been selected if (regionVal=3D=3D"") { alert("Please select a location first."); =09 } else { //set cookie with region code setINMCookie("city",regionVal) =20 //refresh document to show personalized weather document.location.href =3D '/weather'; =20 } =20 }); }catch(e) {} =09 try{ //If one has clicked on the regions specified above the dropdown, = remember the choice in dropdown = jQuery("#locations-a").val(document.location.href.match(/regionalLocation= =3D(UK\d+)/)) } catch(e){} =09 //Adjust urls of links to make sure no ajax takes place jQuery(".locations li a").each(function(){ = jQuery(this).attr('href',jQuery(this).attr('href')+'&showweather') }); =09 jQuery("#mainColumn label").css("font-size","10px");=20 jQuery("#weatherHeader h2").css("font-size","16px");=20 jQuery("#weatherHeader h2").css("font-weight","bold");=20 // jQuery("#topWeather .temperature").css("line-height","110%"); } //@author: Gabor de Mooij //@version: 2008-2-18 function getPersonalizedWeather() { =09 //Attach event handler for set-as-home button attachWeatherHandler(); =09 //Get cookie for region regCookie =3D readINMCookie("city"); =09 //If cookie is undefined then choose London (UK278) if (!regCookie) { regCookie =3D "UK278";=09 } =09 =09 =09 //Install a timer to deal with failing Ajax requests ignoreResponse =3D false; loadErrorTimer =3D setTimeout(function(){ try{ jQuery('#mainColumn').fadeIn(1000); jQuery('#topWeather').fadeIn(1000); ignoreResponse =3D true; //ignore ajax from now on }catch(e){} },5000); =09 //Should we personalize all weather blocks or just the one on top? = (showweather) if (document.location.href.indexOf('showweather')=3D=3D-1) { =09 var optimized =3D ""; =09 //Fetch optimized wireframes for Ajax if (document.location.href.indexOf('/weather')=3D=3D-1)=20 { optimized =3D "&service=3DWeatherBlock"; } else { optimized =3D "&service=3DWeather"; =09 } =09 =09 //Fetch personalized weather block for all DIVs = jQuery.get("?cacheThis"+optimized+"&city=3D"+regCookie+"®ionalLocation= =3D"+regCookie,function(d){ if (!ignoreResponse) { d=3Dd.replace("##LOC##",regCookie); putContentInDiv("topWeather",d); if (document.location.href.indexOf('/weather')>-1) = putContentInDiv("mainColumn",d); attachWeatherHandler(); clearTimeout(loadErrorTimer); } }) } else { =09 = jQuery.get("?cacheThis&city=3D"+regCookie+"®ionalLocation=3D"+regCooki= e,function(d){ d=3Dd.replace("##LOC##",regCookie); putContentInDiv("topWeather",d); attachWeatherHandler(); clearTimeout(loadErrorTimer); }) =09 if (document.location.href.indexOf('/weather')>-1) = jQuery('#mainColumn').fadeIn(1000); =09 } } ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C8E693.6FBF5410 Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.independent.co.uk/independent.co.uk/javascript/calendar.js /** This is a JavaScript library that will allow you to easily add some = basic DHTML drop-down datepicker functionality to your Notes forms. This script is = not as full-featured as others you may find on the Internet, but it's free, = it's easy to understand, and it's easy to change. You'll also want to include a stylesheet that makes the datepicker = elements look nice. An example one can be found in the database that this script = was originally released with, at: http://www.nsftools.com/tips/NotesTips.htm#datepicker I've tested this lightly with Internet Explorer 6 and Mozilla Firefox. I = have no idea how compatible it is with other browsers. version 1.5 December 4, 2005 Julian Robichaux -- http://www.nsftools.com HISTORY -- version 1.0 (Sept. 4, 2004): Initial release. -- version 1.1 (Sept. 5, 2004): Added capability to define the date format to be used, either globally = (using the defaultDateSeparator and defaultDateFormat variables) or when the = displayDatePicker function is called. -- version 1.2 (Sept. 7, 2004): Fixed problem where datepicker x-y coordinates weren't right inside of a = table. Fixed problem where datepicker wouldn't display over selection lists on = a page. Added a call to the datePickerClosed function (if one exists) after the = datepicker is closed, to allow the developer to add their own custom validation = after a date has been chosen. For this to work, you must have a function called = datePickerClosed somewhere on the page, that accepts a field object as a parameter. See = the example in the comments of the updateDateField function for more = details. -- version 1.3 (Sept. 9, 2004) Fixed problem where adding the

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