While our trip to the US is still months away I've starting to turn my mind to what we need to take for the ride component of our trip when we hire a bike for a couple of weeks. What don't we have and need to purchase. In knowing this I can keep an eye out for the right thing at the right price. For other things it is good to have them early so you can become familiar with their use (such as communications units) or wear them in (such as boots) so they are comfortable to wear all day, every day.
While I don't consider myself a seasoned overseas motorcyclist – I have found that the amount of gear I take varies depending on how long the bike trip is. In the past if I'm just riding for a couple of days it's hardly worth taking all my own gear as I can put up with ill fitting gear for a day or so. But after that it becomes intolerable. As we are planning a 2 week trip we will be taking most of our own riding gear.
Helmets – for this trip we will be taking our full face helmets. For transporting our helmets I use an oxford helmet bag. The Oxford bag is a nice lined bag that provides a level of protection for the helmet and makes the helmet much easier to carry as carry-on onto the plane. In the helmet I generally stuff some of my riding gear such as plastic wet weather trousers, thermals, a supply of earplugs, and gloves. There is also room in the bag to carry the dark visor so I have the choice or both dark and clear visors on the ride.
Trousers – generally I just take my Kevlar jeans, and plastic over-trousers for wet weather protection. I also generally take some light thermals which can double as a comfort layer under the Kevlar if it starts getting uncomfortable on your skin, and an additional layer if it gets a bit cooler. That effectively gives me three layers which covers most circumstances and doesn't take up much room. I'm sure one pair of jeans will be fine with a couple of washes (or rain) during the time.
Gloves – generally I take a couple of pairs. Which two pairs is generally dependent on time of year and where I'm going. It's funny over the years I've got more pairs of gloves to suit different weather and riding situations, now when I go away the decision is harder to choose which 2 pairs.
Footwear – The last couple of times I've ridden overseas I've just used my hiking shoes, however they really don't offer the level of protection I like. But the downside of riding boots is that they take up so much room (and are heavy). So after looking around we both purchased a set of Alpinestar short boots (male, female). After using them for the past couple of months they have proved to be really comfortable to wear all day and walk in, and offer good protection and coverage over the ankle, and will be much easier to pack than tall boots.
Jacket – normally I take my jacket (if there's no room to pack it I wear it on the plane and pack the armour in my bag) but this time the tour company are providing us with a custom jacket so hopefully it is all good otherwise we'll be looking for a bike shop real quick for a replacement.
low profile – I really don't like the size of many of the bluetooth units and how they hang down from the rim of the helmet. I want something sleek and unobtrusive but functional.
looks probably shouldn't be a major concern … but they are. Some units are just plain ugly!
simple to use – I think manufactures have lost the plot. Most of us just want a unit that is easy to use, with the functions we need. Not thousands of other functions that just make the unit complex to operate, and considering we need to operate them by touch with gloves on, while moving – it is important that they are easy to use. The 10R has just three buttons and while there are a couple of sequences you need to remember the basic options of turning intercom on/off, music on/off are pretty straight forward.
good quality sound – by all accounts the 10R is supposed to have excellent sound as it uses the same speakers as the 20S. My initial impressions are very positive. With earplugs in I find you need to drive them pretty hard but that's true for most units.
good battery life – with the sort of riding I do I need really good battery life. The 10R has a separate battery which provides a really good range. It is possible to change it (if you have a spare) or it can be charged on the go.
GPS – Previously I've taken my own GPS unit (Garmin Zumo 660) which doubles for bike and car with local maps loaded.
Camera – Currently I have an Olympus TG2 which is a few generations old but is still a great camera. My biggest problem on the road is transferring photos from it to my iPad for writing my blog. I have the apple adaptor cable but unless both the camera and iPad are fully charged it doesn't work very well. It's a real pain.! So I started looking at a new version of my camera as it has WiFi but a new camera was money I just don't have right now. Then after deploying a bit of Google-Foo I found this … a Toshiba wireless SD card which allows you to transfer photos via WiFi from Camera to phone or tablet. At $60 for a 32Gig card it is considerable cheaper than a new camera. After using the card for a while it works really well. I'm guessing that as the amount of photos increase on the card then the whole process of viewing photos to transfer will slow down. But overall I think it's a winner.
Insurance – This is essential. However a word of warning … not all travel insurance covers motorcycling so read the fine print very carefully.
Unless I've forgotten something I think that's most of the bike gear sorted.
I'd be interested to hear what you see as essential gear when you travel overseas to go riding.?
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Wow that sounds like such a lot of luggage. Will you have room for anything else? I can't help you with what you need but you seem very prepared already.
It's not so bad, wear the jeans and boots on the plane and lots of the other stuff fits in the carry-on helmet bag.
How exciting, I'm planning to go to France this summer! I'm so following you now!
Yes we are really looking forward to the ride as it is covering some amazing countryside in the US and Canada.
I spent some time riding the Pyrnees a couple of years ago (there are blog posts on that ride) and it was fantastic!
I will look out for your ride photos.
I absolutely LOVE my Garmin Virb. At under $100 for the older model, it takes amazing pictures! I set it to snap a shot every 5 seconds. It's mounted to my helmet & I always get some beautiful photographs for a fraction of the cost of the Go Pro. It is super easy to use & has a viewfinder on it. Love it!!
I've not heard of that camera before. I'll check it out.
The thing I don't like about a fixed mount camera is that you only get one perspective. If you have a look through my various blogs I hand hold the camera when taking photos. On my bike I have the camera tethered to my tank bag. When on a different bike it's in my pocket.
It sounds like you have some good ideas already. While I've never been out of the USA, I have spent countless days travelling the countryside on a motorcycle here at home. I'm sure you know that North America covers a huge area. The weather in one part of the country may be beautiful for cycle riding but there may still be snow in others. In 2011, I was out west and riding across Oregon. I wanted to take Hwy 242 but it was still closed because of snow, and this was June, 22. On that same trip. there was still 10′ of snow on the side of the road in California, on Hwy 120, east of Yosemite N.P.
I live in the northern part of Wisconsin, and I usually get the bikes out in March but I have to accept the possibility of snow until at least mid April. It won't stay around many days, but it still might snow!
As far as packing things, I used to over pack and bring way too much crap. Now days, I'm good with riding gear, a couple of long and short sleeved T-shirts, an extra pair of jeans, a pair of comfortable shoes, a baseball cap, some underwear and socks, and a small bag for toiletries… As much as I like to camp and tour, I find it so much easier to stop at motel/hotels every night. I have no problem doing laundry every couple of days. I few dollars in quarters…. and a hour or so at night and I'm all set for the next few days. Don't forget, almost everywhere you go will have store that will have just about anything you'd ever need on your trip.. We don't have a lot of "outback" here… well, maybe most of Nevada and parts of eastern Oregon….
We usually never have a plan and seldom make reservations. But then we tend to stay far away from populated areas and places that attract a lot of tourists… Probably, not the kind of sight seeing you're interested in doing!
Good luck! It sounds like fun!
Pretty helpful information. I'm planning a trip down to US this summer … I'll try to stay as light as possible.
For us light is important for plane trips otherwise all our weight allowance will be bike gear.
Where are flying into and what's the route? I am in Southern California and if you have any questions let me know. I'll try to help out.
We will be in Seattle and doing an Eaglerider tour (see link below). While I'm not generally a tour type person, the dates worked into our timeframe perfectly and as my wife is joining me on this ride it's a nice easy entre into riding overseas.
That sounds like a great itinerary. I will be up in the Glacier – Waterton – Jasper – Banff area heading north somewhere around mid to end of July. Hope we can pass and say hello.
That'd be great if it works out. Our trip starts 1 August.
My golden rule for fly-ride trips is take gear I know works. I have broken this rule a couple times and always got caught out ha-ha.
Are you going in summer? I have ridden where you are headed in August. BC was mild on lower roads. Cool to cold in morning and in lower mountains. High passes in Washington and Montana still snow at top and chilly. The canyons and flat plains to the south were dry and baking hot.
I pack my helmet now with padding around it as whilst technically allowed airport security have stopped me in two places and makes life easier not to have to carry it around. Tip: ask for fragile label and your bag is treated better and arrives on belt early. I put most of my changes of clothes in my carry on bag which is light to carry around airport yet frees up space in check bag to fit all the ride gear.
Enjoy your ride it is a beautiful part of the world.
I agree about taking gear that works.
We are going early August so I'm expecting that it may be mild in a few places but we'll be on a lounge chair (goldwing) so we should have some protected from the weather.
Our bags are a bit small for helmets – i tried before hence why i carry on. Also I know we'll have heaps of stuff in the bags on the way home.
Yes that's certainly the problem with packing your gear, heance why I carry helmet and wear teh jacket.
Good list. You've brought up some things I never thought of, especially insurance. Thank you for sharing that. I seem to acquired too many jackets (if that's possible). My favorite for our unbelievably brutal summers is a white, which is highly visible in traffic and cooler, Joe Rocket. It has some nice little 'bling' on it which appeals to my girly side. My second favorite is a blue reflective BMC Mercury. That's for winter.
I don't think you can have too many jackets. Looking through my wardrobe of jackets they are all fashionable black in various states of fading depending on how many seasons they have seen.
Awesome plan and helpful list. I have packed numerous times for riding in Australia. I bought the largest suitcase allowed and even packed a seat and windscreen to fit a VStrom! The only thing I would change on your list would be the helmet – I love my modular. Allows me to eat, talk and/or cool my face. (but as I recall we discussed that already). Hope we can meet up when you are in Alberta.
I've not tried a modular helmet yet as they have been typically heavier. The problem is they are a big cost to just try one. But this is the same for all helmets.
I take my own helmet and jacket. I ride in normal denims and Cat steel-toe ankle boots.
Camera is a biggish Fuji XT-2 and 18-55mm lens. As I do podcast and radio work, I always take a Zoom H5 recorder, two external microphones and proper headphones and because of that I don't have a lot of space for any more gear.
I use paper maps. No comms equipment.
Change of clothes, extra socks and jocks, waterproof shell. Three buffs.
Gloves: one pair of Petzl belay (rock climbing gloves) for hot-weather riding, ski gloves for cold weather.
And if there's a lot of riding on freeways or in traffic, a Respro mask and spare filters because I don't like breathing other people's exhaust fumes.
Personal medical kit which includes adrenaline injections (2) for bee stings.
Respro mask – I had to look that up. It's not something that I've even thought about as the air quality of where I generally ride has been really good and I don't ride much in big cities.


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Le Citrus Bowl 2020 est un match de football américain de niveau universitaire joué après la saison régulière de 2019, le  au Camping World Stadium d'Orlando dans l'État de Floride aux États-Unis.

Il s'agit de la  édition du Citrus Bowl.

Le match met en présence l'équipe des Wolverines du Michigan issue de la Big Ten Conference et l'équipe des Crimson Tide de l'Alabama issue de la Southeastern Conference.

Il débute à  locales et est retransmis à la télévision par ABC.

Sponsorisé par la société , le match est officiellement dénommé le Vrbo Citrus Bowl 2019.

Alabama gagne le match sur le score de 35 à 16.

Présentation du match

Il s'agit de la  rencontre entre ces deux équipes (2-2) :

Wolverines du Michigan
Avec un bilan global en saison régulière de 9 victoires et 3 défaites (6-3 en matchs de conférence), Michigan est éligible et accepte l'invitation pour participer au Citrus Bowl de 2020.

Ils terminent  de la East Division de la Big Ten Conference derrière #2 Ohio State et #10 Penn State.

À l'issue de la saison 2019 (bowl non compris), ils seront classés #14 au classement CFP et #17 aux classements AP et Coaches.

C'est leur  participation au Citrus Bowl et leur  participation à un bowl universitaire ( équipe de la FBS au nombre de participation à un bowl) :

Crimson Tide de l'Alabama
Avec un bilan global en saison régulière de 10 victoires et 2 défaites (6-2 en matchs de conférence), Alabama est éligible et accepte l'invitation pour participer au Citrus Bowl de 2020.

Ils terminent  de la West Division de la Southeastern Conference derrière #1 LSU.
À l'issue de la saison 2019 (bowl non compris), ils seront classés #13 au classement CFP et #9 aux classements AP et Coaches.

Il s'agit de leur  apparition au Citrus Bowl :

Résumé du match
Résumé, vidéo et photos sur la page du site francophone The Blue Pennant.

Début du match à , fin à  pour une durée totale de jeu de .

Températures de , vent de NNO de .

Statistiques

Articles connexes
 Culture du football américain
 Football américain universitaire aux États-Unis
 Lexique du football américain et canadien
 Liste des College Bowls de football américain
 Championnat NCAA de football américain
 Championnat NCAA de football américain 2019

Lien externe
 Résumé, vidéo et photos du match sur le site francophone The Blue Pennant.

Références

2020
Wolverines du Michigan
Crimson Tide de l'Alabama
Bowl universitaire américain en janvier 2020
Sport en Floride en 2020

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text:
#include <QApplication>
#include <QGraphicsWidget>
#include <QGraphicsLinearLayout>
#include <QtTracker/Tracker>

#include <MAction>
#include <MPannableViewport>
#include <MWidgetController>

#include "artistitem.h"
#include "allartist.h"
#include "appwindow.h"
#include "searchengine.h"

#define SONGS_FOR_ARTIST "SELECT nie:url(?uri) WHERE { ?uri a nmm:MusicPiece . ?uri nmm:performer '%1' } ORDER BY nmm:musicAlbum(?uri) nmm:trackNumber(?uri)"
#define URL_MTYPE_FOR_ARTIST "SELECT nie:url(?uri) nie:mimeType(?uri) WHERE { ?uri a nmm:MusicPiece . ?uri nmm:performer '%1' } ORDER BY nmm:musicAlbum(?uri) nmm:trackNumber(?uri)"

AllArtist::AllArtist(MStylableWidget * parent):MStylableWidget(parent),
clickWait(false)
{
    qDebug() << "AllArtist::AllArtist";
    doubleTapTimer = new QTimer(this);
    doubleTimeoutInterval = QApplication::doubleClickInterval();

    setObjectName("AllArtist");
    setViewType("background");
    setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);

    QGraphicsLinearLayout *layout =
        new QGraphicsLinearLayout(Qt::Vertical, this);
    layout->setSpacing(0);
//    layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);

    MPannableViewport *viewport = new MPannableViewport(this);
    MWidgetController *container = new MWidgetController;
    container->setViewType("background");
    container->setObjectName("AllArtistContainer");
//    container->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
    viewport->setObjectName("AllArtistListing");

    QGraphicsLinearLayout *listLayout =
        new QGraphicsLinearLayout(Qt::Vertical, container);
    listLayout->setSpacing(0);
    listLayout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);

    viewport->setWidget(container);
    layout->addItem(viewport);

    list = new MList(this);
    itemCreator = new ArtistItemCreator();
    list->setCellCreator(itemCreator);
    model = new ArtistsListModel();
    list->setItemModel(model);

    list->setObjectName("AllArtistList");
    list->setShowGroups(true);

//    viewport->setWidget(list);

    MAction *action = new MAction("Play", list);
    action->setLocation(MAction::ObjectMenuLocation);
    list->addAction(action);
    connect(action, SIGNAL(triggered()), this,
            SLOT(playArtistFromObjectMenu()));

    action = new MAction("Open", list);
    action->setLocation(MAction::ObjectMenuLocation);
    list->addAction(action);
    connect(action, SIGNAL(triggered()), this,
            SLOT(showArtistFromObjectMenu()));

    action = new MAction("Add to play queue", list);
    action->setLocation(MAction::ObjectMenuLocation);
    list->addAction(action);
    connect(action, SIGNAL(triggered()), this,
            SLOT(addToQueueFromObjectMenu()));

    action = new MAction("Add to a playlist", list);
    action->setLocation(MAction::ObjectMenuLocation);
    list->addAction(action);
    connect(action, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(addToPlaylist()));

    connect(list, SIGNAL(itemClicked(QModelIndex)), this,
            SLOT(listClicked(QModelIndex)));
    connect(list, SIGNAL(itemLongTapped(QModelIndex)), this,
            SLOT(itemLongTapped(QModelIndex)));
    connect(doubleTapTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(waitTimeout()));

    listLayout->addItem(list);
}

AllArtist::~AllArtist()
{
    qDebug() << "AllArtist::~AllArtist";
//    delete itemCreator;
    delete model;
}

void AllArtist::clicked()
{
    qDebug() << "AllArtist::clicked()";
}

void AllArtist::itemLongTapped(const QModelIndex & index)
{
    qDebug() << "AllArtist::itemLongTapped" << index.row();

    longTappedIndex = index;
}

void AllArtist::waitTimeout()
{
    qDebug() << "AllArtist::waitTimeout:single-click";
    doubleTapTimer->stop();
    if (clickWaitIndex.isValid())
        showArtist(clickWaitIndex);
    clickWait = false;
}

void AllArtist::listClicked(const QModelIndex & index)
{
    if(clickWait) {
        qDebug() << "AllArtist::double-click";
        QStringList uris;
        QStringList mimeTypes;
        if (clickWaitIndex.isValid()) {
            getSongs(clickWaitIndex.data(Qt::UserRole).toString(),
                     &uris, &mimeTypes);
            AppWindow::instance()->playSongs(uris, mimeTypes);
            qDebug() << "AllArtist::dbl click" << uris;
        }
        doubleTapTimer->stop();
        clickWait = false;
    } else {
        clickWaitIndex = index;
        doubleTapTimer->start(doubleTimeoutInterval);
        clickWait = true;
    }
}

void AllArtist::getSongs(QString artist, QStringList *uris, QStringList *mimeTypes)
{
    QVector < QStringList > results;
    results =::tracker()->rawSparqlQuery(QString(URL_MTYPE_FOR_ARTIST).
                                         arg(artist));
    for (QVector < QStringList >::iterator iter = results.begin();
         iter != results.end(); iter++) {
        QStringList data = *iter;
        *uris << data[0];
        *mimeTypes << data[1];
    }
}

void AllArtist::showArtist(const QModelIndex & index)
{
    qDebug() << "AllArtist::showArtist";

    AppWindow *w = AppWindow::instance();
    w->showArtist(index.data(Qt::DisplayRole).toString(),
                  index.data(Qt::UserRole).toString());
}

void AllArtist::showArtistFromObjectMenu()
{
    qDebug() << "AllArtist::showArtistFromObjectMenu";

    AppWindow *w = AppWindow::instance();

    if (longTappedIndex.isValid())
        w->showArtist(longTappedIndex.data(Qt::DisplayRole).toString(),
                      longTappedIndex.data(Qt::UserRole).toString());
}

void AllArtist::playArtistFromObjectMenu()
{
    qDebug() << "AllArtist::playArtistFromObjectMenu" << longTappedIndex.
        data(Qt::UserRole).toString();

    if (longTappedIndex.isValid()) {
        QStringList uris;
        QStringList mimeTypes;
        getSongs(longTappedIndex.data(Qt::UserRole).toString(),
                 &uris, &mimeTypes);
        AppWindow::instance()->playSongs(uris, mimeTypes);
    }
}

void AllArtist::addToQueueFromObjectMenu()
{
    qDebug() << "AllArtist::addToQueueFromObjectMenu" << longTappedIndex.
        data(Qt::UserRole).toString();

    if (longTappedIndex.isValid()) {
        QStringList uris;
        QStringList mimeTypes;
        getSongs(longTappedIndex.data(Qt::UserRole).toString(),
                 &uris, &mimeTypes);
        AppWindow::instance()->addToQueue(uris, mimeTypes);
    }
}

void AllArtist::addToPlaylist()
{
    qDebug() << "AllArtist::addToPlaylist";

    QVector < QStringList >
        results =::tracker()->rawSparqlQuery(QString(SONGS_FOR_ARTIST).
                                             arg(longTappedIndex.
                                                 data(Qt::UserRole).
                                                 toString()));

    AppWindow::instance()->addToPlaylist(results);
}

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<?php
namespace ApplicationTest\AccountChart\Command;

use ApplicationTest\Bootstrap;
use Application\Application\Command\TransactionalCommandHandler;
use Application\Application\Command\Doctrine\GenericCommand;
use Application\Application\Command\Doctrine\Company\AccountChart\UpdateAccountCmdHandler;
use Application\Application\Command\Options\UpdateMemberCmdOptions;
use Application\Infrastructure\Persistence\Domain\Doctrine\ChartQueryRepositoryImpl;
use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;

class UpdateAccountCmdTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{

    protected $serviceManager;

    public function setUp()
    {}

    public function testOther()
    {
        try {
            $doctrineEM = Bootstrap::getServiceManager()->get('doctrine.entitymanager.orm_default');

            $rep = new \Application\Infrastructure\Persistence\Domain\Doctrine\CompanyQueryRepositoryImpl($doctrineEM);
            $company = $rep->getById(1);
            $companyVO = $company->createValueObject();
            $rep = new ChartQueryRepositoryImpl($doctrineEM);
            // $filter = new CompanyQuerySqlFilter();
            $chart = $rep->getById(13);
            $account = $chart->getAccountById(17);

            $userId = 39;
            $data = [
                'accountName' => '201',
                'accountNumber' => '101',
                'remarks' => 'LAS_2009 updated'
            ];

            $rootEntity = $chart;
            $localEntity = $account;
            $entityId = 13;
            $entityToken = null;
            $version = null;
            $userId = 39;

            $options = new UpdateMemberCmdOptions($companyVO, $rootEntity, $localEntity, $entityId, $entityToken, $version, $userId, __METHOD__);

            $cmdHandler = new UpdateAccountCmdHandler();
            $cmdHandlerDecorator = new TransactionalCommandHandler($cmdHandler);
            $cmd = new GenericCommand($doctrineEM, $data, $options, $cmdHandlerDecorator);
            $cmd->execute();
            var_dump($cmd->getNotification()->successMessage());
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            echo $e->getMessage();
            echo "====================";
            echo $e->getTraceAsString();
        }
    }
}


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'Entombed' Jesus gets overhaul at St. Alphonsus
Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 09:06 | Written by Beth Donze | | | Hits: 4830
Sculptural representations of Jesus' lifeless body typically show him nailed to the cross, his head bowed down, or cradled in the arms of his mother, just after the crucifixion.
Far less common are statues that depict the expired Christ laid out on a stone slab – the way he would have appeared during his three days in the tomb.
One of those rarities, a life-size plaster work of art called "Jesus Entombed," is undergoing a complete restoration inside St. Alphonsus Church in New Orleans.
The humidity-ravaged piece was hemorrhaging large shards of plaster and missing its right hand until the Friends of St. Alphonsus contracted the services of Gianna Salande, a Covington-based restoration artist.
Dates from circa 1940
"The plaster was rotting and the statue was filled with black mold – I was able to look inside because there was a large hole in Jesus' leg," said Salande, whose preliminary research leads her to think the sculpture was created in the early 1940s.
"I found an exact replica at a Presbyterian church in Ohio, and they began using their statue in 1944," Salande said. Although she has yet to confirm the name of the statue's maker, a light sanding has uncovered a clue: a monogram on the statue's side bearing the initial "P."
"Based on the monogram, there's a possibility that it was a German company that may have had an American location later on," Salande said. "That's a hunch. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack."
Poignant study of death
Measuring six feet from end to end, the supine statue reveals its subject's pierced side and hands. The body is covered from the waist down in a burial cloth, but in the sculptor's apparent wish to illustrate the full scope of Jesus' injuries, punctured feet can be seen poking out from beneath the garment. Christ's hair falls into the burial pillow in sweeping waves, while his partly opened mouth and eyes lend humanity and haunting realism to his face.
"It's an unusual statue. You don't see a lot of these," said Friends of St. Alphonsus president Armand Bertin, who met Salande last fall as she was visiting St. Alphonsus Church with her fiancé after attending Mass at neighboring St. Mary's Assumption. Salande said she instantly fell in love with the church's vast treasure trove of statues, and told Bertin she would be happy to restore a small statue of St. Rita as a volunteer. Bertin accepted Salande's offer, but kept taking her back to "Jesus Entombed," which for years had lain on a side altar.
"Armand kept asking me, 'What about taking on (the statue of) Jesus?' One day I just gave in, because he was asking so nicely," said Salande of the restoration process that began last February. The artist said her first order of business was to restore the statue's lower half, the apparent victim of an ill-advised patch job at some point in its 70-year history.
"Someone had plastered over the folds of the fabric. Jesus' legs were in hundreds of fragments and pieces and parts. You could literally lift his kneecap off," said Salande, who uncovered the curves of the original statue and reunited the plaster puzzle pieces using needle-thin injections of glue.
The restoration is deliberately taking place just feet away from St. Alphonsus' Constance Street entrance doors – in the section of the church called the narthex – so that visitors can watch it unfold.
"The statue could have been done months ago – I could have brought it into my studio," Salande said, "but it's more important for our patrons, our community and our members to see the progress of the restoration, to ask questions about it, to see that their donations are working toward the preservation of this church."
A compelling prayer aid
One of the more surprising historical tidbits about "Jesus Entombed" is the fact that it was displayed just two days each year while ensconced at its original home of St. Mary's Assumption Church: on Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
"I used to help schlep it to and from the attic," recalls Bill Murphy, a Friends of St. Alphonsus tour guide who handled the statue as a St. Mary's Assumption altar server in the early 1950s. Murphy said "Jesus Entombed" would be placed against a cave-like backdrop during the Good Friday Veneration of the Cross service – so worshipers could reflect on the image of Jesus in the tomb. The statue would be removed from this grotto and returned to the church's attic before the first Easter Mass – to remind the faithful that the tomb was empty and Christ had risen.
"It really touches people spiritually. The overriding comment from people is, 'He looks so real!'" said Bertin, noting that visitors occasionally will leave lucky beans and religious medals on the statue, and kneel next to it in prayer.
Next up for the restoration, scheduled for completion this summer, are new toes and the insertion of a metal armature into the chest cavity – to reinforce Jesus' fragile torso. Salande will seal the entire sculpture with a moisture-resistant gel before painting it in its original earth tones – a palette that came to light after a gentle sanding and comprehensive microscopic analysis.
One feature that will not be receiving a major overhaul is Jesus' eyes, which Salande says need only a few tiny brush strokes to fill in some missing pigment.
"One of the most important parts of any sculpture is the eyes," Salande said. "We want to protect the eyes so that the people in our community will recognize their Jesus."
The statue's ongoing restoration can be viewed during St. Alphonsus Church's regular opening hours of Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, visit www.stalphonsusneworleans.org or call 524-8116.
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This semester will involve an early discussion with the teacher regarding the programme and the suitability of repertoire for the student's individual presentation. They will be supported through opportunities to present aspects of their recital work during performance workshop. On completion of this unit students should be able to perform with sound technical facility, awareness of stylistic diversity, and a sense of their individual creativity.


The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is flying the coop.
If you're old enough to remember how the Wall Street brigands nearly wrecked the world economy, and pretty much got away with it, and if you're not an elected official who doesn't care anymore that they did, then you got some really bad news today from the L.A. Times.
Cordray was appointed by President Obama as the first director of the bureau, which was created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law. Cordray's term was not set to expire until summer 2018. President Trump will get to nominate a replacement to head the bureau — an agency that many Republicans have strongly opposed. The nomination requires Senate confirmation. "The administration will announce an acting director and the president's choice to replace Mr. Cordray at the appropriate time," Raj Shah, deputy White House press secretary, said Wednesday.
The appropriate time, of course, likely will be Never:30. Given the current administration*'s hiring practices, that might be the best deal any of us could get out of the situation.
It is said that Cordray has designs on running for governor of Ohio. (Everybody has to have a dream, I guess.) But this announcement couldn't come at a worse time. The Republicans wanted to strangle the CFPB from birth and they haven't changed much. The Congress is fashioning a tax plan designed to push the country further down the road to oligarchy. The president* will sign anything if you put "deregulation" at the top of it. And god alone knows what he's got in mind for this agency, but it's nothing good. The Congress, however, has made its intentions known.
In its brief existence, the CFPB, beloved brainchild of Senator Professor Warren, has returned $12 billion to people victimized by the sharpsters of the banking and financial-services sectors—the people, it should be noted, who've contributed almost $250,000 toward Jeb Hensarling's continued career as a congresscritter. In this, the CFPB is a good-government reform that can stand with any others as an effective governing device on the excesses of capitalism, which is why Hensarling wants to neuter it.
For now, Cordray's deputy will take over running the joint, which is all to the good. But anybody that the president* nominates to replace Cordray is bound to be an utter bobo, and likely will occasion one of the bloodier confirmation fights that we've seen in an era of them. Whether the CFPB has a, well, ghost of a chance is probably best left to certain unqualified nominees to the federal bench.


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Jamie Lynn Gromet is shown here with her son of almost four years on the cover of the current issue of Time Magazine. The cover story is about "Attachment Parenting" which among other principles advocates "co-sleeping", breast feeding children to a greater age than many are accustomed, feeding with love and respect, responding with sensitivity, providing constant loving care and using a nurturing touch.
Clearly this particular photograph was chosen for its shock value in an effort to increase readership - but the body language in this image is not consistent with the principles of attachment parenting. Ms. Gromet is displaying significant emotional dissonance - e.g. "I'm doing this because I HAVE to ...", "I'M the alpha, is that CLEAR?", "What's YOUR problem?", etc. Her son is also significantly non-affectionate.
While her left hand has good palmar touch to her child's back - certainly a signal of some affection, Ms. Gromet's right hand is akimboed in a thumbs-backward fashion on her hip. Particularly in this context, this overly-strong alpha nonverbal does not engender boding with children (or adults) - on the contrary, it is a rapport and bonding destroyer. It will not calm a child - it will not even create feelings of tolerance. This arm/hand gesture will raise the respiration and heart rate of children and promote anxiety. A thumb-forward akimbo transmits completely different emotions - that of trust and fostering emotions and in some contexts quizzical. Thumb-forward akimbo is therefore very commonly seen in teachers and parents on the playground.
The lack of any arm-hand contact by the little boy is also conspicuous. It is distancing and off-putting. It makes us feel uncomfortable. Any parent-child bond (or any loving relationship) should be reciprocated - not because it is cognitively driven - but because it is emotional.
Jamie Gromet should also be wearing a face of peace and joy. Not only do we not see any evidence of a sincere smile - or even a social smile - but incredibly, she has a subtle display of contempt! Why?
When there is true affection and/or respect, an embrace is marked by a pointing of the feet, the hips, the shoulders and the face towards each other. In this example, the two are turned askew. This body language is also significantly less consistent of sincere affection.
Whether a mother practices or is familiar with attachment parenting or not, affection should be natural between any loving parent and child. Dr.William Sears and his followers place extra emphasis on this premise - thus it is inconsistent that both mother and child here are not looking at each other, but the camera instead. Eye contact promotes and is symptomatic of bonding, affection, love, good parenting and nurturing (friendship and romance as well). Where is the eye contact? There is none.
Any nurturing, loving or bonding here, is not about us - it's about THEM. Time magazine makes Ms. Gromet looks task-oriented and bitter - rather than a young mother driven by love, affection and the maternal bond. Consequently a loving act is made to look perfunctory and cold. Where is the warmth?


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Kepler's second law implies what about planetary motion
What is the implication of Kepler's second law of planetary motion?
Kepler's second law of planetary motion describes the speed of a planet traveling in an elliptical orbit around the sun. It states that a line between the sun and the planet sweeps equal areas in equal times. Thus, the speed of the planet increases as it nears the sun and decreases as it recedes from the sun.
What does Kepler's third law imply about planetary motion?
According to Kepler's third law, the square of the planet's period in years is: proportional to the cube of its semimajor axis in A.U. What does Kepler's third law imply about planetary motion? Planets further from the Sun orbit at a slower speed than planets closer to the Sun.
Why is Kepler's second law important?
Kepler's Second Law is valuable because it gives a quantitative statement about how fast the object will be moving at any point in its orbit. Note that when the planet is closest to the Sun, at perihelion, Kepler's Second Law says that it will be moving the fastest.
What is an example of Kepler's second law?
Kepler's Second Law is an example of the principle of conservation of angular momentum for planetary systems. … Consider two points $P$ and $Q$ on the orbit of a planet, separated by avery small distance. Suppose that it takes a small time $dt$ for the planet to move from $P$ to $Q$.
What is Kepler's third law formula?
If the size of the orbit (a) is expressed in astronomical units (1 AU equals the average distance between the Earth and Sun) and the period (P) is measured in years, then Kepler's Third Law says P2 = a3. where P is in Earth years, a is in AU and M is the mass of the central object in units of the mass of the Sun.
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What is the formula for Kepler's 2nd law?
"Equal areas in equal times" means the rate at which area is swept out on the orbit (dA/dt) is constant. So Kepler's Second Law Revised: The rate at which a planet sweeps out area on its orbit is equal to one-half its angular momentum divided by its mass (the specific angular momentum).
What are Kepler's 3 laws in simple terms?
There are actually three, Kepler's laws that is, of planetary motion: 1) every planet's orbit is an ellipse with the Sun at a focus; 2) a line joining the Sun and a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal times; and 3) the square of a planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its …
What property summarizes a body's tendency to stay in the state of rest or motion?
Why did Ptolemy believe the Earth was stationary?
He believed that the Earth was the center of the Universe. The word for earth in Greek is geo, so we call this idea a "geocentric" theory. … In order to make his predictions true, he worked out that the planets must move in epicycles, smaller circles, and the Earth itself moved along an equant.
What does Newton's second law state?
Newton's second law of motion pertains to the behavior of objects for which all existing forces are not balanced. The second law states that the acceleration of an object is dependent upon two variables – the net force acting upon the object and the mass of the object.
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Why is Kepler's third law important?
The orbital period is given in units of earth-years where 1 earth year is the time required for the earth to orbit the sun – 3.156 x 107 seconds. ) Kepler's third law provides an accurate description of the period and distance for a planet's orbits about the sun.
Is Kepler's second law true?
Kepler's second law he again discovered by trial and error. Kepler realized that the line connecting the planet and the Sun sweeps out equal area in equal time. … This means that when planets are near the Sun in their orbit, they move faster than when they are further away.
What is the period law?
The Law of Periods: The square of the period of any planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of its orbit.
Why do planets speed up when closer to the sun?
The closer a planet is to the Sun, the less time it takes for it to go around the Sun. It takes less time because the length of the orbit is shorter (a smaller orbit), but it also moves faster in its orbit. Thanks to gravity, it has to move faster in its orbit to stay in orbit!
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Could We Call It Something Besides 'Reinventing'?
Why is it that when women change, adapt or continue their career trajectory as they get older, they are said to be "reinventing" themselves? We don't say this about men as they age.
Maybe we're beginning to get to a place where we don't draw this distinction between men and women.
A week before my 61st birthday, the New York Times ran this article by Jessica Bennett about older women in positions of power.
Bennett notes, in particular, the following women: Nancy Pelosi, Glenn Close, Susan Zirinsky of CBS, Christiane Amanpour, Representative Donna Shalala, Representative Maxine Waters, Gayle King and Katie Couric. These women are 60 or older – some of them are in their 70s and 80s.
Bennett writes, "It seems that older women, long invisible or shunted aside, are experiencing an unfamiliar sensation: power.
My January birthday coincides with the time of year that people are making resolutions, or rethinking their lives (or possibly trying to figure out how to hibernate until warm weather returns or the government shutdown ends).
Of course, I don't know any of the women mentioned in the NYT's article, but I have many women friends that I admire who are as successful in their own lives as these more public figures.
And, if they are my age or older, they fought their way up through the ranks despite prejudices and sexism.
A friend who is my age does triathlons. Another friend is competitive on the tennis court. Both had to be on boys' teams (swimming and tennis) in high school because it was pre-Title IX.
A couple of my friends have developed their own companies, not because they're reinventing themselves, but because it's a natural life and career progression for them.
I, personally, am doing more fiction writing, art and writing/illustrating children's books. I'm not reinventing myself. I'm just continuing to do what I've done all my life, but I now have time to work on these projects (and meet my publisher's deadlines).
Representative Donna Shalala credits the women's movement for the current acceptance of older women in positions of power. According to the NYT article, "'What the women's movement did was develop generations of strong women,' said Representative Donna Shalala, Democrat of Florida, who became the oldest freshman in her House class when she took office a little over a month before her 78th birthday. 'We had professional careers, we were achievers in our fields, and you're seeing the result of that now. And we're comfortable in our own skin, and we don't put up with nonsense, and we have a sisterhood.'"
Speaking of sisterhood, most of my friends who are around my age are still working, and many started careers after being home full-time raising their children or working part-time for a few years. Having children is often the sticking point for women when it comes to pursuing a career.
Many women today, especially highly educated women, are delaying having children. A poll shows that, while women have more options, the larger problem is financial insecurity. In fact, 64 Percent said that the reason they're having fewer children is that child care is too expensive.
According to a Pew Research survey, dads are more involved in child care today than they were 50 years ago. Moms, however, still spend more time on child care and housework than dads, even though a majority of moms work.
So, now that more women are in positions of power, maybe they could work on getting free, or very low-cost, high quality, universal child care for working families. That's one thing that could really move women forward.


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Lighthizer shows frustration with lack of progress on NAFTA talks
10/17/17 2:00 PM By Bill Tomson
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer isn't ready to throw in the towel on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, but he expressed sharp disappointment Tuesday with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts for resisting some U.S. proposals.
"Frankly, I am surprised and disappointed by the resistance to change from our negotiating partners from both countries," Lighthizer said in a press conference in Arlington, Virginia, marking the end of the fourth round of negotiations to rewrite the three-country trade pact.
A sign of the difficulties may be reflected in Lighthizer's announcement that a deal would not be reached this year, as was earlier hoped. Instead, he said there will be one more round of talks in November, in Mexico City, with the goal of finishing a new agreement by the end of March 2018.
Some of the biggest splits between the three countries are over non-agriculture issues like trade in cars and car parts, but the U.S. has also proposed ag trade provisions on dairy and produce that the Mexicans and Canadians are rejecting.
The new confrontations will likely diminish hopes from the U.S. farm sector that ag trade will go unscathed in the increasingly combative talks.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland called the U.S. proposals "unorthodox" and accused the Trump administration of demanding changes that would violate World Trade Organization rules.
Lighthizer, when asked later by reporters about the WTO claim, said, "I have no idea what she's talking about."
Meanwhile, Mexican Minister of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal also expressed some frustration: "We must understand that we all have limits … We must ensure that the decisions we make today do not come back to haunt us."
One U.S. proposal that is causing some conflict involves a U.S. plan that would make it easier for fruit and vegetable farmers to file anti-dumping and countervailing claims against Mexican produce exports. That plan was tabled at the end of the third round in Ottawa. Just this weekend, during the Arlington talks, U.S. negotiators put forth a proposal to weaken Canada's dairy supply management system and price-setting methods.
Lighthizer said the proposals are being contested, but predicted a U.S. victory.
"We laid out our positions …" he said. "We think we're on the right side of those issues."
The U.S. has also put forth a provision that is being championed mostly by Florida tomato farmers who are struggling to compete with cheap imports from Mexico. Mexican negotiators have "drawn a red line" when it comes to the U.S. proposal to make it easier for U.S. produce farmers to file antidumping and countervailing trade actions against Mexican exporters, negotiators told Agri-Pulse.
Bosco de la Vega, president of Mexico's largest farm organization, told reporters Friday that he met with the heads of Mexico's agriculture and economic ministries and both stressed to him that the U.S. proposal is unacceptable.
"We're very concerned," said Lance Jungmeyer, president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, an Arizona-based group that represents U.S. companies that pack and distribute imported Mexican produce.
Jungmeyer said he's worried that such a provision, if incorporated in a new trade agreement, could result in a massive spike in trade disputes that would significantly hamper commerce and result in higher prices at the grocery store for tomatoes, avocados, cucumbers and bell peppers.
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But Reggie Brown, executive vice president of the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange, told Agri-Pulse that it's a matter of fairness.
Under current trade rules, farmers can only file anti-dumping suits if they can show damages across the entire country. The U.S. proposal would make an exception for perishable and seasonal crops, allowing complaints on a regional basis
It's not just produce-centric groups opposing the U.S. provision that would allow regional farm groups to use seasonal data as a basis to challenge Mexico's imports of tomatoes, berries and other commodities. Fears that the proposal could contribute to a negotiating impasse and the failure of the NAFTA talks has groups like the U.S. Grains Council, the National Corn Growers Association and the Corn Refiners Association worried.
"Canada and Mexico on average are a $900 million market for us and they are irreplaceable because of the uniqueness of our products," said Cassandra Kuball, director of trade and industry affairs for the Corn Refiners. "If we lose Mexico, which is our leading market for high fructose corn syrup, there's no other market that can take it up. We are very much focused on insuring that each move that we make in these renegotiations is a successful move."
Representatives for the National Corn Growers, Grains Council, Corn Refiners, Heritage Foundation, the Association of Growers and Packers of Avocados from Mexico (APEAM) and Mexico's National Agricultural Council (CNA), the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, the United Fresh Produce Association and others all sat down with reporters Friday to stress their opposition to the controversial U.S. proposal.
"If a group of growers in one area is able to carve out a market for themselves, why wouldn't every region want that for themselves," Jungmeyer said. "It's like the string on a sweater. If you pull it and pull it and pull it, at the end you don't have a sweater any more. I do believe this is the beginning of the unraveling of NAFTA."
But the USTR's decision to propose the "seasonality" provision didn't come from a void. Congress included language requiring help for Southeastern farmers when it passed the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, known commonly as Trade Promotion Authority.
Tucked away in the law is a provision that tells the USTR to eliminate "practices that adversely affect trade in perishable or cyclical products, while improving import relief mechanisms to recognize the unique characteristics of perishable and cyclical agriculture."
And in case the USTR missed it, Florida's two U.S. senators, Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Marco Rubio reminded Lighthizer in an Aug. 31 letter, viewed by Agri-Pulse.
"It is critically important that NAFTA provide a fair and equitable market for U.S. fruit and vegetable growers," the senators wrote. "To this end, we are hopeful the administration will use all means available to prevent Mexico from targeting regional growers in an effort to monopolize the U.S. market during certain seasons."
U.S. challenges Canadian dairy policy
Meanwhile, the U.S. proposal taking aim at Canada's insulated dairy program was lauded by the U.S. dairy industry, but was lambasted by Canadian government, industry and labor representatives.
U.S. producers blame Canada's supply management system for essentially blocking U.S. exports with a pricing system that assures domestic processors only buy milk from Canadian dairies. The artificial pricing programs run by the Canadian industry also have the effect of flooding the international market with subsidized product, U.S. sources say.
But Canada's dairy lobby is one of the strongest and most powerful in North America and its supported by the unions that represent dairy workers.
"The United States launched a violent assault on Canada's dairy supply management system," François Laporte, president of the influential Canadian Teamsters Union, said Monday. "Tens of thousands of jobs will be in jeopardy unless the Trudeau government continues its defense of dairy workers and farmers. Don't be surprised if U.S. dairy proposals derail these NAFTA talks. An unstoppable force is meeting an immovable object."
Bill Tomson
Senior Trade Editor


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Interfaith forum slams in Tehran France's anti-Islamic rhetoric
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 3:07 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 11 November 2020 3:07 PM ]
Yusef Jalali
Press TV, Tehran
Clerics from major monotheistic religions gathered in Tehran for an important goal: to promote peace based on religious commonalities.
Delegates representing Islam, Christianity and Judaism unanimously agreed that the root cause of intolerance and extremism lies in the lack of dialog among religious leaders.
This session comes against the backdrop of repeated acts of blasphemy in France against the sanctities of Muslims.
Scholars here slammed the French government for lending its support to the growing anti-Islamic rhetoric in the country.
President Emanuel Macron argues that he seeks to promote freedom of speech. These people say freedom of expression is praiseworthy as long as it does not contradict the right to the freedom of religion.
Iran is home to different religious minorities from Christians and Jews to Zaroastrians; all are represented in the parliament.
Scholars believe peaceful coexistence among religions hinges on a collective effort by religious leaders to sit and talk based on their commonalities.
Representatives of different religions here say what the French president describes as freedom of speech is in fact freedom of hate speech, not only against the sanctities of Muslims but against all monotheistic religions, since they believe in the same God and honor each other's prophets.
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Heidi Montag Says She's "Definitely" Done with Plastic Surgery … "For Now"
Updated May 15th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Who could forget when reality TV star Heidi Montag shocked her fans a year and a half ago after undergoing 10 cosmetic procedures in one day? Now, after having plenty of quality time with her new body, Heidi says she's done with plastic surgery…for now that is.
"Obviously when I get a little older, I'll take it from there, but for this moment, I don't want anything to do with plastic surgery!" Montag recently expressed to US Magazine.
Montag previously revealed in a interview with Life & Style that the multiple surgeries have left her body feeling fragile.
"Parts of my body definitely look worse than they did presurgery. This is not what I signed up for."
She added: "I definitely think I should have been way more informed. I think that doctors should really walk you through all aspects of it, not just the glamorous side of it. Doctors, it's like they're selling you cookies or something. I would love to not be 'plastic girl' or whatever they call me. Surgery ruined my career and my personal life and just brought a lot of negativity into my world. I wish I could jump into a time machine and take it all back. Instead, I'm always going to feel like Edward Scissorhands."
Let this serve as a lesson to all you little girls out there thinking about going under the knife. Don't toy with God's work!
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Q: Getting relative paths in BASH I already searched for this, but I guess there was no great demand on working with paths.
So I'm trying two write a bash script to convert my music collection using tta and cue files.
My directory structure is as following: /Volumes/External/Music/Just/Some/Dirs/Album.tta for the tta files and /Volumes/External/Cuesheets/Just/Some/Dirs/Album.cue for cue sheets.
My current approach is setting /Volumes/External as "root_dir" and get the relative path of the album.tta file to $ROOT_DIR/Music (in this case this would be Just/Some/Dirs/Album.tta), then add this result to $ROOT_DIR/Cuesheets and change the suffix from .tta to .cue.
My current problem is, that dirname returns paths as they are, which means /Volumes/External/Music/Just/Some/Dirs does not get converted to ./Just/Some/Dirs/ when my current folder is $ROOT_DIR/Music and the absolute path was given.
Add://Here is the script if anybody has similar problems:
#!/bin/bash
ROOT_DIR=/Volumes/External
BASE="$1"

if [ ! -f "$BASE" ]
then
    echo "Not a file"
    exit 1
fi

if [ -n "$2" ]
then
    OUTPUT_DIR="$HOME/tmp"
else
    OUTPUT_DIR="$2"
fi
mkfdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR" || exit 1

BASE=${BASE#"$ROOT_DIR/Music/"}
BASE=${BASE%.*}

TTA_FILE="$ROOT_DIR/Music/$BASE.tta"
CUE_FILE="$ROOT_DIR/Cuesheets/$BASE.cue"
shntool split -f "${CUE_FILE}" -o aiff -t "%n %t" -d "${OUTPUT_DIR}" "${TTA_FILE}"
exit 0

A: If your Cuesheets dir is always in the same directory as your Music, you can just remove root_dir from the path, and what is left is the relative path. If you have the path to your album.tta in album_path (album_path=/Volumes/External/Music/Just/Some/Dirs/Album.tta) and your root_dir set(root_dir=/Volumes/External), just do ${album_path#$root_dir}. This trims root_dir from the front of album_path, so you are left with album_path=Just/Some/Dirs/Album.tta.
See bash docs for more information on bash string manipulation
EDIT:// Changed ${$album_path#$root_dir} to ${album_path#$root_dir}

A: Okay so I've tackled this a couple of ways in the past.  I don't recommend screwing with paths and pwd environment variables, I've seen some catastrophic events because of it.
Here's what I would do
CURRENTDIR=/Volumes/External/Music # make sure you check the existence in your script
...
SEDVAL=$(echo $CURRENTDIR | sed s/'\/'/'\\\/'/g)
#run your loops for iterating through files
for a in $(find ./ -name \*ogg); do
  FILE=`echo $a | sed s/$SEDVAL/./g`  # strip the initial directory and replace it with .
  convert_file $FILE # whatever action to be performed
done

If this is something you might do frequently I would actually just write a separate script just for this.


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