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Green Hill Chiropractic
1603 Oxmead Road
Burlington, New Jersey 08016
While many have heard of it, few know very much about it. Yet acupuncture is one of the oldest healing arts in the world, practiced centuries ago by ancient Chinese as a method of curing a host of ailments.
Today, Americans make as many as 12 million visits per year to acupuncture practitioners, according to the most recent statistics from the Food and Drug Administration. Many people who have experienced acupuncture report relief from pain and a sense of euphoria or well being.
There are currently more than 10,000 certified acupuncturists, one-third of them physicians practicing in this country.
Acupuncture involves the application of extremely fine needles into one or more of the 2,000 acupuncture points on the human body. These points are said to link 12 main and 8 secondary pathways. These channels, or pathways, are called "meridians." The meridians are believed to conduct energy between the body's skin and internal organs. Part of the controversy surrounding acupuncture stems from the fact that scientists cannot correlate the 20 pathways, or meridians, with the human body's blood circulation and nerve paths.
Nevertheless, acupuncture theory holds that energy conducted by meridians, also called qi (pronounced "chee"), is known to coordinate the balance between one's spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical state. Acupuncture is believed to help in balancing the opposing forces called yin and yang. A healthy person's yin and yang are said to be in a state of harmony.
Acupuncture has about as many critics as it does advocates. Medical researchers have shown in dozens of high profile studies, however, that acupuncture can be an effective alternate treatment for a myriad of health problemsfrom central nervous system-related conditions and immune system response.
Acupuncture is known to have a profound impact on pain. The theory is that the application of fine needles in acupuncture points stimulates the release of chemicals, such as endorphins or opiates, which dull or alleviate pain while releasing hormones, neurotransmitters, and other chemicals that aid in healing or regulating things, such as blood pressure.
Evidence has shown that the body's 2,000-plus acupuncture points do conduct electricity, and this flow of current may play a role in triggering the release of helpful chemicals in the body to where they are needed most.
Does acupuncture hurt?
Acupuncture needles are so incredibly small and thin (up to 50 times thinner than a standard hypodermic needle), they are barely noticeable when inserted. Some people who experience acupuncture report feeling nothing at all; others report feeling a mild discomfort, followed by a mild sensation of cramping, tingling, numbness, warmth, or heaviness. Acupuncture needles are normally left in place for 20 to 40 minutes.
Acupressure, another alternative therapy rooted in ancient Eastern medicine, involves exerting pressure on specific body points by use of the fingers of the hand, palm, or elbows.
The Chiropractic Profession
Chiropractic Principles
History of Chiropractic
Chiropractic Techniques and Tools
Corsets, Braces, and Splints
Lifestyle and Nutrition Counseling
Neurological Exams
Lumbar Stabilization
Treatments for Migraines
Treatments for Discs
Treatments for Whiplash
Treatments of the Sacroiliac Joint
Types of Therapies
When to Seek Care
Conditions/Ailments
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Failed Back Surgery
Disc Disorders
Stenosis
What is Scheuermann's Disease?
Ankle/Foot Pain
Key Body Structures and Terms
General Prevention Tips
Airbags and Auto Safety
Beds, Mattresses, and Sleep
Lifting Techniques
Working Around the House
Abdominal Exercises
Spinal Health and Pregnancy
Sports/Recreation Injury Prevention
Children's Needs
Green Hill Chiropractic, 1603 Oxmead Road, Burlington New Jersey, 08016 (609) 386-6100


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namespace app;

/*
 * Antvel - Users Model
 *
 * @author  Gustavo Ocanto <gustavoocanto@gmail.com>
 */

use App\Eloquent\Model;
use App\Log;
use App\Notifications\Auth\ResetPasswordNotification;
use App\Order;
use App\UserPoints;
use Illuminate\Auth\Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Auth\Passwords\CanResetPassword;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable as AuthenticatableContract;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\CanResetPassword as CanResetPasswordContract;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;

class User extends Model implements AuthenticatableContract, CanResetPasswordContract
{
    use Authenticatable, CanResetPassword, SoftDeletes, Notifiable;

    /**
     * The database table used by the model.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $table = 'users';

    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
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    protected $fillable = [
        'nickname',
        'email',
        'password',
        'role',
        'pic_url',
        'language',
        'website',
        'twitter',
        'facebook',
        'mobile_phone',
        'work_phone',
        'description',
        'disabled_at',
    ];

    /**
     * The attribute for soft deletes.
     *
     * @var [type]
     */
    protected $dates = ['deleted_at'];

    /**
     * The attributes excluded from the model's JSON form.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $hidden = ['password', 'remember_token'];

    public function relationsToArray()
    {
        return array_merge($this->attributesToArray(), $this->profile->attributesToArray());
    }

    public function profile()
    {
        if (in_array($this->role, ['business', 'nonprofit'])) {
            return $this->hasOne('App\Business');
        }

        return $this->hasOne('App\Person');
    }

    public function addresses()
    {
        return $this->hasMany('App\Address');
    }

    public function Product()
    {
        return $this->hasMany('App\Product');
    }

    public function getHasPhoneAttribute()
    {
        return !is_null($this->mobile_phone) || !is_null($this->work_phone)
            || ($this->profile() && $this->profile()->has_phone);
    }

    public function setPasswordAttribute($value)
    {
        if (!empty($value)) {
            $this->attributes['password'] = $value;
        }
    }

    //Role Manage

    public function hasRole($role)
    {
        if (is_array($role)) {
            return in_array($this->attributes['role'], $role);
        }

        return $this->attributes['role'] == $role;
    }

    public function isAdmin()
    {
        return $this->attributes['role'] == 'admin';
    }

    public function isPerson()
    {
        return $this->attributes['role'] == 'person';
    }

    public function isCompany()
    {
        return $this->attributes['role'] == 'business';
    }

   //Type user Manage

   public function isTrusted()
   {
       return $this->attributes['type'] == 'trusted';
   }

    //Cart Manage

    public function getCartCount()
    {
        $basicCart = Order::ofType('cart')->where('user_id', $this->id)->first();
        if (!($basicCart)) {
            return 0;
        } else {
            $totalItems = 0;
            foreach ($basicCart->details  as $orderDetail) {
                $totalItems += $orderDetail->quantity;
            }

            return $totalItems;
        }
    }

    public function getCartContent()
    {
        $basicCart = Order::ofType('cart')->where('user_id', $this->id)->first();
        if (!($basicCart)) {
            return [];
        } else {
            return $basicCart->details;
        }
    }

    public function modifyPoints($points, $actionTypeId, $sourceId)
    {
        $data = ['action_type_id' => $actionTypeId, 'source_id' => $sourceId, 'details' => $points, 'user_id' => $this->id];
        $log = Log::create($data);

        $userPoints = new UserPoints();
        $userPoints->user_id = $this->id;
        $userPoints->action_type_id = $actionTypeId;
        $userPoints->source_id = $sourceId;
        $userPoints->points = $points;
        if ($userPoints->save()) {
            $this->current_points = $this->current_points + $points;
            //Action type = 9 is for canceled orders, the user should not add to accumulated points
            if (($points > 0) && ($actionTypeId != 9)) {
                $this->accumulated_points = $this->accumulated_points + $points;
            }
            if ($this->save()) {
                return true;
            } else {
                return false;
            }
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Send the password reset notification.
     *
     * @param string $token
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function sendPasswordResetNotification($token)
    {
        $this->notify(new ResetPasswordNotification($token));
    }
}


Peapack-Gladstone resident Donna Brooten learns about an alternate positioning device from Matheny School director of curriculum Jim Hintenach.
Although virtually all Matheny students and patients are in wheelchairs, they can often benefit from spending time in adaptive tricycles, standers and other alternate positioning devices developed by our physical therapists.
At a recent meeting of Matheny's Community Advisory Committee, some local residents had an opportunity to try out some of this equipment and learn about its benefits. They also heard about Matheny's adaptive physical education program which enables Matheny students and patients to play adapted versions of traditional sports such as basketball and soccer.
Judy Silacci, a resident of Peapack-Gladstone, tries out a stander and learns about it from Matheny director of physical therapy Cindy LaBar.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged adaptive equipment, sports, wheelchair. Bookmark the permalink.
I think this was a great idea! I think it would be an Awesome experience for the parents and siblings of the kids at Matheny to experience. So the family's can understand the day and life of there loved one!


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Please click here for a Baptism Brochure.
Please call the parish center to schedule an appointment with one of the priests or deacon at least six (6) months in advance to schedule your wedding and begin preparations.
Please click here for a Wedding Brochure.
It is both an honor and a significant responsibility to offer Words of Remembrance at a Mass of Christian Burial. These guidelines are presented to assist you to develop and present these Words of Remembrance in a manner worthy of the memory of the deceased and appropriate within the context of the Mass.
Please click here for a Words of Remembrance Guidelines.
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Respect Big Bend Coalition launched by Mitchell Foundation
Paul Wedding | Associated Press | May 3, 2019
The West Texas energy sprawl is continuing to expand, with little sign of stopping, and in response, a new coalition has been formed in hopes to mitigate the environmental impact that development could have on the Big Bend region.
Marilu Hastings, Vice President of the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, is one of the leaders behind the initiative and said the idea first came to her when she heard about Apache developing their Alpine High oil and gas site.
"I started talking to a few people about how if you have this extent of oil and gas development in the region that is an undeveloped region for the most part, coupled with renewables, what is this area, this region gonna look like in 20 years or so?" Hastings asked. "Is it gonna look like the Eagle Ford?"
Hastings said a study from the Nature Conservancy showed energy development is now causing the largest loss of open space worldwide, and Texas loses more open space to development than any other state.
"Putting all those things together, I started asking around and talking to a lot of people about what it would mean to try and do things differently, to do energy development differently," she said. "We are very much in favor of energy development, it's not like we're saying that energy development shouldn't happen, but can it happen in a different way?"
What the coalition will be looking at is development by design, aimed at providing a complete view of how future development could affect current natural systems and ensuring their health for the long-term, mitigating negative effects on local communities. The Big Bend region is one of the most biodiverse regions in the country, with more than 1,200 species of plants, 500 species of birds and 100 species of mammals, including ones not seen anywhere else in Texas like bighorn sheep and black bears.
David Iannelli, a partner at Hudson Pacific and the former president of Research+Data Insights, said the effort started in the fall of 2017, asking locals in their coverage area of Pecos, Presidio and Brewster Counties what they knew about energy development and their concerns. Some of those concerns included damaged infrastructure, an influx of crime, and price inflation.
"What they bemoan is the lack of better planning in advance and they'd like to see better planning of this scale," Iannelli said. "Because these communities are just not ready for the influx of people."
When they came back a year later for another survey, Iannelli said those same people said they didn't have confidence in oil and gas production in the area being done while also being watchful of the communities' land and water.
Louis Harveson, founder and director of the Borderlands Research Institute, is helping with research for the coalition and said the communities of the Big Bend region are currently ill-prepared for energy development.
"They haven't seen the energy come to their towns and so it's really an opportunity to prepare the communities, to prepare the landowners to work with the industry and find a better balance of how we may operate as we take advantage of energy opportunities in this region," Harveson said.
Harveson said they have already pulled together a stakeholder advisory group that's already met once, made up of both conservationists and energy industry executives, including from Apache.
Michael Teague, another member of the group and an energy consultant, said get all of the energy industry integrated into their planning process when it comes to the Big Bend region, and look at what energy companies can improve upon, and see what energy companies are doing well and implementing that here.
"It's about maximizing the benefits, and minimize the impacts and you can do both. You can do both if you start early enough and you listen to everybody," Teague said.
Hastings said Respect Big Bend innovating development and engaging with the industry without simply telling them to do better, and funding new research in the region to provide communities with information they may not have access to yet. She also emphasized Respect Big Bend is entirely funded by the Mitchell Foundation and will never receive funding from the energy industry.
There is already a large amount of oil and gas development in the Delaware Basin in Reeves County, which would fall under the coalition's coverage area, which some would say hasn't been handled properly. Teague said their role in Reeves County would be to learn lessons from what has happened in Reeves County to learn lessons for future development and share that information.
There are other concerns, such as air and light pollution, that the coalition will look at and prioritize, and Hastings said the majority of their work would be focused on non-regulatory programs but on issues affecting communities where there may not be a Clean Air Act solution. She said they aren't quite sure yet what their role will be in regards to issues like flaring and light pollution, but that those would come up during the coming stakeholder meetings.
"This is not a one-off event, this is an initiative that's going to be around for the long-term, as this issue is going to be around for the long-term," Teague said. "The initiative is just starting out and a lot of the solutions dedicated toward that solution are being developed."

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No doubt about it, the sole objective of Michael Cohen's testimony before a House committee is to lay the groundwork for the left's game plan in 2020 – and that is, sully the public persona of Donald Trump.
As vile a sin slavery was, those that committed it did so by choice. Americans who wanted no part of it weren't forced to participate as slave owners. This isn't the case when taxpayer funds are channeled by the federal government to abortion providers.
Those who choose to uproot from nations all over the world to come to America and start their lives anew are interested in what is right, not what is wrong. The U.S. is still a land of dreams and opportunity.


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Newbury man to feature in Channel 5 documentary tomorrow night (Tuesday)
Show will tell story of ex-pat who swapped Wash Common for Benidorm
Chris Ord
chris.ord@newburynews.co.uk
A NEWBURY man who gave up his life in the UK to live it up in the Spanish sun will be featuring in a new Channel 5 documentary series this week.
Dave Dennis swapped Wash Common for Benidorm in 2006 and his story will feature in Channel 5's new docusoap series Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun, airing tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 8pm.
The series follows the lives of a number of ex-pats in the popular Spanish holiday resort - including bar-owner Mr Dennis who works a number of jobs to support his wife and two-year-old son, Jamie.
As well as running The London Bar, 36-year-old Mr Dennis also rents and sells apartments, ferries tourists and ex-pats to and from the airport, and also runs his own removals business.
Not unaccustomed to working 12-hour days, six or seven days a week the former Park House School pupils said he does not regret his move to the sun.
"It's been hard work," he said.
"There has been times when there were seven of us living in a two-bed apartment.
"I don't regret it at all though.
"I've worked hard to get the lifestyle now with a nice villa and Jacuzzi.
"The people here are really nice too. There's a great community.
"I do miss the green parks in England and think how different it's going to be for my son growing up over here but we're really settled over here now."
Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun will air on Channel 5 tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 8pm.


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1) These games can be collaborations.
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Q: three.js bone control/ visualization and skeleton animation
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*How to visualize the skeleton correctly? I feel like I did it right, but somehow the skeleton is not shown.

*How do I specify the bone position/rotation in x,y,z axis in separate guiControls for each bone in GUI, such as "Bone_0.x" instead of "Bone_0"? Right now each 'Bone_0' is controlling both rotation and position... Or is there a way to control the bones by clicking on the bone, and use key input to translate/rotate, such as 'g'+'x' to translate the bone in x axis?

Thanks in advance!
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    const loader = new THREE.GLTFLoader();
    loader.load('js/simple.gltf', function (gltf) {
        scene.add(gltf.scene);
        const model = gltf.scene;
        mixer = new THREE.AnimationMixer(model);
        gltf.animations.forEach((clip) => {
            mixer.clipAction(clip).play();
        });

        helper = new THREE.SkeletonHelper(model);
        helper.material.linewidth = 3;
        helper.visible = true;
        scene.add(helper);

        ////GUI
        guiControls = new function () {
            this.Bone_0 = 0.0;
            this.Bone_1 = 0.0;
        }

        datGUI = new dat.GUI();
        //datGUI.add(guiControls, "scene");
        var folder = datGUI.addFolder('Controls');

        folder.add(guiControls, 'Bone_0', -3.14, 3.14);
        folder.add(guiControls, 'Bone_0', -3.14, 3.14);

        folder.add(guiControls, 'Bone_1', -3.14, 3.14);
        folder.add(guiControls, 'Bone_1', -3.14, 3.14);

    });

    //RENDER LOOP
    render();
    function render() {
        controls.update();
        var delta = 0.75 * clock.getDelta();
        if (mixer) {
            mixer.update(delta);
        }
        scene.traverse(function (child) {
            if (child instanceof THREE.SkinnedMesh) {

                child.position.y += .01;

                child.skeleton.bones[0].position.y = guiControls.Bone_0;
                child.skeleton.bones[0].rotation.y = guiControls.Bone_0;
                child.skeleton.bones[1].position.y = guiControls.Bone_1;
                child.skeleton.bones[1].rotation.y = guiControls.Bone_1;

            }
        });

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*Something wrong in the model, the code is correct.

*Use Bone_0_x to specify axis, such as   folder.add(guiControls, 'Bone_0_x', -3.14, 3.14);
Or:
var datGUI = new dat.GUI();
var folder = datGUI.addFolder('Controls');
var bones = skeleton.bones;

for ( var i = 0; i < bones.length; i++ ) {
  folder.add( bones[i].position, 'x', 0, Math.PI * 2 ).name( 'bones[' + i + '].position.x' );
  folder.add( bones[i].position, 'y', 0, Math.PI * 2 ).name( 'bones[' + i + '].position.y' );
  // ...
}

https://discourse.threejs.org/t/bone-properties/4076

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ABU DHABI, 8th June, 2016 (WAM)--The UAE Cabinet, chaired by Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has congratulated President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Members of the Supreme Council, the Rulers of the Emirates, and the people of the UAE, as well as the Arab and Islamic countries, on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.
Sheikh Mohammed stated that "The UAE, led by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan will continue to promote the principles of tolerance established by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. The tolerance is a key value of our ancestors and our founding fathers. The UAE has succeeded in spreading it throughout the Arab region and the world."
He also said, "The holy month of Ramadan is a great opportunity to spread the spirit of tolerance, and show the real image of moderation, and respect for others. Tolerance is the basis for building societies, and promoting values of peaceful coexistence. Today, we need to be more tolerant and united to face the changes happening around us."
The UAE Cabinet meeting was held today evening at the Presidential Palace, in the presence of H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
During the meeting, the UAE Cabinet approved the National Tolerance Programme presented by Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of State for Tolerance.
Sheikha Lubna presented the National Tolerance Programme before the Cabinet, highlighting the values of tolerance in the UAE society. The programme is based on seven main pillars: Islam, UAE Constitution, Zayed's Legacy and Ethics of the UAE, International Conventions, Archeology and History, Humanity, and Common Values.
She emphasised that through these solid values, the UAE society will continue to build up tolerance, multiculturalism, culture of acceptance of others, and reject attitudes of discrimination and hatred. In cooperation with various entities and through special team work, thought initiatives and national programmes will be launched such as the establishment of a Council for Tolerance and the UAE Tolerance Centre, and the launch of Tolerance Responsibility Programme for Organisations, and the UAE Charter of Tolerance and Coexistence and Peace.
The National Tolerance Programme will be in collaboration with federal and local entities under five main themes: Strengthen government's role as an incubator of tolerance; Consolidate the role of family in nation building; Promote tolerance among young people and prevent them from fanaticism and extremism, Enrich scientific and cultural content, and Integrate international efforts to promote tolerance and highlight the leading role of UAE in this area.
As part of the programme, members of various segments of the society will be selected as the 'Voice of Tolerance' to promote tolerance and reject attitudes of racism and hatred through a number of activities and events, and the use of social media, in partnership with various media outlets.
The first theme includes Tolerance Responsibility Programme for Organisations, the first programme of its kind in the world, which will encourage organisations to support tolerance. The program will also launch the UAE Charter of Tolerance, Coexistence, and Peace, which is a set of agreements related to citizens, residents, teachers, students and employees aimed at promoting tolerance, coexistence and respect for cultural diversity, and the rejection of violence, extremism and racism.
It will establish the UAE Tolerance Centre, which will work on studies and research promoting the concepts of tolerance and respect for others. The Centre will also provide scientific and cultural content on tolerance and the best practices related to people's daily life.
As part of the agenda of the meeting, the Cabinet approved the issuance of the executive bylaws of the Federal Law No. (2) for the year 2014 on small and medium enterprises, that aim to regulate and develop the small and medium enterprises sector and entrepreneurship.
The Cabinet also approved a unified definition of small and medium-sized enterprises as one of the pillars of the Federal Law No. (2) for the year 2014 to increase competitiveness in the country's SME sector and implement an integrated system of legislation, mechanisms, facilities and incentives for Emirati investors in SME sector.
The unified definition has been approved for official use at the federal level. Its adoption by federal and local authorities as well as the private sector will lead to faster service delivery and creation of accurate database of projects in the SME sector.
The Cabinet also adopted the federal law for Anti-Dumping and Compensatory and Preventive Measures, which aims to reduce the negative effects of dumped imports on national industries, leading to further investment and growth, as well as increase competitiveness and fair competition practices.
It approved the reformation of the Emirates General Transport and Service Corporation (Emirates Transport), chaired by Hussain Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education. It also approved the restructuring of the health board under the chairmanship of Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention.
In addition, the Cabinet approved the request of the Federal National Council to discuss the Ministry of Education policy.
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Orange Is the New Black is certainly filled with its share of wild characters. It's based on Piper Kerman's memoir about her time behind bars, but how much of it is true? Check out these five OITNB characters and see how the TV story differs from real life!
Yes, it's true. Piper Kerman was caught smuggling drug money for her girlfriend, landing her behind bars. However, not even an ounce of the drama on the show happened in real life. Comparatively, time in prison was pretty smooth sailing for Piper. There was no furlough, solitary confinement, or even beef with Pennsatucky. But a quiet prison sentence doesn't give fans an entertaining show to binge, so the writers got a little creative.
Piper referred to the jail food maven Red as "Pop" in her book. While Red is portrayed as vindictive and unforgiving, the real Red was nothing like that. Piper did really insult her food once, but Pop merely gave her a warning instead of starving her. After that, Piper and Pop became close friends throughout Piper's time in prison.
Laura Prepon's on-screen character Alex Vause was named "Nora" in Piper Kerman's memoir, but the real woman behind Alex was actually named Cleary Wolters. Ready for a huge twist? Piper and Cleary were never even in prison together! So their drawn-out relationship drama on OITNB never happened. Cleary also denies that she and Piper were an official couple, stating instead that they were friends with benefits. Go figure!
The real Suzanne ("Crazy Eyes") was indeed a lesbian, and behaved peculiarly towards other women in the prison. She also made unwanted advances towards her 'dandelion', Piper. But Crazy Eyes didn't stalk people around the jail or have mental breakdowns during her stay. The writers definitely embellished there. Another interesting fact? She also wasn't black, apparently.
Over the course of Orange is The New Black's five seasons, Taystee has grown into a standout character that fans love. Taystee's real nickname behind bars was "Delicious," and she was fun and outspoken like her TV counterpart. However, she didn't really interact much with Piper. Everything else from Taystee snagging a lock of Piper's hair to her bold activism was completely made up.


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Q: Can't get f.globalize_fields_for to appear using globalize 4.0.2 ruby gem I'm using rails 4.1.4 and ruby 2.1.2, globalize 4.0.2, batch_translations 0.1.3 (I couldn't get f.globalize_fields_for to work any other way than use this gem), i18n 0.6.11 and friendly_id 5.0.1.
In posts/_form.html.erb, I have f.globalize_fields_for used in two different ways (I'm trying everything) but the f.globalize_fields_for gets hidden in the browser. How do I make it so it doesn't auto hide the
posts/_form.html.erb:
I'm not sure why and how to get it to work.
<%= form_for(@post) do |f| %>
  <% if @post.errors.any? %>

<%= pluralize(@post.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this post from being saved:

      <% @post.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>

<%= message %>

      <% end %>

  <% end %>

    <%= f.label :post_date %>

    <% #= f.date_select :post_date %>
    <%= f.text_field :post_date, :as => :string, :input_html => {:class => 'datepicker col-span-3'} %>

    <%= f.label :image_file %>

    <%= f.text_area :image_file %>

    <%= f.label :visible_title %>

    <%= f.text_area :visible_title %>

    <%= f.label :meta_title %>

    <%= f.text_area :meta_title %>

    <%= f.label :meta_description %>

    <%= f.text_area :meta_description %>

    <%= f.label :meta_keywords %>

    <%= f.text_area :meta_keywords %>

    <%= f.label :slug %>

    <%= f.text_area :slug %>

    <%= f.label :partial_name %>

    <%= f.text_area :partial_name %>

    <%= f.label :author %>

    <%= f.select :author, authors, { :selected => @post.author }, { :multiple => false} %>

    <%= f.label :category %>

    <%= f.select :category, categories, { :selected => @post.category }, { :multiple => false} %>

    <%= f.label :tags %>

    <%= f.select :tags, categories, { :selected => @post.tags }, { :multiple => true} %>

    <%= f.label :public %>

    <%= f.check_box :public %>

  <% [:en, :es, :fr].each do |lang| %>

<%= lang %> translation

    <% f.globalize_fields_for lang do |g| %>
      <% [:visible_title, :meta_description, :meta_keywords, :category, :slug, :meta_title].each do |field| %>

<%= g.text_area field %>

      <% end %>
    <% end %>

  <% end %>

Spanish translation

   <% f.globalize_fields_for :es do |g| %>

<%= g.text_field :visible_title %>

   <% end %>

    <%= f.submit %>

<% end %>

The above fields get outputted like this in the html:

es translation

<input id="post_translations_attributes_2_id" name="post[translations_attributes][2][id]" type="hidden" value="">
<input id="post_translations_attributes_2_locale" name="post[translations_attributes][2][locale]" type="hidden" value="es">

...

Spanish translation

<input id="post_translations_attributes_2_id" name="post[translations_attributes][2][id]" type="hidden" value="">
<input id="post_translations_attributes_2_locale" name="post[translations_attributes][2][locale]" type="hidden" value="es">

My Gemfile:
gem "friendly_id", "~> 5.0.1"
gem 'i18n', '~> 0.6.11'
gem 'globalize', '~> 4.0.2'
gem 'batch_translations', '~> 0.1.3'

Post.rb:
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
    translates :visible_title, :meta_description, :meta_keywords, :category, :slug, :meta_title

    #puts post.translations.inspect
    # => [#<Post::Translation id: 1, post_id: 1, locale: "en", title: "Globalize rocks!", name: "Globalize">,
      #<Post::Translation id: 2, post_id: 1, locale: "nl", title: '', name: nil>]

    extend FriendlyId
    friendly_id :slug_candidates, use: [:slugged, :globalize]

    accepts_nested_attributes_for :translations

    # Try building a slug based on the following fields in
    # increasing order of specificity.
    def slug_candidates
      [
        :name
      ]
    end
end

I made a migration and ran it and created this table with the globalization gem. I copied this over from my schema.rb file:
  create_table "post_translations", force: true do |t|
    t.integer  "post_id",          null: false
    t.string   "locale",           null: false
    t.datetime "created_at"
    t.datetime "updated_at"
    t.text     "visible_title"
    t.text     "meta_description"
    t.text     "meta_keywords"
    t.string   "category"
    t.text     "slug"
    t.text     "meta_title"
  end

A: If I'm right,this line
<% f.globalize_fields_for lang do |g| %>

should be like this
<%= f.globalize_fields_for lang do |g| %>

You are missing = symbol


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Yoonki Baek (* 1976 in Seoul) ist ein südkoreanischer Opern- und Konzertsänger in der Stimmlage Tenor.

Ausbildung
Bis 2002 studierte Yoonki Baek an der Hanyang University in Seoul Gesang mit den Schwerpunkten Oper und Lied. Es folgten Meisterkurse in Tokio bei Joan Dornemann und in Bologna bei Francesco Ellero d'Artegna. Von 2004 bis 2006 absolvierte Baek bei der Sopranistin Hanna Schwarz sein Aufbaustudium Gesang an der Musikhochschule Hamburg. Während seines Studiums wurde er als Preisträger internationaler und nationaler Gesangswettbewerbe vielfach ausgezeichnet.

Engagements
Das erste Engagement in Deutschland trat der Künstler am Theater Görlitz in der Spielzeit 2005/2006 an. Im Laufe seiner Karriere engagierten ihn die  Theater Altenburg und Gera, das Meininger Theater, das Landestheater Neustrelitz, das Schlosstheater Celle, das Landestheater Detmold, das Theater Lübeck und die National Opera Korea in Seoul. Während der Jahre 2006 bis 2009 war er festes Ensemblemitglied am Theater Osnabrück, ab der Spielzeit 2009/2010 wechselte er in das Ensemble des Opernhaus Kiel, dem er bereits seit 2005 durch Gastspiele verbunden war.
Zusammenarbeiten bestanden u. a. mit den Regisseuren Daniel Karasek, Arila Siegert, Thomas Wünsch, Sandra Leupold, Georg Köhl und Siegfried Bühr; er sang unter der musikalischen Leitung von Romely Pfund, Eric Solén und Johannes Willig und Ryusuke Numajiri.

Repertoire
Yoonki Baeks umfangreiches Repertoire erstreckt sich sowohl auf das lyrische als auch das jugendlich-heldische Fach. Bereits zu Beginn und im Verlauf seiner bisherigen Karriere wurde er stets mit Hauptrollen betraut. So sang er die Titelpartien in Don Carlo, Gounods Faust – an der Seite von Samuel Ramey als Méphistophélès – sowie Hoffmann (Hoffmanns Erzählungen) und interpretierte die großen Rollen des Tenor-Fachs wie den Herzog von Mantua (Rigoletto), Tamino (Zauberflöte), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Cassio (Otello), den italienischen Sänger im Rosenkavalier, Narraboth (Salome), Idamante (Idomeneo), Rodolfo (La Bohème), Oronte (I Lombardi alla prima crociata), Alfredo Germont (La traviata), Des Grieux (Manon), Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser), Cavaradossi (Tosca), Stewa Buryja (Jenůfa) und Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly).

In der CD-Aufnahme der Produktion von Gounods La nonne sanglante des Theaters Osnabrück ist Baek als Rodolphe zu hören.

Auszeichnungen
 2003: 2. Preis beim Korean-Broadcasting-System Wettbewerb, Seoul
 2005: 1. Preis beim Mozart-Wettbewerb, Hamburg
 2005: 3. Preis beim Internationalen Gesangswettbewerb, Passau
 2006: 1. Preis beim Wettbewerb der Elise-Meyer-Stiftung, Hamburg

Weblinks
 Yoonki Baek auf der Website des Theaters Kiel
 Yoonki Baek Agenturprofil

Einzelnachweise

Opernsänger
Tenor
Südkoreaner
Geboren 1976
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Karin Krog (* 15. května 1937, Oslo) je norská jazzová zpěvačka. Svou profesionální kariéru zahájila roku 1955, kdy se stala členkou sextetu kapelníka Kjella Karlsena. Své první album nazvané By Myself vydala v roce 1964 a v následujících letech vydala řadu dalších alb. Během své kariéry spolupracovala s mnoha hudebníky, mezi které patří například John Surman, Red Mitchell, Dexter Gordon a Archie Shepp.

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San Diego Comic Con: Collabsco joins Atari founder and Hollywood elite for Future of Gaming panel
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While San Diego Comic Con has become somewhat of a Mecca for the pop culture scene's population explosion in recent years, it's more than just the SDCC exclusive merchandise that this four day film festival is offering the fans.
San Diego Comic Con is also quickly becoming a hot bed of innovation across industries – spanning tech, gaming, toys and collectables, and licensing, offering insight into the near and distant future for this unique socio-economic sphere through a growing number of educational panel sessions.
And may SDCC be no different, this time welcoming giants of the digital-physical gaming world, the Godfather of video games and founder of Atari himself, Nolan Bushnell, alongside a Hollywood visual artist leading man, Zai Ortiz, and Collabsco's own Valerie Vacante.
In a panel session titled Gamifying Technology: The Future of Gaming, the formidable trio will come together to discuss how technology is influencing and informing the future of gaming.
Bushnell pioneered the video gaming industry when he founded Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater and continued to gamify the world with the launch over 20 companies including Catalyst Technologies, the first Silicon Valley incubator and Etak, the first in-car navigation system.
Meanwhile, Ortiz bridged artistic storytelling with technical innovations when creating the J.A.R.V.I.S. system holograms in Marvel's Iron Man as well as stunning visuals for films such as TRON: Legacy, Mission: Impossible, Thor, The Twilight Saga, and Sherlock Holmes.
In a panel session presented by Vacante, Nolan and Ortiz will discuss their experiences together to co-create their first table top game St. Noire, the world's first murder mystery game powered by Amazon Alexa, featuring over a dozen Hollywood-level voice actors and 2,500+ lines of voice dialogue.
"We are proud of our team and what we've accomplished in such a short amount of time without compromising quality with St.Noire – we look forward to sharing our journey of two creatives that collided to make something fun and entertaining for people to connect in new ways," said Ortiz, co-creator, St. Noire.
"We are at a unique moment in history where technology is finally catching up to our imagination and creative ambitions–voice, sound, touch, augmented reality, virtual reality, the Internet of Things and beyond."
Valerie Vacante, founder of Collabsco, added: "With exponential growth across connected play, digital gaming and emerging technologies we will continue to see creators breaking boundaries to create the next generation of gaming."
Collabsco's Connected Play Landscape, showcases over 260 connected play and emerging technology experiences that's a 150 per cent from 2018 with significant growth areas across emerging technologies and categories.
Vacante will share key insights and stats to know when it comes to gamifying technology and the future of play, expanding on points such as the 200 per cent estimated growth for Smart Toy revenue in the next four years, the predicted jump in revenue from $117bn to $160bn by 2022 for the digital gaming market, and the expectation that the AR gaming market will hit a value of more than $280bn by 2023.
"We are on the cusp of the next big revolution in gaming," added Bushnell, "and St. Noire is a first step into this new uncharted territory. What's next is going to change everything."
Gamifying Technology: The Future of Gaming will take place Thursday, July 18, 2019 11:45am – 12:45pm in Room 6BCF
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Explaining Complex Problems Through Interactive Science Illustration
by: M. Genevieve Hitchings
The web creates a unique forum for storytelling that is well suited for explaining complex problems. Science illustration, when combined with interactivity, opens up unique possibilities for presenting clear, digestible bits of engaging information. As the interactive world becomes increasingly sophisticated, so do possibilities for presenting visual content in ways that offer alternative paths to traditional storytelling. We are seeing exciting developments in digital storytelling through online newspapers and magazines, as they experiment with interactive infographics and data visualization charts to communicate content.
What is digital storytelling? Simply put, digital storytelling (also referred to as online documentaries or interactive storytelling) entails designing a linear story within a non-linear environment. In traditional media such as books, magazines, or even movies, content is structured with a clear beginning, middle, and end, and the audience is passive, only their attention is required. However, in the online world, the audience controls the path of their experience. The nature of the online world fosters participation and requires user input.
GNSI member Ikumi Kayama speaks about web marketing strategies
Ikumi Kayama was recently interviewed by Petovera, a web marketing firm, on her web marketing strategies for landing new clients. Ikumi is the GNSI Board Recording Secretary, a TEDx speaker, and owner of Studio Kayama; she specializes in medical illustration. Check out the interview for web marketing ideas.
https://petovera.com/niche-marketing-example-tedx-interview/
by: Bruce Worden
"Bruce, you've demonstrated so clearly the power of images! Can you/will you gather some of your favorites for a Journal article?" How could any illustrator resist a request like that? Even if it does mean discussing images that are, at best, only tangentially related to the natural sciences.
In 2011 I launched a blog in which I illustrate pairs of words that are spelled differently but pronounced the same (homophones). I post a new pair of images every week, so it's called Homophones, Weakly. Get it? Har har.
GNSI members featured in the Creators Project
Several GNSI members' art and commentary are featured in the blog, Why Science Illustration Still Needs a Human Touch, on The Creators Project, a global celebration of creativity, arts and technology. The article features a discussion on the need for Illustration as opposed to the other visual media photography.
Launched in 2009 with Intel as a founding partner, the platform features the works of visionary artists across multiple disciplines who are using technology to push the boundaries of creative expression and worldwide includes a number of innovators in the arts, sciences, and communication fields.
Nancy Halliday is awarded GNSI Emeritus Membership
Nancy Halliday's seemingly inexhaustible contributions to science illustration and to the GNSI were honored this July at the Annual Conference in Glenside, PA. Nancy, a GNSI member since 1969, was awarded Emeritus Life Membership status by GNSI President Amelia Janes, along with our thanks for her dedication and service.
Rediscovering the Benefits of Drawing
In a new blog entry on Scientific American's Symbiartic, GNSI member Dr. Jennifer Landin makes the case for the importance of drawing in everyone's life, starting with some background of the early 20th century. Then she tells of the results with her own student's efforts and the impact drawing has on one's life. Read about her course and how it benefits biology (not art!) students in their studies and careers.
GNSI President-Elect Linda Feltner Talks About Her Career
GNSI President-elect Linda Feltner discusses her career and background with the Sierra Vista Herald, Arizona:
"Just about anywhere you go throughout the western hemisphere, Linda has either been there or her interpretive illustrations of wildlife habitats — accurate in every detail — have informed and guided your visits to national parks, museums and myriad other natural attractions.
GNSI member Mark Klingler featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Paleoartist and GNSI member Mark Klinger is featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Given Mark A. Klingler's occupation, it's no surprise he spent his childhood hiking through the woods looking for bugs, birds and other wildlife and representing what he saw with pencils and paintbrushes.
Member Spotlight: Marlene Hill Donnelly
by: Marlene Hill Donnelly
I am not a plumber. My extended professional artist family hoped I would take after my great-grandfather, become a successful plumber and make a great living, but a different direction called.
My focus from a very early age was nature and science, though initially from a culinary viewpoint—my mother said that as a toddler I was an avid hunter-gatherer, focused on berries and fat insects in our wild backyard. Fortunately, this pursuit soon gave way to sketching, where my early hunting skills still came in handy.
GNSI Member "OC" Carlisle Featured In Southern Distinction Magazine
"OC" (C Olivia) Carlisle is a recent graduate in Scientific Illustration from the University of Georgia. She studied medical, botanical and entomological subjects, creating detailed renderings using carbon pencil and dust, graphite, watercolor, pen & ink, in addition to computer illustration and graphics techniques as well as fine art. Carlisle's fine art, photography and scientific illustration have been shown in invitational, solo and juried exhibitions in the Southeast and beyond, collecting several awards along the way. Read about her experiences and goals in this article.
Southern Distinction magazine is a bi-monthly full-color magazine with a distribution throughout Northeast Georgia and the Golden Isles; online subscriptions will begin with the August-September issue.
Leaf Rubbing as Educational Outreach
When I was a kid the best part of going back to school was getting all new art supplies: crayons, pencils, erasers, paper, and a set of Prang watercolors complete with brush. That was BC (before computers) when we had low-tech materials and used some pretty basic techniques. One day the teacher showed us how to make crayon rubbings. We ran around making rubbings of all kinds of things, but my favorite was finding and using leaves. From those humble beginnings, I developed an interest in making scientifically accurate plant drawings, so by the time I got to high school Biology class I had a corner on the market of plant illustration, and firmly believe it was what allowed me to actually pass the class.
Making rubbings is still a good way to introduce the appreciation of nature and science, and it can be used as part of educational outreach programs for both children and adults. As a one-time event, in which the rubbing becomes the end product, is particularly good for dealing with younger children who have much shorter attention spans and a need for hands-on activities.
Artists Selected for Focus On Nature XIII
The New York State Museum has announced the artists selected for the Focus on Nature XIII exhibition. The GNSI has a strong showing of members! Twenty-five of the seventy-one artists chosen are GNSI members and are listed below. Congratulations!
Entries to FON XIII came from eighteen countries and the chance of having artwork selected for this biennial exhibition is about 17%. Because of the large number of entries, there is a two-step process to the jury selection. Initially the five jurors (three scientists and two artists/illustrators) review the works independently and score them, 1 (favorite) 2 (possibly) 3 (not for this exhibit). Based on these scores, each piece is then assigned another rating of 1-5. When the jury meets in person, they start looking at pieces that have the highest scores (1, then 1.2, 1.5 etc.). In the end, the jury reviews all pieces to make sure they feel it is a balanced exhibition in terms of the FON criteria (media, subject matter, educational value, etc.) The high quality of the work makes choices exceptionally difficult and many excellent pieces cannot be included.
GNSI member Linda Howard Bittner launches art and photography company
Artist, Entrepreneur & GNSI Member Linda Howard Bittner announces the launch of her new wildlife art & photography travel company Wild Art Safaris, LLC.
Member Spotlight: Trudy Nicholson
From the moment I could see over the top of my mother's drawing board, I was captivated by the magic of a blank sheet of paper turning into an image. I saw her hand with pen, pencil or brush create charming animals – often for me. That fascination never left me. All through school, in the Philadelphia suburbs, my interest especially centered on Art and Biology. Just before graduation, my biology teacher told me about medical art schools — information that I stored in my mind.
> Trudy Nicholson at he work desk. Photo © Mike Nicholson
Kickstarter project - Practice Makes Perfect: A Botanical Illustration Sketchbook
GNSI member Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski is leading the charge on a Kickstarter project for the Denver Botanic Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration, the location of one of our 2014 conference field trips.
The project is entering the final stretch, and the fundraising effort has been very successful. Now is a great opportunity to score one of the reward items when you donate! The Kickstarter project page is here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/994091899/practice-makes-perfect-a-...
The Beehive Collective
The Beehive Collective (http://beehivecollective.org/) is a revolving group of people who have volunteered for decades in combining art, education, and activism.
The Collective approaches their art as the creation of a teaching tool. At the GNSI annual conference, Nicole DeBarber presented on the creation of a poster drawn on an 8 by 4-foot piece of watercolor paper, inked on over a 9 year period by multiple artists, with multiple research trips to Central America to gather the stories of the people and learn about the glories and dangers of living there. The poster tells of the cultural myths/history and the environment, as well as the corporate planning of the future of the region.
Kickstarter project: Plants of Life
Ann's DuBois has launched a Kickstarter project as a method for bringing her next book project to fruition. Ann's goal is to fund top-quality publication of her Plants of Life book, which will feature 38 original paintings of plant life, her personal story about each one, and their historical background.
Ann's project has been selected by Kickstarter as one of their "We Love it" choices!
Memories of John Gurche at the National Museum of Natural History
by: Mary Parrish
The paleo halls at the National Museum of Natural History are undergoing a major renovation. The exhibit Life in the Ancient Seas, which opened in 1990 (see Deck 1992), closed on October 28, 2013; the remaining paleo complex, which opened in stages in the 1980s (for example, see Park 1981), closes April 28, 2014. The new paleo halls will reopen in 2019.
John Gurche's original acrylic paintings currently enhance the paleo halls in three areas – but only for a few more months. His innovative Tower of Time stands majestically in the main entrance of the exhibit; his painting of a Devonian landscape provides the background for a diorama in the Conquest of Land hall; and his delicate and well-designed Evolution of the Horse spans half of the interior circumference of an intimate enclave in the Mammals in the Limelight hall.
Member Spotlight: Sandy McDermott
by: Sandy McDermott
Bushwhack. One definition says "to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc." This is how I ended up rolling through life.
Born into a family with an alcoholic father and a mother busy working to pay the bills and raise three children, "nurturing" was virtually non-existent in my rearing. We hear this sort of story all the time and most certainly there are people who had it much worse than I. But, this environment guided my early years and led me to seek attention and acceptance outwardly, have poor study habits in high school, low self-esteem, no long-term vision, etc. Fortunately, I soon realized the surrogate environment and bad attitude were just more dead ends and not the life I wanted. It took a while for this lost soul to find the confidence to start a journey completely alone. But I did. And that's what matters in this story.
Kickstarter project: Why do polar bears have such big butts?
Some of you who attended the 2013 GNSI conference in Bar Harbor, Maine may remember Chuck Carter who gave an interesting presentation on the future of eBooks. Chuck started a new company a year ago and is now working on his first independent project. Using polar bears as the focal point, Chuck and his team are creating an interactive almanac about polar bears and the arctic ecosystem in which they live. But this book is squarely aimed at a mass market. So it has interactivity, games, and a friendly art style.
To get this project off the ground independent of the big publishers, Chuck is doing a Kickstarter campaign to raise what I think is a very tight budget to get the job done. If you are interested in seeing what interactive books are about, or have kids or adults who might be interested in polar bears, you can support this campaign at very modest levels and get a copy of the book for your iPad or Mac. The stretch goal is to move it to Android and PCs if there is enough interest/pledges.
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Q: How can I make sure an environment variable is set when I sudo? How can I make sure an environment variable (GRAILS_HOME for example) is set when I sudo?
I put a script in my /etc/profile.d with this value and made it ugo+x.  What do I need to do to make this visible to the super user?

A: Try with
sudo su -

The - loads up all the environment files. From man su:
-, -l, --login
   Provide an environment similar to what the user would expect had
   the user logged in directly.

   When - is used, it must be specified as the last su option. The
   other forms (-l and --login) do not have this restriction.

Update:
In the general case you run sudo -i mycomment, as the man page of sudo says,
-i [command]
           The -i (simulate initial login) option runs the shell
           specified in the passwd(5) entry of the target user as a
           login shell.  This means that login-specific resource files
           such as .profile or .login will be read by the shell.  If a
           command is specified, it is passed to the shell for
           execution.  Otherwise, an interactive shell is executed.
           sudo attempts to change to that user's home directory
           before running the shell.  It also initializes the
           environment, leaving DISPLAY and TERM unchanged, setting
           HOME, SHELL, USER, LOGNAME, and PATH, as well as the
           contents of /etc/environment on Linux and AIX systems.  All
           other environment variables are removed.

A: Per this answer: Setting the PATH so it applies to all users, including root/sudo  if you note Sudo resets all variables and path by default.
Pertinent Bit:
The manual page for sudoers states:

env_reset       If set, sudo will reset the environment to only contain
                   the LOGNAME, MAIL, SHELL, USER, USERNAME and the SUDO_*
                   variables.  Any variables in the caller's environment
                   that match the env_keep and env_check lists are then
                   added.  The default contents of the env_keep and
                   env_check lists are displayed when sudo is run by root
                   with the -V option.  If the secure_path option is set,
                   its value will be used for the PATH environment
                   variable.  This flag is on by default.

So, you can do the following to maintain variables when using sudo
sudo visudo

this will open sudo settings for you.  Then per what I did you add the following below
Defaults     secure_path="blah"
Defaults env_keep +="VARIABLE VARIABLE VARIABLE"
(EXCLUDING PATH as it is set by secure_path) and those are just single spaces between each variable if you wish to have more than 1 maintained.
and what this does is tell sudo which env variables to keep and not disregard.
When done hold ctrl and hit o for Write Out hit enter and say yes to save [even though it specifies a tmp file this is OK it will be written back to the main config just say yes when asked if you wish to overwrite].
That should allow you to maintain whichever variables you wish (a big one being JAVA_HOME and also http_proxy if you use a proxy).
So it should look something like below including your specified variable:
Defaults        env_reset
Defaults        mail_badpass
Defaults        secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin/bin"
Defaults        env_keep +="GRAILS_HOME"

and to verify it takes exit any open terminal windows and re-open one and run
echo $GRAILS_HOME

It should be what you set, now issue
sudo echo $GRAILS_HOME

and it should now remain unchanged


Hi jmaulz. Welcome to the forum and thank you for the interesting link.
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From the article: "For every five professional musicians, four will have some type of injury during their career. Two will continue to play but never fully recover. One will quit and do something else. Only one of those will recover quickly and completely enough to return to playing."
I think it's great that Johns Hopkins wants to help musicians recover. I think even more crucial is that injury be avoided wherever possible.
Lol, but maybe I'm missing something? The Golandsky Institute (Taubman technique) has worked hard to identify how the body actually works at the keyboard, in cooperation with medical researchers. Though he is not teaching Taubman per se, the explanations given here by pianist Graham Fitch are ergonomically / anatomically correct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLKVrl04w5Y.
Do any such technical approaches exist for guitar? I would love to have any pointed out to me if they do exist.
I agree with your points and have watched many hours of Taubman videos. In the left hand, guitarists often are trained to stretch to reach for notes, but it's my belief that there should first be an emphasis on shifting (bringing the whole hand) to the notes when possible. I teach my students to pretend their left hand is in a mitten where the fingers are lightly touching and then to hinge from the thumb joint to bring all the fingers to the note as if all 4 fingers are one finger. Of course you can't only do this, but there is a component of this feel that is very important, and it keeps you from splaying the fingers too much.
At times I complain about the reliance on metaphor in teaching, but I believe it's a good thing if done carefully and you know what the metaphor is trying to accomplish.
And of course you're absolutely right, we can't play that way all the time. We are going to spread our fingers out! But if we learn to let the hand come back into its "mitten" form as a default, we are giving it a chance to recover after its last effort, and we may be ensuring that the next shape/s formed will not carry over tension from earlier shapes.
Regarding the right hand, I read the blog post you linked to and will think about it and experiment. I don't claim expertise at Taubman stuff, only familiarity (was retrained in it, did Suzuki teacher training with someone who incorporates Taubman principles, have my child taught by a Taubman instructor). My question about the idea of the middle joint is, yes, I assume the middle joint should be moving, and where is that movement initiated? The blog post asks if there would be "natural reflex action" vs conscious effort, and imo any really good technique will take advantage of reflexes wherever possible, even if the initial learning of how to let those reflexes kick in must be consciously acquired by many people.
If you're not familiar with the book "Body Learning," by Michael Gelb, it's a fantastic explication of how reflexes work, based in Alexander technique, but not a mere reiteration of Alexander.
The blog post also refers to a good outcome as "all three joints moving as a unit"--yes, sounds right! As I've begun trying to understand some of the issues of historical performance practices, and RH playing without nails, I have noted that many flesh players seem to be using very complete movements of the fingers. The hand does not look static. I see something more like a subtle undulation of the hand and fingers, with movement waves that travel across all the joints. At times the fingertips may even move a bit with a swish. I expect that this means the reflexes are fully engaging, and if that's so, it's healthy.
I am guessing that the knuckle playing has to do with the idea that grip strength is our best hand strength, and that playing from the knuckle engages it? But if you grip your hand continually, you will feel how limiting this is and how quickly tension builds, and how apt it is to involve the tendons in the forearms. By contrast, if you drop your hand to your side and let gravity shape it as you do when you walk, and then lift it in that shape, and now begin to wave your loose fingers, it will feel very relaxed and free. Maybe I'll make some little videos this week to demonstrate what I mean by this.
Please take everything I say not as a set of answers to technical problems, but as an attempt to formulate and frame questions.
I certainly think it can be a good thing - I'm familiar with the general ideas underlying your original post but it is very difficult to put them into practice and I think metaphors or visualisations can help there. It's easy to take on board the idea that we should do things with just the right amount of tension, never too much, but it is very hard to get rid of the habit of tensing more than is really necessary. I carry a lot of tension in my left shoulder, for example, and have been aware of this for ages - but knowing it is a bad thing doesn't make it go away. I can see though that if somebody misunderstands what the metaphor is trying to accomplish, that is going to lead to problems.
Yes to the bolded, and in general I agree. To expand on what I said about metaphor, I've studied piano (a lot) and voice (only some), and have encountered metaphors handed down across time that I think carry forward outmoded ideas, or that simply fail to be precise and informative.
In some instances, I think the metaphors may have gotten uncoupled from the technical outcome they were originally attached to. Or the metaphors were specifically suited to the problems of a particular student, but then got codified for teaching all students.
Metaphors are powerful in that they can activate your awareness and understanding, or put them to sleep, imo. George Lakoff's work on metaphors in cognitive linguistics makes clear just how powerful, and how they can operate unconsciously. So yeah, metaphors can do a lot of good. Or they can prevent a process of clear inquiry and you end up in the "mystical" zone.
If a teacher's using a metaphor with me, I hope they know what they're trying to get me to do on a technical level, or will admit that they don't fully know, ha, but I should just try it. If I'm given a metaphor, I'll try to understand objectively what it's meant to help me accomplish.
I'm going to look through all of this material. Thank you.
Forearm rotation would be more applicable to the fretting hand. As you say, especially when the little finger is coming into use (this would likely apply to ring finger, too, but would be less pronounced). I've already encountered in relearning guitar being shown to move the fingers independently, while spread, in order to fret--very difficult, soreness-inducing--when I can see that I can do it with relaxation and comfort if I employ some gentle rotation. The issue there is that rotation could feel less secure because there might be a sense of aiming a little more blindly at the frets. I'm wondering if the 650-scale fretboard is a factor in this, too (spreading + planting, vs subtle feeling of blindly aiming).
Editing to add: 1. I'm sorry you have experienced focal dystonia.
2. At piano, you have the "curved finger" school, and the "natural hand shape" school. I find the best, healthiest pianists are more likely to have a natural hand shape, high relaxation, and fluidity. On keyboard, your forearm is falling repeatedly, and you can make extensive use of gravity. You can start by working on these gross forearm movements, and refining down to the fingertips, rather than starting with artificially curved fingertips, working your way up through independent fingers, and only maybe getting full involvement of the forearm.
I think there's a correspondence to the issue of the knuckle vs the middle joint on guitar, in that the curved-finger school, where you begin imagining that you are holding an orange in your hand, probably encourages more stiffness across the middle joint, probably is more static. I haven't figured out for sure what I think is happening there, but that's my suspicion and would require deeper investigation.
Guitar seems to pose some special challenges. What about gravity? Someone playing a Brahms guitar points out on YouTube that it allows him to use gravity when he plays. Otherwise, the fretting hand is often working against it. What about forearms? I did watch one Golandsky video where the point was being made that a guitarist could fret without gripping--essentially without needing the thumb. A lot of people talk about this here and there. For RH, there may be more potential for gravity to get involved and you could see more reflexive movements if so.
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I agree with the gravity concepts etc. It's tricky to describe these matters because people will interpret use of the forearm or use of the middle joint differently. Taubman teaches to rotate the forearm to play between say fingers 1 and 5, and that's a very natural movement if you are playing the piano or plucking with a pick, it doesn't really translate to classical guitar. Some players insist on doing that in the left hand for pull-offs, but that movement is limited and the players who exclusively use it tend not to develop the better technique which involves flexion of PIP/DIP while MCP is extending. The later is the better and more versatile movement. In the right hand there is a lot of variety of players who supinate vs pronate the forearm, you'll see dozens of examples on the my slow motion thread.
Do a google search with this "Masterclass with Pepe Romero in Celedonio Romero Guitar Institute (2014, Oklahoma USA)" He teaches how to develop a good pull-off and he even says it's the same movement for the right hand at one point.
It's always possible of course that playing CG inherently carries a risk of injury, and although you can reduce the risk to some extent, you can only go so far before you start undermining your technique. Most of us are probably prepared to take some risk.
Here's a case in point (and one I can identify with). If you force yourself into the model that finger spacing corresponds to fret spacing, then you put a lot of tension into the hand, but at the same time the relatively fixed hand position makes for relative security. If you opt instead to move the hand so as to make life easier for the fingers, you reduce the strain on the body, but you also make it more difficult to be accurate.
Sure, risk is everywhere. I could die just crossing the street. At least at the piano, where a lot of answers are available, it seems many teachers aren't interested in those answers. The same injury-inducing techniques I was taught were being taught to my daughter in September (until I found her a better teacher).
What I like in what you wrote here is that you're presenting it as a choice. Choices are good!
I bought Philip Hii's "Art of Virtuosity" (guitar) book and watched some of his videos. I've managed to get through part of the epic thread on RH technique and middle joint. If this is redundant, sorry for that, but do you think Philip Hii's fingertip approach to RH playing allows each finger to work using a little gravity to help it along? If that were the case, each finger of the RH would be akin to the pianist's forearm, sort of.


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Крхов може бити:

 Крхов (Бланско), насеље у округу Бланско, Јужноморавски крај, Чешка Република
 Крхов (Требич), насеље у округу Требич, крај Височина, Чешка Република


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New Oryx welcomes business travellers
The new Oryx Hotel is now open to business
THE Oryx Hotel is a welcome addition to Abu Dhabi. Located in an upscale area close to the Corniche, it is just 20 minutes from the airport and five minutes from the business and government district.
With 96 luxuriously appointed rooms and 32 suites, it is able to concentrate on truly personalised service, says a spokesman.
"We want our guests to feel like they are at home," says general manager Reda Moukhtar. "This is a five-star hotel with the special touch of a boutique hotel. We are training our employees to be among the best workforce in the hotel industry in Abu Dhabi, so that our international business guests feel comfortable."
The hotel has been designed with the needs of international business traveller in mind. Each of the 32 luxurious suites features a kitchenette, and all rooms have a state-of-the-art audiovisual interactive system that allows guests to monitor a wide range of services such as the internet, special promotions offered by the hotel as well as checking their bills. The guest rooms and suites are ideal places to work or relax, he says.
The hotel has been designed with the food lover in mind and has a number of bars, restaurants and cafes. The eighteenth floor Horizon Restaurant has a spectacular view of the Abu Dhabi skyline and serves an international open buffet, breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, as well as offering specialized theme nights. The Blue Line Bar offers live music and a panoramic view of the water-front and Abu Dhabi city, while the West Side bar and restaurant is more intimate with a la carte cuisine and live entertainment.
The Curve health club on the nineteenth floor has a sauna, Moroccan bath and massage therapist on site, as well as a fully equipped gym and rooftop swimming pool. The Curve sports complex is the right place to have healthy and low calorie food or try the chef's special range of sandwiches, he says.
Moukhtar says that the Oryx Hotel is a strong supporter of government initiatives to attract more tourists to Abu Dhabi.


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Lincoln Street/Southwest 3rd Avenue megállóhely a Metropolitan Area Express narancssárga vonalának, valamint a TriMet autóbuszainak megállója az Oregon állambeli Portlandben.

Kialakítása
A megálló középperonos kialakítású; a viharok utáni vízelvezetés javításának érdekében a Stacy & Whitbeck a vágányok közé 2013 novemberében varjúhájat és egyéb növényeket ültetett.

Az állomással szemben 2013-ban elhelyezték az Elizabeth Conner tervezte, Anna Halprin és Lawrence Halprin közreműködésével készült "Trio" fantázianevű műalkotást.

Autóbuszok

TriMet
 9 – Powell Blvd (Union Station◄►Gresham Central Transit Center)
 17 – Holgate/Broadway (Concordia University◄►134th Drive)
 43 – Taylors Ferry Road (►Washington Square Transit Center)

Blue Star Bus
 Downtown Express (Downtown◄►Portland International Airport)

Fordítás

Források

További információk
 A megállóhelyek listája a TriMet honlapján

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Michael Daley and Labor will end the Liberals' backdoor spot rezoning process for developers which has hijacked the planning system in Sydney.
This will stop developers going to the state government to seek a site-specific amendment to a council's Local Environmental Plan (LEP) after it has been rejected by a council. LEPs set zoning controls across local council areas, determining what type of development can take place.
Spot rezoning, also known as a Pre-Gateway or Rezoning review, was introduced by the Liberals and Nationals in 2012 as a developer-friendly backdoor.
This has allowed non-conforming development proposals to proceed without the consent of councils and local communities.
Mr Daley said: "Communities across Sydney have been bypassed by a planning system and a Government which is entirely beholden to the interests of big developers.
A Daley Labor Government will also ensure fairness in the planning system by having the Greater Sydney Commission work with councils to ensure local planning standards no longer vary wildly across council borders.
Instead the GSC will assist councils and make sure the process of reviewing LEPs is easier for councils.
NSW Shadow Minister for Planning Tania Mihailuk said: "The Liberals have rigged the planning system in favour of big developers at the expense of ordinary people and public amenity.
Labor will maintain existing processes for critical infrastructure. Councils will still be able to make an application to amend their own LEP in line with current practice.
"It is time to end the overdevelopment madness and restore sanity to the planning system in NSW," said Mr Daley.


I began my career as a basketball scout, traveling across the country to various high-profile events in search of the top talent; that lead to the development of RecruitLook.com.
I enjoy helping athletes connect with college coaches. I like spending time with my family and friends. Whether we or hanging out or at a sporting event, spending quality time with good people is important.
I also like to spend time with my girlfriend and our 2 crazy mutts!
I like the NBA, just not one specific team.
All-time favorite in football = John Elway (hard to believe as I am a Chiefs fan).
Going to South Bend for a Notre Dame football game with my dad, grandpa and brother.
I also would have to say my first Final Four weekend with one of my best friends. We were only 17 at the time and had some of the best seats in the house!
Do Walk-Ons Get Athletic Scholarships?
What college coaches should a potential recruit email?


Another great book by one of my favorite authors. Keep them coming! I love the characters that you have created.
I loved everything about this book. The writing is phenomenal, the storyline was fascinating and the characters were appealing in every way. If you love romantic suspense, you can't get better than this series.


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Q: Need help formatting date in R I am trying to get a simple bar char of activity count by date; however, when I import my data into R, it either skipping some record or not properly converting the date format.
Here is the script I am using:
ua <- read.table('report_users_activities_byrole 2.txt',sep='|',header=T)
qplot(date,
      data=ua,
      geom="bar",
      weight=count,
      ylab="User Count",
      fill=factor(un_region)) +
    opts(axis.text.x =theme_text(angle=45, size=5))

And my date
    head(ua)

        date                 role                                         name   un_region                un_subregion               us_state count
1  2012-06-21   ENTREPRENEUR         Australia                                    Oceania     Australia and New Zealand                             2
2  2012-06-21   ENTREPRENEUR         Belgium                                      Europe      Western Europe                                        1
3  2012-06-21   ENTREPRENEUR         Bosnia and Herzegovina                       Europe      Southern Europe                                       1

A: I suspect you need something like
 ua[,"Date"] <- as.Date(ua[,"Date"])

to turn the textual representation of the dates you got from reading the file into an actual Date type.

A: Not sure what's wrong with your code but something like this should work (that's a version of the example at http://had.co.nz/ggplot2/scale_date.html)
df = data.frame(date=sample(seq(Sys.Date(), len=100, by="1 day"),size=100,replace=TRUE))
qplot(x=date,data=df,geom="bar")

df is a data.frame where some dates appear more often than others (that's the sample() function). not sure why you want the "weight" argument in your qplot() call. Also make sure your date variable is a proper date (not a string), i.e. do
str(df$date)

otherwise
    qplot(x=factor(date),data=df,geom="bar")

should work as well.

A: Looks like i had some encoding issues with my data extract. I used Google refine to clean up the import and then
ua <- read.csv("~/Desktop/R Working/report_users_activities_byrole.csv") and it worked


A new website, sebringpx.com, offers Sebring and sports car enthusiasts a full line of Sebring International Raceway and Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring merchandise, including many of the most popular items that sold out during this year's event.
On Army bases the world over, the Post Exchange, or "PX," offers consumer goods and services to active duty personnel and other authorized members who honorably serve the United States of America.
The sebringpx.com name pays tribute to Sebring's rich military history, and its U.S. Army Airfield – Hendricks Field – where B-17 crews trained for European and Pacific battles that won World War II.
The new website offers hats, t-shirts, polos, jackets, decals, flags, and other items. T-shirts include the inaugural "Historic, Iconic" t-shirt, and the vintage shirt featuring a classic Corvette. The hat selection – caps, floppy hats and visors – covers both Sebring and the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours event.
Expect to see more merchandise as the sebringpx.com team continually updates and restocks inventory.
At sebringpx.com, a buyer need not be active military, retired military, or in the Reserves. A passion for Sebring's sports car racing and a valid credit card is all that is required. But remembering those who serve and those who served always is much appreciated.


In honor of July 4, the featured charity is Trident House for Navy Seals.
FORT PIERCE — Join Summer Crush Winery for a Red, White and Bluegrass Music Fest on June 30, with three of Florida's hottest and in demand progressive grass bands all in one place, and all on one day!
Firewater Tent Revival, the String Assassins, and Uproot Hootenanny will perform.
The day begins with the homegrown acoustic power jam band favorites, The String Assassins, taking the stage at 11 a.m., then returning at 2 p.m. for a second high-energy set of special rock, funk and bluegrass tunes.
Up at noon and again at 4 p.m., all the way down from Jacksonville, is Firewater Tent Revival with its unique folk and roots style.
Firewater is one of the fastest rising bands in Florida. You will not want to miss them.
At 1 p.m. and then again at 3 p.m., up from Deerfield Beach, comes the perennial crowd favorites, Uproot Hootenanny, with its unique blend of Irish-Folksy-Bluegrass vibe.
The day ends with a rare all-band jam that will be sure to be one of those special moments people will talk about for years to come.
Food for the day will be by Georgia Boy & Ethels Food Trailer and Bobz Dogz.
As with all Summer Crush events, this is rain or shine, and there are plenty of games to add to the fun, like; corn hole, disc golf, hula hoops, Bimini ring, giant lawn chess, Jenga, 4 in a Row, and more.
Summer Crush Vineyard and Winery is an Agri-Tourism certified Florida Farm Winery, handcrafting award-winning wines at 4200 Johnston Rd., Fort Pierce. They are open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and most Saturday and Sunday afternoons have live music and food events from 1 to 5 p.m. Check the schedule at www.summercrushwine.com, or call 772 460-0500.


My meaningless existence can be temporarily ignored by subscribing to vague platitudes involving dreams.
When you push your body to the absolute limit, you're still a small carbon-based life form occupying one room in an infinite and expanding universe.
For two million years of human civilization, an incalculable number of men, women and children have died violently, their final thoughts on this Earth consumed by the awful pain inflicted by their tormentors. Live in the moment.
When they ask you what you did with your life, you can tell them you never found what you were looking for.
Because sitting by yourself can be regarded as suspicious behavior.
Turning whorehouses into history since A.D. 79.
Where you'd be without that liberal arts degree.
If you stay focused and work hard your entire life, someone, somewhere, will send you spam.
Beyond that lies radioactive gamma rays, mile-wide asteroids, barren planets, black holes, unfathomable nothingness, dust, debris, and the floating husks of a billion dead balloons.
Giving small, covetous monsters the key to your house and hoping they don't burn it to the ground.