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A few days before Christmas I wrote a post about making money with my blog. Whether or not responding to the original comment/question was the right way to approach the topic, I did and it gave me an outlet to explain my position very clearly.
My response inspired quite a few comments and I appreciated reading everyone support, suggestions and thoughts. One comment in particular made me simultaneous laugh and and cry. Jenn, from the bottom of my heart thank you for such a creative, entertaining, FABULOUS comment. I really consider it my favorite Christmas gifts. :) (note: I added links for those that may not know some of the references.
Thanks again Jenn, you'll never know how much you touched me.
I feel the conviction to use this occasion to take action with this documentation.
Not that you need confirmation, validation and affirmation, but you need to know that you have my appreciation. Along with the rest of your Bloggin' population (Blog = contraction for web log).
The birth of your son led to a nutrition investigation which led to weight reduction and eventual physical transformation. You made an invitation to the nation as you shared your new information, where you to made the proclamation that you received satisfaction from your Bloggin' population. We have watched your progression and are in awe of your motivation.
With an obsession for food and a passion for computers, you laid the foundation for an amazing profession. What gumption! You even took a demotion with your newly chosen vocation. My impression is that your decision came with some hesitation, but your little addition ("The Toddler") helped the decision. Now he gets more of your devotion, admiration and attention.
Upon my own reflection, I received a sudden intuition (epiphany by definition). I shared with you my ideation about set-point and my own complication with weight reduction. Although you receive an inundation of e-mails from across the nation, you gave personal recognition through communication and more inspiration.
Now, I wait in anticipation for the next installation of your latest invention from your imagination, which you add to your blogging collection. Plus, a photo composition of your food creations creates the causation of salivation. I can see the caramelization now. With your recipe directions, I seek transportation to purchase the grocery acquisitions although some require refrigeration. Your creations put an end to starvation.
However, you do caution about portion and moderation, yet without deprivation. Hmm… What was that last beverage concoction? Oh yes, it was mint tea and chocolate syrup – what a combination! You add a whole new dimension to digestion (or is it ingestion? I know it's not indigestion).
You never use fiction or fabrication, but you do have conviction. You were even honest when you had an operation. Upon closer examination during my retrospection – I have no objection, nor do I need justification when you receive restitution for the addition of a new fashion dimension.
It would take a stretch of the imagination to think your intention would be to create a false impression. Solicitation is not a violation (well, in some States it is!). But, you get my intention. Move ahead with your vision of expansion, you're in a great position. You will be met with a warm reception.
And you do this all from the location of not a mansion, but your little workstation? Without charging monetary admission? Did I mention that you are an inspiration and deserve a standing ovation?
I do have one final important question – Are you in this for the duration? Because if not, I have a confession – I will experience an emotional reaction, maybe even hyperventilation. In addition, my family will make the observation at the depletion of nutrition provision through meal stagnation. I would be in a state of confusion and discombobulation.
Roni, in my opinion – You are a champion! One in a million. No – one in a billion, one in a trillion, one in a zillion (and that's no exaggeration!).
With Gratification,
Oh! and Jenn…. Definitely in it for the duration! (I'd come up with something that rhymed but I'm not as clever as you! :)
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HA! Close to perfection.
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Fantastic!!! Jenn you are seriously talented!!!
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Hey, that would make a great rap song!! LOL! You can call it Roni's Rap and put it to music! You and Jenn should collaborate on that one :)
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I know everyone does not feel the same…but I think 99% of your readers agree with Jenn. We look to you/your blog and your strength during our moments of weakness.
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I loved that! Thanks for sharing, Roni!
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hilarious and what brilliant writing…who is this masked Jenn and where is HER blog?
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that was wonderful! what talent Jenn has!
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Applause….that was great!
What a way with words! Thoroughly enjoyable and truthful!
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That was a FANTASTIC comment. So fun to read.
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As a writer by profession, I bow in Jenn's general direction for her superior composition! :-) (That was fantastic!)
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I commented on that post that this was GREAT! Roni, glad to see that you agreed. Jenn, again, kudos to you!
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So awesome! And yeah, what she said!
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Big kudos to Jenn! That was awesome.
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Very entertaining Jenn!! Talented.
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Jenn is one of my best friends, talent I knew she had… But this blew me away… Way to go Jenn, always in truth you speak… Roni, Good going! I have lost 125 lbs in the last two years and am not sure how I did it… You are truly an inspiration… Keep blogging we all need to be inspired once and a while…
I found myself reading that as a rap! LOL Way to go Ms. Seuss!
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Movement Research Artist-in-Residence 2015 Application
What is the Artist-in-Residence (A.I.R.) program?
A program providing year-long commissions, rehearsal space, performance and related opportunities designed to support the individualized creative process of selected movement-based artists, who are chosen by a rotating peer artist panel. Artists must apply as individuals.
Applicants must be residents of New York City. Resident means that your permanent mailing address is in New York City/one of the 5 Boroughs. Please note this change in program criteria. The A.I.R. program is currently funded by organizations that specifically support the development of New York City-based artists.
Dates: July 2015 – June 2016 with additional opportunities from July 2016 – June 2017. Deadline: Applications must be submitted online by 11:59pm on February 28, 2015.
Application Form: Available after January 15, 2015
Application Guidelines (2014):
2014 Guidelines for reference only
2015 guidelines and application will be online by January 15
Be prepared to provide the following information when submitting your online application. You may not save applications in progress. Once applications are submitted they cannot be edited. Movement Research will accept only one application per artist.
1. Contact Information
2. Artistic statement (300 - 400 words) expressing both personal artistic goals and goals for the residency period.
• Include any motivations, intentions, or inspirations that are a critical part of your artistic process as a whole or for the proposed residency.
• Describe any concepts, materials, subjects, processes, structures, or questions central to your work.
3. 1 page Resume (must be formatted as a ONE PAGE 8.5" x 11" PDF document)
4. 1 work sample that best represents the artistic process in which you are currently engaged.
• We can ONLY accept online videos. Please provide a link to a URL, either youtube, vimeo or other.
• Sample must show contiguous footage of a work that demonstrates your current research and investigations. Need NOT be the same work you would like to develop as an AIR.
• Include one cue point to a representative 3-5 minute section.
• Sample should contain at least 15 minutes of the full work should the panel want to watch more than the allotted segment.
5. Brief description of work sample (150 words or less). Please explain the relationship between the work sample and the goals articulated in your artistic statement.
Criteria and Context:
Movement Research supports the creative process and emerging ideas of artists, not final product. Finished, fully produced work is not expected, nor is MR able to support final productions.
Through the Artist-in-Residence Program, Movement Research supports:
• Rigorous and wide-ranging artistic investigations that are movement-based, but that may incorporate other disciplines and collaborations.
• Artists at all stages of their career, from those who are just starting to make work to those who have been making work for years.
• Artists who reflect a range of directions and approaches to making work such that there is an interesting confluence of artistic ideas being explored over the course of the coming years.
• Artists must apply as individuals, and only one individual artist will be granted each residency.
PLEASE NOTE: Past AIRs must wait three years from the completion of their residency before reapplying. AIRs from 2010 and earlier are eligible for the 2013/2014 application cycle.
Resources provided by Movement Research during the first year of the residency:
• A commissioning fee of $3000
• 50 hours of free rehearsal space
• Access to free or reduced rates for classes and workshops
• Consideration for participation in MRX/Movement Research Exchange programs
• Opportunities to participate in other MR programs and to create own opportunities in consultation with staff, using MR infrastructure – this can include Studies Project discussion series
• Consultations with MR staff in individual and in group settings
• Opportunities to write for the Movement Research blog and possible opportunities to write for Critical Correspondence and the Performance Journal
During that year-long residency each AIR is required to:
• Show work on the Movement Research at the Judson Church series
• Moderate at least one Open Performance post-discussion
• Attend a minimum of 6 artist-in-residence discussion meetings every 4-6 weeks on topics determined by the artists
• Submit a final report at the end of the residency detailing activities throughout the year
During the second year Movement Research provides:
• A small research stipend
• Rehearsal space at reduced rates
• Access to free or reduced rates for classes and workshops
• Opportunities to participate in MRX programs
• An additional opportunity to show work on the Movement Research at the Judson Church series
• Continuation of peer discussion meetings throughout the year on topics determined by the artists
• Additionally, artists are required to submit a final report at the end of the residency detailing activities throughout the year
Movement Research's Artist-in-Residence program is supported by The Jerome Foundation, The Davis/Dauray Family Fund, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and The New York State Council on the Arts, with tht esupport of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Applications must be submitted online by 11:59pm on February 28, 2015
Click here for a PDF version of the 2014 Artist-In-Residence Application Guidelines

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Wayne Rooney will keep his cool in Montenegro this time – Gary Neville
Wayne Rooney will keep his cool against Montenegro, insisted Gary Neville as he launched a defence of the player against claims he has failed to fulfil his potential in an England shirt.
Speaking exclusively to ITV ahead of the key World Cup Qualifier tonight at the Podgorica City Stadium, the England coach says critics of the much-decorated Manchester United striker are setting the bar at an unrealistic level of comparisons with 'Pele or Maradona'.
In the interview, to be shown as part of ITV's coverage of the match starting at 7.30pm, Neville says Rooney remains England's main attacker and predicts the player, who was sent off against tonight's opponents in 2011, will be targeted by the Montenegrins, but will not react on this occasion.
Neville is asked by ITV Sport reporter Gabriel Clarke whether Rooney would be specifically targeted by the Montenegro players and tips him to keep his cool:
"Well you would do [target Rooney], wouldn't you. You look at the Poland game – [Moldova had a] man sent off, they had a man sent off in Moldova, and they [Montenegro] will try and put lots of tackles in on Wayne Rooney.
"But Wayne on Tuesday evening will keep his cool, I've no doubts about that. There will be absolutely no repeat [of the red card], I mean at times in his career Wayne has reacted but he's no different to any player who wanted to win that I knew."
Asked if England should win, Neville says, confidently: "Oh, of course we should win. I've never gone into an England game not thinking we can win - maybe a bit naïve, but I never thought that way.
"We should be confident that we can go and beat them – they're talented players and they can all handle the ball. However if England play as England play, we've got fantastic players who should be able to handle it."


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Africa: Proverbs As Theoretical Frameworks For Lifelong Learning In Indigenous African Education
Mejai B. M. Avoseh, 2012
Every aspect of a community's life and values in indigenous Africa provide the theoretical framework for education. The holistic worldview of the traditional system places a strong emphasis on the centrality of the human element and orature in the symmetrical relationship between life and learning. This article focuses on proverbs and the words that form them as important sources of, and foundation for, indigenous African education. The article analyzes proverbs and the power of the spoken word in indigenous African pedagogy. The analysis is used to argue for an increased articulation of indigenous African knowledge into the dialogue on the inclusion of non-Western traditions in the theoretical frameworks for adult education. The article uses the traditional contexts of Ogu and Yoruba of West Africa but draws examples mostly from Yoruba proverbs to present their epistemological significance in traditional African education.
Adult Education Quarterly ; DOI: 10.1177/0741713612462601
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Navnelabarotoriets (Name Laboratory) is a Dutch website that assists in finding baby names. Input parts of names (e.g. names beginning with "ja*" or names ending in "*vor") and results will show suggestions from the Family Protection Agency list of approved names. Links are provided to more information about each suggested name. The site and documentation are in Danish. A RESTful API is available to retrieve approved names, statistics on names, forename charts, and number of people named per year with a given name. Responses are returned in XML, JSON, and JSONP.
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The idea is that when any button is pressed on a keypad for a wireless dimmer/controller all RF-BRIDGEs send out the commands neccessary, this works the same as a range booster although this is guaranteed to know what signals to send out always.
The other function of the RF-BRIDGE is to pick up commands from wireless devices and then convert this to the wired network.
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I am new to this forum and am a Product Design major doing some research on a coffee making appliance that I am wishing to redesign for a senior design project: the electric percolator.
I figured I'd go find cooking blogs/forums to find percolator lovers and ask for your help in my research. I just want to add that I am not looking for negative comments from non-percolator users or coffee snobs about how supposedly "awful" the coffee made in a percolator is, because as a percolator user myself and recent convert from tasteless weak DripBrew, I find percolated coffee to be the BEST EVER (thank you, Michael Rulhman!). To me, it's all about personal taste and I have already read enough negative comments before from percolator-dissers on the internet during my research. The purpose of this is to find out from percolator users what they like about their percolators and what they don't like and would wish could be redesigned in percolators.
I decided for my senior project to take on a challenge with a lesser known coffee appliance that is in dire need of a makeover. The purpose of industrial design is to not only appeal to current users of percolators but to try to attract non-percolator users, but with the way they look now, few younger coffee drinkers (especially drip-brew lovers) would find any appeal in percolators and think of "grandma" when looking at them. Despite electric percolators still being manufactured to this day by well-known housewares companies such as Cuisinart and Hamilton Beach, I feel that their design staff hasn't put much thought into redesigning them or make them more updated or modern looking. I want to change that with my school project.
There are many areas that I myself would want to redesign (such as inner components, basket, easier preparation), but I want to hear from you, what areas you would improve on (outer aesthetics as well as inner components, etc) and how you would think you can improve on them. Are there any particular areas/steps in the preparation or cleaning process you find annoying? No idea or suggestion is a bad one. I want to hear them all. Please help me with my project. Thanks in advance!
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Well depends on what phone you have. I have a G1 rooted and I've tried the CM 6 rom and that shit works fine but then starts crashing, so I actually went back to an older rom.. HTCLAY's SuperBad. I think its based off a CM 5 rom, but its the only rom that I can say has ran super smooth, fast, and rarely crashes.
With a rooted phone you use wifi tethering, use roms that are based off of Froyo updates like the rom you have now, overclock - underclock the phone to speed up or slow down the phone to save battery or increase performance, full customization of almost anything... lots of stuff that I'm sure I forgot to mention or havent tried.
what's so great about rooting your droid?
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I just copped the nook color for $250 which comes standard with android 2.1 and can be rooted
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If I don't like my Dell Venue Pro, I am definitely going to cop a Nexus S.
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yea i researched the rooting stuff after reading this ENTIRE thread (all this tech stuff is kinda new to me)
but rooting wont fuck up my phone will it ? cuz i see its like jailbreaking on the iphone os and i know some ppl that messed theirs up big time trying to jailbreak it .
Most if not all rooting methods require a nandroid backup which is essentially a saved state of your phone. So if by some small chance you fuck something up you can restore back to that state and everything will work.
The g2 doesnt have sense because its a sequel to the g1 which was the first android phone, before sense was developed. To keep the tradition they left it out. For what its worth i think sense blows so i got an ASOP rom (Cyanogen 6.1) for my Evo.
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How to Write a Data CD Using NeroExpress
How to Write a Data CD Using NeroExpress
- Launch Nero Express, click All Programs, Nero, Nero OEM, NeroExpress.
- This will bring up the Nero Express main window. Click Data, Data Disc.
- This brings up the Nero Express "Disc Content" window. To add data to be written to CD, click Add or drag and drop data into the Disc Content window, see Figure 1.Figure 1: Disc ContentNOTE:You might see data from previous writes to the CD show up in window, but 'faded' to represent data already written to the media.
- Click Finished button once all the Files and Folders have been selected.
- Selecting More will bring a drop down window that will allow some limited control over the files and directories date and time settings. Click Next to continue the burn process after having made the adjustments, see Figure 3.NOTE:The new data you have added will show up in dark black. Old data will continue to show up as faded.
- This brings up the "Final Burn Settings" window. Some choices have to made here, see Figure 4:
- Select the Recording device.
- Provide the Disc you are about to create with a name.
- Set the Write Speed.
- Decide if the CD will be Multisession, enable this feature to allow all data that will be written to this CD, now and later, to be seen. If it's not enabled, only the data last written to the CD will be seen when mounted.
- Choosing "Verify data on disc after burning" verifies data was written to CD correctly. Always enable this aspect for critical data that you can not afford to loose. Click More after selections have been made for additional advanced configuration capabilities. Or click Burn to begin the Write operation to the CD.
- Selecting "Burn", will go to the final step. Selecting "More" option, will bring a drop down window for more added control of the write method used, see Figure 4.Write Method: If you have the option for "Allow files to be added later" enabled, as shown earlier in this docment, will be pre-set to Track-At-Once mode and you will not be able to select any other option.Finalize Disc: Selecting this feature will close the disc to any future writting.Determine maximum speed: The speed test determines how quickly the compiled files can be accessed. If the access speed is slower than the burning speed, the burning speed is reduced so as to avoid a buffer underrun.Simulation: The simulation runs all the steps involved in burning a disc apart from activating the laser, so that you can assume that if the simulation is successful, the burning process will also be successful. And avoid the possibility of wasting media if it were to fail.Write: This checkbox enables the actual physical burning process.
- Selecting the "Burn" option when there is no recordable media in the recorder at the time, will bring up a window requesting a blank CD- R or CD-RW media to be inserted in the Recorder. Insert a blank disc and Nero Express will detect it and begin burning automatically.
- Nero Express then begins the burn process, see Figure 5.
- This brings up the Burning Process window. If any error messages are received during the write and/or the write fails, be sure to Save the Nero log file to the desktop. This file will have critical information about the system, as well as a very detailed description of the write process that was attempted. And it will provide exact error codes that will help the Technical Support team to trouble-shoot the issue. Without this file, we may not be able to properly assist in resolving the issues.If the write process was a success. Click Next to continue.
- This brings us to the completion of the Audio write process. Here you can choose to Burn the same project again; start a New project; launch the Cover Designer to create a label; Save project;or Exit the Nero Express program, see Figure 7.
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SOURCE: Lee Ott, OmniSTAR, Inc., "Meeting the Challenges of Nature: The Impact of Space Weather on Positioning Services: Solar Cycle Progression and the Maturing of GPS," presentation to the space weather workshop, May 22, 2008.
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Sending array parameters
Another technique to use when you need to send an array parameter is pass in the :multiple option.
check_box("puppy", "commands", {:multiple => true}, "sit", nil) check_box("puppy", "commands", {:multiple => true}, "fetch", nil) check_box("puppy", "commands", {:multiple => true}, "roll_over", nil)
If all checkboxes are checked, the paramters will be:
"puppy" => {"commands" => ["sit", "fetch", "roll_over"]}
NOTE: because of the gotcha, the hidden fields will be inserted and any unchecked boxes will be sent as "" (empty string). You will need to filter those values out in your model:
class Dog < ActiveRecord::Base def commands=(commands) commands.reject(&:blank?) end end
Be Advised
Also may convert original string into Jamaican.
"green moon".squeeze #=> "gren mon"
Undocumented :inverse_of option
Support for the :inverse_of option was backported to 2.3.6+.
Here's the description from the original commit: http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ccea98389abbf150b886c9f964b1def47f00f237
You can now add an :inverse_of option to has_one, has_many and belongs_to associations. This is best described with an example:
class Man < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :face, :inverse_of => :man end class Face < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :man, :inverse_of => :face end m = Man.first f = m.face
Without :inverse_of m and f.man would be different instances of the same object (f.man being pulled from the database again). With these new :inverse_of options m and f.man are the same in memory instance.
Currently :inverse_of supports has_one and has_many (but not the :through variants) associations. It also supplies inverse support for belongs_to associations where the inverse is a has_one and it's not a polymorphic.
Undocumented :inverse_of option
Support for the :inverse_of option was backported to 2.3.6+.
Here's the description from the original commit: http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ccea98389abbf150b886c9f964b1def47f00f237
You can now add an :inverse_of option to has_one, has_many and belongs_to associations. This is best described with an example:
class Man < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :face, :inverse_of => :man end class Face < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :man, :inverse_of => :face end m = Man.first f = m.face
Without :inverse_of m and f.man would be different instances of the same object (f.man being pulled from the database again). With these new :inverse_of options m and f.man are the same in memory instance.
Currently :inverse_of supports has_one and has_many (but not the :through variants) associations. It also supplies inverse support for belongs_to associations where the inverse is a has_one and it's not a polymorphic.
Validating presence of parent in child
When creating a parent and its children using nested attributes, you can use the :inverse_of option on the association to correctly set the parent back references:
class Parent < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :children, :inverse_of => :parent accepts_nested_attributes_for :children end class Child < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :parent validates_presence_of :parent end
add_to_base in Rails 3
model_instance.errors[:base] << "Msg"
instead of depracated
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In Rails3 use "unscoped" instead
The with_exclusive_scope examples no longer work in Rails3 because with_exclusive_scope is now a protected method which can and should not be used in a controller. Use the new unscoped method instead:
For mor details and examples have a look at: http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/bd1666ad1de88598ed6f04ceffb8488a77be4385.
Getting (n..end) reloaded
You can do
Moved in Rails 3
In Rails 3, this has moved to ActionDispatch::TestProcess
(Which means, if you want to use it in a test, you need to add the following to test_helper.rb:)
include ActionDispatch::TestProcess
When scripts don't end in .js
For example, Google Custom Search's URL is http://www.google.com/jsapi
It's an ugly hack, but works:
= javascript_include_tag('http://www.google.com/jsapi').sub('.js', '')
to set NULL => NO
use :null => false
change_column :my_table, :my_column, :integer, :default => 0, :null => false
You can scope uniqueness as well
validates :user_name, :presence => true, :uniqueness => {:scope => :account_id} # the old way validates_uniqueness_of :user_name, :scope => :account_id
multiple attributes with the same validations
You can list multiple attributes if they share the same validations
validates :title, :body, :presence => true
sending the attributes as an array will return an error
validates [:title, :body], :presence => true #=> ArgumentError: Attribute names must be symbols
Naming fragment cache
One of the common ways of using fragment caching is to cache content that's shared across the site (eg. left navigation, menus, widgets etc.) that looks and works the same regardless of the name of the action or controller calling it. In such cases it's very easy to just use named fragment caching eg.:
<% cache('left_nav') do -%> <%= display_left_nav -%> <% end -%>
Require file from the same folder
If you want to require file from the same folder, the simplest way is
require File.expand_path('../file-to-require', __FILE__)
If your file is /lib/book.rb
File.expand_path('../page', '/lib/book.rb') => '/lib/page.rb'
Careful with this method.
Despite the name and description, it will actually update any changed fields on the model rather than just the desired attribute.
def update_attribute(name, value) send(name.to_s + '=', value) save(false) end
See? Use update_all and pass in the model ID as a condition, instead.
Doesn't return nil on empty array when param is given
This does not return nil if the array is empty and n is given.
[].shift(2) # => [] a = [] a.shift(2) # => [] a # => []
Note that to interpolate, the sequences must be inside single quotes:
# replace /ll/ with itself 'hello'.gsub(/ll/, '\0') # returns 'hello' 'hello'.gsub(/ll/, "\0") # returns 'he\000o'
Can be used with has_many associations
You can also use this to validate that a has_many association has a specified number of records on the other end:
has_many :members validates_length_of :members, :minimum => 1
Complete Formatting Codes
NOTE: Some of these seem only to work for DateTime (e.g. %L, %N)
%a - The abbreviated weekday name ("Sun")
%A - The full weekday name ("Sunday")
%b - The abbreviated month name ("Jan")
%B - The full month name ("January")
%c - The preferred local date and time representation
%C - Century (20 in 2009)
%d - Day of the month (01..31)
%D - Date (%m/%d/%y)
%e - Day of the month, blank-padded ( 1..31)
%F - Equivalent to %Y-%m-%d (the ISO 8601 date format)
%h - Equivalent to %b
%H - Hour of the day, 24-hour clock (00..23)
%I - Hour of the day, 12-hour clock (01..12)
%j - Day of the year (001..366)
%k - hour, 24-hour clock, blank-padded ( 0..23)
%l - hour, 12-hour clock, blank-padded ( 0..12)
%L - Millisecond of the second (000..999)
%m - Month of the year (01..12)
%M - Minute of the hour (00..59)
%n - Newline (n)
%N - Fractional seconds digits, default is 9 digits (nanosecond)
%3N millisecond (3 digits)
%6N microsecond (6 digits)
%9N nanosecond (9 digits)
%p - Meridian indicator ("AM" or "PM")
%P - Meridian indicator ("am" or "pm")
%r - time, 12-hour (same as %I:%M:%S %p)
%R - time, 24-hour (%H:%M)
%s - Number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.
%S - Second of the minute (00..60)
%t - Tab character (t)
%T - time, 24-hour (%H:%M:%S)
%u - Day of the week as a decimal, Monday being 1. (1..7)
%U - Week number of the current year, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week (00..53)
%v - VMS date (%e-%b-%Y)
%V - Week number of year according to ISO 8601 (01..53)
%W - Week number of the current year, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week (00..53)
%w - Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)
%x - Preferred representation for the date alone, no time
%X - Preferred representation for the time alone, no date
%y - Year without a century (00..99)
%Y - Year with century
%z - Time zone as hour offset from UTC (e.g. +0900)
%% - Literal "%" character
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:37:48 -0600 t.strftime("Printed on %m/%d/%Y") #=> "Printed on 11/19/2007" t.strftime("at %I:%M%p") #=> "at 08:37AM"
Available statuses
All the available statuses (extracted from SYMBOL_TO_STATUS_CODE hash) in a slightly more readable form:
:continue => 100 :switching_protocols => 101 :processing => 102 :ok => 200 :created => 201 :accepted => 202 :non_authoritative_information => 203 :no_content => 204 :reset_content => 205 :partial_content => 206 :multi_status => 207 :im_used => 226 :multiple_choices => 300 :moved_permanently => 301 :found => 302 :see_other => 303 :not_modified => 304 :use_proxy => 305 :temporary_redirect => 307 :bad_request => 400 :unauthorized => 401 :payment_required => 402 :forbidden => 403 :not_found => 404 :method_not_allowed => 405 :not_acceptable => 406 :proxy_authentication_required => 407 :request_timeout => 408 :conflict => 409 :gone => 410 :length_required => 411 :precondition_failed => 412 :request_entity_too_large => 413 :request_uri_too_long => 414 :unsupported_media_type => 415 :requested_range_not_satisfiable => 416 :expectation_failed => 417 :unprocessable_entity => 422 :locked => 423 :failed_dependency => 424 :upgrade_required => 426 :internal_server_error => 500 :not_implemented => 501 :bad_gateway => 502 :service_unavailable => 503 :gateway_timeout => 504 :http_version_not_supported => 505 :insufficient_storage => 507 :not_extended => 510
stub_chain is very useful when testing controller code
or any other chained method call type that you'd like to stub, example:
in your controller:
def new @user = current_site.users.new end
in your spec:
it "#new should assign a @user" do u = mock("User") controller.stub_chain(:current_site, :users, :new).and_return(u) assigns[:user].should == u end
whereas before you had to stub each chained method call separately:
it "#new should assign a @user" do u = mock("User") users = mock("Users collection", :new => u) site = mock("Site", :users => users) controller.stub!(:current_site).and_return(site) assigns[:user].should == u end
Please note that stub_chain was added to RSpec in version 1.2.6
Re: Caveat when using dynamic layouts
Since there's no way to edit posts on here, I need to correct myself and say that what I posted before doesn't work, since you can't specify layout multiple times:
class OrdersController < BaseController layout :determine_layout, :only => :new layout "public", :except => :new # ... end
So don't do that. The only way to ensure that the other actions get the default theme is to drop :only/:except and do the conditions yourself:
class OrdersController < BaseController layout :determine_layout private def determine_layout %w(new).include?(action_name) ? "some_layout" : "public" end end
All this to say, beware of :only/:except – they aren't as useful as you think they are.
Deprecated in 1.9.x!
Use FileUtils::copy instead. It is also in 1.8.x, FileUtils, so call that one instead.
makedirs(path) to create file path
mkdir will only create a single directory on an existing path. If you want to create a full path, like the `mkdir -p /full/path` command, use the makedirs method.
1.8: File.makedirs(path) 1.9: FileUtils.makedirs(path)
Caveat when using dynamic layouts
Worth noting that if you have a controller which inherits from another controller which has a layout, and in this child controller you're determining the layout at runtime using a method for specific actions, the other actions you are excluding will not inherit the layout from the parent controller.
For example, if you've got this
class BaseController < ApplicationController layout "public" end class OrdersController < BaseController layout :determine_layout, :only => :new # index, show, new, create, edit, update, destroy ... end
then OrdersController#index, #show, and #edit won't get the "public" layout – in fact they won't get a layout at all. So you'll need to do this instead:
class OrdersController < BaseController layout :determine_layout, :only => :new layout "public", :except => :new # ... end
default_scope on create
If you specify :conditions in your default_scope in form of a Hash, they will also be applied as default values for newly created objects. Example:
class Article default_scope :conditions => {:published => true} end Article.new.published? # => true
class Article default_scope :conditions => 'published = 1' end Article.new.published? # => false
Easy workaround for missing :through option
Note that belongs_to does not support :through option like has_many (although IMHO it would make sense in some cases), but you can easily simulate it with delegate.
For example:
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The Croods debuted in first place on the international chart with $63.09 million on 11,709 screens in 46 markets, while its global opening was $106.73 million. The film led the way in Russia with $7.82 million on 2,166 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $12.65 million, including previews. It made $8.18 million on 521 screens in the U.K., also including previews, which was enough for an easy first place finish. Another first place victory came in Mexico, where it made $4.51 million on 1,990 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $8.80 million. It also debuted on top of the chart in Germany with $3.63 million on 728 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $4.21 million, while it had nearly identical results in Brazil with $3.35 million on 728 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $4.13 million. The film earned more number one debuts in Italy ($3.90 million on 711) and in Spain ($3.33 million on 763).
New releases were even weaker than expected and none of them reached the top 30 of the DVD sales chart. The top five were identical to last week with Ted earning top spot for the third weekend in a row. It sold an additional 714,000 units generating $12.44 million in sales giving it totals of 3.42 million units / $57.68 million after three weeks of releases.
While there were a number of new releases to reach the to 30 of the DVD sales chart this week, Ted was able to remain in first place. It sold an additional 1.04 million units while generating $18.59 million, lifting its totals to 2.71 million units / $45.24 million after two weeks of release.
It's the last week before Christmas, which means it is the last chance for last minute gifts. There are a number of first-run releases coming out this week, some of which are not coming out till Friday, or even next Monday. There are also quite a few limited releases and TV on DVD releases hitting the home market this week. However, none of these were big hits and very few earned strong praise from critics. That doesn't mean there are none that are worth picking up. In fact, we have a trio of contenders for Pick of the Week. Shameless: The Complete Second Season on DVD or Blu-ray; Pitch Perfect on DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack; and Arbitrage on DVD or Blu-ray. It was a close call, but in the end I went with Arbitrage. Also coming out this week is Rush: 2012 - CD and Blu-ray in a Deluxe Edition or Super Deluxe Edition, which is a clear winner of Puck of the Week.
After just two weeks of release, Taken 2 has already earned more internationally than the original did in total. Over the weekend, the sequel pulled in $45.09 million on 6,889 screens in 63 markets for a two-week total of $134.76 million, while its worldwide total rose to $220.89 million. The film had to settle for second place in Germany with $3.55 million on 437 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $3.88 million. It only managed fourth place in Italy with $1.26 million on 265. Its best market of the weekend was the U.K. with $6.01 million on 510 screens over the weekend for a total of $23.29 million after two. The film has very few markets left to open in, but it has already made enough to cover its production budget and likely a good chunk of its P&A budget. It will reach profitability before it reaches the home market.
Taken 2 was just as strong internationally as it was domestically earning first place with $55.23 million on 6,319 screens in 50 markets for a total of $66.79 million. The film had a trio of first place openings in major markets, starting with the U.K. with $11.85 million on 506 screens. It also opened in first place in France with $8.29 million on 561 screens and in Australia with $7.92 million on 246. On the other hand, the film had to settle for second place in Mexico with $2.54 million on 930 screens, in Russia with $2.00 million on 750, and in Spain with $1.24 million on 320.
Well... we found out why the Chinese box office numbers were extra late this week. There was an accounting error in Looper's previously reported numbers and it took time to sort things out. Instead of making $23 million to $25 million, it made about $6 million. That's actually still really good and better than it performed here, relative to the size of the two markets, but it wasn't a monster hit. The wide gap in the initial reported number and the final figure is an embarrassment, but hopefully it will spur China to build the infrastructure needed to collect box office data faster and more accurately. China might be the most important international market, but studios can't invest money into making movies aimed more at a Chinese market if they can't trust the box office numbers they get. The other numbers we had were accurate leading to a total weekend haul of $22.85 million on 2,506 million in 17 markets. It wasn't a hit in all of them, as it only managed third place in Brazil with $955,000 on 332 screens. The film is just starting its international run, so it is hard to predict where it will end up, but so far most signs are very positive.
It looks like International numbers will be late this week, for reasons I hinted at earlier. Looper won the weekend race, but about two thirds of its opening weekend haul came from China which is notoriously slow for getting final box office numbers. (The same used to be true of Russia, but they've gotten a lot better.) Overall it is estimated the film made $36 million, including China, with first place openings in Russia ($5.09 million on 1,010 screens) and the U.K. ($3.92 million on 449). Resident Evil: Retribution was knocked to second place after two weeks on top, but held strong with $21.1 million over the weekend for running tally of $136.9 million after three. Finally, Ice Age: Continental Drift became the highest grossing animated film at the international box office and is on pace to become the first animated film to cross $700 million. More information will come when the weekend final numbers are out.
Resident Evil: Retribution remained in first place on the international chart with $29.83 million on 7,250 screens in 73 markets for a total of $103 million internationally. It is already the second best in the franchise internationally and while it might not become the number one film, it has made enough to ensure another installment. The film opened in first place in Germany with $3.40 million on 475 screens over the weekend for a total of $3.74 million, while it also topped the chart in Mexico with $3.55 million on 1,218. Its best market of the weekend was Japan, where it added $6.35 million on 775 screens over the weekend for a total of $28.23 million after just two weeks of release.
It was another terrible week at the box office with only one of the four wide releases matching pre-weekend predictions. End of Watch was able to come out on top and it was only the second time an Open Road release was able to do that. The rest of the films ranged from a little disappointing to, 'Please don't make me talk about this; it's depressing.' The overall box office rose by 5.1% from last week to $90, but that's a staggering 23% lower than the same weekend last year. Yes, year-to-date, 2012 is still ahead of 2011, but its lead continues to shrink reaching just 2.5% at $7.92 billion to $7.73 billion. Ticket sales are just 1.3% higher than last year's pace and the upcoming releases don't seem particularly strong, so by the end of October, we could officially be in trouble.
This weekend there are four wide releases, which is too many. The odds are at least one, more likely two films will miss reaching their full potential. That's under normal circumstances. The box office is clearly sub-normal at the moment. The widest release of the week is Trouble with the Curve, but its Tomatometer Score has fallen from close to 90% to barely more than 60%. At this pace, by the time the weekend starts, it will be below the overall positive level. House at the End of the Street has good buzz, but still no reviews, and that is troubling. Dredd's reviews are shockingly good, but the film has had trouble escaping the remake stink. Finally, End of Watch is also earning great reviews, but its studio has a really bad track record at the box office. By comparison, last year there were four wide releases, none of which earned more than $20 million; however, three of them did earn more than $10 million and the fourth came close, while The Lion King won the weekend with more than $20 million. I think it will be another loss for 2012 in the year-over-year comparison. It likely won't be close.
Resident Evil: Retribution debuted in top spot on the international chart with $49.61 million on 6,154 screens in 65 markets. The film opened in first place in a trio of major markets with Japan pulling in $8.63 million on 774 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $11.17 million. Russia was close behind with $8.37 million on 1,100 screens. It was was able to grab first place in Brazil with $3.15 million on 391. On the other hand, the film had to settle for second place in South Korea with $1.99 million on 368 screens over the weekend and a total opening of $2.44 million. It debuted in third place in Australia with $1.50 million on 175.
Resident Evil: Retribution opened with $6.1 million on IMAX worldwide, including $3 million domestically. This is a good result, but not a great result. As for a great result, it was announced that The Dark Knight Rises surpassed $100 million worldwide on IMAX screens. Up next for the super large format is Frankenweenie on the first weekend in October. It's stop-motion animation, so I don't think it will be a monster hit, but it should do rather well.
2012 started off so well that I keep thinking the box office will return to those glory days, or at the very least it will stop sucking. That didn't happen this weekend. Granted, the box office grew 28% from last weekend to $86 million. However, this is 15% lower than the same weekend last year and it is still one of the worst weekends of all time. Year-to-date, 2012 still leads 2011, but that lead has shrunk to just 3.0% at $7.80 billion to $7.58 billion. If things don't turn around very soon, 2012 will lose its lead in terms of tickets sold (currently just 1.8%) and its overall lead shortly after that. Since fewer people are watching movies in theaters, it means fewer people are seeing trailers, posters, etc. for upcoming films. Fewer people seeing trailers for upcoming films does often times result in fewer people seeing these upcoming movies. We need a true blockbuster to break out of this cycle.
Resident Evil: Retribution will post a solid opening weekend to top this weekend's box office, according to studio estimates released on Sunday morning. With $21.1 million projected by Sony, it will be the fourth consecutive film in the franchise to open between $20 million and $27 million -- an impressive level of consistency. In second place, Finding Nemo 3D is expected to post about $17.5 million, which is a significant disappointment compared to the $30 million debut enjoyed by The Lion King this weekend last year. But the real plaudits this weekend will go to a film playing in just five theaters.
Last weekend was a disaster. It was a disaster the likes we haven't seen in more than a decade, much, much longer if you take into account inflation. This weekend should be a lot stronger, as we have two significant wide releases, Finding Nemo and Resident Evil: Retribution, as well as a semi-wide release, Last Ounce of Courage. Both of the wide releases should top $20 million over the weekend, while there's a chance they could both top $30 million. Last year there were four wide releases that managed a combined $50 million or so. This year, the two wide releases could top that, but it will be close if they do. However, the holdovers are so much weaker than the top two wide releases that 2012 will end up losing again.
August is over and let's just be glad we never have to talk about that month again. It is too early to tell how a couple of the wide releases from the month will do, but of the other fourteen we have solid numbers for, none of them were a pleasant surprise. There were a few that were mildly disappointing, but likely still profitable. There were also a few that were "What were they thinking?" level of box office bomb. This September, there about a dozen films opening wide, depending on your definition of wide. (Plus, For A Good Time, Call might expand wide on the 14th, while The Master is opening in limited release on the 14th, but might expand wide before the end of the month. "Might" is the key here. I don't think either will get it done.) None of the dozen films are likely to get to $100 million. In fact, there's a good chance no film opening this month will get to $75 million in total. The biggest film of the month could be Finding Nemo, which is getting a 3D Re-release. As long as the movie going public hasn't tired of 3D re-releases, it should be a hit, but there are signs that the trend might be ending soon. There are a few others that should become midlevel hits, but most will struggle to find an audience. Last September was not terrible with one $100 million film and a few other midlevel hits. For 2012 to come out ahead, it will have to rely on depth, and I'm more than a little worried in that regard.


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The Washington Post reports that the failures started long before the June derecho storm, in which the company acknowledged widespread failures of backup systems.
Records and interview show there have been at least 11 outages since July 2010 in Maryland and Virginia. In some cases, callers received busy signals. Some outages blocked all calls in a particular area. And others restricted the number of calls, or did not provide location information or call-back numbers.
The company has said drained batteries, faulty generators and a failure to fully explore the problem contributed to restoration delays in June. Verizon says it is auditing backup power systems throughout the region.
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December 22, 2014
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Soldiers at Fort Riley are giving back to the community in new way this week during the American Red Cross' "Red, White and You" blood drive.
According to the American Red Cross website, every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood, and more than 41,000 blood donations are needed every day. Over the course of the three-day event the Red Cross hopes to reach its goal of 750 pints.
"We have regular blood drives here, but everyone is so supportive and these guys come out and just help us out all the time," said Communications Program Manager Cari Merrill. "We always have a need; the need is constant and they always step up to the plate and help us. We do have a goal of one hundred and twenty five each day, so we really still need people to come out and donate if they can."
The blood drive will continue tomorrow and Wednesday on post at Long Fitness Center.
Walk-ins are welcome, but pre-registration is encouraged. Donors can pre-register by calling 1-800-733-2767.
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