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Responsive Lightbox & Gallery allows users to create galleries and view larger versions of images, galleries and videos in a lightbox (overlay) effect optimized for mobile devices.
For more information, check out plugin page at dFactory or see the Live demo on our site.
Features include:
- Powerful, but easy to use gallery builder
- 3 beautiful basic gallery templates – Grid, Slider and Masonry
- 8 responsive lightbox script (SwipeBox, prettyPhoto, FancyBox, Nivo Lightbox, Image Lightbox, Tos "R" Us, Featherlight, Magnific Popup)
- Create galleries from Media Library or Post attached images
- Drag n drop reordering of images
- Gallery picker to insert shortcodes
- Media Folders with a drag & drop interface
- Iframe, Ajax, HTML5 and Inline lightbox content support
- Advanced pagination, incl. AJAX and infinite scroll
- Aggiungi automaticamente lightbox alle gallerie immagini WordPress
- Aggiungi automaticamente lightbox ai collegamenti di immagini WordPress
- Aggiungi automaticamente lightbox ai collegamenti video (YouTube, Vimeo)
- Automatically add lightbox to widgets content
- Automatically add lightbox to WordPress comments content
- WooCommerce product gallery support
- Visual Composer compatibility
- Gallery widget
- Single image widget
- Option to display single post images as a gallery
- Option to modify native WP gallery links image size
- Option to set gallery images title from image title, caption, alt or description
- Option to force lightbox for custom WP gallery replacements like Jetpack tiled galleries
- Option to trigger lightbox on custom jquery events
- Option to conditionally load scripts and styles only on pages that have images or galleries in post content
- Enter a selector for lightbox
- Highly customizable settings for each of the lightbox scripts
- Supporto multisito
- Filter hook for embeddding different scripts based on any custom conditions (page, post, category, user id, etc.)
- .pot file for translations included
Premium Extensions:
Photo & Art bundle
Justified Gallery
Expander Gallery
Hidden Gallery
Masonry Image Gallery
Slider Gallery
Lightcase Lightbox
PhotoSwipe Lightbox
Lightgallery Lightbox
Strip Lightbox
Fancybox Pro
Screenshot (schermate di esempio)
- Install Responsive Lightbox either via the WordPress.org plugin directory, or by uploading the files to your server
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
- Go to the Responsive Lightbox settings and set your desired options.
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Changelog (registro delle modifiche)
- New: Introducing Media Library Folders
- New: Media folder gallery type
- New: Filter gallery by category
- Fix: Ajax Pagination not working when logged out
- Fix: CSS issues with multiple Basic grid galleries on one page
- Fix: Removed call to a sanitize_field function
- Fix: Escaped characters on titles and descriptions
- Fix: Gallery shortcode not accepting image order
- Fix: Gallery using default parameters instead of the settings
- Fix: PHP fatal error if gallery builder is disabled
- Fix: Gallery sorting and orderby not working
- Fix: Slow db query on post edit screen
- Fix: WooCommerce gallery undefined method for get_gallery_image_ids
- Fix: Uncaught Argument in preview_post_link function
- Fix: Removed a callback to sanitize_textarea_field
- Fix: Gallery shortcode thumbnails not accepting size parameter
- Fix: Basic templates for WooCommerce gallery
- Fix: Default WordPress gallery issue
- Fix: Syntax error in frontend.php on line 522
- New: Powerful gallery builder
- New: 3 gallery templates – Basic Grid, Slider and Masonry
- New: Magnific Popup lightbox
- New: Iframe, Ajax, HTML5 and Inline lightbox content support
- Tweak: Improved Visual Composer compatibility
- Tweak: Revamped admin interface
- New: Tos "R" Us overlay close option
- Fix: License activation issues
- Tweak: Featherlight script update to 1.7.0
- Tweak: Imagelightbox script update
- New: Add lightbox to widgets content
- New: Add lightbox to WordPress comments
- New: Gallery widget
- New: Single image widget
- New: Visual Composer compatibility
- New: WooCommerce 3.0 compatibility
- New: Fancybox Pro premium extension
- New: Expander Gallery premium extension
- New: Hidden Gallery premium extension
- Tweak: Attachment ID query optimization
- Tweak: Revamped lightbox settings screen
- Tweak: Improved custom galleries compatibility
- Fix: WooCommerce single product image lightbox
- Tweak: Added plugin documentation link
- Tweak: Nivo lightbox update to 1.3.1
- New: Featherlight lightbox script
- New: Lightgallery Lightbox premium extension
- New: Slider Gallery premium extension
- New: PhotoSwipe Lightbox premium extension
- Fix: data-rel attribute missing in multiline links
- Tweak: Removed local translation files in favor of WP repository translations
- Tweak: SwipeBox script updated to 1.4.4
- Tweak: Tos "R" Us script caption issue when empty link title
- Tweak: Undefined notice on extentions activation.
- New: WooCommerce product gallery support
- New: Masonry Image Gallery and Strip Lightbox extensions
- Tweak: Tos"R"Us script updated to 2.4.2
- Tweak: Settings handler improvements.
- Tweak: Confirmed WordPress 4.4 compatibility
- Fix: Lightbox activated on non-video youtube links
- Tweak: Added a way to change settings required capability
- Tweak: prettyPhoto improvements for mobile devices
- Fix: Tos"R"Us script initialized multiple times in Ajax
- Fix: Regex issue with replacing rel attribute
- Tweak: Swipebox updated to 1.4.1
- New: Disable lightbox for single images with data-rel="norl" attribute
- Tweak: Keep rel attribute intact if used in post content links
- Tweak: Vimeo regex improvements
- Fix: prettyPhoto and Nivo gallery navigation broken
- Tweak: Added another way to close the extensions notification
- New: Introducing Justified Gallery and Lightcase Lightbox premium extensions.
- New: Option to set single images title from image title, caption, alt or description
- Tweak: Confirmed WP 4.3 compatibility
- Tweak: Switched to protocol independent URLs in Nivo and Tosrus
- New: Romanian translation, thanks to Victor Chiritoiu
- Fix: Tos "R" Us pagination thumbnails and pause on hover settings not working
- Tweak: Scripts and styles versioning, for better cache handling
- Tweak: French translation updated
- New: Option to conditionally load scripts and styles only on pages that have images or galleries in post content.
- Tweak: Multiple backward rel attribute compatibility tweaks
- Fix: Nivo lightbox and Image lightbox js attr errors when no data-rel given
- Fix: Swipebox option to remove top and bottom bars
- Tweak: Swipebox option to remove top and bottom bars on mobile devices
- Fix: Swipe support for Tos "R" Us lightbox script
- Fix: Nivo lightbox buttons and styles missing
- New: Tos "R" Us lightbox script
- Fix: Final fix for video links regex (hopefully)
- Tweak: Switched from rel to data-rel attribute to avoid W3C validation errors
- Tweak: Optimized gallery image size function
- Tweak: Support for multiple custom galleries per page (via gallery-n) in rel
- Fix: Boolean / subfields bug not saving settings properly
- Fix: Vimeo videos automatic lightbox not working when query parameters were not set
- New: Revamped User Interface
- New: Option to force lightbox for custom WP gallery replacements like Jetpack tiled galleries
- New: Option to set gallery images title from image title, caption, alt or description
- Tweak: Improved regex for Youtube video links
- Fix: Reverted back the regex change in lightbox selector to gallery links
- Fix: jQuery prettyPhoto DOM Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- Tweak: Added regex filetype check before applying lightbox selector to gallery links.
- Tweak: Switched from wp_generate_password() to custom function, without needless DB call.
- Tweak: Swipebox script updated to 220.127.116.11
- Tweak: prettyPhoto CSS tweaks
- Tweak: fancyBox IE patch
- Tweak: Image Lightbox updated
- New: Hungarian translation, thanks to Zsolt Boda
- Tweak: Remove direct http calls from Javascript to improve https protocol compatibility
- Tweak: Nivo Lightbox updated to 1.2
- Tweak: Confirmed WP 4.0 compatibility
- New: Option to modify native WP gallery links image size
- New: Option to donate this plugin 🙂
- New: Slovak translation, thanks to Patrik Zec
- New: Russian translation, thanks to Konstantin
- Fix: Prevent unintentional scroll to the top when pressing the "enter" key in the opened swipebox, thanks to Arno Welzel
- New: Estonian translation, thanks to Hugo Amtmann
- Tweak: Swipebox script update, thanks to Arno Welzel
- Fix: Final fix for IE scroll bug
- Fix: Swipebox script files inconsistency
- New: Added Image Lightbox script
- New: Option to load scripts in header or footer
- Tweak: Changed Swipebox script to custom built, thanks to Arno Welzel
- New: Added rl_lightbox_args filter hook for embeddding different scripts based on any custom conditions (page, post, category, user id, etc.)
- New: Dutch translation, thanks to Sebas Blom
- Fix: Gallery images displayed as single images
- New: Triggering lightbox on custom jquery events option
- Tweak: UI improvements for WP 3.8
- New: German translation, thanks to Andreas Reitberger
- Tweak: Nivo Lightbox script updated
- New: Spanish translation, thanks to Gaston
- Tweak: Japanese translation updated
- New: Added Nivo Lightbox script
- New: Option to reset plugin settings to defaults
- New: Serbo-Croatian translation, thanks to Borisa Djuraskovic
- New: Option to force PNG icons in case of display problems
- Fix: Bug with video width not working in SwipeBox
- New: Support for images loaded via AJAX
- Tweak: Updated Japanese translation
- New: Added FancyBox script
- Tweak: UI enhancements for options
- Tweak: Better YouTube video handling (including https protocol)
- New: Japanese translation, thanks to stranger-jp
- Tweak: UI enhancements for prettyPhoto opacity
- New: Multisite support
- Fix: Notice during first plugin activation
- Fix: Changed regex for links to attachment pages, thanks to Darwin
- New: Added Czech translation, thanks to Vaclav Hnilicka
- Tweak: Small UI enhancements
- Tweak: Changed SwipeBox Top and Bottom bars options description
- New: Option to display single post images as a gallery
- New: Added French translation by Li-An
- Tweak: Rewritten regex for selector
- New: Support for video links (YouTube and Vimeo)
- New: Added Polish translation
- New: Added Persian translation by Ali Mirzaei
- Tweak: SwipeBox script updated
- Tweak: Changed method of applying lightbox rel attribute to single images
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Strange Game
Three weeks are in the books. Not a normal three-week span by any stretch of the imagination.
Baseball can be a strange game:
**We were nearly no-hit by Dave Bush last Thursday at home. The offensive funk began the day before against Braden Looper (1 run) and lasted until the 9th inning on Friday when out of nowhere we scored 7 times.
**That late-win was matched by another 9th-inning rally and 10th-inning win the next night. It marked the first time since September 20-21, 1957, at Brooklyn that the Phillies won consecutive road games in which they trailed entering the ninth. Both games against the Dodgers finished 3-2. For all you youngsters out there, yes, the Dodgers once played in Brooklyn, NY.
**Yesterday was a romp, the first time this season the Phillies led from the start. Simple math means the other eight wins were comebackers.
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**Phillies lead the majors with 49 runs scored from the seventh inning on.
**Phillies also lead the majors with drawing bases-loaded walks, 9 times. In addition to the 9 walks, we have 10 hits in 18 at-bats, a .556 clip with the sacks full.
So, our key is to be trailing after 6 innings and have the bases loaded. Somehow that approach might give Charlie ulcers.
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It's giving us ALL ulcers! Maybe we can start the game with the bases loaded and be ahead? I vote for that :O)
That approach is giving me ulcers, and other ailments, too!! I'd like a few more old-fashioned butt-whuppin's like yesterday!
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Monday, 10 May 2010
Can't keep a level head
Yesterday was kind of a weird day. I rode the train with the kids to Copenhagen and was plagued by such an extreme nausea that I questioned whether or not SR and I could go on our planned run. The planned run was the family championships, involving SR, his dad, his brother, his uncle and me. One could either run one or two times around Bagsværd Lake (4.1 miles for one time) and we compared times. My warm-up run with SR once around the lake didn't feel so good, but my tempo 2x around the lake felt awesome. I got a personal record for the endeavor with a time of just over 62 minutes for 8.2 miles on a pretty hilly at times technical route (involving many small dogs prone to attacking).
When am I getting to the good part? I woke up several times at night due to nausea. What on earth could this be besides pregnancy? The first stores here open at 9 am and since there was nothing big going on with my project, I left to buy a pregnancy test. I took it at the store. Oh, I'm now one day late for my period, by the way. And it was just completely blank. No control line or anything. So the test was a dud? I went and got my money back and bought a new one (these are packs of two and she wouldn't let me keep the unused one from the first pack). I came home and took it. This time there was no control line, but the pregnancy line was red. I took the third test. This time a BARELY visible control line and no pregnancy line. WTF? It was all too much. Were these just all faulty tests (unfortunately they only had one kind at Bilka). I drove out again, this time to a store called Kvikly, and took another test. This one was clearly negative. But what if my urine was just too dilute and that's why the first three didn't work? I called SR at work "I know I'm pregnant! What's wrong with these tests?" I was crying... So I went on a run over lunch hour and then just took another test. Negative.
Well, I'm sick of it. I'm sick of thinking about it and worrying about it. The most frustrating is trying to fathom whether or not all these symptoms are induced by my own imagination. Ok, on to thinking about other things (I hope).
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I don't think this is OCD at all! I think this is a very normal response to any woman wanting a baby (you can't imagine how many tests I have peed on). Wait it out 3 days, try again and see what happens. Maybe your family in the states can send you some pregnancy tests you are more confidant in?? Goodluck!!
- 10 May 2010 at 14:37
- Marie-Aline said...
as everybody now knows, I am a wimp, therefore can't get too personnal if it is for everyone to read... therefore my comment is waiting for you in your gmail inbox!
- 10 May 2010 at 14:58
I wonder how sensitive the pregnancy tests are there? You can go to www.peeonastick.com to compare sensitivities. Not that I have done this. Obsessively. ;-) Good luck. I hope you get two lines soon.
- 10 May 2010 at 15:56
- PiccolaPineCone said...
not only am I OCD, I am CHEAP. i have actually, in the past, tried cutting my pregnancy pee sticks in half, lengthwise, so i could use one test twice (limited success). then I found the dollar store tests which were cheap enough ($1 in fact) that I didn't bother anymore. I agree with Brooke though, try to wait 3 days... one day late with an irregular menstrual cycle is a little soon.
- 10 May 2010 at 16:24
- Brianne said...
I've had both a blank test and tests that were so faint I felt like my mind was playing tricks on me. In both cases I was pregnant. Here's hoping!
- 10 May 2010 at 17:13
- sea legs girl said...
Piccola, now THAT was the best laugh of the day. Cutting in half lengthwise. God! Why didn't I think of that? And if only pregnancy tests cost $1 here. The duds from Bilka cost over $4 each. If one were to buy Clear Blue Easy here, it costs $80. I am not joking. That is also what a box of Viactiv costs.
I have one left and I will at least wait until Wednesday. I was feeling kind of stupid about posting this, but when I read these comments, I felt better :).
- 10 May 2010 at 18:00
- Marathon Princess said...
Nope, not OCD at all and if it is then I've got it too. My pregnancy test was so faint I counted it as negative until a blood test the next day said otherwise! Any chance you can get a blood test done?
- 10 May 2010 at 18:01
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- 10 May 2010 at 18:26
- Ewa said...
I am so glad my 'I want to get pregnant' / 'I don't want to get pregnant' days are behind me. You have no idea how many pregnancy tests I've used in my life. I am sure I alone supported big pharma with my testing.
If at all possible, just wait a couple of days before you do another test.
- 10 May 2010 at 20:03
I would be feeling the same way. I know that whenever I feel a little off, or sick, or have a few bad runs my default is to wonder if I'm pregnant. I happen to be frugal as well and I hate the fact that I have to spend $12 for three tests and love it when I can find them at the dollar store. (Is it inconsistent to buy pregnancy tests there but to know that I would never in a millions years go near the condoms that they sell?) I cannot believe that Clear Blues cost that much. We could all air mail you tests for much less than that! (Wouldn't that be a funny thing to find in your mail box?) I hope that you're able to resolve the ambiguity soon!
- 11 May 2010 at 03:44
what about vitamin D levels and thyroid fct? iodine in your prenatals? if these are off, nausea anc etc can be worse... especially if pregnant. my sister in law just had this experience... finally, after 8 wks of dealing with it, she was indeed pg and discovered pg-induced thyroid issues... plus lives in the NW of US so sunshine is lacking... anyway... added iodine... now past 12 wks pg and feeling great! ;)
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Given a symplectic manifold $(X, \omega)$ and a group $G$ acting on $X$ preserving the symplectic form, we define the moment map $\mu : X \to \mathfrak{g}^*$ so that $$ \langle d\mu(v), \xi\rangle = \omega\big(\xi^*(x), v\big) $$ where $\xi \in \mathfrak{g}$, $\xi^*$ is the vector field generated by $\xi$, and $v \in T_x(X)$.
Why can we do this? Why is $\mu$ defined?
I read the above definition as follows. Define the $\mathfrak{g}^*$-valued 1-form $\theta$ via $$ \theta(v) = \omega(\xi^*,v). $$ Then this form is exact, and so we define $\mu$ so that $d\mu = \theta$.
Why can we do this? Having done some simple computations, the fact that $G$ preserves the symplectic form seems to be imply that exactness holds (and from the above definition it is necessary), but I don't know why this should be the case.
My question is:
Why does the fact that $G$ preserves the symplectic form imply that the 1-form $\theta$ defined above is exact?
Is the preservation of the symplectic form equivalent to the exactness of $\theta$?


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I have an HP Pavilion DM3-1120eb laptop with an Nvidia Geforce G105M graphic card, running a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin install. When connecting to a new Samsung S23B550 23 inch LCD monitor the HDMI will not work and the VGA connection will not allow for 1920*1080 resolution. The result is a small resolution (1024*768) that does not look good (fuzzy) and I cannot watch YouTube videos (the video box keeps on moving to the right and back) and the same flickering effect happens with droping menus and Google's suggestion box.
I've tried multiple solutions sugested in posts with no good result (including installing the drivers downloaded from the Nvidia page).
As far as I can guess, the problem is that the NVIDIA card is present but not recognized and thus the drivers do not work. Originally the drivers were installed (nvidia-current and the rest, all updated), but could not configure them with nvidia-config (says driver not present) and they did not show up with jockey-gtk. There's also been an error message about GLX not being present either. SCREENSHOT
For the HDMI the monitor says that there's no signal of MHL is not installed.
The computer is running now with no Nvidia drivers and no xorg.conf file (it gives me the best resolution). VGA will not even recognize the monitor as a 16:9.
This is the result of xrandr:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS2 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 293mm x 164mm
1366x768 60.0 +
1360x768 59.8 60.0
1024x768 60.0*
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 59.9
VGA2 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 60.0*
800x600 60.3 56.2
848x480 60.0
640x480 59.9
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
lspci -v (only section about vga):
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G98M [GeForce G105M] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 142e
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 4000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at f1080000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb
Last xorg.conf (now removed):
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 295.40 (email@example.com) Thu Apr 5 22:40:54 PDT 2012
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Section "Files"
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
nvidia-settings error:
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lshw -C video:
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G98M [GeForce G105M]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f0000000-f0ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:4000(size=128) memory:f1080000-f10fffff
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:45 memory:f1400000-f17fffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:50f0(size=8)


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Duality Lyrics
Some days, I get crazed
I don't know why they're so irrelevant
I take deep breaths to keep control to go on I've tried "brave," and I've tried "saved"
I've tried to keep it bottled up
I think I've passed my prime and lost my mind and I'm torn
There's no telling what tomorrow holds
Who let this feeling die?
When all I did was try
Who let this feeling die?
I can't get you out of my head
You're the flame that burns me
So I know that I'm still alive
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But, if my destiny should out best me, I'll be fine
I make believe thrill and apathy co-exist in me fairly equally
The truth is doubts are all I've got to call mine
There's no telling what tomorrow holds
There's no telling which voice takes control
Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody calling?
What if what I think is really wrong?
I'm not in control


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German Lebkuchen - Traditional Christmas Cookies
makes 12-14 / time 45 min
Cookie dough:
- 2/3 cup / 100 g almonds ground
- 2/3 cup / 100 g hazelnuts ground
- 2/3 cup / 150 g sugar
- 1/3 cup / 50 g flour
- 3 Tbsn soy flour
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 Tbsn apricot or orange marmelade
- 1/4 cup / 25 g candied lemon peel (Zitronat) or dried figs finely chopped
- 1/4 cup / 25 g candied orange peel (Orangeat) or dried dates finely chopped
- pinch salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 12 to 14 baking wafers (70 mm)
Spice mix:
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon ground
- 1/4 tsp cardamom ground
- 1/4 tsp cloves ground
- pinch black pepper ground
- pinch nutmeg ground
- 2 Tbsn cocoa powder OPTIONAL
For decoration:
- Orange zest, almonds, hazelnuts, candied orange and lime peel
- In a medium bowl, mix soy flour, sugar, marmalade, water well until mixture is smooth.
- In a food processor, chop candied orange and lemon peels or dates and figs very finely. (If using dates and figs, add 1/2 Tbsn orange zest + 1/2 Tbsn lemon zest.)
- In a large bowl, mix ground nuts, flour, salt, vanilla, and spice mix. Add contents of other bowl and chopped peels or dried fruit. Mix well to form smooth and moist dough.
- Refrigerate 1 hr, or preferably, overnight.
- Preheat oven to 375°F / 190°C / level 5.
- Line baking tray with baking paper. Top a baking wafer with a heaping tablespoon of dough. Press down to form round and mostly flat cookies. Repeat with rest of the dough and wafers. Place well-spaced on baking tray. No baking wafers? Form flat and round cookies with a spoon and place directly on baking paper.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Note: Cookies will still be soft and similar shape when done.
- Remove from oven, allow to cool.
3 types of icing:
Chocolate icing:
- 2 oz / 50 g dark chocolate
- Melt chocolate in medium pot set into larger pot of hot water.
- Apply melted chocolate with spoon or baking brush on cooled cookies. Garnish carefully, let cookies dry.
Plain icing:
- 3 Tbsn water
- 2 Tbsn sugar
- Mix water and sugar in small pot on medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Allow to cool.
- Brush on/pour over with spoon on cooled cookies. Garnish carefully, let cookies dry.
White icing:
- 3 Tbs powdered sugar
- 1 Tbs coconut milk or soy cream
- Whisk powdered sugar and coconut milk or soy milk in small bowl. Mix well until thick and creamy, adding sugar or liquid as needed.
- Spread icing over cookies with spoon to fully cover. Garnish carefully, let cookies dry.


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Logitech H600 Wireless Headset
Perfect way to describe the Logitech H600 Multimedia Speaker. It features a 2.25-inch driver that produces 10W of peak power for a surprisingly loud sound.
Fold-and-Go wireless headset.
Plug and forget
- The tiny, leave-in nano receiver is always ready for use. Plug it in once to a USB port—and forget about it.
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- Laser-tuned drivers minimize distortion, so you can enjoy clear calls and stereo sound—while a noise-canceling microphone reduces background noise.
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- You're not chained to your desk—move freely up to 10 m (33 feet) away from your computer with reliable wireless.*
* Actual wireless range will vary with use, settings and environmental conditions.
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Laser-tuned drivers
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Flexible, rotating boom
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** Actual battery life will vary with use, settings and environmental conditions. Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles.
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- Windows® or Mac OS
- Chrome OS™
- USB port
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Warranty Information
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Package Contents
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Faric Tuesday #171
6 comments:
- Catherine said...
Those are some lovely quilts! Thanks as usual for hosting this linky:-)
- February 4, 2014 at 8:11 AM
- Paula Hughes said...
Thanks for the link up! A little late but I made it:)
- February 4, 2014 at 7:05 PM
- Lin Marsh said...
I really like the purple and turquoise!
- February 4, 2014 at 7:38 PM
- Cheryl said...
I love your linky party! Thank you so much for highlighting my Shoo Fly Quilt, it made my day to see it on your page!
- February 4, 2014 at 7:57 PM
- Stacy Olson said...
Thanks for the feature this week ladies! Much appreciated and love your link up for viewing other people's projects as well.
Stacy @ Freshly Handmade
- February 5, 2014 at 1:32 PM
- Katelyn Vawter said...
Thanks so much for the sweet link love. Your link up is my favorite - I love that you feature other quilters. There are always beautiful quilts I some how miss when looking at your link party. And I get to see them - cause you choose to feature. Thanks again!
- Katelyn @ Sing While Crafting
- February 5, 2014 at 3:52 PM


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Mopars invaded Carlisle again, and it was a great weekend
The little town of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, became a Mopar lover's paradise in July as a sea of Chrysler fans descended upon the little borough. Great weather and some fine displays and show cars brought record crowds to the fairgrounds.
If you enjoy meeting some of the people that made Mopar history, Carlisle is the place. "Big Daddy" Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney were there all weekend signing autographs and making public appearances.
One of the more moving events during the weekend was the presentation of a fully-restored '73 Cuda by the Cuda-Challenger.com club to Don Moore, one of their members. Moore has returned to Iraq for his third tour. Sgt. Moore volunteered to go. His dad and about 25 club members bought the Butterscotch '73 Cuda in Arkansas, and totally restored the car in less than 6 weeks. The presentation of the car on Friday was accompanied by 20 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the new Stryker armored combat vehicle. This was a total surprise for Sgt. Moore, and to say the least he was ecstatic! Look for a feature on this car soon.
The spotlight this year was on the popular aero cars, as well as convertibles of all years and models. The aero cars were built in 1969-1970 to compete in NASCAR. They dominated racing until they were banned after the 1970 season.
A new treat this year was the realistic 1967 Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge dealership set up in Building G, just outside Gate 1. Obviously, the show room was filled with '67 models, but every detail down to the TV playing Chrysler commercials, signage, coke machine and brochures was covered.
The Carlisle All-Chrysler Nationals always brings a huge show field, car corral and plenty of vendors to find that part for your latest project. There was drag racing at South Mountain Dragway, a women's oasis, Kids at Carlisle and informative seminars to help you with your do-it-yourself projects.
Don't miss next year's All-Chrysler Nationals July 11-13, 2008.


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How To Add the CPU Monitor Gadget to the Windows Desktop
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The Gadget Gallery appears.
2Click the CPU Monitor gadget and drag it to the desktop.
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To switch back to the smaller size, click the Smaller Size tool.
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If you want more detail about your laptop memory, use the Start menu to display the Control Panel and choose System and Security. The System links allow you to view the processor speed and the amount of RAM available.


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Federal Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loan Program
All Kent State University students who complete the FAFSA will be awarded the Federal Direct Loan based on the grade level. The Subsidized Direct Loan is awarded to students who demonstrate financial need. The Unsubsidized Direct Loan is awarded to students who do not demonstrate financial need. Interest will accrue on unsubsidized loans and will capitalize unless you choose to pay the interest while in school.
Annual Loan Limits
Dependent Student Maximum $5,500 for freshmen* $6,500 for sophomores* $7,500 for juniors/seniors* *Includes $2,000 unsubsidized
Independent Student Maximum $9,500 for freshmen* $10,500 for sophomores* $12,500 for juniors/seniors* Interest Rates 7/1/12-6/30/13: Fixed Interest Rates of 3.4% for Subsidized and 6.8% for Unsubsidized
Federal Perkins Loan
Limited funding. Students must submit a FAFSA to be eligible. Based on financial need according to federal formula, class level, GPA, residency, and enrollment status.
Annual Loan Limits Varies. Average award $2,000
Interest Rates 5% interest rate; Repayment begins 9 months after student ceases half-time enrollment.
Federal Direct Parent Plus
Parents of dependent students are eligible to borrow funds under the Federal Direct PLUS Loan program. The parent borrower may be the biological parent, adoptive parent, or the step-parent whose information is on the current year FAFSA. At Kent State University, all dependent students will receive an estimated Parent PLUS award amount listed on the Financial Aid Award Notification


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A Sense of Place, Real and Imagined
The artwork of Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator Jerry Pinkney will be exhibited as part of San Francisco Public Library's 16th Annual Effie Lee Morris lecture. Pinkney, who is also a winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration, is known for his lush, lifelike art that illustrates folk tales from around the world.
Among his books are: The Lion and the Mouse; Goin' Someplace Special; The Moon Over Star, and Noah's Ark.
- Previous guest speakers and programs in the Effie Lee Morris Lecture series
- ELM Collection
- News Release


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NEW YORK - Finding an identity is hard enough for a 16-year-old girl without learning that life as you know it is based on a lie.
That's the premise behind a smart new MTV drama, 'Finding Carter,' that debuts Tuesday (10 p.m. EDT). The title character, after being thrown in jail with her friends following a night of mischief, is told the woman she thought was her mother abducted her at age 3.
Immediately, she's sent 'home' to an alien world: a hard-edged mom, an author-father, a twin sister, a new school and community.
'Even though not a lot of people have been abducted and found safe, a lot of people have been through some kind of trauma and it has changed the way they think about the world,' said actress Kathryn Prescott, who portrays the title character. 'They have to become comfortable with a different kind of world than they thought.'
Prescott, a Londoner, ditches her British accent to play the American teenager. Terri Minsky, creator of 'Lizzie McGuire,' writes and produces the series from a script bought by MTV from another writer. Since Minsky just sent her own daughter to college, she found it appealing to write about a mother and daughter - two mothers, really.
Minsky packs the debut episode with details and twists that set up a season's worth of possibilities. Carter's mom is a cop who comes off as cold and untrusting of Carter and, oh, is cheating on her husband. Dad is a struggling writer who wrote a book about the search for his daughter, and his agent sniffs a lucrative sequel. Carter is a wild child with a boyfriend from her old life, but she comes on to a new guy that her twin is interested in.
'I wanted to have something that was deeper than `we're the family who got our daughter back,'' Minsky said.
Carter's instant return to a family she doesn't remember, with a younger brother born after the kidnapping, is the series' one false note. In reality, you'd expect a more gradual transition.
In the debut, Carter's mom suffers from comparison to the woman Carter believed was her mother, who competes with the girl over who can say 'I love you' the most. It's not that simple, of course. Carter must come to terms with the fact that 'mom' is a criminal.
'Here was a chance to split the mother into two personalities, which is what most mothers are,' Minsky said. 'You want to be your daughter's best friend, but you have to be their parent.'
Minsky's vision of 'Finding Carter' was informed by her own station in life. As a mother, the former journalist gives more attention to the women involved than the original, younger developer of the idea, who had a greater focus on Carter's rebelliousness.
Minsky's character development attracted actress Cynthia Watros, a mother of twins in real life who plays the parent of twin girls in 'Finding Carter.' 'You don't have to go far as a mother to tap into those feelings of how unbelievably painful it would be if one of your children went missing,' Watros said.
As the series proceeds, a fuller portrait of her character, Elizabeth, emerges. How would it change a woman to go through such a nightmare, particularly when you know your husband was in the house when your daughter was abducted?
MTV has high hopes for 'Finding Carter,' part of a new emphasis on scripted series signaled by the hiring of Susanne Daniels as programming chief two years ago. Minsky said friends in the industry often said she'd find a kindred spirit in Daniels, a veteran television executive best known for her time at the former WB network.
MTV's audience is packed with teenage girls, but Minsky is shooting for more.
'My fantasy is that mothers and daughters will watch it together,' she said.
David Bauder can be reached at email@example.com or on Twitter@bauder. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/david-bauder.
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You be the fashion lawyer: TEEN MODEL v. Parry (or "Are TM's parents are just hitting up Urban Outfitters for some quick cash?")
As first reported late last week (and included in my most recent week-in-fashion-law column on Styleite.com, "CATWALK JUSTICE") an underage model's parents recently sued Urban Outfitters, photographer Jason Lee Parry, and others, for taking and using images of their 15-year-old daughter (now 16) on t-shirts and other products. The most memorable passage from the court complaint filed in unnamed "TEEN MODEL's" name, heard via media outlets 'round the world, is the following nugget: "[TEEN MODEL] is posed in a blatantly salacious manner with her legs spread, without a bra, revealing portions of her breasts." Probably because of the absurd amount of money sought in the case, ABC News called the lawsuit "huge." But the only thing "huge" about it, besides the press coverage, may be the actual complaint initiating the case -- which, at 66 pages, is far too long for such a straightforward lawsuit. That court filing is available... here.
The crux of the lawsuit seems to be that the photographer "failed to secure a written model release from TEEN's parents or from someone with the legal authorization to execute a model release on her behalf[.]" (Emphasis added.) The word "written" may be critical here, if (as the Hollywood Reporter explained last week) "the parents knew about the photo shoot and its racy poses[.]" While largely dodging the question of what the parents knew or didn't know, the complaint states unequivocally that if TEEN MODEL's parents had been asked to provide written permission, "no such consent would have been given."
(N.B. Note that states differ in their requirements for obtaining consent to use one's image or persona for commercial purposes. Underage issues aside, the primary reason consent is required here is the so-called "right of publicity," which LAW OF FASHION discussed way back in December. In some states, oral consent is insufficient, while in others, it suffices to dispose of a right of publicity claim -- if one can convince the trier of fact that consent was actually given.)
In any event, the complaint goes on to claim that the settings and distribution channels of the images represent "utterly unsuitable environments for the inclusion of a photograph by a minor by any standards anywhere within the borders of the United States." (This language is clearly calculated to satisfy the Supreme Court's test for determining what constitutes pornography. Note that the Court has ruled that child porn is one of the few types of speech to which First Amendment protection does not apply at all.) This leads one to wonder: if TEEN MODEL's parents did, in fact, know that their daughter was involved in a shoot of such moral turpitude, why did they allow her to be exposed this "unsuitable environment"?
In one overblown passage, the complaint alleges that Parry and the other defendants "were motivated solely [by] economic greed to a degree rarely, if ever, evidenced in the history of apparel retailing." (Emphasis added.) (In the view of this author, this type of bombast is not a great way to have your case taken seriously by a judge, especially one who has been presiding over cases for twenty-some years and has probably seen factual scenarios far more appalling than the one you're suing over.) The complaint then states that Parry's inclusion of "TEEN MODEL" on his website "has caused TEEN to be cast in a negative light, harmful to her reputation," falsely suggesting that "TEEN is sexually promiscuous and a child of low morals." Naturally, the complaint doesn't conclude without mentioning the emotional harm done to TEEN MODEL.
Curiously, though, while TEEN MODEL has apparently remained mum since the lawsuit was filed, previous media coverage suggests that she doesn't seem especially bothered by the "salacious" aspects of modeling. Plus, she's not exactly a newbie to the business.
So, you be the fashion lawyer: does this case have legs (spread or otherwise)? Are TEEN MODEL's parents out to vindicate their daughter, who was manipulated by a charismatic photographer for the benefit of an evil corporation? Or are the plaintiffs taking advantage of a legal technicality to score some quick cash from Urban Outfitters and a photographer who believed he had consent from the relevant parties? Share your thoughts with LAW OF FASHION's official LinkedIn group.
[This post is for entertainment and informational purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice or create an attorney-client relationship among any individuals or entities. Any views expressed herein are those of the writer on the particular date of this post, and should not necessarily be attributed to his law firm or its clients.]


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Northern Ireland's rookies elated after Continental Cup debut
Scotland and Northern Ireland did not join the inaugural CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup that got started in 2009 and eventually qualified one team per gender for the Olympic Beach Volleyball tournament at London 2012. Back then Great Britain had one spot granted as host country.
Now Scotland and Northern Ireland are among the countries that joined the CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup for the first time. The group also includes the likes of Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Republic of Moldova, and San Marino.
Northern Ireland's campaign finished already on Saturday after their duos lost two consecutive "country vs. country" match-ups. They first played their Celtic neighbours from Scotland and both men and women lost all of their matches to the Scots. Later in the afternoon, they got to play hosts Slovenia for a spot in the semis but again they did not win a match.
Even though they could not celebrate any victory, all players from Northern Ireland were very excited and elated with the opportunity to represent their country in the Continental Cup. "It is a totally different experience for us as we never entered any European competition before," said Rhian McCarroll. "It is a totally different set up than what we are used to. We always play in the rain, but here in Portoroz it is very hot, the sand is hot as well, everything is so different. We really enjoyed being here and it is impressive to see all these guys play. It is also an honour to play against them. It is the opportunity you only get once in a lifetime and we are really happy with being here and having a chance to perform."
Jonathan Workman also enjoyed his experience: "It is nice to be here. It is the first time that we are given such fantastic opportunity. It's a great set up, nothing to be compared with what we are used to. You can challenge yourself against excellent players. It is all about how you are going to be better and this you can only achieve if you play and learn from better players. Even the conditions are very different than at home, especially the temperature of the sand. We usually play in cold weather, it rains very often in Northern Ireland, and this is again something we have tried to adjust to. We got to play against Scotland and then with Slovenia. This is the highest level we got to play in our career and I think we can take a lot of good lessons from this experience, take it all back home and work hard to improve. We will try to enter Ireland's, Scotland's and England's national tours this year in order to compete and challenge ourselves again, as we have another round of the Continental Cup to play later this summer. There the teams will probably be more on our level. We will be doing our best and we keep going."
Northern Ireland ended the competition in Portoroz in fifth place and will therefore re-start their campaign with the second round of the CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup scheduled for August/September 2014.


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Will Bitcoin Be Accepted by PayPal?
EBay may open its wallet to the virtual currency Bitcoin.
The e-commerce heavyweight is exploring ways to integrate bitcoins into its PayPal payments network, Chief Executive John Donahoe said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
"It's a new disruptive technology, so, yeah, we're looking at Bitcoin closely," Donahoe said. "There may be ways to enable it inside PayPal."
Integration into PayPal's network would give Bitcoin some much-needed legitimacy. Accepted by few retailers, the currency is held mostly by speculators hoping to profit from price fluctuations, which have been particularly volatile in recent weeks.
Donahoe said eBay hasn't yet made any commitments to use the currency.
He said Bitcoin was reminiscent of music sharing sites Kazaa and Napster, which were found to violate trademark rights, but helped spawn legitimate sites such Pandora and Spotify. "Virtual currency is something that's here to stay," Donahoe said.
Within the next five years, Bitcoin or other virtual currencies, such as airline miles, could be converted to cash and used in retail, Donahoe said. Integrating such virtual currencies into its payment network would help eBay in its effort to push PayPal use at bricks-and-mortar retailers, rather than just online. PayPal brought in $1.55 billion in revenue for eBay in this year's first quarter, an 18% jump from a year earlier.
Last month the U.S. Treasury Department said it will apply money-laundering rules to Bitcoin and other virtual currencies, meaning firms that issue or exchange the increasingly popular online cash will be regulated in a manner similar to traditional money-order providers.
Coinsetter, which will allow participants to trade bitcoins using borrowed money in the coming weeks, has attracted venture capital funding. And Western Union and MoneyGram International are also studying ways to allow customers to transfer money around the globe using bitcoins.
For now, the currency is accepted on a few sites, such as Reddit and WordPress, as well as Pizzaforcoins.com, which allows users to pay for some pizza deliveries.
The currency is still volatile, making its prospects in retail sales risky. In April alone, bitcoins have ranged from $50.01 to $266, with an average of $114.94, according to bitcoincharts.com, one site tracking the currency's value. The market for bitcoins is over $1 billion, according to the site.
Related reading: During his visit with the Journal, Donahoe also explained why eBay stands virtually alone among its peers in opposing a bill in Congress that would create a new national standard for charging state sales taxes on products bought online.


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Upsetting day for German teams at Berlin smart Grand Slam
Berlin, Germany, June 18, 2014 - The second day of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam was an upsetting day for German fans and players.
Top seeded Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler lost both of their pool matches on Wednesday and have no chance of reaching the knockout phase anymore.
Three more German teams in the
women's main draw, Laboureur/Sude, Mersmann/Schneider and Bieneck/Grossner, also lost twice, but in theory they can still reach the first elimination round if
they win their third pool match on Thursday. The only team that kept the German hopes up, was Borger/Buthe with two wins.
In the men's qualification
there was no luck for German teams Dittelbach/Koreng and Armin
Dollinger/Wickler either. They did not make it to main draw.
Last year's champions Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima from Brazil stayed on track with two straight wins. So did other title candidates April Ross and Kerri Walsh, who won the Moscow Grand Slam last week, and European champions Marleen van Iersel and Madelein Meppelink.
Berlin Grand Slam ends for home team Holtwick/Semmler
After only one day, the FIVB
World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam has already ended for top seeded home team
Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler.
Tough opening match for 2013 champions Talita/Lima in Berlin
Last year's champions Talita
Antunes and Taiana Lima were pushed hard in their opening match of the FIVB
World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam on Wednesday.
Brazil's Bruno/Alison pushed hard in Berlin qualification
Brazil's Bruno Oscar Schmidt
and Alison Cerutti were pushed hard in qualification on Wednesday, but reached
the main draw of the FIVB World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam anyway.
The FIVB World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam continues on Thursday with the final pool matches in the women's tournament, while the men play their first two round robin matches.
Berlin is hosting a women's FIVB World Tour event for the 9th time and a men's event for the 15th time. After two years in the outskirts of the city, the $800,000 Berlin smart Grand Slam has returned to the city centre.
The centre court and second court are on Washingtonplatz in the government district. The three other courts are at Beach Mitte, a beach volleyball club close by.
After Berlin the FIVB World Tour will move to Norway, for the Stavanger Grand Slam (June 24-28).


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Top seed Novak Djokovic overcame a second set blip to beat Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 7-5 2-6 6-2 and reach the quarter-finals of the China Open on Thursday, keeping alive his hopes of clinging on to his world number one ranking.
The defending champion, aiming for his fourth China Open title in five years after missing the 2011 tournament through injury, will lose the top spot next week if Spaniard Rafa Nadal reaches the final in Beijing.
In the quarter-finals, the Serb will face American Sam Querrey, who caused an upset by defeating sixth-seed Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3 7-6(2) in 76 minutes.
While much is being made of the No.1 battle the 26-year-old six-times grand slam champion insists winning, rather than ranking points, is his sole focus when he takes to the court.
"I try to do what I need to do, and that is to win the matches," Djokovic told a news conference.
"Rankings will change. They change all the time. Over the years it has been the case. But you can't think too much about it. Your job is to win as many matches as possible and the rankings will follow the results that you make."
The Serb wasted an early break of serve in the first set and had to wait for the final game to break Verdasco again and seal the opener.
Using his forehand to great effect Verdasco fought back, breaking Djokovic's serve twice in the second set to take the Serb into a centre court decider.
Reigning Australian Open champion Djokovic, without a title since the Monte Carlo Masters in April, quickly re-established his superiority to snuff out any chance of a shock.
"(It was a) lack of concentration from my side," Djokovic added. "I had some chances at the start of the second set, and I managed to allow him to come back into the match and start playing well.
"But, again, the important thing is that in the third set I regained the focus and the patience also, decreased the unforced errors, and managed to get a win, which is what counts."


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Rock Band 2 Song List, Details Revealed: The Who, System of a Down, Foo Fighters, Costello, More
The list, viewable below, confirms the nine previously revealed tracks, and adds Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up" to the mix. The game is said to sport over 80 songs on the disc, all master track recordings performed by the original artists.
Two other contributions--Bad Religion's "Sorrow" and an unknown track from Scandinavian punk rockers Turbonegro--have been announced by their respective artists, though the validity of other rumored songs remains unclear.
- Dream Theater - "Panic Attack"
- System of a Down - "Chop Suey"
- Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
- The Muffs - "Kids in America"
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Give it Away"
- Motorhead - "Ace of Spades"
- Cheap Trick - "Hello There"
- Elvis Costello - "Pump it Up"
- Journey - "Anyway You Want It"
- The Who - "Pinball Wizard"
Gameplay details bound to please those that played the original follow.
As previously announced, Rock Band 2 will be compatible with the prolific amount of Rock Band downloadable content released thus far on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, along with the original's guitar, drum, and microphone instruments. DLC released after the sequel will continue to work with the first game.
In addition, Rock Band 2 sports a number of other oft-requested features, including:
- Online World Tour mode, allowing entire bands to battle over Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.
- Instrument, artist, genre and album-specific mini-campaigns.
- Custom setlists, permitting players to queue up their own playlist instead of picking tunes one at a time.
- The removal of band leaders, simplifying band formation and management.
- The ability to switch instruments mid-campaign.
- A drum trainer, described as a "true teaching tool" with basic beat and vocabulary lessons.
- Regular contests from developer Harmonix.


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"The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology."― Rachel Carson.
Fifty years ago, on September 27, 1962, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a culture-crashing exposure of chemical pollutants and their impact on Earth's ecosystems. Carson's book examined thirty-five birds species threatened with extinction due to chemical biocides, including organo-chlorines such as DDT.
Prior to Carson's book, chemical companies had disregarded the impact of toxins on living ecosystems. Carson's work brought caring about nature back to the western industrial world. Her book alerted society to its relationship with our habitat, awakened our higher angels, and launched the modern environmental movement.
Of course, the chemical corporations of her age vilified her. Today, polluters and their paid mouthpieces have spun out a new Rachel Carson smear campaign, blaming her for malaria deaths because, allegedly, we haven't sprayed enough organochlorines around the world, when, in fact, Carson supported responsible disease control, with restraints on agricultural use, which only helped malaria mosquitoes grow immune to pesticides.
Rachel Carson was born in the spring of 1907, on a family farm in Pennsylvania, in the United States. Her mother instilled love and curiosity for nature, with daily reading and exploring the Allegheny River valley forests. At 10, Rachel published her first story, "A Battle in the Clouds," in a local magazine.
In 1925, she graduated as the top student at her high school. She entered Pennsylvania College for Women, graduated with honors, and earned a scholarship to Johns Hopkins University, where she completed a master's degree in zoology.
As her aging parents grew ill, Carson left the university to care for them. When her father died, she abandoned her doctorate project to support her mother. Her biology mentor Mary Scott Skinker found Carson a government job writing educational radio broadcasts about nature. When she took the civil service exam in 1936, she outscored all applicants and became only the second woman ever hired by Bureau of Fisheries.
In 1937, when her older sister died, Rachel became the sole breadwinner for her mother and two nieces. Later, when a niece died suddenly, Rachel adopted her five-year-old son. Rachel Carson was an attractive sort of person, who put compassion and caring before her own career, and still shook the world with the breadth and significance of her life's work.Bringing nature to the people
Rachel Carson loved literature and wrote skillfully, but found her passion in the living world. "Biology," she wrote to a friend, "has given me something to write about. I will try in my writing to make animals in the woods or waters, where they live, as alive to others as they are to me."
In 1941, Carson published her first book, Under the Sea Wind, a narrative journey along the ocean floor. She completed a "sea trilogy," by publishing two more books about ocean life. In 1951, The Sea Around Us won a US National Book Award, and in 1955 she published The Edge of the Sea, about intertidal marine ecology.
Carson won the Burroughs Medal for natural history writing for Under the Sea, and two honorary doctorates. A documentary film based on the book won the 1953 Best Documentary Oscar. With international speaking engagements and eager editors, Carson left her government job to write full time.
Olga Owens Huckins, an avid bird researcher in Massachusetts, wrote to Carson complaining that DDT spraying had devastated her bird sanctuary. Carson agreed to help. At first, editors appeared disinterested in pesticides, but Carson persisted. She was now on a crash course with the chemical industry.
After World-War II, the US military funded research into synthetic pesticides, and chemical companies sought markets for the compounds. In 1957, the US Department of Agriculture attempted to eradicate fire ants with DDT mixed with fuel oil, a precursor to Agent Orange used by the US military during the Vietnam War. The US government agency produced a film, "Fire Ants on Trial," which Carson called "flagrant propaganda."
Meanwhile, researchers found the carcinogenic herbicide aminotriazole in the U.S. cranberry harvest. Carson attended the US Food and Drug Administration hearings, and witnessed how chemical industry lobbyists attacked data, attacked scientists, and promoted "expert" testimony to contradict her research.
The Audubon Society had traced declining bird populations to pesticide use and recruited Carson to help. Through personal connections with government scientists, Carson gained access to confidential data, unpublished scientific literature, and interviews with scientists researching pesticides. Over four years, she consulted with biologists, chemists, entomologists, and pathologists, gathering data for her book.
Working with medical researchers, Carson documented individual incidents of pesticide exposure, human sickness and environmental impact. Cancer researcher Wilhelm Hueper classified pesticides as carcinogens. Ironically, at this time, Carson discovered a cancerous cyst, underwent a mastectomy, and began radiation therapy.
Carson biographer Mark Hamilton Lytle recalls that Carson "self-consciously decided to write a book calling into question the paradigm of scientific progress." After Silent Spring, chemical companies no longer enjoyed a free pass to introduce toxins into the environment. Carson's book changed the course of history, and some people were not happy about it.Industry attacks backfire
When Silent Spring appeared in 1962, the chemical industry attacked her data, her analysis, her personality, and her scientific credentials. The chemical industry sponsored articles promoting pesticide use and anonymous attacks on Carson, foreshadowing the computer trolls who now attack important environmental articles. A pro-industry review referred to her as a "hysterical woman," typical of the sexist attacks.
Carson biographer Linda Lear reports in Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature, that former Secretary of Agriculture and Mormon fundamentalist Ezra Taft Benson suggested to President Dwight Eisenhower in a letter that since Carson was attractive but unmarried, she was "probably a Communist."
DuPont (DDT and 2,4-D manufacturer) and Velsicol Chemical Company (chlordane and heptachlor manufacturer) – threatened lawsuits against Houghton Mifflin, The New Yorker and Audubon magazine, in attempts to suppress Silent Spring.
The chemical company American Cyanamid proved particularly aggressive. Company biochemist Robert White-Stevens wrote, "If man were to follow the teachings of Miss Carson, we would return to the Dark Ages, and the insects and diseases and vermin would once again inherit the earth."
American Cyanamid became known for environmental abuses in the US where its wastewater pools accumulated toxins, carcinogens, and teratogens, which cause birth defects and deformities. American Cyanamid abandoned toxic waste sites in New Jersey, such as the 575-acre Bridgewater site that leaked benzenes and other chemicals into the Raritan River and on residential sites.
In Silent Spring, Carson recounts laboratory animal tests in which "DDT has produced suspicious liver tumors. Scientists of the Food and Drug Administration who reported the discovery of these tumors were uncertain how to classify them, but felt there was some 'justification for considering them low grade hepatic cell carcinomas.' Dr. Hueper now gives DDT the definite rating of a 'chemical carcinogen.'"
The chemical lobbyists retaliated with insults. In one of his more livid moments, Robert White-Stevens called Carson, "A fanatic defender of the cult of the balance of nature." Erroneous attacks claimed that Carson sought elimination of all pesticides, including those used for disease control, deceits still repeated today. Carson, however, encouraged sensible chemical disease control. She wrote clearly about this in Silent Spring (p. 266):
"No responsible person contends that insect-borne disease should be ignored. The question that has now urgently presented itself is whether it is either wise or responsible to attack the problem by methods that are rapidly making it worse. The world has heard much of the triumphant war against disease through the control of insect vectors of infection, but it has heard little of the other side of the story – the defeats, the short-lived triumphs that now strongly support the alarming view that the insect enemy has been made actually stronger by our efforts. Even worse, we may have destroyed our very means of fighting."
Since indiscriminate agricultural use of DDT had strengthened the malaria mosquitoes, Carson wrote that "pressure on the pest population should always be as slight as possible." In retaliation, Monsanto distributed brochures mocking Carson and parodying Silent Spring. However, in the end, the chemical industry campaign backfired. Their attacks on Carson's book increased public awareness regarding pesticides and public health. In 1963, a television special, "The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson" reached some 15 million people. The book inspired a congressional review, a US President's Science Advisory Committee report that backed Carson's scientific claims, and inspired the US Environmental Protection Agency. US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas called Silent Spring "the most important chronicle of this century for the human race."
As her book changed the course of history, Rachel Carson struggled with her cancer and radiation therapy. In the spring of 1964, the cancer reached her liver, and she died on April 14 at her home in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Rachel Carson's courage ignited an ecological awareness that burns to this day. She reminded the world:
"For each of us, as for the robin in Michigan, or the salmon in the Miramichi, this is a problem of ecology, of interrelationships, of interdependence. We poison the caddis flies in the stream and the salmon runs dwindle … We spray our elms and following springs are silent of robin song, not because we sprayed the robins directly but because the poison traveled, step by step, through the now familiar elm-leaf-earthworm-robin cycle. These are matters of record, observable, part of the visible world around us. They reflect the web of life-or death-that scientists know as ecology."
Rex Weyler was a director of the original Greenpeace Foundation, the editor of the organisation's first newsletter, and a co-founder of Greenpeace International in 1979.
Deep Green is Rex's column, reflecting on the roots of activism, environmentalism, and Greenpeace's past, present, and future. The opinions here are his own.
Thanks Rex,
There is a lot in your article that I did not know about this influential woman. The accounting may go on to explain much of why today media in its many venues is under attack, why massive attempts are made to dominate mass media and to control the contents contained in media.
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For those interested, attempt to control the content of mass media did not begin with the conflicts between Rachel Carsons more humane and respectful ...
For those interested, attempt to control the content of mass media did not begin with the conflicts between Rachel Carsons more humane and respectful approach and the chemical industries short term profit seeking. It began much earlier than that, with the rise of mass media itself:
-"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized."
With these words, Edward Bernays (1891 - 1995) opened his 1928 book Propaganda. Rather than some conspiracy-toting potboiler, as you might be forgiven for imagining, this book was one of the foundational works for the discipline of Public Relations, and its author one of the more significant figures of his century. Often called "the Father of public relations", Bernays is widely believed to have created that discipline, at least in its modern form; a view which he himself did nothing to discourage.
At the very least he was an outstanding practitioner, who hit the scene at a time when the scale and techniques of PR were changing rapidly. Bernays claimed to have invented methods and attitudes which are landmarks in the evolution of PR, and it's a safe bet that ideas he invented or popularised have been extremely influential for the field, and therefore for the course of the twentieth century, in which Bernays-style PR played such a significant role."
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Finally! Celine Dion Reveals Her Twins Bump! Awww!
No worries Hollymoms! Celine looks happy, healthy and VERY preggers at home with her family.
After Celine Dion's rep denied recent rumors of pregnancy complications, Canada's 7 Jours magazine published a new photo of the the 42 year- old singer, whose twin boys are due this November… and boy, she's DEFINITELY healthily pregnant!
"She's never been in the hospital," her rep says. "Her pregnancy continues to be healthy, and she feels fantastic." Celine and her husband of 15 years Rene Angelil, 68, are expecting their baby boys after 6 attempts at in-vitro fertilization. And they sure look relaxed here at home with soon-to-be big brother Rene-Charles, 9, and their dog Charlie!
But the twins aren't the only things in production! Celine announced that she is releasing a new floral fragrance, Pure Brilliance, on September 6! The power of perfume! Celine says, "I remember buying my future husband a perfume that he was wearing at the time and I bought myself the same one to spray my pillow with his scent, and I was almost spraying my body with it," she shared. "It was like I wanted to carry his scent as well." The scent has notes of pear, apple, green leaves, freesia and honeysuckle and costs only $28!
Wow Celine, we can't wait to see the little ones and try out the new fragrance! Hopefully sales will be as blooming as your belly!


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Will you pursue the high calling to teach?
You could be the apple of a second grader's eye or make English more interesting for high school juniors.
It takes a special person to be an educator. You're committed to learning. You want to make a difference. And you hope to instill values in young lives. (It also helps to have a sense of humor and a little patience). Come and pursue one of the most important and respected career positions of all: teacher.
Pennsylvania is a leading exporter of teachers in the country. That means if you have a Pennsylvania certification, you'll be able to teach in most other states. So, are you called to teach? This is your chance to answer the call.
Into the Real World of Teaching
Our education department's Downtown Pittsburgh location brings "real" advantages. Our students are able to conduct observations at local schools within walking distance of campus. We also place student teachers in local schools, so transportation to and from those schools is convenient.
Local school administrators and teachers appreciate our Downtown location as well, as they are able to easily participate in our education program, whether visiting as guest lecturers, mock interviewers, or graduate school representatives.
Explore Our Programs
Point Park's education programs are ahead of the curve in complying with Pennsylvania's new teacher certification regulations, so you'll be on the right path to certification for what and where you want to teach.
Follow the links below to learn more about our degree programs at all levels:
- Undergraduate programs
- Graduate programs (fully online options)
- Doctoral program in leadership and administration (Ed.D.)
- Post-baccalaureate programs
- Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education
- School Principal K-12 certificate (fully online option)
- Transfer students
Special Education Dual Certification Option
In addition to the initial certification programs, Point Park students can choose to simultaneously complete the Pennsylvania Department of Education's requirements for special education certification in either pre-kindergarten through grade 8 or grades 7 through 12.
Our dual certification programs are set up so you can get them done in eight semesters, including the student teaching practicum.
Contact the Education Department
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Before You Watch Respond to the following questions.
Watch the Program
As you watch, notice how the arts are used to help students understand abstract ideas such as voice, conflict, and protest. Write down ways that the different art forms influence and shape ideas.
Reflect on the Program
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