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Summer is a season of abundance, and nowhere is that more evident than in summer squash. Mother Daughter Dishes takes spare zucchini, shreds it, and turns it into a moist, indulgent chocolate cake, complete with a matching glaze.
Tips: Two large zucchini translate to about three cups of shredded zucchini, which is what is called for in this recipe. They should be the size of cucumbers. We also recommend making your own chocolate topping for this cake, see the next section for a recipe.
Tweaks: To make the glaze, Cheryl suggests microwaving your favorite store-bought chocolate frosting until it's pourable, then drizzling it over the cake. Unless it's some high-quality frosting, pouring a chemical glaze over a homemade cake is a little anticlimactic. Try this instead:
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips 3 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon light corn syrup 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine the first 3 ingredients in a double boiler, or a bowl over a pot of simmering water. Add the vanilla once the mixture is smooth, then pour over the cooled cake.
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Lard is definitely a food that our grandmothers would recognize, recipes passed down from previous generations call for lard in pie crusts (try this old fashioned recipe) and tarts, pastries and biscuits and many other recipes.
You want true flakiness in your pastries: use lard. You want a little extra flavor in stews, gravies and a plethora of other recipes: use lard. You don't need a lot, but the difference in taste is noticeable.
A jar full of creamy white, freshly rendered lard for cooking and baking is worth the minimal effort it takes to bottle some up; all that is required is filtered water, pork fat and some patience.
2 ½ pounds Pork Fat
About 4 ounces of water
With a sharp knife, trim any blood spots or remaining meat from the lard.
Cube the fat into small cubes, about ½-inch in size.
Place the fat and the filtered water into a heavy bottomed stockpot and simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally.
|Cubed lard simmering in a cast iron pot.
After a time the water will evaporate and the fat will begin to melt. Continue to gently stir the melted fat periodically. Eventually, the "cracklings" form. You know how bacon sputters sending hot fat out of a shallow pan? As moisture is released from the cracklings, it will definitely sputter like the bacon. Be careful not to get burned.
Eventually when those cracklings are crispy brown and there appears to be no more lard to cook off, you may remove your pot from the heat.
|Lard cooked down to 'cracklings'.
Line a strainer with cotton cheesecloth or a paper coffee filter and strain the melted fat into hot sterilized canning jars, reserving the cracklings for another use (they're quite tasty salted and eaten as a snack).
Allow jars to cool. The melted fat will be golden to golden-brown in color; when cooled it will become a creamy white. Keep in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 months or freeze and keep for up to a year. If you are going to put your jars into the freezer, leave 1 inch headroom.
Use your freshly rendered lard in pastries, as a fat for braising vegetables or seasoning meats, or even for making pizza dough. When you experience the amount of flavor achieved or the extra flakiness of your pastries, with such a little amount of lard, you will not only be satisfied that their is no real detriment to your health, but that putting by your own lard is well worth the effort.


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It would not be unusual to hear of a deacon in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church who aspired to the office of elder, but less often do we encounter a man who desires to switch office in the opposite direction. Yet, that is exactly what Len Miller wanted to do. The session of his church heard more than once this elder's wish to be allowed to serve as a deacon, and that shows something of the measure of the man. Regularly denying his request, his fellow elders understandably did not want to lose him from the session.
Dr. Leonard E. Miller, beloved husband of Frannie and father of Tom, Bess, Tim, and Jonathan, died of an apparent heart attack while at work on June 7, 2006, at the age of sixty-four. He was a member of Knox OPC in Silver Spring, Maryland, for over thirty-seven years. He served as ruling elder in that congregation for thirty-two years, as clerk of its session for fifteen years, and, most recently, as clerk of the Presbytery of the Mid-Atlantic. Len would have been the first to insist that he served his Savior and Lord imperfectly in these and other capacities, but his colleagues would be equally quick to testify that he served faithfully and well.
As husband, father, churchman, engineer (he coauthored CDMA Systems Engineering Handbook, an important text on wireless communications technology), and friend, he is remembered with love and deserved admiration. But outstanding, in the mind of this writer, was Len Miller's servant heart and hand. Although eminently qualified to rule, teach, and lead in the church of Christ, it was still his first desire to take up the basin and towel. And take them up he did, even without being given the formal acknowledgement of that office.
Mr. Tyson is a retired OPC minister. Reprinted from New Horizons, August/September 2006.
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Typically, it's not in my best of interest to address these types of things, but I feel spontaneous and bored enough today to feel the need to blog about it.
A few months ago, I started getting these hate comments left behind on my blog. Mind you, i never published them, and there is no need to explain why. But after reading those comments, i was actually shocked.
First of all, I didn't think much people actually read my blog - let alone take the time to leave a hate comment.
Second of all, the comments were addressing my personal life posts. So I probably know the kid behind that "anoyomous" comment.
Third of all, I never thought I was the type to have a hater. LOL. I always thought of myself as a neutral person that everyone was okay with. I mean i don't expect to be adored, but I never thought i'd ever be associated with hate. But then again, no one likes to think that they are hated.
But anyways, i won't say what the comment actually was. But i would say that it's not as bad as some of the harsh comments that are left on some makeup guru's youtube videos. What i just don't understand is, why do people even bother to leave comments like that. Does it make them feel better? Or are they just bored and have nothing better to do?
Things like this just makes bloggers like myself, refrain from blogging. I'm a personal person as it is, so i don't blog much about my life. However, I do like to share some of it once in a while, since I can only take so much of makeup posts (they take too much work as well!). But be assured, i won't let a little comment like that stop me from being me, and doing what I like to do.
I guess that's all for my little rant. I'm sure i'm not the only one here that has experienced this. How did you guys deal with it?
P.S I had an epic March, so i'm quite glad that things are starting get better now. I hope to get back to blogging soon
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But with the Redhawks' top player, senior forward Nate Davis, having missed substantial time due to shoulder and back injuries, Wingels has proven to be one of the most productive players on one of the nation's top squads.
"I've definitely been fortunate to have had the opportunity thus far," said Wingels, whose 11 goals beginning last week were tops in the nation among freshmen. "I'm glad to know that the coaches have confidence in me. Coming in as a freshman, I wouldn't have minded not being as involved."
A chief factor in the seamless transition to college hockey was the year Wingels spent playing for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders of the United States Hockey League (USHL) following his high school graduation.
"It's pretty similar to a redshirt year," said Wingels, who wasn't paid by his team but was allowed to receive equipment and be placed with a host family for his living arrangements. "The USHL is a good step to take on the way to the college level. You get a chance to be away from home and concentrate solely on hockey."
Sandwiching a year of hockey between high school and college is encouraged by many of the nation's top hockey programs. And with the 2007 USHL season wrapping up last April, Wingels was able to get a jump start on this season by spending substantial time on campus before school started in August. It also allowed him to get involved with a Miami strength and conditioning program that helped him increase his leg strength and made his skating stride more fluid.
"All of these guys are big and strong," said the 6-foot, 193-pound Wingels of his Division I hockey counterparts. "That's the biggest difference -- strength. We had six weeks in the summer where we would go at it pretty hard (in the weight room). It definitely needed to be done."
As beneficial as the year in the USHL was, Wingels was still eager to bget back to a more traditional lifestyle. The long bus rides to road games got old fast. And he's also been able to continue the academic work he began last year when he took one class at an Iowa community college.
"It's been good to get back into the swing of things," said Wingels. "I've been able to get into a daily routine and the school gives you all of the tools you need to succeed."
Miami (23-3) should maintain its No. 2 national ranking this week after two weekend wins over conference rival Lake Superior State. In Friday's 6-1 triumph, Wingels saw his four-game scoring streak come to an end but he started up another in Saturday's 5-0 win by dishing out two assists. His 11 goals are tied for third on the team and his two assists Saturday gave him eight on the year.
Miami trails Central Collegiate Hockey Association frontrunner and top-ranked Michigan by only one full game and gets the Wolverines in Oxford for two games Feb. 8-9. The conference tournament will also be a good test for the NCAA Tournament, with the Redhawks hoping to better last year's regional final exit when they lost to Boston College for the second straight season.
The school has never won a national championship in any sport and the hockey team has never made it to the Frozen Four. With Davis, a finalist for last year's Hobey Baker Award, expected back in February and the team playing as well as it has all year, March could be a good month.
"We have all the skills necessary to compete for the national championship," Wingels said. "I knew coming in we'd be good, but I think we're still surprising some people."
It might be a surprise to see Wingels on the ice for a national title contender, too. He's the only member of his family to play hockey and he wasn't even a member of the team at New Trier, instead opting to compete with Team Illinois, a traveling club.
"High school hockey teams don't get scouted like the clubs do," said Wingels. "Being with the club team I had to make some sacrifices but I've got no complaints how everything has turned out."
Drake junior forward Jonathan Cox (Barrington) is a key cog for the Bulldogs, whose 16-1 start is the best in program history.
Heading into this week, the 6-foot-8inch Cox has started 15 of 17 games and is the squad's third-leading scorer with 12.2 points per game.
His seventh double-double of the year (15 points, 12 rebounds) helped lead to Drake's 79-73 come-from-behind win over Illinois State Saturday, a victory that gave the Bulldogs (16-1, 7-0 in conference) sole possession of first place in the Missouri Valley Conference. He's also Drake's leading rebounder (8.7 per game) and has had seven games in double digits.
After redshirting three years ago, the former walk-on played as a key reserve the last two seasons. He averaged 6.7 points and 4.7 rebounds as a redshirt freshman in 2005-06 and saw his numbers decrease a bit last season (5.6 points, 3.4 rebounds). He's become more consistent this season but showed flashes last year when he recorded a career-high 23 points against Troy and was named to the Sun Bowl All-Tournament team.
Austin Peay senior guard Todd Babington (Prairie Ridge) has helped the Governors (12-7 overall) earn sole possession of the top spot in the Ohio Valley Conference with wins in eight of their first nine league contests.
Babington has started 18 of 19 games and is one of the team's four double-digit scorers averaging 10.8 points per game, including a team-high 52 three-pointers. The Governors broke a tie for first place with an 85-82 win over Southeast Missouri Jan. 12; Babington scored 14 points, including four three-pointers, one of which was the 200th from beyond the arc in his career.
His best game was 21 points in a season-opening loss to nationally ranked Vanderbilt. He registered 14 points in his team's only game last week, an 86-71 win last Thursday over Tennessee-Martin.
The 6-6 Babington played sparingly as a freshman and started five games as a sophomore, averaging 6.5 points. Last season, he started 25 of 33 games and averaged 9.2 points, third on the team. His 77 three-pointers were the fourth-highest single-season total in school history.
North Park's Nick Williams (Niles North) earned CCIW Men's Basketball Player of the Week honors on Jan. 14. The sophomore forward averaged 20.5 points per game in two conference games during the week for which he was honored, including game-highs of 22 points in a 67-58 win over then-No. 5 Augustana Jan. 9 and 19 points in a 56-55 loss to Millikin three days later.
The 6-foot-5-inch Williams leads the Vikings (10-5, 2-2 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) in scoring, averaging 15.4 points, and is the second-leading rebounder (5.3). Last week he had 12 points and six rebounds in Wednesday's 62-56 win over North Central and 10 points and six rebounds in a 70-63 loss at Wheaton Saturday.
Williams ranks seventh in scoring and eighth in rebounding in the CCIW, one of only four players in the top ten in both categories. As a freshman, Williams led North Park in scoring as well, averaging 10.9 points, despite starting only four of 25 games.
Olivet Nazarene junior forward Brooke Peterson (Rolling Meadows) is part of a high-flying Tigers' women's basketball team that had scored more than 100 points in nine straight games before losing 118-86 at St. Xavier last Tuesday. That loss also broke an 11-game winning streak.
Olivet (15-4) is still averaging 103.7 points per game and got back on track with a 112-67 home win over Indiana-South Bend Saturday.
Peterson has come off the bench in all 19 games, averaging 7.4 points (fifth on the squad) and 4.2 rebounds (tied for second). She is also one of 13 players averaging more than 10 minutes of playing time (14.8).
In the Tigers' two games last week, Peterson combined for 20 points and nine rebounds, including eight points and five rebounds in the St. Xavier loss and 12 points and four rebounds in the win Saturday.
Northern Illinois wrestler Pat Castillo (Lyons Township) notched four major decisions in meets over the weekend to raise his record to 10-2 in dual meets and 18-5 overall, including eight major decisions.
Castillo, who's competing at 133 pounds this year, pinned Buffalo's Joe Wilson in NIU's 25-12 win over the Bulls in both schools' Mid-American Conference opener Jan. 12. He also finished fifth at the prestigious Midlands Wrestling Tournament the last week of December in Evanston. It was the third time in his career he placed at the Midlands.
Later this winter Castillo, ranked 12th in the nation at 133 last week, will aim to duplicate the success he had at last year's MAC Championships, when he won the title at 125 pounds and was named the meet's Most Outstanding Wrestler. He has participated in the NCAA Championships each of the last two seasons and came into this year with a career record of 77-28-3.
The wrestling program at NIU has become a family affair, as Castillo's younger brother, Vince, is a freshman on the wrestling team and his older brother, Mike, is in his first year as an assistant wrestling coach.
In women's swimming, several local products now competing for the University of Iowa stood out over the weekend in two home dual meets.
In the Hawkeyes' 179-120 win over Illinois Saturday, sophomore Christine Kuczek (Deerfield) and junior Ashley Dell (Lake Forest) on two individual events and sophomore Julie deBruin (Naperville North) claimed the 50 freestyle (23.86) and swam on the winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams.
Kuczek was the winner in both the 100 and 200 freestyle, with her time of 1:51.74 in the 200 besting the competition by more than three seconds. She also swam on the winning 400 freestyle relay and came in second to deBruin in the 50 freestyle. Dell claimed both long-distance freestyle events, winning the 1,000 freestyle in 10:18.47 (by more than 20 seconds) and the 500 freestyle in 5:03.49.
The Hawkeye women defeated Western Illinois 144-71 Friday, with deBruin and two other Chicago-area natives standing out. DeBruin won the 50 freestyle against WIU in 24.53 and freshman Kelsie Neubauer (Libertyville) claimed the top spot in the 500 freestyle in 5:09.21 over Dell's former high school teammate, sophomore Hilary Leigh (Lake Forest).


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GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – A 23-year-old man who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a crash that killed 13-year-old Brien Alvezios was sentenced Friday to five years in prison, followed by 10 years of drug-offender probation.
Anthony Margadonna was facing up to 30 years in prison for the crash that occurred two days after Thanksgiving in 2011.
During the hearing, Margadonna said he'd give his life to bring Alvezios back to his family, then made eye contact with victim's family and broke down crying. He said in court he knows he's ruined two family's lives -- his own family and the Alvezioses.
"I'm so sorry for taking your son from your family," Margadonna told Alvezios' family while crying.
Judge Don Lester said in deciding the sentence, he took into account the fact that Alvezios (pictured, below) likely died on impact and could not have been saved even if Margadonna had stopped. Lester also said there was no evidence Margadonna had been drinking at the time of the accident.
The state and defense questioned an accident reconstruction expert hired to re-enact the crash and examine it. Nancy Weseman testified that it was nearly impossible for Margadonna to see Alvezios before he was hit, saying the boy was wearing dark clothes on a low bike with reflectors that had been painted over.
"There was never any evidence that he caused the accident in any way," said Robert Shafer, Margadonna's attorney.
There was also testimony from another driver who nearly hit Alvezios as he rode his bicycle on Branan Field Chaffee Road at night while wearing dark clothing.
Meanwhile, the defense argued Margadonna didn't know he hit someone.
"The defendant here was charged only with leaving the scene of the accident. The defendant is not charged with causing the death of Brien, and I cannot sentence him for causing the death of Brien," Lester said before pronouncing the sentence.
"I don't think it's fair. My son was killed and I'll never have him again, and that man's only going to do five years. Not right," said Jenny Alvezios, Brien's mother, said of the sentence.
Holding his photo and fighting back tears, the Alvezios family said nothing can heal the pain they have endured.
"I have been very sick this year," Jenny Alvezios said. "I've had the hardest year of my whole life, and it will never be the same."
Brien Alvezios' father said he's encouraging Clay County to create bike and walking paths along Branan Field Chaffee Road as it continues developing the area.
Alvezios was riding his bike on Branan Field Road when Margadonna struck him, then drove off. Two days later, a friend of the Alvezios family happened to see a Jeep with front-end damage on Blanding Boulevard. He and his girlfriend followed the driver and called 911.
"We're right behind him. We're the third vehicle. If the cop looks over here, the vehicle is right in front of us. We just turned our lights on. I think the cop just got him," the 911 caller said.
When police caught up with Margadonna, they said he was trying to hide pieces of the Jeep. Investigators sent the pieces to FDLE for processing, and when the results came back, they arrested him.


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Put away the rubber glove, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says blokes don't need it to get a prostrate cancer check - unless they really want to.
Instead, a simple blood test is now enough to determine if men have the life-threatening disease.
"You don't have to go for the rubber glove - well, you can if you really like - but it's important to get the blood test," Mr Morrison told a prostate cancer awareness BBQ at Parliament House on Wednesday.
He's been getting checked ever since his father was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004.
"If you're sitting next to someone at the finals this weekend, whether they're AFL, whether they're NRL ... turn to each other and say 'have you had your test'," the prime minister said.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said men need to imitate the women in their lives and actually talk to each other about health issues.
"It is easy for people who are busy to put off dealing with their own health issues," he said.
"If you don't want to look after your health for yourself, look after your health for the people who love you."
Labor MP Jason Clare said men might not like going to the doctor, but it could save their life.
"It doesn't involve a finger up the bum, it's just a simple blood test," Mr Clare said.


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Eight-year-old Dalijah Scott and 9-year-old Dayja Scott died Thursday when their house caught fire. Their brother, 7-year-old Michael Scott, died later in the hospital.
Visitation will be held Thursday at Reid's New Golden Gate Funeral Home in Racine. The funeral home says visitation is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
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- New: WooCommerce 3.0.x support
- Fix: Minor bugs
- Added: WooCommerce 2.6.2 support
- Added: WordPress 4.5.x support
- Added: PHP7 Support
- Added: WooCommerce 2.5.5 support
- Fixed: WooCommerce checkout URL function
- Added: WordPress 4.4.2 support
- Added: WooCommerce 2.5.2 support
- Fixed: Add or change single slide on slider does not work
- Added: WordPress 4.4.1 support
- Added: WooCommerce 2.5.0 support
- Added: WooCommerce 2.4.13 support
- Fixed: Pagination issue when blog is on Home Page
- Added: WooCommerce 2.4.10 support
- Added: YITH Essential Kit support for WooCommerce #1
- Added: WordPress Title Tag support
- Added: Support to WordPress favicon system( Site Identity )
- Fixed: Category selection in for "items" shortcode
- Added: Compatibility with WordPress 4.3.x
- Added: Compatibility with WooCommerce 2.4.5
- Removed: Wpml deprecated function
- Added: support to WooCommerce 2.3.11
- Added: YITH WooCommerce Advanced Review support
- Updated: PrettyPhoto to 3.1.6 – latest stable and secure version
- Fixed: Items calculation issue on mini cart
- Added: WordPress 4.2.1 support
- Added: support to WooCommerce 2.3.8
- Fixed: Testimonial widget slider error on easing option
- Fixed: Wp security issue
- Fixed: Jigoshop my-account link option
- Added: Woocommerce 2.3.2 support
- Added: Yith Woocommerce Wishlist 2.0
- Added: Woocommerce 2.2.8 support
- Added: Action after the main nav menu, the action is named 'yiw_after_main_nav'
- Fixed: Contact form lose field values after submit if there are errors
- Fixed: Dropdown tabs on nav menu
- Fixed: Testimonial widget issue if used in conjunction with prettyPhoto
- Fixed: Probably Warning in header sliders when wpml is active
- Fixed: Comments can't be closed in single post
- Added: support to WooCommerce 2.2.6
- Fixed: Incorrect handle for google fonts during enqueue
- Fixed: YIW links problem
- Added: Woocommerce 2.2.3 support
VER 2.9.0 – September 09, 2014
- Fixed: Sample Data file
- Fixed: 'yiw' Text domain
- Fixed: Double spinner for number field on Firefox
- Fixed: Send email vulnerability issue, an user had ability to upload arbitrary file on uploads directory
- Fixed: Php code output on grouped products
- Fixed: Incorrect text domain for woocommerce translation strings.
- Fixed: woocommerce.php will be included even if the plugin directory is not named woocommerce
- Fixed: Yith Magnifier slider compatibility
- Fixed: Tabs label was not transalted
- Fixed: function ie version detect
- Fixed: Google Rich Snippet review date format
- Fixed: Table Cart total bad layout
- Fixed: Text of widget "Text Image" was not translated by wpml
- Fixed: Labels "item" and "items" were not traslated by wpml on minicart
- Fixed: Sub menu under the product image on single product page
- Added: Yith Wishlist compatibility
- Added: Checkout Redirect options
- Added: Option on general settings thet allow user to disable the "WP admin bar"
- Added: Google Recaptcha System
- Added: Support to WooCommerce 2.1.12
- Added: Compatibility with Jigoshop 1.9.4
- Added: Related products number and columns on single product page now affect up-sells product
- Removed: Tags custom post types from wpml-config.xml
VER 2.8.0 – Apr 17, 2014
- Added: support to WordPress 3.9
- Added: support to WooCommerce 2.1.7
- Fixed: grouped product template
VER 2.7.1 – Mar 26, 2014
- Added: supoort to Woocommerce 2.1.5
- Fixed: Checkbox on contact form page
- Fixed: Lightbox image navigation
- Fixed: Add to cart for grouped product
- Fixed: 'yit' Text domain
VER 2.7.0 – Feb 21, 2014
- Added: support to Woocommerce 2.1.x
VER 2.6.0 – Dec 30, 2013
- Added: support to WP 3.8
- Fixed: Error with Last tweets widget. Replaced user name with user id
VER 2.5.3 – Aug 02, 2013
- Added: Menu support for more than 3 levels
- Added: support with WordPress 3.6
- Fixed: Fixed image on mobile with the nivo slider enabled
- Fixed: 3rd submenu position
- Fixed: Blog meta height
- Fixed: Sale badge on variable products
- Fixed: Notifier cache fix
- Fixed: Warning on 404 page
- Fixed: Last tweets widget, error on multiple lines
Ver 2.5.2 – Jul 02, 2013
Ver 2.5.1 – March 20, 2013
Ver 2.5 – March 12, 2013
- Added: Woocommerce 2.0 support
Ver 2.4.2 – Jan 16, 2013
- Added: attribute target to [read_more]
- Added: Support for more than 3 menu levels
- Fixed: typography option for the menu font
- Fixed: HTML fix in the footer
- Fixed: WP 3.5 issues
- Fixed: Theme Options improved
Ver 2.4.1 – Jul 29
- Fixed: bugs in the buttons color, when jigoshop is installed
- Fixed: layout width in the single product page, where there is the sidebar
- Fixed: wrong position of description in categories pages
- Fixed: style of the categories list in shop page
- Fixed: bug in the layout of the up-sells section
Ver 2.3.1 – Jul, 04
- Fixed: slider gone in the shop pages
- Fixed: password protect feature in blog page
- Fixed: ability to remove the pingbacks and trackbacks from the post comments
- Fixed: sorting dropdown shown in single product pages
- Fixed: bad images alignment of the product shop pages layout
- Fixed: little bug when the responsive is active, in the stretched layout
- Added: target attribute in the shortcode [newsletter_form]
- Added: ability to change the slider thumbnails size
Ver 2.3 – Jun, 15
- Fixed: no responsive layout bug
- Fixed: notices with new wordpress 3.4
- Fixed: bug with almost all categories widget
- Fixed: bug with sliders when the theme is installed in a windows server
- Fixed: localization of theme options panel
- Fixed: bug in footer in shop pages
- Fixed: removed sorting dropdown in some shop shortcodes of woocommerce plugin
- Fixed: price filters link in menu, that weren't working without the price filter widget of woocommerce
- Fixed: otpions to show or hide the price and add to cart button in single products page
- Fixed: shop templates of woocommerce pages
Ver 2.2.1 – May, 03
- Fixed: layout structure with woocommerce
- Fixed: position of sale icon in the products
- Fixed: sidebar in iPad was hidden
Ver 2.2
- Added: now the theme is RESPONSIVE!
- Added: new option to choose what layout to use in the product details page
- Added: style to variations in the products
- Updated: theme options, leaving opened the last section after saving changes
- Updated: languages files
- Fixed: option to change the active state of links of creative navigation
- Fixed: ajax refreshing of cart widget, after add to cart of products
- Fixed: option to change the intervall of thumbnails slider
- Fixed: bug with sliders
- Fixed: fatal error with bad retrieving of theme widgets from files
- Fixed: bug with tabs
Ver 2.1.1 March 12
- Fixed: brackets parsing in the newsletter shortocode and widget
- Fixed: bugs with checkout page
- Fixed: template for the blog page, when it is set in reading settings
- Fixed: fatal error Call-time pass-by-reference shown
- Fixed: bugs with product image size
- Fixed: bugs with title position, in the products thumbnail when the title is inside of it
- Added: ability to change the navigation font size, by typography admin page
- Added: prevent the attachment link instead of image url, in the slider images
- Updated: child theme with the new fixes of shop pages
- Updated: languages sources
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A look back at the Gulf oil spill 100 days later from the perspective of someone who was hit right away with the tragic news of the loss of her fiance in the blast, from someone who felt the affects of the spill when the oil reached her beloved Florida beaches and from a storm chaser who looks ahead to what hurricane season might mean to the Gulf Coast this year.
For some of those affected by the Gulf oil blast of 2010, the arterial gushing that began 100 days ago has been replaced by the steady dabbing of beaches and birds.
But 100 days isn't even close to enough time to heal for those affected most profoundly by the explosion that continues to spew oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Melinda Becnel, whose fiance, Keith Blair Manuel, was killed in the initial Deepwater Horizon blast, still bleeds.
"The way I feel today isn't different than I felt the first day," Becnel said.
First hit, last to recover
While the capping of the spewing well brought comfort to some along the coast, Becnel, a grandmother from St. Amant, La., wasn't one of them. For her, watching the tragedy play out on the pages of newspapers and the clips on television pale to her own tragedy.
"I'm not saying it's not a bad situation, and if I hadn't been hurt so bad, maybe I'd feel different," she said. "It's hard to think beyond that."
She finds comfort holding her grandchildren, ages 4, 2 and six weeks. But the time that has passed since the April 20 spill hasn't eased the consuming ache Becnel feels.
She and Manuel were supposed to be married this month.
"I'm going to move on, but it's not easy at all," she said. "If didn't have these grandchildren that I had … It's very difficult."
Moving on is relative.
It will take years for the environment to move on — for the ocean to recover, for the plants and animals to return. But those things are largely replaceable, Becnel points out.
People who live around the Gulf will move on, too.
"I hope they remember 11 people lost their lives. The oil spill is second to that," Becnel said. "As bad as the oil spill is — the fish will die, the shrimp will die, the tourism will die. But that will come back. These men, they won't come back."
Exhausted and angry
In the weeks after the blast, the oil gradually slinked over to the pristine beaches of the Florida Panhandle.
While the residents of those shores first felt the brunt of the spill long after people like Becnel, they are, in many ways, at least closer to recovery. They mourned the death of their beaches and are slowly waking up to the possibility of a resurrection.
Dolores Pittman of Gulf Breeze, Fla., remains bitter at BP but sees the light at the end.
"Everything seems to be better," she said. "We're not getting as thick as oil."
She won't put a toe in the water just yet — not until the last of the health advisories evaporate. That could be a while.
So although the beaches are looking whiter, her summer still seems like a lost cause.
"We're like baseball players with no field to play in," Pittman said. "It's taken away part of us."
Looking forward, Pittman is apprehensive. She doesn't feel anyone — the government, BP, environmental experts — have given a full and accurate picture of what the region can expect in the coming months and years.
As she can't move forward on fact, Pittman continues to rely on emotion.
"I feel cheated as many others do," she said. "This is my home, and they have left it damaged for generations. I wonder what they have left for my grandchildren or great-grandchildren to deal with."
Stormy future
If the days immediately after the Deepwater Horizon explosion were mired in confusion, the days ahead could be even murkier.
Mark Sudduth, founder of the Hurricane Intercept Research Team and editor of the website hurricanetrack.com, has been storm chasing since 1995. Storms off the coast have already put temporary halts on skimming operations, and Sudduth said all indications are this year is going to be a violent one.
While half a dozen hurricanes make for a typical summer, Sudduth said this year the region might see twice that.
Already, Sudduth is on a campaign to quash a budding rumor mill. Fears of black, oil-filled rain have already surfaced, Sudduth said.
"The fear has run rampant, with people talking about it raining oil," he said. "If that was going to happen it would have happened during Katrina. It was so big and massive.
"(Hurricanes) go right over the oil platforms, and there's hundreds across the Gulf. It doesn't rain toxic chemicals during any other hurricane. Oil is too heavy to be evaporated in the atmosphere. There's no such thing as oil vapor."
And actually, after years witnessing and studying the tempers and habits of hurricanes, Sudduth said a tropical storm might not be such a bad thing — as long as it stays mostly out to sea.
A bad storm could churn up the oil and help disperse it, forming a cocktail of the sea's salty water and the hurricane's addition of freshwater.
"It'll beak up the concentration. Freshwater will dilute it more," Sudduth said. "It's a natural way to disperse a natural substance. A hurricane might not be so bad – as long as it's not a severe hurricane. You have to be careful what you wish for."
While the results of a tropical storm on an oil-filled Gulf are unknown, one thing is certain. People will panic, Sudduth said.
Whether it's raining oil or toxic vapors are heading inland — another colorful and unfounded threat Sudduth has heard — bad information has a way of permeating the population, much like oil on sand.
"There's great potential for rumors of epic proportion in a season like this," he said. "And it'll happen. You watch."
Carlene Peterson works for Chicago Suburban Life Publications as an editor. She journeyed to the Gulf last month to cover the oil spill for GateHouse News Service. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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|This is the article on the rank. For the Konohagakure Anbu member, head to Kage.
See also: Ninja Ranks
Kage (影, Literally meaning: Shadow) is a title reserved for the leader of one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries' hidden villages. They are collectively known as the Five Kage (五影, Gokage, Literally meaning: Five Shadows). A Kage oversees the activities of their village, from sending ninja on missions to making the hard decisions regarding the safety of their people. A village's Kage is generally acknowledged as its most powerful ninja. Due to the responsibilities and power held by the Kage, certain traits such as personality, intellect, and loyalty to the village are considered important as well. For example, Orochimaru, despite everyone agreeing that he has Kage-level abilities, was passed over as a candidate for Fourth Hokage by Hiruzen due to his lust for power and potential for betraying the village.
Each village has its own name for its Kage:
- The Hokage (火影, Literally meaning: Fire Shadow) of Konohagakure.
- The Kazekage (風影, Literally meaning: Wind Shadow) of Sunagakure.
- The Mizukage (水影, Literally meaning: Water Shadow) of Kirigakure.
- The Raikage (雷影, Literally meaning: Lightning Shadow) of Kumogakure.
- The Tsuchikage (土影, Literally meaning: Earth Shadow) of Iwagakure.
As a Kage's primary concern is their village, interaction between the Kage is rare; only during treaty-signing ceremonies or shared public events has a Kage been seen to interact with one of his or her peers. The only time that all five Kage are together is during a Kage Summit, which can be convened by any of the five to discuss topics that apply to all of their villages.
How a Kage is appointed appears to differ from village to village. In Konoha, the Hokage typically appoints their successor. If the Hokage dies or is otherwise incapacitated before they can choose a successor, the selection falls to the Land of Fire's daimyō, although that appointment must then be approved by the rest of Konoha's ninja. In Kumo, after the Third Raikage died, his son automatically became Fourth Raikage; this choice was apparently decided long before it came to effect, as seen when the latter was selecting a tag team partner for the purpose of aiding him in the future position as a Kage while the Third was still alive and active. If a Kage should ever choose to retire they will keep their title for the rest of their life, and can assist the new Kage with decision-making and other responsibilities. A retired Kage can even return to full-time leadership if their successor dies, as the Third Hokage did when the Fourth Hokage gave his life to save Konoha, being unable to find anyone worthy and willing to take on the title of Fifth Hokage at the time.
Because jinchūriki are so important to their village, it is tradition for a jinchūriki to be a relative of the current Kage, both to strengthen the jinchūriki's loyalties to the village and to display the Kage's might.[1] For example, Killer B is the adoptive brother of the Fourth Raikage and Gaara is the son of the Fourth Kazekage.
- The Third Hokage was considered to be the strongest of the Five Kage of his time.[2]
- In the anime, Hoshigakure has unofficially dubbed each of its leaders the Hoshikage (星影, Literally meaning: Star Shadow), signifying their ambition for Hoshigakure to be recognised as an equal to the hidden villages of the Five Great Shinobi Nations.


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Could President Barack Obama have used some help from Prince Harry this week? All signs point to yes.
During a press conference at the White House on Tuesday, as the president faced a tough question on the controversies marring his second term, British Prime Minister David Cameron just stood there, in the words of Jon Stewart, "like a kid who got invited to a friend's house for dinner the night his friend's parents filed for divorce."
Senior "Daily Show" White House Correspondent John Oliver had some insight into the situation: "President Obama picked the wrong Brit."
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If you're looking to distract the press, said Oliver, you've got to go with "this guy" — cut to footage of people squealing with delight over Prince Harry.
"Is that One Direction?" Stewart asked.
Come on! "Prince Harry is in town," Oliver shouted. "Right now, that's the Brit you want — not the pasty MP from West Oxfordshire."
And how have people been reacting to Prince Harry? Cut to a clip of Senator John McCain saying, "Frankly, I found him to be a very attractive young man."
Oliver then offered some of that British insight that he's so well known for: "The fact that the president was sitting on this royal asset all week and failed to use it may be the most damning sign of his incompetence so far."
Here is the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central:


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Napoli are the Marmite of Italy. You either love them or you hate them. Having seen them twice myself, I've got a foot in the camp of the former. Their fans can be both mesmerising and frightening at the same time. If you go and see Napoli, you won't forget about it in a hurry I can assure you.
This is the first of a two-part look at the club. Firstly, we'll take a look at the fans and try and get an insight into their world. Later in the week, I'll try and give you a rough guide should you ever want to go and see a game in the Stadio San Paolo.
As always here at EFW, we'll start with the fans. I interviewed lifelong fan Fabiano from Naples this week. He told me his love for Napoli, both the city and the team is something that cannot be described with just words. To Fabiano, Napoli are not just a team, they are his life and that rings true for many Napoli fans.
Do you think Napoli have the best fans in Italy? I do think we are Italy's best fans, because no one is as passionate as us: there are people who would rather skip their lunch than miss the match. Roma have passionate fans too, but they're not in the same league as us. When Napoli play away, the guest stand is always packed with every seat taken. Tickets run out very quickly. Furthermore, we never stop singing till the end of the match, even if we're losing 0-10!!! In conclusion, Napoli are a religion, not a team, to us.
Is there a sinister element to the Napoli support? There is a sinister element to our support, because since the 'Ultras' want everybody to sing, sometimes you can get in trouble if you don't sing, but not in deep trouble: they might just shout at you. But this happens just in the Curvas, where the Ultras stand. Talking about other fans, we are brothers just with 4 teams: Genoa, Ancona, Palermo and Catania, apart from those who come from the province of Naples. All the other teams are enemies, and our toughest feuds are with Roma, Lazio, Verona, Atalanta, Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan. Some other firms hate us, like for example Cagliari, Bari, Salernitana and Avellino, but these feuds are not as tough as the ones I mentioned before. The one with Roma is the toughest rivalry in Italy, because it's just a football matter, not a social one like the rivalries with northern teams, so all the hatred is concentrated in football. Furthermore, Napoli and Roma are the 2 toughest firms, so when we meet up problems always occur.
Nowadays it is impossible for us to go to Roma or for them to come here, because since a police officer was killed in Catania 3 years ago, many new rules have been made and many things have changed: when there's a high risk match, away fans are forbidden to go, and tickets are ordered to be sold only within the province of the city where the match is supposed to be played. Italian football association (FIGC, Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio) are trying to solve this problem with the 'Tessera del Tifoso', a card that will allow away fans to go to the ground even when forbidden. But you must not have had criminal records concerning football in the last 5 years to get it, so Ultras totally disagree with buying one.How many ultra groups do you have and do they all get on with each other? We have 2 Curvas: Curva A and Curva B. In Curva A there are many groups, each one with his leader, and they seem to get with each other since they allsing at the same time. The most famous groups are: Mastiffs, Teste Matte, Vecchi Lions and Brigata Carolina. Curva A is the one with the toughest fans. Curva B have just 2 groups: Ultras Napoli and Fedayn, and they don't get with each other: when Fedayn sing, Ultras Napoli remain silent, and viceversa. Curva B used once to be the best firm in Italy (Curva A and B, our 2 firms, get their name from the end's they occupy), but it has recently slowly come down, since there's not a real leader now. They once used to sing all match long, but nowadays the ones who sing the most are Curva A's groups.
Is it safe to watch a match at the Stadio San Paolo? Watching a match at San Paolo is safe, but it depends what stand you go to: I would not advice you to get a ticket for the curva, but Distinti, Tribuna Nisida and Tribuna Posillipo are quiet. Distinti are a bit more noisy, but Tribuna Posillipo is very quiet because it's attended by rich people, old people, fathers with their kids and journalists. But it's the most expensive stand of the ground, so I advice you to go to the Tribuna Nisida, which is quiet as well.
What is the stadium like and are there plans afoot to renovate it? The stadium is like a giant egg, and there are plans to renovate it: athletics track, roof and 3rd ring (the upper part, which is shut because it could fall) will be torn down, and seats will be built closer to the pitch.
Are away fans always allowed into the stadium for every match? Away fans are not always allowed to come to Napoli, but if we play against a team we are brothers with or which is not much of a feud to us, then they let them come.
Who are your rivals? Our rivals are mainly in Northern Italy, because there's a high social disagreement between north and south, and this is reflected in football too. We are rivals also with Roma and Lazio as I told you before, but it's just a football matter, it's a social one. Furthermore, there are some teams in the south we are rivals with because of things that happened many years ago, because they are brothers with a team we're rival with or because they come from the same region as us: Cagliari (we had a riot with them in 1997), Bari (they're brothers with Salernitana, our enemy) and Salernitana (they're in the same region as us, Campania, but it's not much of a rivalry to us, because we have history unlike them, although they feel this feud a lot).Are Napoli fans always allowed to travel to away games or are there still bans in place? Napoli fans are almost never allowed into the ground when they're guests, but sometimes we manage to beat the system by buying tickets for other stands (guest stand is shut) or turning up the very day of the match and forcing police to let us in to avoid deeper trouble.
Were you on that infamous train that went to Roma on the opening day of the season in 2008? No, unfortunately I was not on that train, but a friend of mine was there and told me it was all fixed up, because they didn't do anything bad apart from lighting some torches and firecrackers, so banning us from away matches for all the season was a too severe punishment, and totally stupid as was the decision of shutting our curvas for 3 matches (we won them all, nuts to them!!). In the previous days, Trenitalia, the Italian train company, had refused to give us a special train to go there, so we had to travel on an Inter City after waiting for several hours at the station. They said we ripped out seats, broke windows and toilets, but it's not true, because 2 Austrian journalists were on that train and said that nothing had happened. They just showed 4 broken wagons, the others kept on travelling across Italy. When we got to Rome, we got on buses, and they said we destroyed them, but not that each bus contained 150 people. They said we tore down the ground's gates, but when we got there they were already open, and no one was there 2 check us up. Because of decisions like that, Napoli fans do not like Italy at all: I mean, why would we support a country that hates us??
Does the shadow of Maradonna still loom large over the city? Yes, Maradona is still God to us, because he took us to win 2 leagues and the UEFA Cup, something we had never experienced before. We adore him especially because he used to play for the people, not for money.


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Since Aliza is now just over six months old, I thought I would share a picture of her and a couple of pictures of her parents and grandparents when they were each about six months old. This photo of Aliza was taken to celebrate her 6 month mark.
Now, photography and many other things have improved and progressed quite a bit from early 1986, 1980, 1963, and 1961, when these photos below were taken.
First are pictures of me. Our little family was living in Leefe, Lincoln, Wyoming in a trailer house on a mining job site. Either way, you can take a look at some of my facial features and compare them to Aliza.
As you can see, there are quite a few differences. I think Aliza is taking more and more features of her mother than me. However, the blue eyes are coming through. If there was a feature to pass on, I think that would be it.
Now that you have seen a couple of pictures of me from a similar age, look at this one of Amanda. You can definitely see more features that are similar with this photo of Amanda. Aliza does not have those ears though!
We just could not figure out where the shape of Aliza's head is coming from. I think I may have figured it out. Look at this picture of my Dad as an infant probably somewhere around 4 or 5 months old. Aliza's round head and the hair line is more reminiscent of my Dad. The furrows in the brow remind me of my nephew and some other pictures of my Dad, so I think the way Aliza furrows her forehead is from my Dad. I also think this is where Aliza gets her ears.
Amanda insists that Aliza's smile comes from her. At certain times when Aliza smiles though, I see my Aunt Jackie's smile. The smile is also my Mom's, but Mom had facial injuries which have altered her face, so I do not think the smile was as obviously my Mom's. But the peaks in her lips when she gets a big smile, and the way her cheeks pull back (no dimple though, Amanda can claim that) are my Mom's line.
Now, venturing over to Amanda's side of the family. Obviously the expressions and looks of her family are not so integrated into my being as to recognize nuances. I will let you judge for yourself whether you see some resemblances. Here is a picture of Amanda's Mom, Jill, at about 6 months. The overall cheeks and dimples are definitely a family trait to that side. I even think the shape of the mouth, but like I mentioned, the use and form of the mouth while smiling take on forms I recognize from my Mom's side.
Lastly, a picture of Amanda's Dad, Bryan. I think this gives us the origin of Aliza's nose. Aliza's ears definitely do not match these ones either. I think we also have the culprit for putting fingers in her mouth! Aliza does not care for her thumb, it is both index fingers in the side of her mouth or two fingers as demonstrated by her grandfather in this picture. It is interesting to think how much of our mannerisms are genetic or learned behaviour. I am sure that neither Amanda or I ever taught Aliza how to put her fingers in her mouth, so it is a curious line of thought.
Well, that was fun. We will have to do something similar when Miss Aliza finds herself at one year old.


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This month we opened our new and improved modern and contemporary collection galleries. The installation is a component of the 2013 Carnegie International (as is the Playground Project, which also opened this month in the Heinz Architectural Center) and highlights the major role the International has played in forming the museum's collection. As the show has been curated by different individuals over its nearly 120 year history, and as those individuals have chosen to acquire certain things rather than others, the collection has a unique character reflective of personal tastes and interests. Sometimes major artists were missed, but with the benefit of hindsight, the museum has continued to fill in the gaps through new acquisitions. Works that weren't in Internationals past are included in the reinstallation as well, to create a cohesive presentation of many of our best works.
Film and video is one facet of artistic practice that showed up late on the International's radar, appearing for the first time in the 1985 iteration. In the meantime, the Film and Video department was doing really innovative things, bringing some of the most important filmmakers to Pittsburgh to present their work and building an outstanding collection. Rethinking the collection galleries has given us the opportunity to make room for this frequently overlooked segment of our holdings (and history), so we've built an elegant new "black box" space in gallery 14. Over the course of the next 8 months–through the run of the International– this gallery will be home to a roughly chronological, rotating program of works by 11 major artists (see the full upcoming schedule after the jump). Most of the films that will be on view were acquired during the Film and Video department's first ten years (1970-1980), and some were presented in person by the filmmaker.
First up: Harry Smith's Heaven and Earth Magick (1962), a surreal collage film composed from Victorian-era catalogues and exercise manuals that Smith produced over a period of five years using a randomizing selection process called sortilege, inspired by the Surrealist practice of automatic writing. Smith adopted a strategic regimen of sleep deprivation, working to the point of exhaustion and then transferring his dreams to film upon waking. The resulting animation revolves around a male magus character who, after injecting a female figure with magic potion, finds she has disintegrated and must be reassembled.
Heaven and Earth Magic includes references to the Kabbalah, 19th-century philology, and the writings of Dr. Wilder Penfield on open-brain surgery and the concept of the Homunculus, evincing Smith's nearly encyclopedic knowledge of esoterica and mysticism. The artist was an avid collector of everything from pop-up books and forgotten folk records (he famously compiled the Anthology of American Folk Music, released in 1952) to Native American costumes, string figures, and Fabergé eggs. His interest in ethnic artifacts and everyday ephemera, as well as obscure forms of knowledge and the occult, was rooted in a search for universality underlying the diversity of human endeavor.
Stop by and see the film before July 8th, when we'll switch it out for a compilation of Kenneth Anger's early work.


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Curtain Up 6: Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor Host Noa Shadur
Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor's Big Mouth. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Dance In Israel: What is your relationship to Curtain Up?
Niv Sheinfeld: We made several pieces [for the festival]. I was doing work for the Batsheva Ensemble and the Kibbutz Dance Company in the beginning, but it was part of Curtain Up. And then I did Co-Variance, Pig, and Jorona for Curtain Up, together with Oren.
Noa Shadur's Into the Night. Photo by Jewboy.
DII: What drew you to invite Noa Shadur to be the choreographer to share the bill with you?
Oren Laor: I suggested Noa's name, and Niv immediately said "Yes, that's a good idea," because we saw Noa's work in the past, and among many Israeli independent choreographers, Noa's sources are the ones that we feel are the best. She looks at humans; we saw it's never just strictly movement. She's an explorer, like we like.
Noa Shadur's Into the Night. Photo by Jewboy.
NS: I think [it was] also the fact that we had a good dialogue with her. We started seeing her work and talking to her and checking things out, and we found that the language of the dialogue was fluent, and it gave us a good base.
Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor's Big Mouth. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
DII: Can you tell me a bit about how your new work Big Mouth started?
NS: The beginning was not from an idea; it was from working with Keren [Levi], because Keren is a good friend of mine for more than 25 years. We went to high school together, and I got to know the dance world from her. She was talking about coming to Israel; we said maybe we'll make a solo for you. We started by joking about it. And then we invited her to get into the studio for two weeks in Tel Aviv, and interesting things came up for us. Then we went for Amsterdam for the second period of work.
Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor's Big Mouth. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
NS: We were touring sometimes in this period, and we weren't in Israel a lot, and somehow I think it affected this work. [Also] the fact that Keren left Israel, it made the piece somehow with reference to the Israeli culture. It's only a reference. It's from a very personal point of view, from our connection, this trio. This solo became a trio; of course we found ourselves drawn in.
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