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Consoles are crap, well the fanboys who go on and on and on and on (5 hours later) and on and on, god that was boring, well the fanboys make them seem shitter than a man rolling around in a Farmers field. They don't focus on the good point on there own console unless there exaggearting it more than Fox news do talking about Muslim Extremism. "The whole of the islamic religeon want to blow you up." And then when there talking about he other consoles they infuriate you with blatant lies about the problems of that console, which probably effect theres aswell (oh no the consoles version of the plague is spreading.) So during this guide i will take you through the main points of each console. No fox news, this isn't a real source of infomation. DONT TRUST IT, DONT TRUST IT.
Ps3 (or we Havn't got a true Killer app, but we'll get one in 2008, no well 2009, oh that didn't work well 2010)
I got this when it first game out and god i was spoiled for choice of games, there was about 5 to fucking choose from, and 3 of them where probably last minute ports from the xbox. Oh but i was promised i would have good games soon, esspecially when the year 2008 rolled in. However me, expecting the PS3 killer apps (yes about 10 games where described as that)to hit me like a bulldozer reversing into an old lady it couldn't see, didn't realise nobody would give a shit about these apps because of Call of Duty: World at a War (a shit game, like almost all other Call of Duty games) which brainwashed people better than Adolf Hitler. However i pressed on, trying to discover what these games where like, heres a small review of the main three:
1. Metal Gear Solid 4- Probably the best game of the three, managing to stand up on story alone, but thats probably because the cut scenes added together ae probably longer than the fucking Return of the King extended edition. It falls down on the online though and didnt manage to drag people away from Call of Duty: Same Edition. 8/10
2. Killzone 2- Basically Halo if it had a paintjob from green to grey. In the biggest Cliche ever the British are the bad guys, Lock and Load (see, thats an example of another cliche, oh forget it.) 5/10
3. Resistance 2- A great game, it is built on great shooting events and Cinematic events. It brought about 10 people from the hypnotic trance of Cow pat of Duty before falling so far its legs snapped. 7/10
The main selling point of the PS3 was the free online, which many people thought at first was as buggier as a termite mound, no matter what your connection was you got more lag than a Hindu reincarnating. However this idea was snapped up by people who needed more than one account, e.g people with Families, those who are shit at games and want to start again, oh and people who are just simply cheating on there wives. The PSN has gotten better in recent times and now just feels like running through the sea, instead of something such as Storming the Beached of Normandy.
There is one last good part of Playstation 3 and that is the Blu- Ray, making the games look as nice as a rainbow (saying that is sickening.)It also makes the Movies look good but its a fucking game console, thats like saying that the Daily Mail is good (it's not, think British Fox News) to read when its main point in lfe is to be used as Toilet Paper.
X Box (Or that console with Halo)
Red rings of Death, fucking Red Rings of Death, it makes it sound like the One Rings even more evil brother in The Lord of the Rings, created by Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, Barack HUSSEIN Obama and the Legion of Doom, headquatered in the Ground Zero Mosque where it was forged in the Fiery Dooms of the WMDs of Iraq which Exist somewhere, according to George Bush and Tony Blair, oh and so do Pixies, and God. Oh and i'm getting away from the point, the supposed better console of them all... according to the many Fanboys lurking the murky depths of the shite known as X Box Live, tucked safely away in there warm comfy beds, with there mum to kiss them goodnight, before getting out there controller and making you wish the X Box came with a button which would release rabid hamsters on them. Halo is like an attractive young woman woman to them, well something has to be seeing as they won't get the actual thing,any way that was a coincidental segway into a Halo review (is it just me or does Masterchief sound like a porn name.)
Halo (The Series)- In the ENTIRE Halo series (except ODSPEE) you play as the Green PowerRanger, who has been outfitted by a crapper version of Q out of James Bond making all his inventions Steroid Based, except one which involves them putting springs in boots so you could jump 10 fucking ft in the air. Once in the series you play as Some other random coloured Power ranger who as with all the old Rangers is killed off (or Reincarnated said the Magical Hindu.)To me the whole series plays out the same except with bigger guns (reminds me of another game, here's looking at you Call of Duty.)
I bet the fanboy's are reading this review in there own words "oh my god halo is excellent, oh fuck me Master chief, i love your graphics and your online" .5/10
The worst part about the Xbox is the paying for online, which feels like a smack in the face after enjoying a nice piece of chocolate cake. And the Online isn't even better than the Playstation 3's,which is saying something. However a game should be able to stand up on it singleplayer instead of it's online, which should capitalize on the singleplayer ,like giving George Bush more places to invade when the Iraq invasion suceedes, Oh....
X Box 360-6.5/10
The Wii or Nostalgia, Mario and Fucking Motion Controllers
Motion Controllers, one of the many things on this planet which make me wish i lived on Saturn, preferably with a few Heavy Machineguns and the fucking Executives at Nintendo so i can release a couple of rounds of Lead into their Housewife loving brains. The words Action and Exiting were probably chucked around a lot in the marketing of the Wii remote, however your cock probably feels them words as well before realising your fucking your Nan and throwing up more thana Bulimia Sufferer watching Man vs Food. This is coincidently how I feel playing the Wii, see full circle just like all you idiots are now going to have to make with your will remote, causing you look like a retard. However as all the other consoles' dicks have fnnaly grown and they have now announced Motion Control this dosn't really make it any worse than the others.
What does however make it worse is the choice of games, almost all of them have been made by Nintendo who are competing with... um, Nintendo. This means tey can make games more repetetive than Daja Vu. This means they can make games more repetetive than Deja Vu. This means they can make games more repetetive that Deja Vu (metaphorically hits head against wall) Ah well thats enough of that. Well one of there many Increasingly similar games it makes me feel like ive Got off of the train into Call of Duty world is Mario, which i will now review to piss you all off.
Mario- Super Mario is a game which is made by the Nintendo Development team hopping into their company owned Tardis and going to a land run by a Brain dead princess, accompanied by her retarded servants, who seem to have made a public holiday of repeatedly hitting your head against a wall . While there they then release a constant supply of Giant Lizards, who seem to pour out more than shit coming out of a man with Bowel Problems. They then proceed to kidnap the brain dead princess, who gets saved by an Italin Plumber (and occasionly his Brother) before eating cake (well mario got some of the Princess' "Cake" wink wink) and not sharing any with the Lizard. Rinse and Repeat and you've got yourself a succesful gaming series. 3.5/10
Other sucessful video gaming series, if you like things made by constasntly milking Nostalgia so hard you solve thid world thirst are Donkey Kong, Zelda, a few thousand fucking samey sports games for losing weight if your to fat to fit through your door, or your to retarded to work out how to do a fucking Press Up. However there not all the same (acctually yes they are) because you get to fit a motion controler up your arse, however i promised not to talk about that, but fuck it. The motion controller expects your reaction time to be that of a man moving out of the way of a sniper bullet. Oh and don't whine about how they realeased Wii Motion Plus too because it came out like 3 fucking years after the original release. And it still has worse reactions than a Cripple with Alzheimers, and I don't want to offend either group by comparing them to the shit of the Wii.
So all in all I think the Wii is like the Barack Obama of consoles, promisingmuch but giving so little... Well it is if you like Motion controllers, which i don't, so to me it's more like little fart. 3/10
So that's it, a comparison of all the consoles which would have taken me less time if a nuclear apocalyspse hadn't happened hald way through writing. Damn mutated rats scuttling around my dilapidated house. Now depart from my presence, I am king of this new wasteland.
A bunch of inane cynical rants on gaming and other entertainment by a stereotypical British person, who is so self conscious he has to hide under a pseudonymn called John Smith (or shortened to Jonith.) Also has a fondness for tea.
Welcome all
Hello all and welcome to my blog (this is one of the nicest things you will ever here me say), in which i will whine and be cynical about different things until you'll either want to put a bullet through your head or drown yourself in your own piss.
I am now Jooseman, the Artist formerly known as Jonith, and I have stopped using the name Jonith regularly (however do still have many accoun named Jonith, so go by both) as it got confusing, So call me Jooseman or Joose or whatever. Call me TwatBucket if it pleases you.
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Rants up on this blog on Friday if I've done one, just too add a little bit of schedule here.
Anyway thats all from me, and also check out Rofling Officer Productions. He is a collaborater of mine.
I am now Jooseman, the Artist formerly known as Jonith, and I have stopped using the name Jonith regularly (however do still have many accoun named Jonith, so go by both) as it got confusing, So call me Jooseman or Joose or whatever. Call me TwatBucket if it pleases you.
Our Youtube Channel
Rants up on this blog on Friday if I've done one, just too add a little bit of schedule here.
Anyway thats all from me, and also check out Rofling Officer Productions. He is a collaborater of mine.
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I write books and run errands for the missus. I am self published through LULU.COM and all my works are available both at the publisher's site and on Amazon.
A complete listing of the books I have authored can be found by visiting either of those sites and putting in my name.
If you decide to pay a visit to any of my books please be advised that I do not concentrate on any one genre. Be sure to read the novel description before you hand over your hard earned cash.
The complete four volume set
If you are looking for a different sort of western story, this is the one for you. This is a tale of a stone cold killer outlaw who finds a path toward redemption while serving time in a New Mexico prison. In a complete reversal of roles he becomes a circuit riding minister and travels the west seeking to find personal salvation by leading others to spiritual fulfillment. Still, elements from his past refuse to stay buried and The Preacher finds that his bible must be augmented by a sixgun. When his past finally forces him into an inescapable showdown he discovers the only final salvation available to him.

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Located in Palmerton, our showroom is a walk down memory lane for some customers—located in the old Fernbrook Garment Factory where many locals worked. And even though we have renovated to accomodate our offices the original wood floors still remain.
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Upon there first visit most customers are surprised to see how expansive, attractive and enlightening our Palmerton showroom is. We hope you will stop by, say hello and judge for yourself.


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Custom WordPress admin columns can be pretty helpful for quickly viewing, and managing, your content from the main edit screen. So why not take the action up a notch by making your columns sortable?
There are five default WordPress taxonomies: category, post_tag, post_format, nav_menu, and link_category – but nav_menu and link_category are off in a world of their own so let's pretend they don't exist for now. All of the settings for these taxonomies are preset by the fine folks at WordPress, and hard-coded into WordPress core, so if you want to make any changes, you have to do a little work.
The category, post_tag, and post_format default slugs, or permalinks, are simple. Categories are preceded by the slug 'category', post tags are preceded by the slug 'tag', and post formats are preceded by the slug 'type'. In other words…
- An archive of all posts that are categorized under 'WordPress': http://wpdreamer.com/category/wordpress/
- An archive of all posts that are tagged 'Custom Post Types': http://wpdreamer.com/tag/custom-post-types/
- An archive of all posts that are assigned the video post format: http://wpdreamer.com/type/video/
- which I have none of so that link will give you a 404
But what if you wanted to change the slug to something else? Or get rid of it altogether?
Changing the Slug
Changing the category/tag slug is pretty simple. The base for the slugs are stored as options so all you have to do is hook into the 'pre_option_{option name}' filter that's applied when options are retrieved, allowing you to change the value that's returned. The category slug's option name is 'category_base' and the tag slug's option name is 'tag_base' so the filters are 'pre_option_category_base' and 'pre_option_tag_base'.
Changing the post format slug is a little different. The base is not stored as a option but it does have a filter: 'post_format_rewrite_base'.
The following code will, most likely, go in your functions.php file. Remember that filters must always return a value. Learn more about filters.
add_filter( 'pre_option_category_base', 'mysite_change_category_base' ); function mysite_change_category_base( $value ) { // let's change our category slug to rantings // this will change the permalink to http://wpdreamer.com/rantings/wordpress/ return 'rantings'; } add_filter( 'pre_option_tag_base', 'mysite_change_tag_base' ); function mysite_change_tag_base( $value ) { // let's change our tag slug to ravings // this will change the permalink to http://wpdreamer.com/ravings/custom-post-types/ return 'ravings'; } add_filter( 'post_format_rewrite_base', 'mysite_change_post_format_base' ); function mysite_change_post_format_base( $value ) { // let's change our tag slug to fanciness // this will change the permalink to http://wpdreamer.com/fanciness/video/ return 'fanciness'; }
Removing The Slug
Removing the slug altogether requires a different workaround, but it's still pretty simple.
When WordPress registers these default taxonomies, the register_taxonomy() function adds a permastruct for each taxonomy that registers its permalink structure. All you need to do is overwrite the permastruct with your own.
These taxonomies and permastructs are registered during the 'init' action on priority level 0 (highest priority) so we'll add our own hook into the 'init' action, but give it a lower priority so it's executed after WordPress does its thing.
The following code will, most likely, go in your functions.php file. Learn more about actions.
Heads up: I don't recommend removing the slug from categories, tags AND post formats. In fact, I wouldn't recommend removing the slug from more than one of these taxonomies because then WordPress would have a very difficult time figuring out your URLs. The code for removing all three is only shown together so you can pick which set you need.
If you still want to remove multiple slugs, or if you're having issues with your changes, I recommend installing the Rewrite Rules Inspector plugin. It shows you all of your rewrites and allows you to filter out which rewrites match a specific URL.
// make sure our action's priority is lower than 0, // which is the highest priority, so basically any // number greater than 0 will do. let's go with 1. add_action( 'init', 'mysite_change_taxonomy_permalinks', 1 ); function mysite_change_taxonomy_permalinks() { // changing the category permastruct $taxonomy = 'category'; // change the settings at will but make sure 'slug' is set to NULL $category_rewrite = array( 'hierarchical' => true, // categories are defaulty hierarchical 'slug' => NULL, // we don't want no slug! 'with_front' => false, // this is up to you 'ep_mask' => EP_CATEGORIES // this is a constant set by WordPress we'll use ); // overwrites default category permastruct add_permastruct( $taxonomy, "%$taxonomy%", $category_rewrite ); // ---------------------------------- // changing the post_tag permastruct $taxonomy = 'post_tag'; // change the settings at will but make sure 'slug' is set to NULL $post_tag_rewrite = array( 'slug' => NULL, // we don't want no slug! 'with_front' => false, // this is up to you 'ep_mask' => EP_TAGS // this is a constant set by WordPress we'll use ); // overwrites default post_tag permastruct add_permastruct( $taxonomy, "%$taxonomy%", $post_tag_rewrite ); // ---------------------------------- // changing the post_format permastruct $taxonomy = 'post_format'; // change the settings at will but make sure 'slug' is set to NULL $post_format_rewrite = array( 'slug' => NULL, // we don't want no slug! ); // overwrites default post_format permastruct add_permastruct( $taxonomy, "%$taxonomy%", $post_format_rewrite ); }
Heads up: Sometimes messing with permalink settings requires you flush your system's rewrite rules in order for the changes to take place. But they only need to be flushed once, each time you make a change, and not every time a page loads. To flush your rules, go to Settings -> Permalinks and click "Save Changes".
Heads up that I work on a Mac so, therefore, this tutorial is for Mac OS. However, I'm sure the majority of this process can easily be applied to Windows.
So you want a localhost WordPress sub-domain multisite network for testing? Great! But, per WordPress Settings Requirements, "You cannot choose Sub-domain Install (for a domain-based network) if the WordPress address (URL) is localhost or 127.0.0.1." Eh. No worries. The requirements also point out that "you can create a domain-based network on your local machine by using your hosts file to map another hostname [to your local IP address], so that you never have to use the hostname localhost."
In other words, unlike http://localhost, your localhost URL needs to have a domain name, e.g. http://localhost.com, so you'll have to tell your local machine to use http://localhost.com instead.
This is a pretty extensive tutorial that, in the end, will have walked you through the entire process of creating a localhost WordPress sub-domain multisite environment. However, if you don't need multisite, or don't need sub-domain multisite, just skip sections 3 and 5.
- Setup Your Local Server
- Place The WordPress Files
- Change Localhost To Localhost.com – required if you want a sub-domain multisite environment
- Install WordPress
- Create A WordPress Multisite Network – required if you want a multisite environment
Make sure you have the following setup, and downloaded, before moving forward.
- The latest version of WordPress
- It's kind of important.
- MAMP or WAMP
- Allows you to install a local server environment on your Macintosh or Windows system.
- Stands for Macintosh or Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
- A server with Apache, MySQL, and PHP are all required in order to run WordPress. MAMP/WAMP allows you to run such a server on your computer!
- At publication, I am running version 2.1.3, which is the most up-to-date version.
- A code editor or text editor
- I use Coda 2. It's pretty nice. Anything from Panic is pretty nice.
- There are a lot of free options. TextWrangler being one.
- If you still don't know, Google is your best friend.
1. Setup Your Local Server
Per WordPress requirements, in order to run WordPress you need a server running PHP and MySQL. MAMP, which stands for Macintosh, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, allows you to install such a server on your local system.
Configure MAMP
- Open MAMP.
- Click "Preferences" – I've included screenshots of my preferences below.
- Start/Stop – These are really personal preferences. I like to check "Start Servers when Starting MAMP" and uncheck everything else.
- I'm starting MAMP usually because I want to start the servers so why not automatically start the engines.
- Not stopping the servers when you quit MAMP means you don't have to keep MAMP open.
- Not checking for MAMP PRO means I don't get an annoying message every time I open MAMP.
- My start page url is set to "/MAMP/".
- Ports – In order to have a sub-domain multisite environment, you must click "Set to default Apache and MySQL ports". This will set the Apache port to 80 and the MySQL port to 3306.
- PHP – I recommend selecting the most recent PHP version. My PHP extension is set to "XCache".
- Be sure to check WordPress requirements to make sure your PHP version is meeting the minimum requirements. If not, you can download additional versions of PHP from MAMP and from WAMP.
- Apache – Select a directory that will serve as your document root, i.e. the location where you will keep your WordPress files.
- My preference? The "Sites" folder which, for Mac, is usually located in your Users folder. Mine is located at "/Users/rachelcarden/Sites". But it really doesn't matter. Just try to keep it simple and yet choose what you deem an important location. This could potentially hold a lot of important files.
- Start/Stop – These are really personal preferences. I like to check "Start Servers when Starting MAMP" and uncheck everything else.
- Click "OK" – to save and close your preferences.
- Click "Start Servers" – you might need to enter your administrator password.
- If you didn't check "Stop Servers when quitting MAMP", you can quit MAMP now. If not, you have to keep MAMP open for the servers to run.
Create Your Localhost WordPress Database
There's just one more step to setting up your server. Your local machine is now running MySQL but you'll need to create a a database for WordPress to use.
If you have a MySQL database management program, now's the time to open that baby up. I use Sequel Pro. It's pretty good and it's free. If not, no worries. MAMP comes with phpMyAdmin, which is a web interface for MySQL management. All you have to do is open your MAMP start page, which should be http://localhost/MAMP/, and click on, you guessed it, "phpMyAdmin" in the top menu. Another way to open the start page? Open MAMP -> Click "Open start page". Now just a few simple steps:
If Using phpMyAdmin
- Click the "Databases" tab.
- Enter the database name into the blank field. I'm gonna call mine WPDEV.
- Click "Create".
If Using Sequel Pro
- Connect to your localhost server.
- Name: Localhost
- Host: 127.0.0.1
- Username: root
- Password: root
- Select "Database" from the top menu and click "Add Database…".
- Enter the database name into the blank field. I'm gonna call mine WPDEV.
- Click "Add".
2. Place The WordPress Files
Remember the document root you just selected in your MAMP preferences? Place the WordPress files in your document root directory. Mine is my "Sites" folder, located at "/Users/rachelcarden/Sites".
3. Change Localhost To Localhost.com
required if you want a sub-domain multisite environment
As I pointed out at the beginning, per WordPress Settings Requirements, "You cannot choose Sub-domain Install (for a domain-based network) if the WordPress address (URL) is localhost or 127.0.0.1." You can, however, "create a domain-based network on your local machine by using your hosts file to map another hostname [to your local IP address], so that you never have to use the hostname localhost."
In other words, unlike http://localhost, your localhost URL needs to have a domain name, e.g. http://localhost.com. It's now time to map http://localhost.com to our IP address so it can be used for our network domain.
Now, don't freak out but the hosts file is locked so you're going to have to use the Terminal. It's really not that difficult. I promise. Just follow this nice, simple tutorial and, when you get to the part that says "simply append your new mappings", append the following:
127.0.0.1 localhost.com
Note: Unfortunately, you cannot cover ALL of your sub-domains with the above line which means you will have to repeat this process for each site on your sub-domain multisite network. If you already know of a sub-domain you wish to use, I recommend you go ahead and add it to the list. For example, I will use http://cptonomies.localhost.com so I will also append the following:
127.0.0.1 cptonomies.localhost.com
Once you've finished the tutorial, you should now be able to visit http://localhost.com/. Do you see a WordPress Error screen that says "There doesn't seem to be a wp-config.php file. I need this before we can get started."? You do? Awesome! This means everything worked so click "Create A Configuration File" and let's get configuring!
4. Install WordPress
A word to the wise going forward for sub-domain multisite setups: Make sure you're on http://localhost.com, and not just http://localhost, while you're installing WordPress because WordPress will save your domain in its settings.
With the server set up, and the WordPress files in place, you are now ready to visit http://localhost.com, which should initiate the WordPress installation script. WordPress provides a very helpful walkthrough to help you get everything setup properly.
Enter Your WordPress Database Connection Data
The first screen you'll come across, that requires data, will be for the database connection. Enter the following information:
- Database Name: the name of the database you just created – I used WPDEV
- User Name: root
- Password: root
- Database Host: localhost
- Table Prefix: wp_
Submit your information, finish the "famous five minute WordPress installation process", and login to your WordPress admin/dashboard.
5. Create A WordPress Multisite Network
required if you want a multisite environment
The WordPress Create A Network codex page makes the process look pretty complicated so let me break it down for you:
- Allow for Multisite – follow step 2 on the Create A Network codex page.
- Go to your Admin. Click Tools -> Network Setup.
- Select "Sub-domains". Enter network details. Click "Submit".
- Don't worry about the "Warning! Wildcard DNS may not be configured correctly!" warning.
- Follow the instructions on the page and click "Log In" at the bottom of the screen.
- Log back in to your admin.
Congratulations! You are now running a localhost WordPress Multisite! Now it's time to add a second site.
Create A New Multisite Site
- Click "My Sites" at the top left (in your admin bar) and click "Network Admin".
- Click "Sites". You should now see that the only site listed is your primary site "localhost.com".
- Click the "Add New" link at the top, fill out the form, and click the "Add Site" button.
Now, remember how I mentioned back when we were editing the hosts file that the hosts file has to list ALL of your sub-domains? Well now's the time to make sure your new sub-domain is listed in your hosts file because, otherwise, you will not be able to view your new site.
If you're able to view your site then your multisite setup is complete!!! Hooray!!! Time for a happy dance! I hope this tutorial was helpful. If you have any questions or issues, and a quick Google search didn't help you out, feel free to comment and I'll try to help you out as soon as possible.
If you want to take your local testing environment a step further, then be on the lookout for my next tutorial: "How To Turn Your Localhost WordPress Environment Into A SVN Repository".
The WordPress admin bar, or toolbar, can be really helpful but sometimes it gets in my way, especially when I'm trying a new design and having difficulty imagining what it looks like without a dark gray bar running across the top.
For most people, with a single WordPress install, the solution is simply a matter of going into your profile and unchecking "Show Toolbar when viewing site". But what if you're running WordPress multisite? Unchecking that box removes the toolbar across your entire network when you only wanted to hide the toolbar on the new site you're designing.
Sometimes I require a password for front-end content but there's no need to grant access to the admin/dashboard, or frankly for them to even know it exists, so I'd rather not confuse them with a pointless toolbar.
Thankfully, as with most functionality in WordPress, there's a pretty easy way to tell the admin bar to go away.
- Write a function which hooks into the "after_setup_theme" action.
- Hooking into this action is important because it allows us to also remove the styles and scripts that WordPress enqueues for the admin bar. If they are not removed, then there will still be a space at the top of your page for the bar and that's not very helpful.
- Inside your function, call the WordPress function, show_admin_bar() and pass just one parameter: false
There's obviously a wide variety of scenarios for when and where to hide your admin bar, but hopefully the following examples will give you a good groundwork. This code will, most likely, go in your functions.php file.
Always Hide The Admin Bar
If you want to hide the admin bar for good, no matter who's looking at the site, the code is pretty simple.
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'my_website_remove_admin_bar' ); function my_website_remove_admin_bar() { show_admin_bar( false ); }
Hide the Admin Bar If The User Doesn't Have Access To The Admin/Dashboard
If you want to hide the admin bar from users who don't have access to the admin/dashboard, then check their user capabilities. The capability to "read" is what allows access to the administration panel.
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'my_website_remove_admin_bar' ); function my_website_remove_admin_bar() { // if the user cannot "read", then they cannot access the admin/dashboard if ( ! current_user_can( 'read' ) ) show_admin_bar( false ); }
Hide The Admin Bar on Specific Multisite Sites
If you want to hide the admin bar on specific sites on your multisite network, use the global
$blog_id variable in your logic. The global
$blog_id variable contains the ID of which site is currently being viewed.
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'my_website_remove_admin_bar' ); function my_website_remove_admin_bar() { // access the global variable global $blog_id; // remove the admin bar for one site if ( 3 == $blog_id ) show_admin_bar( false ); // remove the admin bar from multiple sites if ( in_array( $blog_id, array( 3, 5, 8, 10 ) ) ) show_admin_bar( false ); }
Hide The Admin Bar on Specific Pages
Using WordPress conditional tags allows you to easily hide the admin bar on specific sections, or pages, of your site.
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'my_website_remove_admin_bar' ); function my_website_remove_admin_bar() { // hide the admin bar on your main page if ( is_home() ) show_admin_bar( false ); // hide the admin bar on your page with the title of 'About Me' if ( is_page( 'About Me' ) show_admin_bar( false ); // hide the admin bar on any taxonomy archive page if ( is_tax() ) show_admin_bar( false ); }
This post was inspired by an answer I posted in the WordPress Stack Exchange.
This is an interesting WordPress problem that could span several scenarios. But let's say you have a custom post type named 'songs' and you defined its slug as 'songs' so its archive page URL is http://www.mysite.com/songs.
This is fine and all but a slug used for a custom post type archive page, i.e. 'songs', is not saved in the database and is, therefore, not available when you're creating/editing posts to tell WordPress "NO! The slug 'songs' is taken!". With that said, a user could come along and create a post (or page) with the slug 'songs' which would therefore have the same URL as your custom post type archive page: http://www.mysite.com/songs.
So how do you keep users on your site from creating posts with particular slugs, a.k.a. reserve slugs?
It's pretty simple, actually. Use one, or both, of the following two filters. They hook into WordPress when it's checking a post's slug, allowing you to return "true" which tells WordPress that the post slug is bad. If you return "true", WordPress adds on a suffix, just like it would do if you were trying to use a slug that is already taken.
The first filter, 'wp_unique_post_slug_is_bad_hierarchical_slug', is for hierarchical posts and the second filter, 'wp_unique_post_slug_is_bad_flat_slug', is for non-hierarchical posts. While both filters provide the post's
$slug and
$post_type, the hierarchical filter also provides the ID for the post parent so if the
$post_parent is 0, you know this is a "base" post.
add_filter( 'wp_unique_post_slug_is_bad_hierarchical_slug', 'rachel_carden_is_bad_hierarchical_slug', 10, 4 ); function rachel_carden_is_bad_hierarchical_slug( $is_bad_hierarchical_slug, $slug, $post_type, $post_parent ) { // This post has no parent and is a "base" post if ( !$post_parent && $slug == 'songs' ) return true; return $is_bad_hierarchical_slug; } add_filter( 'wp_unique_post_slug_is_bad_flat_slug', 'rachel_carden_is_bad_flat_slug', 10, 3 ); function rachel_carden_is_bad_flat_slug( $is_bad_flat_slug, $slug, $post_type ) { if ( $slug == 'songs' ) return true; return $is_bad_flat_slug; }
These filters can be found in the WordPress function wp_unique_post_slug() in the wp-includes/post.php file.
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- Populate your custom columns
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- Populate Your "Quick Edit" Data
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While "Quick Edit" and "Bulk Edit" are not widely used, and are kind of hidden, features, they are no less powerful and time-saving. So when a user requested they be added to CPT-onomies, I got busy learning all I could.
At first glance, it may seem like a lot of work but I'm just trying to cover all the details. If "Quick Edit" and "Bulk Edit" is what you're after, then you'll be glad you stuck around 'til the end.
If you're familiar with my CPT-onomies plugin, you know that I use a Movies database in all of my examples. So for this tutorial, I will be adding a field for "Release Date", which is post meta for my custom post type "Movies", under "Bulk Edit" and "Quick Edit".
1) Add your custom columns
Since the "Bulk Edit" and "Quick Edit" hooks are triggered by custom columns, you must first add custom columns for the fields you wish to add, which are setup by 'filtering' the column information.
There are 3 different column filters: 'manage_pages_columns' for pages, 'manage_posts_columns' which covers ALL post types (including custom post types), and 'manage_{$post_type_name}_posts_columns' which only covers, you guessed it, the columns for the defined $post_type_name.
The 'manage_pages_columns' and 'manage_{$post_type_name}_posts_columns' filters only pass $columns (an array), which is the column info, as an argument, but 'manage_posts_columns' passes $columns and $post_type (a string).
Note: Don't forget that it's a WordPress filter so you HAVE to return the first argument that's passed to the function, in this case $columns. And for filters that pass more than 1 argument, you have to specify the number of accepted arguments in your add_filter() declaration, following the priority argument.
The first example adds our new column at the end. Notice that we're specifying a post type because our function covers ALL post types:
add_filter( 'manage_posts_columns', 'rachel_carden_managing_my_posts_columns', 10, 2 ); function rachel_carden_managing_my_posts_columns( $columns, $post_type ) { if ( $post_type == 'movies' ) $columns[ 'release_date' ] = 'Release Date'; return $columns; }
The second example adds our new column after the "Title" column:
add_filter( 'manage_posts_columns', 'rachel_carden_managing_my_posts_columns', 10, 2 ); function rachel_carden_managing_my_posts_columns( $columns, $post_type ) { switch ( $post_type ) { case 'movies': $new_columns = array(); foreach( $columns as $key => $value ) { $new_columns[ $key ] = $value; if ( $key == 'title' ) $new_columns[ 'release_date' ] = 'Release Date'; } return $new_columns; } return $columns; }
2) Populate your custom columns
Now that we have a column, we need to fill our column with data. The filters to populate your custom column are pretty similar to the ones that added your column: 'manage_pages_custom_column', 'manage_posts_custom_column', and 'manage_{$post_type_name}_posts_custom_column'. All three pass the same 2 arguments: $column_name (a string) and the $post_id (an integer).
Our custom column data is post meta so it will be a pretty simple case of retrieving the post meta with the meta key 'release_date'.
Note that we are wrapping our post meta in a div with an id of "release_date-" plus the post id. This will come in handy when we are populating our "Quick Edit" row.
add_action( 'manage_posts_custom_column', 'rachel_carden_populating_my_posts_columns', 10, 2 ); function rachel_carden_populating_my_posts_columns( $column_name, $post_id ) { switch( $column_name ) { case 'release_date': echo '<div id="release_date-' . $post_id . '">' . get_post_meta( $post_id, 'release_date', true ) . '</div>'; break; } }
3) Add to the "Bulk Edit" and/or "Quick Edit" Row
Now that you have your custom column, it's bulk/quick edit showtime! The filters are 'bulk_edit_custom_box' and 'quick_edit_custom_box'. Both filters pass the same 2 arguments: the $column_name (a string) and the $post_type (a string).
Your data's form fields will obviously vary so customize at will. For this example, we're using an input. Also take note of the css classes on the <fieldset> and <div>. There are a few other options like 'inline-edit-col-left' and 'inline-edit-col-center' for the fieldset and 'inline-edit-col' for the div.
add_action( 'bulk_edit_custom_box', 'rachel_carden_add_to_bulk_quick_edit_custom_box', 10, 2 ); add_action( 'quick_edit_custom_box', 'rachel_carden_add_to_bulk_quick_edit_custom_box', 10, 2 ); function rachel_carden_add_to_bulk_quick_edit_custom_box( $column_name, $post_type ) { switch ( $post_type ) { case 'movies': switch( $column_name ) { case 'release_date': ?><fieldset class="inline-edit-col-right"> <div class="inline-edit-group"> <label> <span class="title">Release Date</span> <input type="text" name="release_date" value="" /> </label> </div> </fieldset><?php break; } break; } }
4) Populate Your "Quick Edit" Data
When you click "Quick Edit", you may have noticed that your form fields are not populated. WordPress adds one "Quick Edit" row which moves around for each post so the information cannot be pre-populated. It has to be populated with JavaScript on a per-post "click Quick Edit" basis.
WordPress has an inline edit post function that populates all of their default quick edit fields so we want to hook into this function, in a sense, to make sure our JavaScript code is run when needed. We will "copy" the WP function, "overwrite" the WP function so we're hooked in, "call" the original WP function (via our copy) so WordPress is not left hanging, and then run our code.
Remember where we wrapped our column data in a <div> in Step 2? This is where it comes in handy, allowing our Javascript to retrieve the data by the <div>'s element ID to populate our form field. There are other methods to retrieve your data that involve AJAX but this route is the simplest.
Don't forget to enqueue your script and make sure it's dependent on WordPress's 'inline-edit-post' file. Since we'll be using the jQuery library, we need to make sure 'jquery' is loaded as well:
add_action( 'admin_print_scripts-edit.php', 'rachel_carden_enqueue_edit_scripts' ); function rachel_carden_enqueue_edit_scripts() { wp_enqueue_script( 'rachel-carden-admin-edit', get_bloginfo( 'stylesheet_directory' ) . '/quick_edit.js', array( 'jquery', 'inline-edit-post' ), '', true ); }
Now let's create our JavaScript file:
(function($) { // we create a copy of the WP inline edit post function var $wp_inline_edit = inlineEditPost.edit; // and then we overwrite the function with our own code inlineEditPost.edit = function( id ) { // "call" the original WP edit function // we don't want to leave WordPress hanging $wp_inline_edit.apply( this, arguments ); // now we take care of our business // get the post ID var $post_id = 0; if ( typeof( id ) == 'object' ) $post_id = parseInt( this.getId( id ) ); if ( $post_id > 0 ) { // define the edit row var $edit_row = $( '#edit-' + $post_id ); // get the release date var $release_date = $( '#release_date-' + $post_id ).text(); // populate the release date $edit_row.find( 'input[name="release_date"]' ).val( $release_date ); } }; })(jQuery);
5) Save Your "Quick Edit" Data
Saving your "Quick Edit" data is exactly like saving custom data when editing a post, using the 'save_post' hook. With that said, you may have already set this up. If you're not sure, and your "Quick Edit" data is not saving, odds are you need to hook into the 'save_post' action.
The 'save_post' action passes 2 arguments: the $post_id (an integer) and the $post information (an object).
add_action( 'save_post','rachel_carden_save_post', 10, 2 ); function rachel_carden_save_post( $post_id, $post ) { // don't save for autosave if ( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) return $post_id; // dont save for revisions if ( isset( $post->post_type ) && $post->post_type == 'revision' ) return $post_id; switch( $post->post_type ) { case 'movies': // release date // Because this action is run in several places, checking for the array key keeps WordPress from editing // data that wasn't in the form, i.e. if you had this post meta on your "Quick Edit" but didn't have it // on the "Edit Post" screen. if ( array_key_exists( 'release_date', $_POST ) ) update_post_meta( $post_id, 'release_date', $_POST[ 'release_date' ] ); break; } }
6) Save Your "Bulk Edit" Data
Saving the "Bulk Edit" data is a little trickier because we have to get JavaScript involved. WordPress saves their bulk edit data via AJAX so, guess what, so do we.
Add the following code to your JavaScript file:
$( '#bulk_edit' ).live( 'click', function() { // define the bulk edit row var $bulk_row = $( '#bulk-edit' ); // get the selected post ids that are being edited var $post_ids = new Array(); $bulk_row.find( '#bulk-titles' ).children().each( function() { $post_ids.push( $( this ).attr( 'id' ).replace( /^(ttle)/i, '' ) ); }); // get the release date var $release_date = $bulk_row.find( 'input[name="release_date"]' ).val(); // save the data $.ajax({ url: ajaxurl, // this is a variable that WordPress has already defined for us type: 'POST', async: false, cache: false, data: { action: 'rachel_carden_save_bulk_edit', // this is the name of our WP AJAX function that we'll set up next post_ids: $post_ids, // and these are the 2 parameters we're passing to our function release_date: $release_date } }); });
Now we need to setup the WordPress AJAX function that will handle and save our data:
add_action( 'wp_ajax_rachel_carden_save_bulk_edit', 'rachel_carden_save_bulk_edit' ); function rachel_carden_save_bulk_edit() { // get our variables $post_ids = ( isset( $_POST[ 'post_ids' ] ) && !empty( $_POST[ 'post_ids' ] ) ) ? $_POST[ 'post_ids' ] : array(); $release_date = ( isset( $_POST[ 'release_date' ] ) && !empty( $_POST[ 'release_date' ] ) ) ? $_POST[ 'release_date' ] : NULL; // if everything is in order if ( !empty( $post_ids ) && is_array( $post_ids ) && !empty( $release_date ) ) { foreach( $post_ids as $post_id ) { update_post_meta( $post_id, 'release_date', $release_date ); } } }
7) Make your columns sortable
If you're interested, I have published a tutorial on how to make your columns sortable AND added the sortable functionality to this tutorial's code over at Github.
8) Download the Code
See? That wasn't too bad. The code is hanging out over at Github. Go nuts, buddy.


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By Natalie Soh,
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A SINGAPORE surgeon has become the first doctor in South-east Asia to use a new technology in eye operations.
At the heart of this breakthrough are tiny plastic devices, called 'trocars', that help surgeons access the inside and back of the eye easier, causing less trauma to the patient.
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Similarly, each grade has its own bonus section with many games. In the Measurement World module, some games are for topics, such as learning about weight, length, area and perimeter.


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In response to God's love, Childspring International provides medical care and opportunities for a better life to children around the world.
Childspring International is a faith based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Atlanta. Our goal is to facilitate medical operations for underprivileged and impoverished children from around the world. Oftentimes, due to the poverty level of the child's family or the general lack of adequate medical facilities and technology, it is deemed necessary to bring the child to the United States for their much needed surgeries. We help to treat children who suffer from a range of maladies: heart problems, craniofacial deformities, orthopedic ailments, urological problems, and even neurological problems. If the treatment provided does not prove to be life-saving, it is at the very least life-transforming.
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Hello and Good Day to you!
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Ours is a small town settled near the Spine of the World.
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Mattison has created an impressive overview of key performance and non-financial indicators (KPI's). He calls it a Guide to Performance Measurement and Non-Financial Indicators. Curious? This is my selection, forming a very complete checklist.
Successfully Optimizing Non Financial Indicators
My blog on My Final Checklist of Key Performance and Non-financial Indicators (KPI's) has got quite some attention, being read more than 20,000 times! According to your reactions many of you have used my advice to implement key performance indicators for non-financial processes. However, the results seem to be mixed. Over time I received more than once the question if currently a better set of non-financial indicators is available.
Perhaps there may be better KPI's available, but I am not so sure that the problem lies in the KPI's. So the question is how to fix seemingly non working KPI implementations. So why are results mixed, how to improve and optimize the results, and what should change.
The purpose of a non financial KPI
Let us start by asking ourselves the question why we wanted KPI's for. In an organization we want predictable and repeatable business processes with an acceptable performance. Also, we want to enable structured improvement of such a business process.
KPI's measure the performance of a system result, or an enabling system process. The process monitored by the KPI is part of the system of organization, business processes, and information systems.
Of those 3 system parts, organization, processes and information systems, only the last, the information system is fixed. Change is slow, although better usage of the existing information systems is usually possible. The other 2 parts, organization and processes, display a dynamic behavior. Under pressure, what ever the reason, they can become 'fluid'. This implies that their behavior can change over time. Not so the KPI's though, they remain static. So, it is very well possible that a KPI is fine at first, but looses its effectiveness over time. And not seldom very fast indeed.
2 Examples of Induced Fluid Behavior of Organization and Processes
Let me give 2 examples of KPI selection methods, doomed to fail over time:
Top-down example: The top management introduces some KPI's
When top management introduces KPI's, the organization and its individual units will show resistance. It will reorganize itself, thus reducing the impact of the KPI's, and if some way possible, maximizing the maximal benefits for the organization unit. The rationalization behind the KPI is fully neglected.
Bottom-up example: every team defines their own KPI's
A team that is asked to define their own KPI's, will display great enthusiasm. This is a management sponsored chance to divert from normal operations. The resulting KPI's will isolate the impact of other departments on the processes of this unit. 'One cannot be held responsible for the activities of others'. It does not matter whether this regards internal colleges, or external clients.
There are 3 important reasons why static KPI's might not work:
- Once people start thinking about KPI's they start rationalizing their behavior, and consequentially their behavior starts changing.
- People tend to change their behavior in order to minimize the negative effects of KPI's, such as disturbance of their day to day work by other parts of the organization.
- People tend to keep minimal levels of work in their in- and out tray in order to keep busy all day.
How to fix non optimal KPI's?
If KPI's do not seem to work as expected, careful observations and a detailed analysis are required. Chances are high that you identified a structural system defect. This defect must be repaired and tested first before you can define, implement, and evaluate new KPI's.
Also, it is very advisable to use a modern tool approach. This makes analysis, design, and evaluation a lot easier.
What should change
People are blind for their own flaws. Therefore, it is very advisable you ask a qualified external consultant to help you.
Tasks and activities of the external consultant:
- Guidance of the organization during observation and analysis.
- Stimulating of management and employees for objectifying the observed facts, and reduce the fiction.
- Facilitating of a concrete and simple plan to define and implement non financial performance indicators.
- Stimulating and guidance with improvement iterations, until an optimal result is established.
- Evaluation and implementation of 'best practices'.
What are your own experiences with the implementation of non financial KPI's? I appreciate hearing from you!
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Mark 15 Disciples' Literal New Testament (DLNT)
Jesus Is Led Before Pilate, Who Orders Him Crucified To Please The Crowd
15 And immediately, early-in-the-morning, the chief priests (with the elders and scribes) and the whole Sanhedrin having made a consultation[a], having bound Jesus, took Him away and handed Him over to Pilate. 2 And Pilate questioned Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And the One, having responded to him, says "You are saying[b] it ". 3 And the chief priests were accusing Him as to many things. 4 And Pilate again was questioning Him, saying "Are You not answering anything? Look how many things they are accusing You". 5 But Jesus no longer answered anything, so that Pilate was marveling. 6 Now at the Feast, he was [in the habit of] releasing for them one prisoner whom they were requesting. 7 And the one being called Barabbas had been bound with the rebels[c] who had committed murder in the rebellion[d]. 8 And having come up, the crowd began to ask him to do as he was [in the habit of] doing for them. 9 And Pilate responded to them, saying "Do you want me to release the King of the Jews for you?" 10 For he knew that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy[e]. 11 But the chief priests stirred-up the crowd in order that he might release Barabbas for them instead. 12 And Pilate, again having responded, was saying to them "Then what do you want me to do as to the One whom you call the King of the Jews?" 13 And the ones cried-out again[f], "Crucify Him!" 14 But Pilate was saying to them, "What indeed[g] did He do wrong?" But the ones cried out even more, "Crucify Him!" 15 And Pilate, wanting to do enough[h] for the crowd, released Barabbas for them, and handed-over Jesus, having flogged[i] Him, in order that He might be crucified.
Jesus Is Mocked, Beaten, Spit On, And Crucified
16 And the soldiers led Him away inside the palace (that is, the Praetorium[j]). And they call together the whole [Roman] cohort[k]. 17 And they dress Him in a purple[l] cloak. And having woven a crown made-of-thorns, they set it on Him. 18 And they began to greet Him, "Hail[m], King of the Jews!" 19 And they were striking His head with a staff, and spitting-on Him. And while putting-down their knees, they were paying-homage to Him. 20 And when they mocked Him, they stripped the purple cloak off Him and put His garments on Him. And they lead Him out in order that they might crucify Him. 21 And they press-into-service a certain one passing by, coming from the country— Simon, a Cyrenian[n], the father of Alexander and Rufus— in order that he might take up His cross. 22 And they bring Him to the Golgotha[o] place, which being translated is "The Place of a Skull". 23 And they were giving wine[p] having been mixed-with-myrrh to Him, but the One did not take it. 24 And they crucify Him, and divide His garments among themselves, casting a lot for them to decide who should take what. 25 And it was the third[q] hour, and they crucified Him. 26 And the inscription of His charge had been inscribed "The King of the Jews". 27 And they crucify two robbers[r] with Him— one on the right side and one on His left side. 28 [s]
The King of Israel Is Mocked While Hanging On The Cross
29 And the ones passing by were blaspheming Him while shaking their heads and saying, "Ha! The One tearing-down the temple and building it in three days— 30 save Yourself, having come down from the cross". 31 Likewise also the chief priests, mocking Him to one another with the scribes, were saying, "He saved others— Himself He is not able to save! 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe". And the ones having been crucified with Him were reproaching Him.
Jesus Dies
33 And having become the sixth hour, a darkness came over the whole land[t] until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus shouted with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?", which being translated is "My God, My God, for what purpose did You forsake[u] Me?" 35 And some of the ones standing near, having heard, were saying "Look— He is calling Elijah". 36 And someone— having run, and having filled a sponge of sour-wine[v], having put it on a stick[w]— was giving-a-drink to Him, saying "Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down". 37 And Jesus, having let-go a loud shout[x], expired[y].
The Curtain of The Temple Is Torn In Two
38 And the curtain of the temple was torn[z] in two from top to bottom. 39 And the centurion standing-by from opposite Him, having seen that He expired in this manner, said "Truly this man was God's Son[aa]!"
Many Women Followers Watch At a Distance
40 And women were also watching at a distance, among whom were both Mary the Magdalene[ab] and Mary the mother of James the little[ac] and Joses, and Salome[ad]— 41 who, when He was in Galilee, were following Him and serving Him— and many other women having come up with Him to Jerusalem.
Joseph of Arimathea Lays Jesus In a Rock Tomb, With The Women Watching
42 And having already become evening[ae], because it was Preparation[af] day (that is, the-day-before-the-Sabbath), 43 Joseph from Arimathea having come (a prominent council-member[ag] who also himself was waiting-for the kingdom of God), having become daring[ah], went in to Pilate and asked-for the body of Jesus. 44 But Pilate wondered whether He was dead by-this-time. And having summoned the centurion, he asked him whether He died already. 45 And having come-to-know it from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph. 46 And having bought linen-cloth, having taken Him down, he wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of rock. And he rolled a stone against[ai] the door of the tomb. 47 And Mary the Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were observing where He had been laid.
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Within 20 Miles :
Betws-y-Coed and the Gwydyr Forest
Betws-y-Coed is a popular visiting spot so try to arrive early at busy times of
the year, parking in the car park almost at the end of the B5106. (You might first want to
walk into the village and visit the Snowdonia National Park Information Centre which has
information on walks and on the wildlife in the Gwydyr Forest Park.) To start the walk
from the car park, take the path which leads down by the river, heading to the right and
walking through woodland. As you reach a huge rock, almost at the end of the wood, take
the path uphill to the right, away from the river and heading towards a bungalow.
At the bungalow turn left when you reach the forest road, which takes you past a farm.
Carry on walking for almost another kilometre (0.5 miles), and where the road bends, look
for the path going off to the right. This takes you over a stile into a field, with
painted markers pointing the way along the path, over a further two stiles to another
forest road.
When you reach the road turn right, going straight ahead at the T-junction until you reach
a second T-junction, where you should turn left, crossing a road. At the next junction of
paths you should head left, this path taking you past the southern tip of Llyn Park Lake.
After the path has passed the lake you reach a T-junction, where you turn right, then
right again along the path which bears off after a short distance. This path follows a
stream and passes the lead mine workings.
The Aberllyn lead mine is no longer used, but scraps of the lead ore it once produced can
sometimes be found in the spoil heaps around. Slowly, though, nature is reclaiming the
remnants of the mine. The Gwydyr Forest is one of the few havens south of Scotland for the
pine marten, though it is rare for a visitor to see this sleek and graceful
chestnut-coloured creature. Passing the lead mine, take the lower path which descends
towards the Conwy Valley, veering right and then heading straight back towards
Betws-y-Coed and the car park. If you are not exhausted by this exhilarating walk follow
the signs to two of the renowned local beauty spots: the Swallow Falls and the Conwy
Segontium Roman Fort and Museum
Llanbeblig Road
Caernarfon LL55 2LN
Gwynedd, Wales
Tel 01286 675625
Fax 01286 678416
The strategically important Roman fort at Segontium, near Caernarfon, was occupied from AD
77 to about AD 394 by a regiment of 1,000 auxiliary infantry. Remains of the fort include
the house of the garrison commander, soldiers barracks, store buildings, and a bath
house. The Segontium Roman Museum recounts the conquest and occupation of Wales by the
Romans, and displays the numerous finds excavated from the fort.


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A NEWSPAPER guide to Formby gives a snapshot of village life from 1965.
The 43-year-old Formby Times supplements were stored away and ultimately donated back by a reader who has given us a fascinating insight into the Formby of the mid-1960s.
A complete A-Z of the town's businesses tells us Formby was then served by Lancashire County Council's radio-controlled ambulances. As there was no ambulance station in Formby at the time, ambulances were sent from Crosby, Maghull and Burscough. However, the guide says Formby was due to get an ambulance station that very year on the corner of Kenyon's Lane and Church Road.
Also making an appearance in the A section is the Allotments Association formed by tenants of Formby Council's allotments on land near Altcar Lane. The group was chaired by Mr K. R. Trayford and secretary was Mr A. Gudgin of 43 Gardner Road. Other names dropped include the members of Altcar Parish Council. Chairman in 1965 was Cllr Walter Storey of Storey's Restaurant in Little Altcar. The clerk was Alan Ankers of Davenham Road. Other members were Stanley Ashcroft of Hillhouse Farm, Robert Barnes of Sutton's Farm, John Rainford of Formby's Farm, E. Chapman of Ashcroft Road, A. J. Lodge of Altcar Lane and J. Watts of Ashcroft Road.
In the B section, some readers may remember Bishop's Court School on Wrigleys Lane in Freshfield, which was a Roman Catholic preparatory school for boys aged seven to 14, when Mr H. G. Burroughs was the principle.
The early days of Formby nursery Busy Bees is also hinted at. A young children's club called Busy Bees had its headquarters on Roselands, Cross Green in 1965 when members met on Thursday evenings. However the 60s club stumbled on hard times when 'hive keeper' Mrs Davies left and no-one was found to take her place. The 1965 guide advises that the club closed the previous summer. It's unknown whether the club's fortunes were revived or whether there is a link to today's Busy Bees on Elson Road, but if so, let us know at Times Past.
A "worn snapshot" of Formby's old lighthouse in the Little Altcar area is also featured in the guide. The lighthouse was taken down at the start of World War II to prevent the towering structure from being used as a guiding landmark by enemy aircraft.
l If you recognise anyone on this week's photos or have a tale for Times Past call Emma on 872 237, email email@example.com or write to Formby Times, 17 Elbow Lane, Formby, Merseyside L37 4AD.


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The Bridgewater-based law firm Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., is pleased to welcome new Counsel John P. Maloney to its Business Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Groups.
Maloney comes to Norris McLaughlin & Marcus from Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi (formerly Wolff & Samson) located in West Orange where he was Counsel in their Corporate department for eight years.
Maloney has extensive experience in all areas of general corporate and commercial law. He represents clients in a broad range of corporate transactional and governance matters, including mergers and acquisitions, asset and stock purchases and sales, joint ventures, reorganizations, secured loans, equity investments, intellectual property licensing, employment matters, and new entity formation. He also prepares and negotiates related agreements, including stock and asset purchase agreements, merger agreements, operating agreements, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, license agreements, supply and distribution agreements, joint venture agreements, loan agreements, service agreements, and employment agreements. Maloney's clients include a wide range of businesses in various manufacturing and service sectors, including the apparel, pharmaceutical, Internet technology, transportation, packaged foods and real estate development industries.
Maloney earned his B.S. in accounting from Fairfield University in 1985 and his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1990.
Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., is a full service, mid-sized business law firm with 130 attorneys in three offices in Bridgewater, NJ; New York, NY; and Allentown, PA. For more information, including a full practice area listing and attorney biographies, please visit www.nmmlaw.com.


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Godrej Properties Ltd. brings you plots and luxury Godrej Golf Links Villas designed in contemporary style with spacious living areas. These magnificent 2/3/4 BHK villas are designed to entice luxury seekers and trend setters amid a 9-hole golf course spread over 100-acre Township.
The ultra-luxury villas range from 2300 sq ft to 5900 sq ft and plots vary in their sizes from 100 sq yards to 300 sq yards. Positioned in Sector 27, close to Pari Chowk, Greater Noida, the premium Godrej Villas are designed amidst expansive 100 acres of township.
The gated community of Godrej Golf Links Greater Noida offers stimulating yoga space, gigantic swimming pool, separate kids' area, spa facility and it is bounded with a spectacular view of the intriguing surrounding. The township is enhanced with absolute infrastructure, distinguished hospitals, leading restaurants, major roads and the Himalayan Mountain Structured Golf.
This splendid living address beautifully combines tranquility with modern comfort and tremendous luxury. It's an extravagant yet calm destination with a beautiful environment to live.


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The pages of leadership history in Nigeria are saturated with unending stories of treasury looting, election-rigging, nepotism, tribalism, bribery and its twin, corruption.
This, invariably, result from public officers – both elected and appointed – regarding their positions, not as call to service to their fatherland but as a gold-mine.
Therefore, they get preoccupied with not how to initiate rewarding policies that would place Nigeria and Nigerians on a pedestal, but with the easiest and clandestine way of looting the country's treasury and cause more damage to Nigeria's already-comatose economy.
Interestingly, while we seem not to have a hope in hell in wriggling out of this social and moral hemlock, President Goodluck Jonathan became worried that corruption is becoming an albatross despite relentless even though puny fight against it. He had said that Nigeria's problem is not corruption but the people's attitude. His sincere comment on corruption raised some dust which has not settled. Trust Nigerians. They vilified and demonised him. One believes that these verbal attacks on President Jonathan are warped, lame and blinkered.
Moral gate-keepers have argued that an individual's action is morally good not only because it conforms to moral law, but also in so far as it flows from a moral conviction. They also maintain that actions are deemed right or wrong according to experience and the conclusions of reason.
It should be noted that our idea about morality has changed, and majority of Nigerians believe that whatever produces happiness and well-being is, in the highest sense, moral. They forget that unreasoning obedience is not the foundation or the essence of morality.
It therefore follows that since every mankind has a moral responsibility which only his conscience can teach, it is imperative that one should be conscious of what one does. One has the need to rationalise what value one's apparent damaging actions would add to the society.
Having recognised, sincerely or sanctimoniously, the deleterious effect which corruption has had on the growth and development of the country, President Jonathan had vowed to stamp the monster out of the system. But how committed he is to winning this fight against graft is left for posterity to judge.
Honestly, the President's assertion is flawless. Corrupt tendencies are functions of the mind. Crimes are hatched in the mind before they manifest physically. If the mind constantly breeds evil, corruption will multiply. Corruption is simply a deformity of the mind.
This leads us to asking what constitutes corruption. Does corruption manifest only when money exchanges hands? This is a terrible perception. It is a matter of how refined, tacky or bestial our minds are. One who exhibits purity of mind may or may not be corrupt in a sense.
Again, any mind that is disposed to justice, mercy, honesty, and intellectual development is also not corrupt. But any man or boss, who is not willing to give to every mankind every right that is due he is just so much nearer a barbarian than Nebuchadnezzar.
The current humiliation of personalities that has become the lot of the mighty and the elite of our land has confirmed that corruption had never been a defining element of the Nigerian poor but a feature of the super class in our political milieu.
All those that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested for alleged financial crimes are celebrities, even though they are treated as sacred cows as it were. The war against fraud is directionless or so it appears. One believes that the fight against corruption should go beyond financial inducement as is currently construed. This is so because corruption is a multifaceted phenomenon.
The attention of the media, government and its anti-graft agencies is focused on inane societal contradiction that involves financial inducement. But there are other grotesque behaviours that are more sinister than bribery and corruption.
Therefore, anti-graft agencies' searchlights should be beamed on people's attitudes towards their fellow mankind and issues.
A boss who feels he is god, who despises his subordinates, robs them of their respects, denies them of their rights, regards them as beasts or less human, and denigrates them is corruption personified.
It is necessary that the boss should give every mankind every right he claims for himself. He should keep his mind open to the influences of nature. He should also receive new thoughts with hospitality.
Any man who is not willing to treat his fellow mankind with love, sincerity and openness is dishonest, selfish, and brutal. All these are manifestations of corruption.
Manipulation of issues in a terrible manner has often led to a creation of nauseating deformities so much so that the beauty of human mind and integrity seem somewhat subjected to malicious damage and insult both to self and others.
We seem to be less sympathetic towards a man who fails to adjust to a low level of expectation than we are to one who fails to adjust to a high level. We should have no pity for some corrupt rogues who steal money or exhibit uncongenial attitudes towards their fellow mankind simply because they are in position of authority because they succeed in defaming themselves. They are so poor that the only thing they have is money.
The present campaign against corruption should be serious, total and sustained. Any one implicated in any form of scam should be disgraced publicly and jailed. This way, integrity would be an integral part of our daily lives.
One significant question those whose minds have been darkened by their poor-quality attitudes should mull over is: would their reputation, integrity, honour, and good work be recognised by their character should they meet in the dark?


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But I wish I was …
My Mom and I went to Fox Chapel Yacht Club for Happy Hour and a bite to eat (a Reuben; pretty decent) last Friday.
Someday I will own a little boat, much like those closest to me in the pictures, from which I will water ski and tube with my friends and family.
Until then, I will sit with my Mom and watch the boats come in and out of the docks, making up back stories for each Skipper we see.


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5 Tips For Giving Kids the Color They Crave
When I was a kid I was thrilled when my mom let my sister and I choose what colors we wanted to paint our rooms. I chose pink, my sister purple. But when she came home from the paint store, the colors were the palest pastel versions she could find - hardly what we had in mind. Now I know that there's a reason she didn't hand us a fan deck.
If you ask your child to choose a paint color for their own room, you'll usually end up with something bright, bold, and highly saturated. It's no secret that kids love color. So how do you give them the color they crave without having to wear sunglasses every time you enter the room? You could go my mom's route, or you could follow the tips from these color experts:
1. Sounds counterintuitive, but paint the walls white. Stylist and designer Emily Henderson says, "I either bring in color on the walls OR in the furniture/accessories, but rarely both." Naturally a lot of kids' decor tends to be colorful, so by painting the walls white it frees you up to go crazy with color with virtually everything else in the room.
2. Balance out bright colors by adding in neutrals. According to Mark Wynsma, whose West Village home is filled with bold hues, you should keep your space to three colors maximum. "If you are going with two bold colors, the third should be a neutral to give your eye a break."
3. Use bright hues in small doses. A splash of neon orange in the form of a throw pillow or a punchy apple green rug on the floor can go a long way. To quote Simona Ganea of Homedit, "Kids love strong colors but, of course, this doesn't mean you can use them excessively or without a sense for style."
4. Use a more subdued version of the color. This doesn't mean you have to (ahem mom) go pastel. Just choose a muddier or more grayed-down swatch of the color your child chooses. Color expert Maria Killam says, "It has always been my opinion that kids should have the colour they want in their room, but within a reasonable intensity! Not the screaming yellow or lime green they are currently waving at you, but a toned down version of that."
5. Try an accent wall. According to our own Carrie McBride, "Accent walls are a smart way to bring color into a room without the same level of commitment as going "all in"." If you're feeling nervous about that "Purple Passion" paint swatch your kid is insisting on, this is a safer route than painting the entire space, and can easily be painted over in the future.
So there you have it. What tips do you have for giving your kids the color they crave without going crazytown?
P.S. Mom, if you're reading - this is the pink I had in mind (see above images). Love you!
(Images: 1. Adrienne Breaux/Elizabeth's Colorful and Adventurous House 2. reader Anne/Colette's Cheerful Nursery 3. 3. Brandon Kidd / Sienna's Graphic Girly Nursery 4. Marie-Laure Bouwens on Apartment Therapy 5. reader Heather/Iris's Warm Whimsical Space 6. Keren Fathi-Poor on Apartment Therapy)


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|One Hour Buttermilk Rolls
Food on Friday: December gave us some inspirational breads. I have selected some that I found particularly interesting. (A note – I have still to work up the courage to attempt bread)
Margaret's Morsels brought us the lovely One Hour Buttermilk Rolls at the top of this post.
Jamie's Focaccia Bread by Squirrel Head Manor
Cranberry-Cheddar Quick Bread by James & Everett
Pretzel Bites with Honey Mustard Sauce by Jo and Sue
Homemade Bread in One Hour by Countrified Hicks