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Why is knowing your learning style important for your Italian?
Have you ever felt frustrated while taking an Italian language course? Have you ever experienced feeling lost amongst endless vocabulary lists, grammar rules, must-see Italian movies or audio lessons? A myriad of inputs, and nevertheless, that feeling of stagnating is still there?
Maybe you already know or perhaps not, but every single person learns differently. No secret recipe works for every learner of Italian. We are humans, very dissimilar one another and thus, we absorb information in a variety of ways.
If you feel or if you have felt a little bit like this, at some point of your Italian learning journey, it is likely that you have been using a studying method which is not ideal for you.
The thing is, every single person is born with a different learning style, hence, knowing what style suits you best, is crucial to learn how to learn Italian. Using the most efficient method for you is vital to make the most out the time spent with Italian (or anything else).
How many learning styles are there?
Neil Fleming, a New Zealand teacher, has divided people in three different styles of learning: a visual one, an auditory one and a kinesthetic one. The letter can coexist in the same person or one or two can be predominant. No need to say, knowing your prevalent learning aspect will pave your way to a more effective Italian language learning time.
If you want to find out what your personal learning style is, you should take the VARK test, designed by Fleming.
What are the characteristics of the three learning styles?
Visual (or spatial) learning style
The typical visual person is the one that won't remember a person name, but would definitely remember a personal appearance. Visual students learn efficiently through mental visualization. This means that they need to visualize what they study, in the shape of an image or a graphic or by writing down words. Visual students would better retain an Italian grammar rule while reading, rather than when listening to it, for instance.
Auditory (or musical) learning style
The typical auditory person is the one that remembers the people appearance but skips their names. Auditory students retain what they listen to and, thus, learn efficiently through conversation and listening activities, such as songs or podcasts. Memorizing endless wordlists without writing them down shouldn't be a big deal for them.
Kinesthetic (or physical) learning style
The kinesthetic person is one that does not remember a person's appearance or what he says, instead, he reminds people for what they do. Kinesthetic students tend to learn through experience. Doing is far more important than listening or reading. Learning on the move (using role plays or simulation) is one of their strengths.
What are the most productive learning activities for each style?
|visual learners
|reading (books, newspaper) for expanding the vocabulary
using a solid textbook for grasping the grammar
using pictures to describe situations
making vocabulary lists
working in small groups
quite study place
|auditory learners
|listening activities (Podcasts, music, Youtube videos)
methods e.g. Assimil or Pimsleur
learning in groups
learning though Tv series or Italian movies
|kinesthetic learners
|role plays and simulations
learning on the move (e.g. through podcasts)
writing down on a notebooks or index cards the new words
Long story short, knowing how your mind absorb information, will allow you to design your very own Italian learning strategy. Using an approach which best suits your peculiarities, means that you will be most likely to maximize your linguistic potential and less likely to get bored, carrying out Italian learning activities that don't suit you.
In my experience, the VARK test showed I am someone with a prevalent visual and kinesthetic learning style. This sums up my learning preferences: visualizing words, by writing them down, in the shape of lists. When learning German, jotting down and copying sentences helps me to magically memorize words with very very little effort. Well, this is me! As an Italian teacher, I have come across a great wealth of students with a surprising auditory style, who would learn anything just by listening to it.
No matter what is your learning style, the secret for an exciting Italian language journey is to customize, as much as possibile, your studying strategies to your potential.
Serena is a proud polyglot, teacher and language expert. After learning 8+ foreign languages and working long hours a job she was not born for, she decided she urged a significant life change. She is now combining what she loves doing with what she is good at, helping people to learn Italian online. She has been sharing her love for Italy and the Bella Lingua across the world for the last four years. Her goal is helping enthusiastic humans to transform Italian Language Learning into a habit in their lives.


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Sometimes our lives are hectic and stressful, especially after a busy day of work. We work really hard at our professions, rarely taking time off for ourselves. But why work grueling hours, only to get sick and have to take time off anyway? How can you operate at full potential when you're running on empty?
My Self Care is an interactive series focusing on introducing and practicing self-care techniques to be implemented into everyday life. Led by Timothy Gay of The Infinite Transition, we provide you with information and tools that can be incorporated into your life right away, to help you be at your best, even through the peaks and valleys of life and business. Our next session is Chakras: A Guild To Whole Life Balance with Claire Balmas.
Chakras are the Seven Major Energy Points in the body that are positioned up the spine to the top of the head. They can influence our perceptions and interactions within the world around us, our health and well being, as well as the ways in which we mentally process information. When the chakras are all working properly, we are healthy, happy, and mentally clear. When they are not, we can often become easily stressed, overly aggressive, depressed, and sick. In this workshop we will learn the basics about the energetic body and why it is important to maintain the chakras, what each one regulates in our body, ways to know if a chakra is out of balance, and tools to help bring the chakras back into balance for a healthy lifestyle.
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A journal put out by the Torrens Valley Historical Society periodically containing articles of interest relating to the Torrens Valley district (which incorporates the towns of Birdwood, Cudlee Creek, Forreston, Gumeracha, Hermitage, Houghton, Inglewood, Kenton Valley, Kersbrook, Millbrook, Mount Torrens, Paracombe).
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Pharrell Williams: I Want to Work with Prince
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Pharrell Williams wants to work with the Prince.
The "Happy" hitmaker insists it would be a dream to team up with the "Purple Rain" hitmaker and get into the studio to work on material: "I'd love to work with Prince. I would love to work with Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, I'd love to work with Elton John ... [Prince] makes us wonder why we all do this."
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Beyonce, Jay Z Lead BET Awards Nominations
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Beyonce and Jay Z lead this year's BET Awards nominations.
The superstar couple have garnered five nods apiece at the annual awards ceremony celebrating the best in black entertainment, while rapper Drake is also up for five gongs.
Beyonce is nominated for Best Female R&B/Pop Artist, Video of the Year for "Partition," and also shares two nods with husband Jay - Best Collaboration and Video of the Year for their hit single, "Drunk in Love."
Jay is also up for Best Male Hip Hop Artist and has a Best Collaboration nod with Justin Timberlake for their track together, "Holy Grail."
"This year's nominees represent the best of the culture. It's great to see our talented new artist's right alongside our more beloved ones with long careers. We appreciate our BET Awards nomination committee, over 300 strong, for their efforts and congratulate all the nominees," said BET's president of music programming and specials Stephen Hill.
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Kelly Rowland Recruits Pharrell for New Album
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Kelly Rowland has recruited Pharrell Williams for her fifth solo album.
The 33-year-old star is planning the follow-up to Talk A Good Game and has managed to get the "Get Lucky" hitmaker to work on new material with her in the studio. "I'm at the very very beginning stages of the record. We're at the point now where we are all talking - writers [and] producers - we're all excited. There are fresh ideas coming into the studio right now. We're trying different beats. It's a really great start. Pharrell [Williams] is on board. We already talked about it. I'd love for Timbaland to be on board. We've had discussions as well. I want to try to some new talent as well. There's so much new talent ... There's somebody out there with something new to give and I'd love to tap into that as well," she told Billboard.com.
Kelly recently revealed she's parted ways with Universal Republic for a "fresh new start" and wants to try something different: "I need something new and I've earned the right to make my own choices and make my own decisions. I wish them well. They wish me well. No hard feelings, I just needed a fresh new start."
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Pharrell Williams Defends Album Cover
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Pharrell Williams has defended the cover of his new album G I R L after it sparked racial controversy.
The "Happy" hitmaker received criticism for the artwork, which features him stood next to three women, because critics assumed they were all white and thought he should have included a black woman on the cover.
"What really disappointed me is that, man, [the critics] jumped the gun 'cause the woman I'm standing closest to is black and she's a black girl from Wisconsin I used to date over 10, 12 years ago. That must suck for people to just look at something and assume they know what's going on..." he said.
The 40-year-old singer, who is now married to Helen Lasichanh, also praised black women, in particular 12 Years a Slave star Lupita Nyong'o: "I told her two weeks ago at the Oscars luncheon her skin was flawless, I love her skin, my god."
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Pharrell Williams Streams 'G I R L' for Free
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Pharrell Williams is streaming his new album G I R L online for free.
The "Get Lucky" hitmaker says he is "happy to share" an early preview of his second studio album, ahead of its official release on March 3, and all the tracks have been made available to listen to on iTunes radio.
Taking to Twitter, Pharrell wrote, "Thankful for the opportunity to share my new album with everyone [sic]."
The ten-track follow-up to Pharrell's 2006 debut In My Mind features his Oscar-nominated hit, "Happy," along with a collaboration with Justin Timberlake on the track "Brand New," while Alicia Keys teams up with the star for "Know Who You Are." Pharrell, 40, worked with Miley Cyrus on her controversial #Bangerz album last year she has returned the favor by lending her vocals to his song "Come Get It Bae."
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Pharrell Williams Announces Album Date
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Pharrell Williams is set to release his new album G I R L next month.
The "Happy" singer, who is preparing for his performance at the BRITs tonight, will release his new record on Monday, March 3 through Columbia Records.
"When Columbia Records presented me with the opportunity to make an album, three things came to mind. One was the sense of overwhelming honor that I felt when I realized that they were interested in partnering with me on the album that I had always dreamed of making. Two, it would have to feel festive and urgent. And three, I instantly knew it would be called G I R L," he said, adding, "I hope you like it."
G I R L is Pharrell's first record in eight years and is set to be released earlier than planned after the success of his single "Happy," and insiders have described it as "incredible."
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Pharrell Accused of Plagiarizing Franz Ferdinand Song
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Perhaps Pharrell shouldn't break out the champagne glasses for his Grammy wins just yet.
The 40-year-old producer/singer/Arby's hat lover has been accused of stealing the rift from the 2004 Franz Ferdinand song "Take Me Out" for the Paloma Faith track he produced, titled "Can't Rely on You."
"Hey @Pharrell - I love your tunes. If you want to borrow a riff, just ask... [sic]," Alex Kapranos - Franz Ferdinand frontman - wrote on Twitter yesterday.
Although Kapranos seems to have taken the plagiarizing in good humor (he later pointed out another similarity between a popular contemporary tune and one from 1986: "THAT's what it is! Royals by Lorde sounds like You're The Voice by John Farnham. A wee bit."), Pharrell has yet to respond. Kapranos hasn't stated whether he'll pursue legal action against him.
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Daft Punk breaks Spotify records, tops charts with Get Lucky [Listen Now!]
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In the few days since "Get Lucky" was released by Daft Punk, the track has gone on to hit #1 in the UK and France, and is right near #1 in the US as well. Even more interesting, "Get Lucky" now holds the record for the "biggest streaming day for a single track" on Spotify in the US and UK regions.
The upcoming Daft Punk album, Random Access Memories, is set to be released on May 21st. It'll be the first from the group in 8 years, with the exception of the 2007 live album and the Tron: Legacy soundtrack. Get a listen to "Get Lucky" below!
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Snoop Lion Says He Discovered Pharrell
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Snoop Lion claims he discovered Pharrell Williams.
The "Drop It Like It's Hot" rapper has credited himself with helping The Neptunes producer become one of the biggest names in music by taking a chance on him when he was up and coming.
Snoop - formerly known as Snoop Dogg - told GQ magazine, "When I worked with Pharrell, nobody knew what I was doing but me. I knew what he would do. Everybody laughed and said, 'You working with him?' And when's the hit? BOOM, BOOM BOOM, BOOM BOOM! I know what I'm talking about."
Snoop first collaborated with Pharrell and producing partner Chad Hugo in 2002 on his sixth studio album, Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$. The Neptunes were formed in 1992 but achieved breakthrough success in 1999, producing the single "Got Your Money" for Ol Dirty B*****d, although at that time they also already had ties to Snoop.
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Pharrell Williams Inspiring Kids with Anger
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Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z made an "angry" record so young people would relate to it.
The duo collaborated on "So Ambitious" and the 36-year-old Neptunes star said they deliberately give the track - which is about adults who attempt to curb younger people's dreams - a "spiteful" edge so that it would have more appeal.
"We wanted to make a record that speaks to kids. There's a couple of lewd words there, but I wanted to make sure that kids heard this record and felt inspired," Williams said. "That's why there's a little bit of anger to it. There's anger in his verses, there's anger in my chorus. That's why I say spiteful things at the top of the record. There's anger there, because there's heat. Because you're young and people are telling you what you can and can't do. Unacceptable."
Pharrell and 39-year-old Jay-Z - real name Shawn Carter - have previously collaborated on several occasions, but "So Ambitious" was the first time they had not worked in the same place.
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Don't mind my embarrassing nails in case I didn't hide them very well. One nail chipped off and the rest was history. It's almost Halloweenie time! October until the end of the year is my favorite time of the year simply because there's so much exciting energy from people.
I went to dinner with my girlfriends that I've been friends for over 9 years last night and it's like time has never passed. We try to see each other every other week, but as we get older and life becomes busier, it takes work to make our schedules line up. Do you ever think how crazy it is when souls just "click" with each other? It's not draining or mundane to be around each other. Sure, we vent and talk about our issues, but there's zero ego or need to talk about other people. It's a night of catching up, discussing ideas, dreams, and goals. After 9 years, they are still the best people in my life; driven, passionate, and sassy as hell.
I've had this Y&R tee for ages and I always dig it out of my closet come Halloween. My tights are actually from Spirit Halloween, which PSSSSST… is my little secret for finding bomb ass tights/leggings you can't find anywhere else. The Young & Reckless 'Rest in Pieces" tee is sold out, but below are alternatives so you're not missing out on much!


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Trendsetter Clinches Leviathan Subsea Deal Off Israel
Trendsetter Engineering has secured multiple contracts to design and manufacture subsea production equipment for Noble Energy's Leviathan project, a large natural gas field development off the coast of Israel.
Trendsetter's scopes of work include multiple clamp connection systems, subsea distribution equipment, MEG filter modules, 2" connection systems and subsea manifolds.
Equipment deliveries will begin in late 2017 through late 2018, the company informed.
"Trendsetter is pleased to be a part of this high-profile project, and we are delighted to continue our excellent working relationship with Noble Energy," said Tony Matson, engineering director of Projects in Trendsetter Engineering, and program director for Trendsetter's Leviathan team.
The Leviathan's initial development will include four subsea wells, each capable of flowing more than 300 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of natural gas.
Production will be gathered at the field and delivered via two 73-mile flowlines to a fixed platform, with full processing capabilities, located approximately 6 miles offshore.
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A sequence of health programmes have been tailored for special target teams (e.g. obese children, aged & persons with disabilities) to cater for his or her wants. With a purpose to construct the physique you want (the thunderous arms and the rock-hard abs , the lightning-fast brain and the unquenchable libido) you must make each chunk of meals you place in your mouth depend. Meaning constructing your diet round essentially the most potent, nutrient-dense, disease-fighting, muscle-rising foods round.
Cardio activity, also called cardio or endurance exercise, is the cornerstone of most fitness training programs. Aerobic activity or train causes you to breathe sooner and more deeply, which maximizes the amount of oxygen in your blood. Your heart will beat quicker, which increases blood flow to your muscle tissues and again to your lungs.
You might have probably heard it a zillion instances, however train is one of the finest methods to elevate your mood and alleviate stress. Plus, you often will feel so good after you end a workout that you just will not need to destroy your calories burned with overindulging. Why it is his go-to: I truly hate eating the same thing every single day, so I rotate these options.
Endurance develops when kids frequently get aerobic exercise. During aerobic train, the center beats quicker and a person breathes more durable. When finished repeatedly and for prolonged periods of time, aerobic exercise strengthens the heart and improves the physique's capacity to deliver oxygen to all its cells. Nevertheless, there are other behaviors which may be wholesome moderately, however that can end up turning into addictions. Things like meals, caffeine, Web usage, and gambling can all turn out to be addictive for some people.
Yet a number of the finest physical actions to your physique don't require the fitness center or ask you to get fit enough to run a marathon. These "exercises" can do wonders for your well being. They'll assist hold your weight under control, enhance your stability and range of movement, strengthen your bones, defend your joints, forestall bladder control issues, and even ward off memory loss.


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Michigan assistant Chris Partridge, heavily pursued by other programs, including national champion Alabama, is getting a significant salary bump after deciding to stay with the Wolverines.
Partridge will make $500,000 each of the next two years according to a memorandum of understanding he signed Jan. 11. Also, Sherrone Moore, a new staff addition, has agreed to a two-year deal that will pay him $225,000 this season to coach tight ends and $250,000 next season.
The Detroit News obtained the documents on Monday through the Freedom of Information Act.
Partridge was making $350,000 a year coaching linebackers and special teams in a two-year deal that expired earlier this month. His duties now have changed — he will coach safeties, and will be the special-teams coordinator and recruiting coordinator on Jim Harbaugh's staff.
During his time at Michigan, which included working as the director of player personnel his first season, Partridge has been considered one of the elite recruiters nationally. He was named national recruiter of the year by Rivals in 2016 and by 247Sports in 2017.
Reports recently surfaced that Alabama coach Nick Saban was trying to hire him to his staff.
Moore, who most recently coached tight ends the last four seasons at Central Michigan, is among a number of new additions to Harbaugh's staff. Dan Enos, the former Central Michigan coach and Michigan State quarterback and most recently the offensive coordinator at Arkansas, was hired to coach receivers, while Al Washington will coach linebackers and work as an assistant on special teams. Ben Herbert was hired as the team's new strength and conditioning coach.


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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Yemeni security forces carried out airstrikes and ground raids against suspected hide-outs of Al Qaeda on Thursday, killing at least 34 militants in the broadest attack on the terrorist group here in years, Yemeni officials said.
Yemen, in the southern corner of the Arabian peninsula, has long been a haven for jihadists, but Al Qaeda has renewed its efforts to build a base in the country over the past two years, mounting frequent attacks against foreign embassies and Yemeni officials. Last month, the group claimed credit for a brazen attack on a government convoy in Yemen's remote eastern desert in which three top provincial officials and three of their guards were killed. The attackers got away.
The raids on Thursday struck militant bases in Abyan, a lawless area in the south of the country, and in the cities of Arhab and Sana, the capital. The Arhab raid was aimed at a Qaeda cell believed to be planning suicide attacks against schools and industrial sites, according to a statement released by the Yemeni Interior Ministry.
Among those killed in the raids was Saleh al-Qazimi, a leading figure in Al Qaeda's Yemeni branch, said Muhammad al-Basha, a spokesman for the Yemeni Embassy in Washington. Seventeen people suspected of being Qaeda members were also arrested, he said.
Some witnesses and local journalists in Abyan said a number of civilians were also killed in Thursday's raids there, which were carried out entirely from the air.Continue reading the main story
The Yemeni government has long struggled to exert authority in remote and mountainous areas like Abyan, a known refuge for militants and one of several provinces where Al Qaeda is believed to operate with relative impunity. Although Yemen has built effective elite counterterrorism squads in recent years with American assistance, the country is desperately poor, with shrinking oil reserves. Powerful tribes also limit the state's control.
Yemen is also facing other security threats, including an armed rebellion in the north, where fighting has flared up in recent months and Saudi forces have become involved. A secessionist movement in the south has grown worse in the past year, and some of its leaders are based in Abyan, not far from where the airstrikes took place Thursday. There is no indication that the various insurgents targeting Yemen's government are cooperating, but the concurrent crises have weakened the state's ability to react.
In recent months, American officials have shown increasing concern about Al Qaeda's growing presence in Yemen. A number of Saudi militants — including former Guantánamo Bay detainees — have joined the group's Yemeni branch after fleeing Saudi Arabia, which has cracked down hard on Islamist radicals. American officials have said they believe that other militants may be fleeing Pakistan and Afghanistan to the relative safety of Yemen, with its weak central government and mountainous geography.Continue reading the main story


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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A Funny Moment
I remember when my brother and I were kids, always we were together for everywhere.He never went to school without me and all the time he waited for me to leave together. I did the same thing.
When we lived on a small ranch in Escuinapa, Sinaloa, our father took to us to fish in a saltwater lake. This water was part of the sea. My brother and I only caught crabs and some fish at the meantime that my father entered into the lake to catch shrimps.
Once when we finished and we were ready to leave, my brother let go all what we had caught in the day. Although my father was very angry we couldn't stop laughing. When I remember this time, I am still laughing. I miss a lot of my childhood, maybe because I don't have anybody of my family here with me. But same day. I hope.
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4 comments:
- sue said...
Congratulations on posting this from home, Marian! The picture you chose is just perfect. See you tomorrow morning!
- March 20, 2008 at 9:19 PM
- Araceli said...
Hi, Marian. I like so much your comment because with this I remember my parents. I grew up in Sinaloa too and all time I figured I would stay in that beautiful place.
- March 21, 2008 at 7:58 AM
- evelia said...
Hi.Marian, I think everybody here in u.s.a have somebody to miss in somewhere, and I hope you have the oportunity to be there in Sinaloa fishing again soon whith your father and brother.
- April 10, 2008 at 8:07 AM
- Daysi said...
It is amazing how our mind gives us the opportinity to live those special moments again. I remember many moments that my sister and I lived with my father specially now when my lovely father is not with us, but he takes care us since the heaven.
- April 25, 2008 at 8:17 AM
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The Aclima system measures a number of pollutants known to trigger asthma attacks and make COPD worse, chiefly black carbon and particulate matter (essentially, soot) and ozone. Google's Blog tells us that these pollutants lead to millions of premature deaths each year and the company envisages that this information may be used by city planners to devise specific solutions to areas of poor air quality, or parents to find parks where the air quality is better (especially for those of asthmatic children), or cyclists to devise routes that have a higher average air quality. There are other ways that the data could be used, such as measuring and assessing any changes to air quality as conditions are changed. Optimizing traffic light patterns so as to reduce engine idling times, or diverting heavy trucks to avoid areas known to already have low air quality issues.
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The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) today held an important meeting with the Daitapati Nijog (body of Daitapati servitors) as part of the preparations for the Nabakalebara Yatra of Lord Jagannath scheduled this year at the temple office here in Odisha's pilgrim town of Puri.
The team for the Banajaga Yatra – the journey for search of daru (neem trees for carving of new idols) will start its onward journey from Puri on March 29 and will arrive at the Deuli Mutt in Kakatpur on April 2.
Banajaga Yatra is considered the opening chapter of the Nabakalebara process of the Lords.
Today's meeting decided to conduct the majana niti of Maa Mangala, the presiding deity of Kakatpur, on April 3 at an auspicious moment.
It was also decided at the meeting to hold a two-day training camp for young members of the Daitapati community on the rituals and practices associated with Nabakalebara process of the Lords on 14th and 15th of this month, said chief administrator of the SJTA Suresh Chandra Mohapatra.
He said a team from the Daitapati community led by him will visit the places where the Banajaga Yatra team members will take rest and the Deuli Mutt to take stock of the situation and arrangements made there.
"They will be going from here to the Deuli Mutt during the Banajaga Yatra. We discussed issues pertaining to it. Today we made a final selection of clothes to be used during different rituals like shudhhi kriya etc. Orders will be immediately placed for its purchase. We held detailed discussions on the all other arrangements required for the Banajaga Yatra. The Daitapati Nijog has already decided to hold the training camp on March 15 and 16. Young members of their community will be taking the training on Nabakalebara process since the last Nabakalebara Yatra of Lords was held 19 years back and youngsters who would be accompanying the Banajaga team will have no idea about the practices involved in it. That is why they need to be trained. Senior members of the Daitapati community and guests from outside will be imparting training to the young members. The temple administration has provided financial assistance for holding the training camp," said Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, chief administrator SJTA briefing newsmen after the meeting.
The Daitapati Nijog has said that the Nabakalebara Yatra of the Lords will be conducted smoothly and in a disciplined manner.
"Members of the Daitapati Nijog have bestowed all responsibilities on him (Suresh Mohapatra) and everything will be done in accordance as per his directions and advice. We will give our full cooperation for the Banajaga Yatra. On March 29, we will begin Banajaga Yatra. It was decided at the meeting to hold a training camp for the young members of our community. Our Nijog will impart training to the younger generation on the practices and rituals associated with Nabakalebara Yatra," said Ramakrushna Dasmohapatra, president of Daitapati Nijog.
"Young members of our community will be trained by our senior members; it will be also attended by the chief administrator. The temple administration has been informed of the names of the senior Daitapatis who will be imparting training. The meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere. We discussed issues like serving of Mahaprasad during our journey etc," said Jagannath Swain Mohapatra, a senior Daitapati.


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Tony and I finally landed our first house sitting gig here in the islands! People who make a lot more money than we do and live in beautiful houses often ask someone to stay in their place, especially if they have pets. These gigs are almost always unpaid, but you get to stay in an incredible house for a week and use appliances we'd never be able to afford here, like dishwashers and washer/dryers!
So the house we're staying in belongs to someone associated with the school and we have 2 dogs to care for. I'm not much of a dog person, but these two aren't too bad. The little one is old and calm most of the time. The bigger one is much younger and does jump on me a bit, but it's been ok….
That is, it was all okay until we came home from work on Thursday. The dogs met us at the front the gate like they usually did and jumped all over us to be petted. We walked into the house and set our bags down on the kitchen table. The house is a split level, so I was headed up to our room to change out of my work clothes. I glanced down over the railing into the living room and stopped dead in my tracks. "Tony!" I cried. He was a little confused, until he walked down into the living room. Pillow stuffing was everywhere! It looked like shower of polyfil had rained down in the house. Remnants of throw pillows littered the floor and one of the couch cushions was lying amid the carnage, each corner thoroughly chewed.
The site made us both almost physically sick. We immediately jumped in the car and went out in search of where the homeowners might have purchased the couch cover and pillows. Of course, high-end home decor places are rare here on Tortola, so there were only so many places we could stop. None of them yielded any successful results. Finally, we turned back and wearily faced the reality that we were going to have to call and tell them.
Tony explained to the homeowner that one of us (probably me) thought she locked the baby gate behind her when she came up the stairs that morning, but the lock must not have fully engaged. (Upon later inspection we realised the gate often looks locked on the top but is not in fact fully engaged at the bottom where the stronger locking mechanism is located. Darn that hindsight!) He went on to say we'd cover all the damages. The homeowner then told Tony who had made the couch covers and where the throw pillows had come from.
Meanwhile, I went snooping in the storage closet downstairs. That's where we were getting the cans of dog food, so it's not like we were banned from the closet. Anyway, I just had this feeling that these were the kind of people who would have extras of things. They had shelves and shelves of sheets and towels, cases of dog food and non-refrigerated milk… Lo and behold, they also had extra fabric! There were about 2 yards there, plenty to recover the cushion since the pillow form itself wasn't damaged at all. We already knew of a tailor who had been recommended by a shop owner in our otherwise fruitless search of the island.
However, when Tony got off the phone with the homeowner he told me the cushion covers were made by one of our coworkers! This dreadful situation seemed to be getting more and more bearable.
The next day I humbly approached our coworker and explained what had happened.
"Again?!" she bellowed with exasperation. "This is like the third time I've had to remake those blasted covers! Darn dog!" Despite her frustration, she relented to making them another time, with our promise to pay generously for her time.
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010
How to stop a tank!
I loved it - people were dressed up and really throwing themselves into the spirit of things. I learnt all sorts of useful things - this young man taught me that even I could stop a German Tank in its tracks (well, not even in my heyday, I thought!)but yes, two enamel plates on the ground in front of a German tank, at a distance, with the light shining right on the plates, was enough to persuade Gerry that there might be mines ahead. So bear that in mind should the need arise.
Lots of the visitors to the event also dressed up and there were stalls showing off different aspects of life in the war.
These kitchen cupboards and their contents had me smiling - I've picked up lots of these items over the years so could have my own re-enactment right here at home (I'm sure Niobe thinks we do most of the time). I'm working on getting myself one of these cupboards...
Lovin all that nostalgia!
Oh look - two Singer machines - that brought on a quick photo and i was a bit taken aback when the lady at the machine spoke to me as if she knew me. How embarrassed was I when I realised we sit only feet apart at work! I hadn't recognised her in her officers uniform! She was altering a skirt and I had a little look in her sewing tin to find the usual wooden cotton bobbins etc. This has brought me to thinking about the brass buttons that we all find in the jars and tins of buttons we pick up at car boots etc . It occurred to me that instead of me throwing these out as not being of any use to me I should be giving them to my colleague who would be able to pass them on to people trying to put together authentic uniforms of the war time. So - if anyone has any please get in touch!
I enjoyed brwosing some of the stalls and managed to find a couple of little treats which I haven't pictured yet - a lovely Tootal scarf (probably 50s rather than 40s but I wasn't going to be picky!)
Loving the hats and hair rolls...
I'm going to have to have a go at one of these rolls - doesn't it look stylish?
These girls were having a good time - singing their hearts out
while some in the audience got to their feet and fox-trotted around the courtyard
All around the courtyard were war time posters,
the graphics on some of these were great...
Freedom - still something we still all hold dear
I haven't even shown you the displays of the tanks and soldiers running around - not close enough to get good shots so finally - the "hospital"
Don't look too closely at the scary instruments...
and if you're going to the dentist soon I hope your's has something a little more up to date than this kit for his weapons!
If you get the chance to go to one of these events go! Next time I might dress up myself!
Have a good week!
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It looks like great fun,there was one on locally here at the weekend too but I didn't manage to get to it.ReplyDelete
Ann x
What a trip down memory lane. I remember my mother wearing her hair in a roll like that back in the late 40s!ReplyDelete
What a great event! All those lovely period clothes and all those wonderful vintage goodies.ReplyDelete
This is the sort of day out that I love, and thanks for posting the lovely photos - I heart the one of the kitchen cupboard!ReplyDelete
What a fantastic event....I always wondered where my vintage bags, furs and shoes went to when people bought them for "re-enactments"ReplyDelete
I must look out for one in the future....
Julie x
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you cant beat a good nostalgic weekend I agree dressing up for the event does aound like fun .Those girls get around dont they ,I saw them up here in the summerReplyDelete
How fantastic my kids would have loved that. We've done loads in the past, Romans, Vikings, Knights etc but nothing 20th C.ReplyDelete
Will pass on the tip of the two tin plates Sam is very into tanks and war fare at the mo.
Also reminded of my Grandma and her kitchen lovely nostalgia.
We had one of these near us a couple of weeks ago and it was great - but yours looks bigger and better! I have my Grandads old button tin and i'm sure Ive got some original Brass Buttons in there - i'll take a look and let you know. xxxReplyDelete
I would love to attend one of these, I love everything about the 1940s, would be fantastic to dress up! xReplyDelete
Love all that wartime nostalgia.. specially the clothes! LizzieReplyDelete
Thank you for all of those lovely pictures, it looks like it was a super dayReplyDelete
Lynn xxx
wow! what commitment and authenticity ( think my spelling might be right off there) but that looks great, if you weren't dressed up you must have felt a little like a clothed person in a nudist camp . must remember the enamel plate trick might come in useful some day.ReplyDelete
nice to be back to have a look around here wend .....st brigid says i'm only allowed 3 minutes !!!
That looks like a great day out, and certainly much of the same stuff was about in the fifties! My mother wore her hair in a roll when she was in the WAF as it wasn't allowed to touch your collar. She said she had a padded 'sausage' to roll her hair round. We still have her uniform, but unfortunately it is very moth eaten.ReplyDelete
Looks like you had a great day out Wendy. A lot of my kitchen pieces come from that period and I remember my mother-in-law had one of those cupboards - she threw it out when she had a new fitted kitchen put in - darn it.ReplyDelete
I'd love to go to an event like that, it looks so interesting! And yes you must dress up next time!ReplyDelete
Lisa x
Don't know how this post slipped through my net, but I am glad I went looking back through my dashboard tonight and found it! LOVE that hat and hair roll! A great event by the looks of it.ReplyDelete
Help ! just saw you had sent me an email and I ve not got it argggh!!! panic JA email gone astray......helllllp please send again xxxxxxxReplyDelete
How wonderful - looks great funReplyDelete


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What zipcode and give a few example channels you are having issues with? We forum readers don't have enough information form what you wrote...
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I decided to get up early yesterday morning after I missed the amazing sunrise the following afternoon.Head down to the swan river fore shore in Attadale. Was really still morning on the fore shore and managed to snap a few pics off before I realized my camera battery was flat. I had forgot to turn the power on when I put it in to charge the night before.
I still managed to get this shot off.
Even though the water was really carm, it was still quite dark so I was using longer shutter speed. With the longer shutter speed, the boats were slightly blurred from the movement. So I took another shot with slower speed to capture a fairly sharp image of the boats.
In photo shop I opened the first shot I took of the landscape with blurred boats, I then made a new layer with the second shot I took of the boats. I used a light eraser to erase the entire top image except the boats. Which left me with a correct exposure on the landscape and still sharp boats in the image.
I had to dodge the boats a bit in photoshop to bring up the exposure of them, so they weren't so dark. Also edited curves, levels, sat and contrast. Was quite happy with the end result.


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The architecture of the spacey Onishi community centre seems to mimic the winding river of the valley that cradles the small town. It was a delight to find this large and modern complex in the centre of the small and friendly town about two hours north of Tokyo. Can you imagine hosting an event orContinue reading »
Monthly Archives: "October 2013"
Shanghai blue highway
Photography of a stretch of highway in central Shanghai that is underlit at night for a long length of the concrete structure to a dramatic effect.Continue reading »
Onagawa artists' residence, Japan
Photos from the small house that acted as the residence for 6 artists in the August 2013 edition of the Onagawa artist in residence program.Continue reading »


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Pleasant Grove Football's ETSN.fm Photo Days Shoot At A Glance
Here's a look at Pleasant Grove's time at its ETSN.fm Photo Days shoot.
The Hawks sent seven players to be the faces of their program for their work ethic on and off the field. The representatives were Ryan Forbes, Nick Gavriel, Keshawn Jones, Cannon McCrarry, Angel Mejia, Jackson Pace and Logan Wesley.
The gallery below is just a peek at the pictures Texarkana Gazette photographer Evan Lewis took of the squad. The Gazette graciously hosted six regional teams around the Texarkana metropolitan area to help ETSN.fm in its Photo Days project.
All of the players' photos will be available for purchase at our photos website, ETSNPictures.com, in the upcoming days.


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Super tornado I suppose. It's only a teeeny tiiiny bit bigger than tornado, but it lookes huge! It is also a lot of fun to expierement with different patterns of a circle and straight stitch to get a cool intricate looking design. Have fun!
You will need:
- 6 strands of boondoggle, all the same length
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Few sights in the natural world are more distressing than that of sea creatures beaching themselves for no apparent reason.
Although the circumstances surrounding this worldwide phenomenon are unclear, there is a growing body of circumstantial evidence to suggest that the use of sonar by the military and other commercial enterprises is partly responsible.
Whatever the cause, the trend is heart wrenching.
About the Author
Patricia Cori is an established writer, researcher and channeller. She has written a number of books, outlining and challenging the increasing plight of humans living within a collapsing political, social and ecological systems.
In her 2011 book, 'Before We Leave You: Messages from the Great Whales and Dolphin Beings', Cori reveals the close psycho-spiritual connection that she believes she has had with the cetaceans and, through the publication, she seeks to convey their purpose on this planet.
Their warning is grim and urgent.
"Stop the destruction of the whales, dolphins and porpoises or face their imminent extinction."
It is through her psychic-channeling work with the cetaceans that she was motivated to found the non-profit 501c charity, SAVE EARTH'S OCEANS INC., which is dedicated to awakening people to the dilemma that our fellow sea creatures face in increasingly imbalanced and polluted seas.
Getting the Message Across
The Emissary is Cori's first novel and is a notable departure in writing style from her usual factual approach.
The story that underpins this book is centered upon Jamie Hastings—a psychic of proven talents—who, after witnessing a harrowing and soul-destroying death of a pregnant and beached hump backed whale, is driven to try to save the dolphins and whales from possible extinction.
Her role, as described by the author, is to act as an emissary and to bring awareness of the cetaceans plight to the world.
In this sense, the character of Jamie appears to be, in part at least, semi-autobiographical.
The tale unfolds with our heroine meeting her arch-nemesis, a rich and arrogant oil executive called Matt Anderson, whose company involvement in sea bed exploration is disrupting sea creatures living and breeding in their natural habitat.
Inevitably, the worlds of the capitalist and environmentalist come into conflict when the corporation employs the psychic to help them open up new oilfields in internationally designated whale breeding grounds.
The conflicts between the two main characters escalate to dramatic proportions until the agenda of other darker and more sinister forces enter the story and dwarf their petty ego-conflicts.
The story rises to a tense and dramatic finale when vast areas of the East Coast of the United States are threatened by a man-made tsunami that threatens to wipe out most of human life in that region.
The Emissary has a relatively simple tale to tell and it is clear from the beginning that the plight of our sea creatures is a major concern to the writer.
The story itself does not really begin until a good halfway through the book though.
This is not to say that the plot is boring. Indeed, the interplay between the two main characters is tense, engaging and enjoyable. It's just that, as a reader, I was wondering when something significant was going to happen.
When the story does finally take on some pace, it moves along at an ever-increasing speed (as if trying to catch up on lost time). It draws into the plot-line contemporary conspiracy themes, such as HARP, New World Order, population control, USOs (Unidentified Sea Objects) as well as other somewhat off-the-wall references to extra-terrestrials and other-world domains.
I wanted to enjoy this book, being that I have great sympathy with the sentiment, the cause and principles of its writer's ecological stance.
However, though well written with some great dialog and strong characters, the book's storyline becomes so implausible that the message of the cetaceans is lost in the drama.
Patricia Cori undoubtedly is a major spokesperson for the cetaceans and her motivations for wanting to help these magnificent sea creatures is thoroughly founded in the best intentions. Nevertheless, to my mind, this book is not the correct forum to bring awareness of their plight to the world.
Instead, the book appears to glorify and massage the ego of the 'one called upon to speak as one voice by the cetaceans'. It completely misses the point that scientific data is needed to identify the causes of risk to our sea creatures and not a fictional account of somewhat absurd proportions.
Even within a fictional account, authentic data should and must be used when dealing with such an emotive subject with far-reaching consequences.
I hope that I am wrong. I hope that The Emissary motivates some of its readers to research the subject of these mass-suicides more thoroughly.
Sadly, I feel that this will not be the case and that this over-blown and distorted fictional account will alienate many rational people who might, ordinarily, have sympathy with the writer's cause.
A fairly decent holiday read—but possibly not one to take with you to the beach!


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By Jessica Yang, Investor Research Analyst, LSN
Biotech and medtech industry executives are drawing up their itineraries for January's healthcare conference week in San Francisco, and over a thousand attendees are expected to join Life Science Nation for our Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) Conference in San Francisco on January 9th!
LSN would now like to announce the agenda for RESI San Francisco. Our event will provide a full day of investor panels and workshops devoted to early-stage life science investment topics. RESI features four tracks of content, including the RESI Asia-North America track, which offers attendees the chance to hear directly from investors and strategic partners from across the Pacific who are seeking North American innovation. These panels will be a must-see for any fundraising entrepreneur in the life science sector.
In addition to RESI's recurring core sector panels Early Stage Therapeutics, Medical Device Investors, Diagnostics and Healthcare IT, RESI San Francisco will also feature the Big Data & Healthcare Panel. The big data space has increasingly become exciting with its potential to transform healthcare through its cross-correlation to broad applications. In addition, LSN will be bringing back the highly popular panel on Genomics. Genomics is becoming a major technology for life science investment, and the panel will provide the opportunity to learn about the kinds of genomic-related breakthrough that investors are looking to back, and the challenges of investing in the genomics field. Be sure to register now for these tremendous opportunities to learn how investors think about your space.


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Welcome to Kornfeld Law Firm
We have created this site to give you an introduction to who we are, what we do, and how we can help you and your loved ones. Of course, every family is unique, with specific planning needs and goals.
For over thirty-five years, we at Kornfeld Law Firm have lived by one simple axiom. Our clients come first. We believe in helping our clients prepare for their retirement years by educating them on all their options. This enables them to choose the plan that fits them best, allowing for personal comfort and financial freedom. We help our clients achieve their goals with comprehensive long-term care, estate and asset protection planning.
We use a wide variety of legal techniques depending on each person's individual needs. Essentially, though, our intent remains the same for all our clients. After a comprehensive assessment, we prepare a plan that will protect the client's assets to the maximum amount possible. This allows our clients to live in comfort, and preserve those assets for the next generation. We understand that this can be a difficult topic to think about, let alone plan for. However, we also firmly believe that doing this planning will actually ease your mind and allow you to live with less stress, knowing that you have a plan in place to deal with all possible contingencies.
At Kornfeld Law Firm, our goal is to help you achieve that peace of mind.


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WordPress allows you to add custom Theme Options to your themes, which users can then set using the native Customizer interface. The process for adding these options to Toolset-based themes is the same and here, we explain how to do this.
The above image displays an example we will use to add the "Company Details" options to the Customize screen. These options allow entering the basic information about a company, as well as its logo and you can output them anywhere in your theme using a simple shortcode.
To do this, you need to add the appropriate code to your theme's functions.php file. There are three things this code needs to accomplish:
- Register your custom section for the Appearance -> Customize page.
- Register the custom settings for your section.
- Register the shortcode that will allow you to output your custom options in a theme.
Custom theme options leverage WordPress' Theme Customization API and we highly recommend visiting the official documentation to learn more about this topic.
Registering your Customizer section
To register your Customizer section, you need to add a custom class that uses the $wp_customize object.
As you can see, you start by initializing your class. You then define your custom section that will appear on the Appearance -> Customize page. For this, you need to define the following options:
- title and description – replace this with your own names and your theme's textdomain.
- priority – determines where in the Customizer menu the section appears.
- capability – determines the required capability user needs to have to be able to tweak the options.
After setting up the basic options, you need to register all the inputs for the custom Customizer settings, like text fields and the image selector. This part is missing from the above example and is explained in the following section.
Lastly, you register your custom class using the add_action function.
Registering and defining your custom settings
As mentioned above, you need to register all the settings that are to be available for customization and define how users will input their values. In our example, this includes a text field for the company name, a text area for the company address, and an image selector for the company logo.
Let's see how to register a "Company Name" setting and define its text input field.
Registering custom settings
When registering a new setting, you define its name, whether it is only theme-related (type), the necessary user capability to edit it, and how the setting is updated.
// Register a new setting "company_name"
$wp_customize->add_setting( 'company_name', // id of the setting, no need to prefix when using 'theme_mod' as type
'default' => '', // Default setting/value to save
'type' => 'theme_mod', // 'theme_mod' or 'option'. [print_theme_settings] only supports theme related settings (theme_mod)
'capability' => 'edit_theme_options', // Optional. Special permissions for accessing this setting.
'transport' => 'refresh', // What triggers a refresh of the setting? 'refresh' or 'postMessage' (instant)?
Defining an input for the custom setting
Now, you need to define the input for the setting you just registered. This is done by defining a new WP_Customize_Control object.
You first define a unique ID for this control's array of settings and then define those settings:
- label – user interface label for the input. Again, use your own theme's textdomain as the second argument.
- settings – the ID you used when registering this setting (i.e. "company_name").
- type – the type of the input field. In this example, using "text" means that "Company Name" is a simple text field. On the other hand, using "textarea" will make your input a multiple-line text area.
- section – the ID of your custom theme settings section, under which the input needs to appear.
Defining an image selector input
Creating a theme setting that features an image selector is a little bit different than doing so for simple text fields.
The setting is registered in exactly the same way.
// Register another setting "company_logo"
$wp_customize->add_setting( 'company_logo',
'default' => '',
'type' => 'theme_mod',
'capability' => 'edit_theme_options',
'transport' => 'refresh',
However, to define the image selector input, you need to use the following.
// Define an image upload field for setting "company_logo"
$wp_customize->add_control( new WP_Customize_Image_Control( // <- Important: to use image control we use WP_Customize_Image_Control() instead of WP_Customize_Control()
'label' => __( 'Upload a logo', 'theme_name' ),
'settings' => 'company_logo',
'section' => 'ts_company_details',
) );
As you can see, for images, you need to use the WP_Customize_Image_Control function instead of the WP_Customize_Control one.
Custom settings in the Customizer
And this is how Company Details settings will look like on the Appearance -> Customize page.
Registering the shortcode to output the custom setting
Finally, you need a way to actually use the custom settings your theme provides. To do this, you can register a custom shortcode that outputs your custom theme settings.
In this example, we register a print-theme-setting shortcode, which takes two arguments:
- id (required) – the ID of a custom setting we want to output.
- default (optional) – what to show if a setting has no value set.
The following example displays how this shortcode is used to output a "Company Name".
[print-theme-setting id="company_name" default="Company name not set"]
OK, let's see how to register a custom shortcode like that!
As you can see, the custom shortcode is registered using the add_shortcode function. You set your shortcode name first, and then specify the shortcode_print_theme_setting function which the shortcode uses to output the necessary data.
Then, you use the shortcode_atts WordPress function to get the value of the setting specified by the shortcode's id attribute.
The last part of the function checks if the targeted setting has any value set and prints it, otherwise, it prints the value set by the shortcode's default attribute, if it is set.
Using the custom shortcode
Once the custom theme settings and the shortcode to output them are working, you can use them wherever you want on your site.
In our example, we used the shortcode to output the "Company Details" in our theme's footer, by editing the appropriate layout.
|Shortcode usage in a layout
|Front-end result
Putting it all together
After going through all the parts necessary to create custom theme settings and a way to output them, you can find the whole code in the following snippet (click the title to expand the code).
* Theme settings
class My_Cool_Theme_Customize {
public static function register ( $wp_customize ) {
// Define a new section for the Appearance -> Customize page
$wp_customize->add_section( 'ts_company_details',
'title' => __( 'Company Details', 'my_cool_theme' ),
'priority' => 1, // Determines what order this appears in (1 = top)
'capability' => 'edit_theme_options', // Capability needed to tweak
'description' => __('Set your company details.', 'my_cool_theme'),
// 2.0 Register the new "company_name" setting
$wp_customize->add_setting( 'company_name', // id of the setting, no need to prefix when using 'theme_mod' as type
'default' => '', // Default setting/value to save
'type' => 'theme_mod', // 'theme_mod' or 'option'. [print-theme-settings] only supports theme related settings (theme_mod)
'capability' => 'edit_theme_options', // Optional. Special permissions for accessing this setting.
'transport' => 'refresh', // What triggers a refresh of the setting? 'refresh' or 'postMessage' (instant).
// 2.1 Define an input for the "company_name" setting
$wp_customize->add_control( new WP_Customize_Control(
'ts_company_name_control', // unique ID for the control
'label' => __( 'Company Name', 'my_cool_theme' ),
'settings' => 'company_name', // id of previously created setting "company_name"
'type' => 'text',
'section' => 'ts_company_details', // ID of our "Company Details" section
) );
// 3.0 Register another setting, "company_address"
$wp_customize->add_setting( 'company_address',
'default' => '',
'type' => 'theme_mod',
'capability' => 'edit_theme_options',
'transport' => 'refresh',
// 3.1 Define an input for the new "company_address" setting
$wp_customize->add_control( new WP_Customize_Control(
'label' => __( 'Company Address', 'mytheme' ),
'settings' => 'company_address',
'type' => 'textarea',
'section' => 'ts_company_details',
) );
// 4.0 Register another setting, "company_logo"
$wp_customize->add_setting( 'company_logo',
'default' => '',
'type' => 'theme_mod',
'capability' => 'edit_theme_options',
'transport' => 'refresh',
// 4.1 Define an image selector input for the "company_logo" setting
$wp_customize->add_control( new WP_Customize_Image_Control( // <- Important: to use image selector we use WP_Customize_Image_Control() instead of WP_Customize_Control()
'label' => __( 'Upload a logo', 'theme_name' ),
'settings' => 'company_logo',
'section' => 'ts_company_details',
) );
// Setup the Theme Customizer settings and controls...
add_action( 'customize_register' , array( 'My_Cool_Theme_Customize' , 'register' ) );
// Register shortcode: [print-theme-setting id="id of the setting" default="(optional) value to show if setting has no value"]
add_shortcode( 'print-theme-setting', 'shortcode_print_theme_setting' );
if( ! function_exists( 'shortcode_print_theme_setting') ) {
function shortcode_print_theme_setting( $attributes ) {
$setting = shortcode_atts(
'id' => false,
'default' => ''
), $attributes, 'print_theme_option' );
if( ! $setting['id'] ) {
// no setting ID set, return default value
return $setting['default'];
$stored = get_theme_mod( $setting['id'] );
if( ! $stored || empty( $stored ) ) {
// return default as no value is stored
return $setting['default'];
// return the setting value
return nl2br( $stored );
Getting help
If you run into any trouble while following this tutorial, please open a ticket in our Professional Support Forum. Our supporters will be happy to help you.


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Asking Alexandria Concert Photo Gallery
Asking Alexandria photos, ©Chad lee photography
Asking Alexandria
April 27, 2013 Jacksonville Florida – Metropolitan Park . Welcome To Rockville
May 21, 2011 Columbus Ohio – Crew Stadium . Rock on the range
official band website , Monster Energy Drink , Danny Wimmer Presents
Band Bio
Asking Alexandria are an English rock band from York, North Yorkshire. lead vocalist Danny Worsnop, Ben Bruce, Cameron Liddell, James Cassells and Sam Bettley.
Initially formed in 2006 by Ben Bruce, the band officially established as a six-piece in 2008 . . After the departure of Lancaster and Binns, as well as the recruitment of bassist Sam Bettley in 2009, the band released their debut album Stand Up and Scream (2009). The band released two studio albums Reckless & Relentless (2011) and From Death to Destiny (2013), before the departure of Worsnop in January 2015. He was replaced by Denis Stoff and the band released The Black (2016). Stoff departed from the band in October that year, and Worsnop subsequently returned to the band.


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The secret AV escape clause
When somebody involved in either the Yes or No camp says, "I have an interesting fact about the Alternative Vote", you can usually guarantee that it's neither a fact nor interesting. On this occasion, however, I'd be grateful if you set aside your scepticism, look into my crystal ball, and contemplate the political landscape at the end of 2013.
By then, two significant political events will have happened: the referendum on AV and the review of constituency boundaries. Both measures were enacted by the same legislation. And as the recent Electoral Commission's new booklet on the referendum helpfully explains, their fates are intertwined:
"The 'alternative vote' system will be used after a review of the boundaries of the area that each MP represents (known as their constituency) is completed. This is due to happen between 2011 and 2013. The review will happen regardless of the outcome of this referendum.
"At the end of the review, the UK Parliament will vote on implementing the new boundaries. If the new boundaries are implemented, the 'alternative vote' system will be used for all future elections to the House of Commons."
So AV can only come into force, even after a YES vote in the referendum, if MPs and peers vote in favour of the new electoral map, when it is presented to Parliament in October 2013.
That will be an interesting vote.
Imagine that AV has been backed by a narrow majority in the referendum, on a very low turnout. For many Tories, especially David Cameron, that's a nightmare scenario. In those circumstances, would he be able to convince his own side to trigger the implementation of AV by voting through new boundaries?
Don't forget, the Tories aren't expected to get off scot-free when the Commission presents the new constituency map; at least thirteen Conservatives look set to lose their seats, and many more will be expected to campaign within vastly changed boundaries with no guarantee of success, especially under AV.
Come 2013, the price that Tory backbenchers are being asked to pay in order to keep Nick Clegg in Ministerial cars might begin to look a tad high. They would have the power to stop the introduction of AV by voting down the implementation of the new boundaries, if they joined forces with Labour. That would surely be a coalition breaker, but it's not inconceivable. A lot of water will have flowed under Westminster Bridge by the end of 2013, and who knows how willing the Tory backbenches will be to toe the whips' line.
Now look into a different crystal and imagine a "NO" vote in the referendum. That could conjure up a mirror image of the YES vote scenario. The defeat of AV would be a massive blow to the Liberal Democrats in more ways than one. They face an uphill struggle at the next election whatever happens.
But fighting it with FPTP and on a new electoral map would undoubtedly precipitate a disastrous result for the Liberal Democrats. By the end of 2013, their MPs will know what the new map will look like, and it won't depict the sunlit uplands of Lib Demmery In Perpetuity. Would their backbenchers walk through the lobbies with Labour in order to safeguard their seats, even if this stretched the coalition to breaking point?
Whichever way the referendum vote goes on 5th May, Lib Dem and Tory party managers hold a ticking constitutional timebomb in their hands.
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Drivers in Sheridan-Kalorama will begin seeing "resident-only" parking on their neighborhood streets as soon as this weekend — a rare step that responds to recent security-related parking pressures associated with the area's new high-profile residents: the Obamas and Ivanka Trump.
Resident-only parking reserves one side of each residential street for vehicles registered in the same zone, while keeping the conventional two-hour grace period for all cars on the other side of the street. In Sheridan-Kalorama, any vehicle registered in Zone 2 (roughly corresponding to Ward 2) with a Residential Parking Permit sticker will be able to use the new resident-only parking. Even so, proponents are optimistic that it will cut down on the commuters and taxi drivers who frequently fill many local streets.
"I think it's the greatest thing that's ever happened," said Sherri Kimbel, constituent services director for Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, whose office helped lobby for the new Sheridan-Kalorama rules.
Kimbel lives in Logan Circle, which already has the restrictions, as does most of Ward 1. "Coming home and driving around for hours and hours if you've worked hard all day is awful," she said. "There will be some adjustments — there will be some questions and maybe some tweaking — but speaking as a resident, I support it."
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2D (Sheridan-Kalorama) has been requesting a solution to its parking pressures for the past five years, and unanimously supported the resident-only plan at its meeting on Monday. Evian Patterson of the D.C. Department of Transportation said at the meeting that the stricter rule will apply on the north and west side of the streets in most cases, from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The side can swap on a case-by-case basis — for instance, if there are residences on the south side of a block but not the north, Patterson said. And any residential street that currently has parking available on only one side will get the new resident-only restrictions.
Other neighborhoods across the city have also requested to join the resident-only parking program, but most changes have been on hold as the Transportation Department finalizes its eligibility guidelines. "We're building a process for the rest of the public to solicit the agency for resident-only parking," Patterson told The Current.
Patterson said he hopes this program will be offered citywide by the end of the year, and it will likely adhere closely to a draft proposal released last summer. Under that framework, an advisory neighborhood commission would be able to request the resident-only restrictions throughout its boundaries, at which point the Transportation Department would conduct a traffic study to confirm that parking pressures in the area merit that approach.
Sheridan-Kalorama was able to move forward faster because of the neighborhood's new and unique issues, according to Patterson. In January, the Obama family moved into a house on Belmont Road NW, closing the block between Tracy Place and Kalorama Circle. At the same time, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner moved into a Tracy Place house around the corner, and Secret Service vehicles snapped up several more coveted parking spaces outside it.
"There were special circumstances impacting the parking in the area," Patterson said. "When you have these protectees come in, this is not people coming who are commuters — this is actual removal of parking. We found it to be enough of an impact, coupling that with the impact of proximity to Dupont and other places, that it became a good test case for us."
At Monday's ANC 2D meeting, some residents expressed skepticism that the new policies would have much effect, saying the Department of Public Works hasn't consistently ticketed cars that overstay the existing two-hour grace period. Patterson replied that the resident-only restrictions are easier to enforce because tickets can be issued instantly.
"DPW loves these signs they call 'no-tolerance,'" said Patterson. "Instead of having to come back every two hours, they're looking for cars that are parked on the resident-only side."
Patterson also said the Transportation Department will evaluate any requests to change the enforcement hours after the restrictions have gone into effect. The new signs are scheduled to be installed starting this weekend and continuing until June 9, he said.
ANC 2D will also have the chance to opt into the city's formal system for visitor parking passes, through which any eligible household can request one pass that's valid for one year. Patterson said an ANC 2D resolution to join the program would allow Sheridan-Kalorama residents to begin receiving passes within a matter of days, but the commission has historically opposed the program's implementation there due to concerns about improper use of the passes. For now, the residents must still collect temporary visitor passes from the Metropolitan Police Department.