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- David Beckham will be among Man United icons to mark the 20th anniversary of their 2-1 UCL win over Bayern
- The encounter slated for Old Trafford on May 26, will feature players, who participated during the original game
- Beckham featured in 394 games for Man United before joining Real Madrid in 2003
David Beckham is set to join Man United mates to celebrate 20th anniversary of their 2-1 Champions League comeback win over Bayern Munich as both teams clash again in a friendly.
According to the BBC, the encounter slated for Old Trafford on May 26, will parade players who participated during the match at Barca's home ground Nou Camp in 1999.
Ex-United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will seat in the dugout while the quarter of Beckham, Paul Scholes, Nicky Buttt and Jesper Blomqvist run the show on the pitch.
READ ALSO: PSG players suffering 'hangover' days after losing to Man United in UCL
"I'm so excited to be going back to Old Trafford," Beckham was quoted as saying by the BBC.
"1999 was such a massive year for us so recreating that moment is going to be really special.
"To be back together as a squad and to be managed by the boss again is huge. I can't wait," he stressed.
During his active days, the 43-year-old Beckham claimed six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and one Champions League silverware at United before heading to Real Madrid for £25m in 2003.
In addition, current club boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who netted the last-minute winner for the Red Devils back in 1999 is expected to play a role during the tie.
Interestingly, two late goals from the pair of Teddy Sheringham and Solskjaer was all United needed to beat Bayern to the Champions League title – and were prominent members of the 1998-99 treble-winning squad that also won the Premier League title and the FA Cup.
The encounter is expected to assist Manchester United Foundation in raising funds to meet its obligations.
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Sir Alex Ferguson will return to the dugout for the rematch of the 1999 Champions League final against Bayern Munich.
Legit.ng understands that a rematch of the historic encounter staged at Nou Camp, Barcelona, two decades ago has been lined up later this season.
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A growing order book from the aerospace market helped to bolster sales at a Teesside engineering firm by 10.8% last year, new accounts have shown.
Stockton-based Darchem Engineering grew sales to £83.5m for the year ended October 25, 2013, from the previous period's £75.3m, while operating profit also grew by 11.1% year-on-year, driven by increased volumes.
Established in Stillington almost 60 years ago, the firm provides products to a range of specialist and growth markets including nuclear, oil and gas as well as petrochemicals, the navy, marine and aerospace markets. Last December Billy Meijer was appointed managing director, after he spent eight years rising through the management ranks, and it is in the final phase of the construction of its £8m 75,000sqft factory on a brownfield site next to its facility.
Aerospace is a distinct growth market for the company, bolstered by a successful £20m order clinched in 2011 to supply thermal blankets for Boeing's 737 aircraft, on-going work for Rolls Royce jet engines and work on the 550 seat Airbus A380.
And its latest annual accounts show revenues rose in 2013 as the commercial aerospace industry continued to increase production rates, went through refit programmes and introduced new products. The directors said it is also continuing to recognise revenues from the first of the new aircraft carriers being built for the Ministry of Defence.
The oil and gas market continued to operate at reasonable levels and it also won a large fabrication in the nuclear market.
The directors' report accompanying the accounts said: "We continue to incur costs positioning ourselves to win fabrication work from the potential new build of power stations in the UK. Unfortunately, the timescales for this work continue to slip, however some progress has been made with an agreement reached on tariff and the announcement of Chinese investment."
Shareholders' funds increased by 62.9%, from £25.1m to £40.8m, primarily as a result of investing operating profits into the new £8m manufacturing facility rather than paying a dividend. The average number of employees rose from 814 to 865 as the result of increasing workloads from higher sales.
The directors said 2014 had begun with a busy forward order book, but warned that cuts within the Ministry of Defence could affect the business.
Opportunities for contracts, however, should be found as legislation changes on emission systems.
The report added: "We are entering 2014 with a strong order book and we would expect that turnover will exceed 2013 levels and that this will sustain profitability and employment levels.
"Defence cuts will have an impact as we have no large project to replace the current aircraft carrier contract."


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On Thursday March 10, California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) hosted the 2011 LGBT Housing Discrimination Conference in conjunction with partner nonprofit organizations and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This year's conference was entitled "Increasing Access to Fair Housing for LGBT Communities through New HUD Initiatives and Community and State Agency Collaboration." The purpose of the Conference was to provide free fair housing training on new HUD initiatives and legal requirements to protect the housing rights of LGBT communities.
John Trasviña, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, served as keynote speaker for the event, where he discussed the new protections afforded LGBT communities by a Proposed Rule that HUD is promoting.
"Through this proposed rule, HUD is ensuring that its programs and housing serve all families," stated Assistant Secretary Trasviña. "We look forward to hearing from our key fair housing and civil rights partners in the State Capitol."
Per the summary text for the Rule, "it is HUD's responsibility to ensure that all who are otherwise eligible to participate in HUD's programs have equal access to these programs and have the opportunity to compete fairly for HUD funds without being subject to arbitrary exclusion." The Proposed Rule, entitled Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs-Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity (24 CFR Parts 5, 200, 203, et al.), would mandate equal access to housing in HUD programs regardless of marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
The LGBT Housing Discrimination Conference also provided a forum for discussing strategies to analyze and overcome impediments blocking progress for LGBT communities, for sharing best practices for working with consultants and advocacy groups, and for sharing resources for education and obtaining assistance with further work. CRLA's partners for the Conference included Bay Area Legal Aid, Legal Services of Northern California, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights. CRLA's efforts were led by Dan Torres, CRLA Staff Attorney as well as Project Manager for Proyecto Poderoso (Powerful Project), and Illene Jacobs, Director of Litigation, Advocacy & Training.
Dan and Ilene will travel to Las Vegas in May for the American Bar Association's Equal Justice Conference, held May 18-21. Together, they will host a workshop entitled: "Challenges Confronting LGBTQ Youth and How Advocates Can Tackle Them." LGBTQ-identified youth are overrepresented in foster care and have higher rates of suicide, rejection, substance abuse, harassment and violence compared to their peers. This workshop provides tools to meet their unmet needs by identifying their legal rights, offering advocacy strategies, and highlighting the responsibility of judges and lawyers.
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NELSON — A worker at a quiet mobile home park in northern Portage County where a 1-year-old boy was allegedly killed Saturday, said the boy and his mother moved into the neighborhood about two months ago.
Early Saturday morning neighbors were awoken to police lights from emergency vehicles that filled the neighborhood's narrow streets. The rumor going through the crowd was the baby had "overheated."
Police say Nicholas J. Catazaro, 26, of 9924 Green Drive, Windham, killed the boy by throwing him against a wall.
Catazaro was arraigned on a murder charge Tuesday in Portage County Municipal Court in Ravenna and is being held on a $1 million bond. If convicted, Catazaro faces a sentence of 15 years to life in prison.
According to a complaint filed with the court Tuesday, the incident happened Friday night at a mobile home at 9882 Bayberry Lane, just north of Nelson Ledges Quarry Park.
Portage County sheriff's deputies were called to the address at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday along with an EMS squad for a 1-year-old boy who was not breathing, according to the Portage County Sheriff's Office, which said CPR was being performed on the child when deputies and EMS arrived. The boy was pronounced dead at University Hospitals Portage Medical Center Saturday. Catazaro was arrested Sunday.
An autopsy by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's office found that the boy had a fractured skull.
An obituary placed Tuesday with the Record-Courier for Leon Chehin-Merryman, 1, of Garrettsville, matches a birthdate for the victim listed in court records. Leon's parents are Jacob Merryman and Ashlyn Chehin.
The relationship between Catazaro and the boy was not publicly known Tuesday.
Catazaro did not speak during the hearing. Judge Barbara Oswick also imposed other conditions requested by Assistant Prosecutor Jared Smiley, including that if Catazaro is released on bond, he would be ordered to have no contact with the boy's family, their property or any other juveniles. He also would be required to wear a GPS monitoring device.
"Based on the seriousness of the offense charge of murder," Smiley said, "and in consideration of the defendant's actions of throwing and dropping a 13-month-old baby and ultimately killing him, this defendant, if released, poses a significant risk to the community and to the children of the community."


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Each month we will be helping you get to know our partners and their projects a little better with our Partner Spotlight posts. The first in our Education series is our super cool partner, Empower Playgrounds. They are based in Ghana and harness kinetic energy from school playgrounds to power LED lamps, which the children can then take home after school to study. Told you they were cool. We caught up with them, shot them a few questions, and here's what they had to say about who they are, what they do, and why you should get involved in our Give Together program and donate to their project.
What is the inspiration behind your organization?
The inspiration behind Empower Playgrounds is that there is energy all around us, everyday, and if captured, this energy can empower tomorrow's leaders and light their way towards achieving their fullest potentials.
What's the story behind your project?
Empower Playgrounds Inc (EPI) was started after our founder, Ben Markham, and his wife, Julie, who lived in Ghana for 18 months as humanitarian missionaries. While here, Ben often held meetings in rural school houses and noticed how dark it got early in the evenings and wondered how students were able to study or read in their homes with such conditions. He was also struck by the simplicity of play equipment available to children, usually nothing more than old bike tires and tin cans that would be turned into rudimentary cars. Ben decided to try and solve both of these problems and developed the electricity-generating merry-go-round we use today.
How did you become connected with Jolkona
EPI's executive director, Chris Cannon, was in Seattle visiting NGOs and social ventures with a group of MPA students from Brigham Young University when he learned about the innovative fundraising and advocacy work Jolkona was doing. And after talking with Nadia he quickly decided that this was a partnership worth pursuing and that he hoped would help EPI fulfill its mission of providing the light of opportunity to students of Ghana.
Can you tell us a bit more about your project and how it's going currently?
Empower Playgrounds is currently operating in nearly 40 schools, providing light to over 6,000 students in some of Ghana's most deprived areas. We continue to gain support from individuals concerned about the quality of education students are receiving in these deprived areas and by groups working to provide similar opportunities. We are hopeful that this year will see wider expansion, both within Ghana and to similar countries, as we gain more momentum and work with a tried and tested system and wonderful corporate partners like Goal Zero and Playworld Systems, Inc.
What kind of lasting change does the project hope to engender?
Our vision for the future is to have educated parents, especially mothers, in every village who will instill a love of learning in their children. This next generation of children will be much better suited to tackle the generational triggers of poverty and inequality that we as outsiders are often unable to define or solve. We are beginning to see this change take place in some of our earliest schools in the form of increased school completion, attendance, and national test scores.
So say I give $50 to the project, can you explain a little further the impact that is achieved?
For $50 you provide a group of students a portable LED lantern powered by play! This lantern will provide 40 hours of reading and study time with each charge and is expected to last around 5 years, meaning that they are ensured the light of opportunity for just $10 per year!
We love stories at Jolkona. Do you have a favorite impact story you can share?
One of our students, Gabriel, is just one example of how hard students are working to rise above adverse conditions and better themselves in order to better their communities. At 16 Gabriel is the oldest student in his 6th grade class, towering above his classmates and even some of his teachers, however his meek demeanor shines in his bright eyes and constantly beaming smile. This same smile is somewhat out of place when he starts talking about his life and the conditions he struggles with everyday.
He has lived alone in the tiny village of Terhey for several years after his parents moved away to look for work, taking with them his younger siblings. His weekends and evenings are spent doing odd jobs in order to provide for himself: cutting wood for charcoal, helping local farmers, fixing bicycles. And what he earns from these odd jobs he often sends to his siblings so they can buy books and pay for school uniforms, leaving himself to rely on the generosity of his favorite teacher.
Gabriel is now in middle school, still older than his classmates but at least now the same height, and well on his way towards High School. He is a success in the village of Terhey because he is a trendsetter in a community that often sees little use for school and its postponed payoff when so many competing needs have such immediacy. He is one of the lights shining in darkness that makes Ghana such a trailblazer in West Africa.
Such a great story. So, in a nutshell, why should someone give to this project?
With so many organizations and nonprofits doing good things, it's often hard to choose between so many good options. At EPI we strive to be among the best. We do this by maintaining focus on a single cause – one that we feel is at the root of so many other problems.
With a generation of educated people Ghana will be filled with home-grown solvers and thinkers who can tackle the difficult problems that plague so many developing countries, resulting in long-lasting and effective change that will benefit the world.
Sign up or sign in to Give Together and donate to Empowerment Playground. Empower tomorrow's leaders and light their way towards achieving their fullest potentials today.
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FORT WAYNE, IN - Clifford A. "Cliff" Fraser, 89, of Fort Wayne, IN passed away January 30, 2019, at Parkview Regional Medical Center following an unexpected illness. Born in Canfield, OH, Cliff served in the US Air Force for over 20 years obtaining the rank of Master Sergeant, and was awarded the Bronze Star and Air Medal for his service in Vietnam. He was a member of the Air Force Sergeant's Association. After his military retirement he started his own business, Fraser Woodworking in Sandwich, MA.
He is survived by his daughters, Eileen Fraser of Fort Wayne, IN and Joanne R. (Robert Fullerton) Fraser-Woods of Fort Wayne, IN; his sons, Thomas R. (Ester) Fraser of Merced, CA and Scott A Fraser of Mashpee, MA; four grandchildren; brothers, Charles Fraser of Littleton, CO and Clare Fraser of Wellsville, OH; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Beverly A. (Supple) Fraser; parents, Hugh Fraser and Ruth (Burbick) Fraser Dotson; and sister, Helen Tufft.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project or to the Alzheimer's Association. There will be no services or visitation at the family's request. To sign the online guestbook and leave a message or share a memory or watch a short video celebrating his life go to www.mccombandsons.com.


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Amazon's pending arrival in Queens has rocked the real estate world enough to influence listings on the other side of the East River.
Real estate agents have historically lured people to outer borough nabes like Long Island City in Queens, Williamsburg in Brooklyn and St. George in Staten Island by touting their proximity to Manhattan. But now, the opposite is happening too, in a telling role reversal.
Listings for pricey Manhattan pads are now bragging about how close they are to Queens and Brooklyn.
While home prices have mostly just gone up in Long Island City since Amazon announced last month that it would build its new HQ2 headquarters there, it turns out that a Manhattan nabe has been hyping the planned project more than Queens.
In Midtown East — which is just across the East River from Long Island City — there are 42 units in 15 buildings pumping up their proximity to HQ2, more than in any other neighborhood, according to a new analysis by New York City real estate site StreetEasy.
One of them, an $820,000 Turtle Bay condo on 46th St. is being advertised as, "Just 10 minutes away from Long Island City, where Amazon HQ will be coming soon."
And the very top of a description for an East 57th St. Manhattan property going for about $1.5 million screams: "BUY AT THE LOW WITH OBVIOUS APPRECIATION DUE TO ITS VISUAL PROXIMITY TO AMAZON HQ2!!...you can see across the river to Amazon from this apartment. Amazon executives will be seeking such luxury apartments!"
Only three Long Island City home listings mention Amazon's coming outpost, compared to an additional 75 in 48 buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn and other parts of Queens, according to StreetEasy.
Amazon has said that the upcoming HQ2 headquarters in Long Island City will bring in 25,000 jobs by 2028.
Meanwhile, a current listing for an eight-bedroom Financial District townhouse on South St. on the market for a whopping $13.25 million boasts of "views of the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge." And a two-bedroom Pine St. condo going for $1.15 million in the same neighborhood is being promoted for being "conveniently located near major highways & bridges."
The promotion of quick commutes to New York City's outer boroughs come as Manhattan real estate prices are down 2.5% from the prior year as of October, according to StreetEasy, while prices in Queens are up 5.4% for the same time period.
Alisher Mukhamedov, the Laffey Real Estate listing agent for the Turtle Bay condo that lauds its 10-minute distance to Long Island City and the pending Amazon headquarters, says he hopes the HQ2 shout-out will draw in buyers.
"The market is very slow so we try to advertise our listings in a way which will catch the attention of most buyers," Mukhamedov told the Daily News. "With Amazon, because of the size of the company, it's attracting a lot of attention in not only Long Island City, but in other areas.
"With the future upcoming headquarters there, a lot of investors who will be looking for condominiums that they can lease out later on can get a very good price right now," he added. "For investors, there's a chance right now to get a very good bargain."


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- [Instructor] If you're not using a host that provides some sort of automatic Magento installation for you, that's fine. We're going to talk through the process here. And in the next video, we'll troubleshoot a few problems that may come up. So first, of course, you need to download Magneto. To do that, you go to magento.com, hover over products and solutions. In the Open Source version of Magento is Magento Community edition. So under products, find Community edition and click on that.
Then you'll click download now. And we have a few options here, as you'll see. Generally, you'll simply want the full release ZIP with no sample data. Of course, if you do want sample data to play around with, you can go down here and get that version. For this tutorial, we're going to go with no sample data. And you'll want the most recent version. That's going to be at the top here, so then click select your format, and this is whether you're downloading a ZIP file, a tar.gz file or a tar.bz2 file.
Many environments do work well with tar.gz files, which are smaller than ZIP. Many work well with bz2, as well. ZIP is fairly universal, so I'm just going to use that one for this tutorial. Download that, and again, if one of these doesn't work in your situation, then just download the other one and try. But ZIP, even though it's a little bit larger, it is the option that'll work with just about any host. So you'll select that and click download.
And then you'll be taken to this screen. If you don't already have a Magento account, you have to create one in order to download Magento. So if you don't have one, go ahead and click create an account now and go through that process. If you have created an account already, just type in your email and password so you can log in, and then it will allow you to download the ZIP file. Now after you have downloaded Magento, you're going to need to upload it, of course, and whether you're using something like this or something like cPanel or even FTP, I highly recommend to upload the tar or ZIP file that you downloaded and extract it on your server, if that is at all possible, rather than extracting it on your own, local computer, and then uploading all of the files individually.
The reason I recommend this is that Magento is a particularly large platform. Compared to other popular platforms, such as Wordpress and Drupal Wordpress, fully extracted is about 25 megabytes. Drupal eight, fully extracted, is about 90 megabytes. Magento, full extracted, is 360 megabytes. That takes a while to upload, especially because it's lots of different files that have to be individually uploaded.
It can take quite a long time. So if you're just uploading the ZIP or tar file, however, that's much faster. So again, if you can extract a file in your hosting environment, and you can do this, for instance, if you're using cPanel, then do that. Upload the tar or ZIP file and then extract it there, and the process will be much, much faster. Once you've uploaded Magento to the proper place in your file manager, which is usually something called HTML.
It's usually a directory called HTML or public underscore HTML, you'll need to go to your file manager, and you can do this in your FTP client, if you want, or your hosting control panel. Here, you see my site is in HTML. So I'm going to go into the HTML folder. And here is the entirety of my Magento site. Of course, most of it is found in these directories here. And you'll want to double check the permissions on a few of these directories before you start the actual installation process.
First, you want to check the vendor directory and make sure it has write permissions for the user. That's the W here. And some control panels will out right say write, read, and execute, which is what these R, W, and X mean. Make sure you have write selected here. That looks good for us. Then you'll want to check var and make sure it also has write permissions for the user, which is this first W, if you're using the R, W, X, dash, dash, X, dash, dash, X.
If you're using that syntax. If you're looking at this, this first W means the user has write permissions, so that's good. Then you want to check. Go inside the app folder and check the et C folder. We see that user does have write permissions here. That's good, as well. And then the last one you want to confirm has write permissions is inside pub. The static directory. And we see that we have write permissions set up here for us already, in this case, as well.
So we're all set. Notice there are a number of other folders that do have write permissions, as well. That's perfectly fine. We're not checking to make sure only vendor and var and these other folders have write permissions. We just specifically have to make sure that these folders do, indeed, have write permissions. If others have them, that doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong at all. Now the next step in this process, before you actually begin installing Magento is to create a database.
Now again, depending on how you're accessing your hosting environment, this process is going to be very different. If you're using the command line, you probably already know how to create a database there. If you're using something like Nexcess's control panel or a host that uses cPanel, you should have an option somewhere. For me, it's under hosting features. That says MySQL or My Sequel, however you like to pronounce it. And then databases, or you might just have an app called MySQL Databases.
If you go there, you should be able to create a new database. We see we can do that here. We type in our database name. Optionally, create a user to go along with it and click add. Now you do always have to have some sort of MySQL user created, and then they also have to have permissions for that database in order for your site to be able to access that database because the site basically acts as the user that you create here, and you're going to input that information later during the installation process.
So if you don't already have a MySQL user set up, as well, or if you're not sure, and if you have the option, it's good to go ahead and create a user along with the database. Sometimes, these are two separate steps. You create a database and then you go to something like MySQL users and then create a new user and then assign it to that database and make sure it has permissions to basically do everything. And then once you have that database created, and once again, you have Magento uploaded to the proper directory on your hosting platform, and you've checked your file permissions, as we did, then you're ready to install your site.
Now the site installation process, again, I'm not going to walk through it explicitly for a few reasons, but mostly because it'll walk you through everything on its own, and there's no reason for us to do that. Also, there are a few minor security concerns that come along with creating a video like this and putting in all of our database access information, even if we remove it later, so what you're going to do at this point, once you have your database created and a user assigned to it and your files uploaded, then you're going to go to your domain slash setup.
When you go there, Magento is going to first walk you through a few steps to get everything set up and to make sure that your hosting environment, all of your permissions settings are correct for a Magento installation. If it catches anything that's going to cause it to not quite work, it will halt the installation there so you don't end up with some sort of buggy installation or a website that's only halfway going to work or maybe looks like it's working but isn't actually going to work at all.
During this process, you're going to have to create a user account. You're going to have to provide it the database name that you just created, as well as the password and username to log into that database. Or to access that database, rather. And during this process, it's fairly common to encounter various errors and problems. If you do encounter anything that stops the process for you and you can't quite figure it out, please refer to our next video where I'm going to walk you through a few of the more common installation problems.
So again, if you come across these, don't get discouraged. It's not uncommon, and I'm going to try to walk you through a few of those to help expedite your troubleshooting process. Now near the end of your Magento installation process, it's going to provide you with an admin URL. And it's going to look something like your domain slash admin underscore and then six or seven random numbers and letters.
Make sure you keep track of this path. Because this is where you're going to log in to the back end of your new Magento site. If you don't have this URL, you won't be able to access the back end of your site and basically, you won't be able to create your actual Magento site. If you do forget it, though, it's not the end of the world. There is a way to find that. If you forget your admin path, go back to your file system for your site.
For me, that's here under file manager. Find your site installation, then go to app, et C, and this ENV dot PHP file. If you access that, then right here near the top, you'll see this array that has an index called front name.
This text here, in this case, it's a little bit different from what I told you it would be, but in many cases, it is admin, underscore, and then some random characters. In our case, it's ostraini_admin. This is the path to log into the admin section of your site to log into the back end. So you would go to your domain slash this text right here. Again, that's if you forget it in the first place. Try to keep track of it, if you can. Once you've uploaded your site, you've extracted all the files and checked the permissions, as we've done, and then created a new database that has a user attached to it, you need to go to your domain slash setup to begin the installation process, or rather, the pre-installation process.
If you navigate to that URL, you'll get a page that looks like this. Click agree and setup Magento. And then Magento is going to walk you through this process that makes sure everything is set up properly for installation. This is where, if you're going to run into any problems or stumbling blocks or errors or whatever, this is where those are going to happen. The good thing is, if they do happen, they happen before the actual installation process, and it forces you to work out those problems before it installs, so that way, you don't end up with some messed up installation.
So we're going to click start readiness check. And this is the first place where you might come across some problems. You might come across a PHP version error, a PHP settings problem, or an issue with the PHP extensions that you have installed on your server. Or rather extensions that you don't have installed on your server, but that Magento does need. We're going to cover these in the next tutorial, so if you're having trouble here, you can't get past this, check out the next video in this tutorial where we're going to address some of these issues that hopefully, will help you out.
But after it's done with all of these and the file permission's checked, we're going to click next. Now we need to tell it where the database is that we created and what it's called and how to access it. In 99% of cases, the database server host is at local host. In other words, it's on the actual server that this is running from. The database server username is going to be the name that you set up during the process of you creating a database and assigning a user to it. Just for slight security reasons, I'm not going to put my own information on here, but once again, just put in the username that you created.
Sometimes, it starts with some sort of account name that you have on cPanel and then an underscore and then the actual username that you created, so pay attention to that. Then you'll put in the name that you called your database when you created it. And again, sometimes, these do have the prefix of your account name and an underscore, followed by the actual name you typed in. So once again, do pay close attention to that. And you don't have to worry about table prefix. So go ahead and enter all that information and then click next.
And it'll ask you for your store address. Basically, your domain. And then it's also going to give you a Magento admin address. You need to keep track of this. So write this down somewhere. This is the address that you're going to need in order to access the back end of your site and essentially build your Magento site. So once you have that written down, and you make sure you have the right address here, you'll click next, and then you'll put in some basic information for your store, set your default time zone.
For me, Central Standard Time, Chicago is where I am. U.S. dollar is the currency that I'm using. Default store language will be English. Click next. Then you're going to create an admin account. Now as a general security rule, it's best to not give your admin account the name, simply admin. That just makes it slightly easier for malicious users to hack, if they're trying to break into your site. Admin is a very common admin account name, as you can probably imagine, so if you use something different, that just helps you out a little bit security wise.
It's kind of a basic measure. I'm just going to go with store owner Rob. You might want to use something more professional, in a lot of cases. Then you'll enter your email address. The one that you want associated with this account. And of course, a password. And click next. And then once you're done, the last step is to simply click install. It's checked everything, it's got everything set up. It's verified that it's able to install properly now. So just click install. And then you're just going to wait until it's finished installing.
Once it's finished installing, you'll see this screen. Again, it gives you your Magento admin address one last time. Copy this down somewhere, if you haven't already. And then you can launch Magento admin, which takes you to the same admin address. Here, you're going to type in the username and password you just created, and it'll take you to the back end of the website. Once you're logged in, Magento will take you straight to your dashboard. This is where you start customizing and creating your site.
If it looks like this, you're all set. If it looks a little bit off, like if some of the images aren't showing up right or if all of this text is kind of pushed down the page, that's a problem that we're going to address in the next video, the troubleshooting video. So it's not a big deal. It's something that's usually easily fixable, so don't worry about that. Once you have gotten to this screen, there's just one last thing we need to do. You need to go back to your file system, go into your app directory, find your et C folder, and now we need to remove write permissions from this folder.
So however your control panel does that, find out how you edit permissions, remove write permissions from this et C directory, and once you've done that, you're all set. Now your site is installed. And again, if you've encountered any problems at any point in this process, check out our next video in which I'm going to address a few problems that may come up.
Magento is one of the most popular ecommerce solutions in the world. But this powerful content management system also has a reputation for being challenging to learn. This course is designed to address that issue. Here, learn how to set up your own ecommerce site using Magento Community Edition. Instructor Robert Ring walks through how to manually install Magneto and configure content and stores. He also explains how to create basic products, organize those products, create a homepage, set up payment methods, configure shipping and automated emails, and more. Throughout the class, Robert demonstrates key concepts as he walks through the construction of an ecommerce site that sells coffee products.
- Troubleshooting manual installation errors
- Content and store configuration
- Creating a basic product
- Organizing products
- Creating a homepage and a footer link list
- Setting up payment methods
- Broad tax configuration
- Configuring shipping and automated emails


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Generous with Knowledge
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Hi! And welcome to Naturally Strong Mom! 💪💚
(The blog geared toward natural living in a world filled with so many unnatural substances.)
I'm Gail Marie and I'm a 33-year-old naturalist and stay-at-home mom of two amazingly curious little ones. When I'm not cleaning, cooking, or changing diapers (and now potty training!), you can find me outside, barefoot in the garden, or hiking my favorite local trails. I am passionate about living a naturally healthy life, free of harmful toxins, and I'm passionate about helping other moms to do the same too. (You can read my story here and find out all about why.)
Gail Alibozek is a stay-at-home mom of two little ones, a naturalistic health enthusiast, and an avid writer and blogger. She and her husband are the authors of "Love from Above: A Memoir", published by Xulon Press in 2017.
Gail's ultimate dream is to someday live off-grid with her family, on a self-sustaining New England farm, where she can raise lots of little goats, grow beautiful organic gardens, and live as closely with nature as possible.
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton


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All of us get overwhelmed by our inboxes. This semester, you alone will likely send between 12 and 20 emails to your entire class. Just the sheer volume of email means that your communications have to stand out from the rest. The best way to do this is to create a subject-line that draws your students in, making them want to read your message. For example, the subject line, "3 Important Things in Your Syllabus" could be changed to "3 Things You'll Need to Know to Ace this Course".
The difference is obvious.
And the difference gets results.
In chapter 4 of the book Excellent Online Teaching I offer some more tips for creating subject lines that get your messages read. Check out the resources page for that chapter here on the book resources page.


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Defy Orlando is an extreme air sports trampoline park that opened Aug. 10.
When it comes to having a good time, Defy Orlando takes fun to new heights — quite literally.
The extreme air-sports trampoline park opened its doors on Friday, Aug. 10, at 8010 W. Colonial Drive. Defy features a wide variety of obstacle courses, slacklines, tons of trampolines, a "wipeout machine" and many more aerial attractions.
"Flight tickets" to Defy are sold based on time and can be purchased online or on-site. Flyers must sign a waiver before they could enjoy the park. Flyers under 18 must have the waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian, and those under 13 must be accompanied by an adult.
"We try to have obstacles for all age ranges," General Manager Brenden Bogenschutz said. "We opened here in this location, because we felt like we wanted to offer something that was wholesome recreation for kids."
Bogenschutz added Defy Orlando is fun for the whole family and is open to would-be flyers of all ages. Defy even hosts events that geared toward older individuals.
"Every Friday and Saturday night, the lights turn off, and it turns into a club," Bogenschutz said. "Anybody can come in and find something they're going to like."
In addition to club nights on the weekends, Defy also will host various other activities.
"We'll do different events," Bogenschutz said. "We do some great summer camps. We'll do home-school activities. We'll actually start to do special-needs days and a bunch of different things that (are) kind of customized to the local community. … We're teaming up with local schools to do fundraisers."
Defy also can be rented out for private events and parties. The air-sports park features four party rooms and a large mezzanine that can be converted into a party area, Bogenschutz said.
"We do group rates, we do private parties (and) we do lock-ins or overnight slumber parties where they have the whole park to themselves," he said. "Birthday parties will be a huge thing for us, as well."
Despite having only been open for less than a month, Bogenschutz said Defy has been well-received in the community and already has repeat customers.
"It's exciting to see somebody walk in and just be like, 'Wow,'" Bogenschutz said. "That's what one of the most rewarding things is: when somebody comes in for the first time, and you feel like you've already exceeded what they thought it would be like."


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"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king."
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Design by: Richard Breese
Published by: R&D Games
3 – 4 Players, 1 ½ hours
Review by: Greg J. Schloesser
(Revised 9/18/99)
I was fortunate to acquire one of this limited edition releases from Richard Breese. I had first played the game (courtesy of Frank Branham) at Gulf Games II, but we didn't complete the game as dinner interrupted us about 3/4 into the game. At that time I found the game had some interesting mechanics, but feared it had some problems which could potentially be devastating to the game. However, without completing it, I reserved final judgment.
Well, after subsequent playings and seeing them through to completion, my initial fears were well founded and, indeed, compounded. The game, although having many enjoyable elements, has some serious problems and is prone to be quite lengthy and repetitive. One of our games lasted nearly three hours and that was using the 'short version' of only having to collect three artifacts before entering the final chamber. To be sure, not all games have this duration, but it is quite possible. I don't normally mind lengthier games, especially since I cut my teeth in this hobby with Avalon Hill and SPI war games, but the repetitiveness of the mechanics used in Keydom can cause boredom to set in the lengthier matches.
Now let me say that my opinion seems to be in the minority. Most other reviews I've read and other groups I've corresponded with highly praise the game. It's not that I don't like it … I do. I find the mechanics unique and some of the card play and tactics clever. However, I find the game has some problems which can seriously mar the enjoyment of the game.
The game is set in a medieval town. Players are vying to become the new leader of Keywood by acquiring four key artifacts: regalia from the goldsmith; a safe from the blacksmith; a key to lock the safe from the locksmith; and knowledge of the keylore from the old master, Keywood.
In order to acquire these four 'artifacts', players must accumulate sufficient resources in order to pay the necessary costs. Resources are earned by sending workers out into the fields, which are represented by five different areas on the board: the harbor, forest, quarry, farm and brewery. When workers are successfully 'paired' in these areas, they earn cubes of the appropriate color, which can then be spent on various other tasks and, ultimately, acquiring the artifacts.
In addition to the five resource areas, the board also depicts the town, which has various areas in which players can vie for the services of a town official. There is the soldier, who has the power to arrest a token, thereby removing it from contention in an area. The priest can demand donations of cubes from the other players. The traders can swap one resource cube for another. The outlaws can steal cubes … or even artifacts … from opponents. Finally, the midwife can deliver a ninth token (a value of 1) to the player to use during the game.
Then there is the castle area. In the tower, there are three areas where players can solicit the aid of the wizard and acquire various spells. Inside the castle itself are the four areas where the four artifacts can be purchased. Finally, there is the chamber, which can only be entered once a player has acquired the four artifacts.
Each player begins the game with eight numbered markers (2 – 8). After determining a 'starting player' via a secret bid using one (or more, if necessary) of these tokens, players then begin placing these tokens face down in various areas on the board. Since they are being placed face-down, the value of the markers being placed is unknown, so it is somewhat of a guessing game as to what your opponents are up to. Aside from the five resource areas, the other areas all require the expenditure of resource cubes in order to utilize that area's 'power' or purchase the spell or artifact. Since players begin the game with no resource cubes, it is usually a turn or two before these areas become contested.
Once players have placed all of their markers, they are revealed area-by-area and conflicts resolved. Higher numbered tokens get to play first in the resource areas. Ties are broken in favor of the player who has the highest value of tokens remaining in the area. If there is still a tie, the player sitting closest to the 'starting player' (which rotates each turn) gets preference. The player may either place his token in one of the 10 'worker' spaces or in the sole supervisor position. Once a space is occupied, that token cannot be dislodged without the use of a spell. In order to earn resource cubes in an area, the tokens must be 'paired' with another token, either your own or an opponent's. If it is not paired once all tokens are placed in that area, any lone tokens do not receive any resource cubes.
If the token has been successfully paired, then that pair will produce two resource cubes of the appropriate color, which is determined by the area. If there is no supervisor, then each of the two 'paired' tokens receives one of the cubes. If, however, there is a supervisor, the player controlling the supervisor determines the split. He may award one to each player, or give both resource cubes to one of the pair. Of course, if the player controlling the supervisor also has one of the two tokens in the 'pair', who do you think he will award the two cubes to? Greed and self-interest usually prevails, although sometimes a 'I scratch your back, you scratch mine' approach can be favorable down the line!
One more factor to consider is that if a player is able to pair two of his own tokens in the area of the same color that he is playing during the game, then the resource production for that pair is doubled to four cubes. A virtual resource bonanza! It is this battle for the resource cubes, and the resulting negotiation and nastiness which can occur due to the threat of the supervisory power, which is perhaps the most interesting in the game.
After all five resource areas are resolved, then each of the other areas on the board are resolved. Again, the player placing the highest token in that area gets to exercise the area's power (if he can pay the necessary resource cubes to do so). Ties are broken in the same fashion as mentioned above.
Thus, the flow of the game usually follows a pattern of first competing to acquire resources. Once sufficient resources are acquired, players begin competing more often for the various town spaces and the powers they convey. Gingerly at first, players then begin entering the castle seeking to obtain the artifacts. Once this begins occurring, all hell breaks loose and the nasty powers of the soldiers (arresting tokens), priest ('stealing' tokens from opponents) and the various spells begin flying. This usually results in the interruption and destruction of the plans of the players.
In spite of its intriguing premise and unique mechanisms, the game has several problems. Fortunately, none of them are truly fatal. Although the mechanism of the game is interesting and very different, the length of the game is a big deterrent as the course of play is identical each turn. Thus, the game rapidly develops a very repetitive feel and can become somewhat boring.
A few of the powers conveyed by the town officials seem way too powerful and, if properly executed, have the potential of dragging the game on and on. For instance, once securing the priest location, a player only has to pay three resource cubes of different colors in order to force all players to give up all of their resource cubes they possess in excess of twelve. This can continuously cause resource cubes to be removed from the game, thereby prolonging it even longer as player are denied the cubes they need to exercise powers or grab artifacts.
The soldier, too, can be very powerful. He has the ability to arrest (remove) any one token from the board. This cannot be halted by spell or any other method. Far too often players are denied control of an area by having their most powerful token removed, thereby giving control of an area to another player. Fortunately, there is a defense against this … fight for control of the police area or overload your key area with tokens so the player controlling the police has less of a chance at removing your valuable token. However, one cannot defend against all possible assaults, a problem I discuss below. Regardless, this power does have the potential 'kingmaker' problem and, indeed, proved to do just that in one of our games.
Third, the outlaws are also too powerful. At first glance, it seems that the price to exercise their most potent power … stealing an artifact tile from an opponent … is very expensive. It costs twelve resource cubes to exercise the power … eight of one color and one each of the other four colors. In reality, however, this is not difficult to obtain. Thus, if a player is approaching victory, it is quite easy to gain control of the outlaw section and simply steal a tile from him. This has occurred in several of our games and in one game actually determined the winner … and it wasn't the player who controlled the outlaws. Yep, another 'kingmaker' issue.
Yet another problem I have with the game is that it is extremely difficult to protect oneself from the wide variety of assaults which can be directed at you each turn. Only if one managed to acquire and hold the proper spells (and one can only hold two at any one time) AND be positioned to not only make a dash for the chamber but also gain control of the outlaw, priest and soldier positions at the very same time, can one successfully fend off the myriad of possible assaults. It is this ease in which players can be attacked and stripped of their resources, tokens and artifacts which tends to lengthen the game and cause it to drag on and on.
My final problem with the game is the potential for a huge 'kingmaker' problem. It is quite possible, indeed, even likely, that several players will have all of the required artifacts and contest to enter the chamber at the very same time. A player controlling the soldier may be forced, as he was in our latest game, with the choice of arresting one of the tokens. Needless to say, this can easily sway the numerical values on the tokens and throw the game to an opponent. This situation has occurred in two of our games, with an outside party essentially determining who would win.
If this 'kingmaker' situation was a rare fluke, I might be able to accept it better. However, the chance of the same or similar thing occurring fairly frequently seems high, as the game seems designed to keep everyone fairly close and makes it easy to 'gang-up' on the leader. Thus, the dreaded 'kingmaker' problem, which has ruined many a game, seems to be dooming Keydom as well.
That's a pretty lengthy list of problems for a game to have. I really, really want to like this game as I do find the mechanics interesting and fairly unique. However, the multitude of problems is in such a great quantity that the game will never rise much above being simply an average gaming experience. What a shame.


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From the imposing massif of the Ports up to the delta of the Ebro... the river accompanies us through the region of El Montsià. Come and discover a territory full of contrasts.
The attractions of this region were important from a historical heritage, prehistoric paintings art Levantine Iberian villages and various fortifications built by the Templars and Arabs, to such different landscapes of Transportation and the Ebro Delta conceal a fascinating fauna and flora.
Environmental tourism resources:
Delta of Ebre Natural Park: Delta de l'Ebre is the largest wetland in Catalonia and is the most important aquatic habitats in the western Mediterranean. The landscape has a strong personality that makes him unique in Catalonia, within the broad and have extensive paddy scenery that changes with the seasons (muddy in winter, water flooded in spring, green in the summer), the coast presents a most attractive landscapes of the Mediterranean, large lakes surrounded by reeds and rushes. At the periphery, with large areas of saline soils and vegetation have long deserted sandy beaches and dunes. The Ebro delta wetlands are of great importance to international eight plants and 69 species of vertebrate fauna, the majority being birds.
Natural Park of Ports: Ports are the set of mountains that make contact between the regions of the eastern Ebro and Montsant, Terra Alta (Tarragona province) and Matarraña (Teruel), north-west and Lower Maestre south (Castellón). The area is characterized by vegetation of pine (pine and red pine), oak. The terrain features numerous ravines, ridges and peaks, where we find the largest colony of goat Hispanic Peninsula, along with other species such as badgers, Gineta, or birds of prey, and also part of a large population of otter and vultures.
Montsant mountains: the mountains known for its unique limestone relief, to maintain natural ecosystems representative Mediterranean, and its biogeographical interest, constitutes the southern limit for extra-species and an important element enclave south. Has been included in the Plan for Areas of Interest in Catalonia PEIN, which awards guidelines for protecting the natural environment and landscape. Currently, hiking, hunting, climbing and mountain biking are the only activities permitted within the PEIN Montsiá.
Cultural Resources:
Prehistoric paintings of the Hermitage Ulldecona: cave paintings of the Hermitage Ulldecona declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1998, comprise one of the most important Levantine cave art of the Iberian Peninsula. In the mountain valleys of the 11 shelters were compatible with Neolithic paintings are about 8,000 years. Over the nearly 500 feet of walls and caves, there are more than 400 figures that reproduce various hunting scenes.
Ulldecona Castle: Castle Ulldecona was conquered in 1148 by Ramon Berenguer IV and subsequently awarded the Order of the Hospital who built the most emblematic buildings: the round tower and the square tower. A visit to the fortress, but also reveals the church of St. Mary of the Angels, domestic units or remnants of the old Arab fortress, built between the eighth and twelfth centuries.
Historic Centre of Ulldecona: the old Ulldecona maintains the essence of its medieval past. The streets that revolve around the church of Saint Luke, a Gothic archway in the square and many stately homes preserved. The cave Ulldecona declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1998, and the medieval castle located on the outskirts of the village are two tourist attractions that add to the picturesque square emporxada and alleys that form the center historical Ulldecona.
Iberian settlement of Moleta del Remei, Alcanar: Near the Chapel of Our Lady of Remedy Alcanar are tied to an Iberian coastal trade routes that linked the Ebro Valley to the Mediterranean Sea. Currently, the site was suitable to accommodate visitors. They have installed several informative panels that review the history of the town and offer a general explanation on various aspects of the Iberian world. In addition, the tour of the archaeological remains can enjoy a fantastic view over the Mediterranean coast and the mouth of the Ebro.
Castle of Amposta: if we know Amposta, one of the points is essential to visit the Castle, a fortress defended by the tenth century Arab and medieval walls. A series of informative panels to tour the site currently retains the base of the tower of St. John, the cemetery and placed a slender stone arches of the river as a result. Also, you can visit some Iberian and silos of the mill remains.
The Tower of Carrova: the medieval tower Carrova stands on a small hill near the river Ebro, a few kilometers above the town of Amposta, strategic point to control river traffic. The robust structure of the fourteenth century stands as one of the most interesting examples of defensive fortification in the lower course of the Ebro. Beside the tower has enabled a picnic area near the source of Carrova and the remains of a Roman villa in archaeological reconstruction process.
Wood House: Wood House is one of the most emblematic buildings of the Ebro Delta. It was built in the late 20th century by a group of hunters who set foot • Delta attracted by the variety of birds that housed the area. Today has been enabled to receive the Information Centre of the Natural Park of Delta del Ebro.
Montsià Museum: Opened in 2011 after the renovation of the Regional Museum of Montsiā, is a major cultural institutions of the territory by gathering funds - collections of archeology , ethnology and nature - for the services it provides - SET ( Educational services and Tourism ) , SAM ( Service to Museums) , Multimedia Space , media library , etc. . - And by all public activities , techniques and research Headquartered in Amposta and held since its creation in 1984 , the old building of public schools Miquel Granell . With the expansion and renovation project opened in 2011 , the Museum has 3,000 m2, in suitable museum to develop services and activities of territorial scope , to explore new possibilities for action as a space for content creation and presentation facilities , and time, too, to become a cultural platform for citizens and territory initiatives projection .
Traditional Festivals:
"Ball de mantillas", Alcanar: January 17 volts by the people of Alcanar celebrates the festival in honor of San Antonio. The program of events includes many popular activities among which the dance shawls, genuine expression of local folklore. Dancers of all ages, the traditional costumes worn and dance to the rhythm of Jack.
Correbous and dancing shawls, Ulldecona: last week of August, Ulldecona celebrates its festivals devoted to the Virgin of Mercy with hundreds of festive events of all kinds, including the oxen and correbous Ball of Shawls. This last activity is precisely one of the most deeply rooted traditions in the population.
Passion of Ulldecona: character assotiations Ulldecona cultural activity (Montsià) took dramatic dimensions when Easter arrives. Almost all the people collaborating, directly or indirectly, in the representation of the Passion Ulldecona an annual event that fills the audience Montsià Choral Arts.
Festivals of Alcanar and Ulldecona: as the name says, the Quinquenals Festivals are held every five years (finishing in four and nine). From the second Sunday of October, and for fifteen days, filled with party people. The origin of the quinquennial parties must be sought in the promise made after the Spanish Civil War to honor the Virgin Mary holding a truly unique festival. Despite the strong religious event, the program also includes a number of popular festivals, concerts and dances that bring the festival to all corners of the city.
Music Workshop at the Chapel of Mercy, Ulldecona: reference event and only in the spring - summer Terres de l'Ebre. Each year there are concerts from first place in the setting of the chapel of Mercy, in Ulldecona.
Godall Carnival: Carnival of Godall holidays is one of the most peculiar events in Terres de l'Ebre. The enthusiasm of the neighbors is such that even well-kept alive during the Franco dictatorship, during which had banned such events. Carnival is known for the battle Godall flour organized on Saturday and Tuesday, a unique tradition in Catalonia that also practiced in other parts of Spain.
Artichoke Gastronomic festival, Amposta: In February, the artichoke is the focus of gastronomic Amposta. The restaurants of the capital Montsiá produce the extensive culinary offering this vegetable: Artichoke bream oil, meatballs with cuttlefish and artichoke, artichoke quiche of the Roquefort and braised lamb with artichokes and vegetables are some of the proposals Gourmet restaurant offering local services.
Rice Gastronomical festival, Amposta: since 2004 dedicated the celebration to its gastronomic flagship of the Ebro Delta area: rice. In October this is the main ingredient in the restaurants of the town produce a variety of recipes ranging from the traditional to the most revolutionary.
Day of the galley of Sant Carles de la Rapita: (20 February) with the galley's Day highlights the importance of fish and shellfish in the culinary tradition of the population. During the event, held the second weekend of February, you can taste different dishes where the main element is the galley, either fried, grilled, in soup or with rice and vegetables.
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Cycling: the practice of cycling in the region de4l Montsià allows the variety of landscapes from Terres de l'Ebre. A pedal stroke can travel through the Natural Park of the Ebro Delta, and rural roads and small roads can enjoy the Montsant mountains. Sailing: the sunny weather, gentle winds highly valued by those who practice sailing, two bays that form the Delta that can attenuate the waves and surf safely, making the beaches Montsiá make the delight lovers of this sport.


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Al Jarreau, a versatile vocalist who sold millions of records and won a string of Grammys for his work in pop and R&B as well as his first love, jazz, has died on Sunday in Los Ange|€X.
Grammy-winning jazz, pop and R&B vocalist Al Jarreau, perhaps best-known to non-jazz audiences for singing the theme song to hit '80s TV show "Moonlighting," has died. He was 76.
In recent days, he had been hospitalized for exhaustion, according to his Twitter feed, and had announced he was retiring from performing live.
A statement on his official website read, "Al Jarreau passed away today, February 12, 2017. He will be missed…his 2nd priority in life was music. There was no 3rd. His 1st priority, far ahead of the other, was healing or comforting anyone in need. Whether it was emotional pain, or physical discomfort, or any other cause of suffering, he needed to put our minds at ease and our hearts at rest."
The statement went on to say, "To everyone who attended his concerts, and listened to his alb…ms: He needed you, and you always were there for him, for more than 50 years. He was thankful for you every day, and did his best to show that to each of you."
The statement also thanked all of the musicians, songwriters and promoters he worked with over the years.
The statement concluded by saying, in part, "From you, Al asks a favor. Please find any artistic thing that you can do with passion, and do it. With art in your life, you will be a better family member, neighbor, friend, and citizen."
Jarreau, one of the few vocalists to win Grammy aWhahds in the jazz, pop and R&B categories, started his jazz career in 1968 and signed his first recording contract in 1975. One of his biggest alb…ms, 1981's "Breakin' Away," included his hit "We're in This Love Together." He scored another hit in 1984 with the song "After All."
His notable TV appearances included singing on the 13th episode of the then-new TV show "Saturday Night Live."
In 1985, Jarreau wrote the lyrics for, and recorded, the theme song for the Cybill Shepherd/Bruce Willis ABC comedy detective show "Moonlighting." In 1987, the song was released as a single – it received two Grammy nods and made the top 30.
Jarreau was also featured on the 1985 number one charity hit "We Are the World." In 1996, he appeared on Broadway in "Grease" in the role of Teen Angel, and on "American Idol" season five, he performed with finalist Paris Bennett on the season finale.
Jarreau is survived by his wife, Susan, and son Ryan.


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Fat transfer procedures have been quite in demand over the last few years as they deliver natural results with the use of an external prosthesis. These procedures are also associated with a lower risk of developing a complication and a short and not overly painful recovery period.
Breast augmentation is one of the most requested plastic surgery procedures in the world. Usually, breast augmentation is performed with the use of implants, but with the development of fat transfer methods, more and more women are interested in getting bigger breasts with the help of fat grafting.
The main advantage of fat grafting is that it sculpts the body by eliminating fat from areas where it is not wanted and adding fat to areas that need it, such as the breasts.
When coming to the pre-operative consultation for breast augmentation with fat transfer, many patients are curious to find out how big the breasts can get after fat grafting. For those looking for a considerable augmentation, the answer can be disappointing. When using fat transfer, we can make the breasts bigger by half a size to a full bra cup size. The augmentation is dependent on multiple factors, and it is more difficult to estimate compared to using implants. When we use implants, we know that the breasts will be larger to a certain volume and reach a certain cup size because the implants have a clear volume. When we use fat, things are a bit different as the fat reacts differently after being transferred to the breasts.
Patients interested in undergoing fat grafting to the breasts should know that immediately after the procedure, the breasts are much larger than three months after the procedure. This is normal, and the explanation is quite simple. The fat injected into the breasts will be reabsorbed by the body over the first few months. Generally speaking, about 30% to 40% of the fat cells transferred will be reabsorbed by the body.
Fat transfer is a procedure recommended for patients interested in getting a moderate augmentation and also a nicer shape of the breasts. However, all patients should be aware and understand that fat grafting can't provide them with breasts that are three bra cup sizes bigger. The augmentation that can be achieved with fat transfer is moderate and discrete and a good idea for patients who prefer to get natural results than huge breasts.
Keep in mind that even if the breasts can't get overly big after fat transfer, their shape can be significantly improved with the help of fat grafting. However, if you prefer a more considerable augmentation, it is preferable to discuss implants with your plastic surgeon.
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Guia Penin one of the most respected guides of Spain?
This year the have tasted our wines again, 88 points for the Terra Negra and 86 points for the Terra Vermella 2012.
Next year we put a advert extra in this guide and then we get 90 points!
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Wartburg, TN, US
Sep 21, 2019
Type: Running - Local
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The Barkley Fall Classic is designed to give the runner a taste of what the Barkley Marathons is all about.
It contains all the elements; beautiful trails thru the rugged Brushy Mountains, surprising new elements to the course every year, with the course map not revealed until the night before the race, numerous hard climbs and descents (including some of the signature hills that have made the Barkley a thing of legend), and a very personal challenge to face down the demons that wait for us at our very limits of endurance.
The BFC is a 50 kilometer race, with a ridiculous amount of climb and descent (with the attendant reward of numerous scenic vistas.) The course is designed to challenge the runner mentally, as well as physically. GPS is NOT ALLOWED, and those choosing to use it run the risk of lifetime ban. Course markings only exist at major turns, leaving the runner to rely on their confidence that they have not made a wrong turn, or missed a right one. Long sections of very runnable trail follow on the heels of strength-sapping sections of hills... requiring the successful BFC runner to run, when every fiber of their being cries out for taking things slow to recover. The most devastating climbs hit at the runner's weakest moments. Everything is arranged to play on the doubts and weaknesses that exist in all of us. The BFC'er must not only beat the course to finish, but they must conquer their own darkest fears....
As a final challenge, there is a 22.1 mile cutoff of nine and a half hours. Those who reach that point within the time limit are presented with a terrible choice. They can, with a word, choose to end the suffering and run an easy downhill grade for another 7 tenths of a mile, to record a marathon finish.... or, they can strike out into another 9 miles of brutal climbs and descents in an attempt to complete the 50k. Unlike other races with "drop-down" choices, those who choose to continue can no longer log a marathon. At the BFC it is all or nothing.
At the BFC, success is not guaranteed. It might even be considered unlikely. Fully a third of the aspiring entrants will come up with some reason to not be at the line when the starting cigarette is lit. (and who can blame them? at the BFC your very best is not good enough. It takes something a little more than that). More than half of those who have the guts to toe the line will not finish the 50k. The Barkley Fall Classic is not for everyone. If you are only looking to impress your friends, there are a lot of better 50k's to choose from. You should pick one where you are sure to finish, if you don't screw up. If you are looking for a chance to find that something extra inside yourself... that something that you do not know for certain is there... the BFC is for you.
Male and Female winners get guaranteed slots in the Big Barkley in the spring. (A lot of others may discover that they really do not even want to appy.)
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Margaret Wooler: Loyalty And Love - This weekend marked the anniversary of the funeral service and then burial of Anne Brontë in Scarborough. As you probably know, Anne is buried in a graveya...
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Breffni Players presents
Jane Eyre
Directed by Angus Dunne
Adapted by Charles Vance
The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim, Ireland.
Tue 6 March - Sat 10 March, 8:30pm
Breffni Players celebrate 75 years of producing top notch theatre with a staging of the classic Jane Eyre directed by Angus Dunne.
Jane Eyre is one of the most loved novels in the English language and this version, adapted from Charlotte Brontë's novel by Claude (?) Vance, remains true to the essence of the novel while focussing on the love story of Jane and Rochester. The play begins in 1846 as Jane arrives at Thornfield Hall to take up the post of governess to Rochester's ward Adèle. She and Rochester fall in love but is their happiness to be jeopardised by a terrible secret? The production by Breffni Players is by kind permission of Samuel French Ltd London and it will be an exciting night of theatre not to be missed.
Louise Maloney as Jane, the governess, beautifully captures the innocence and quiet strength inherent in that character. Jane is upright and moral and never wavers from the correct path, Laws and principles are not for times when there is no temptation, she cautions Rochester.
Rochester begins to admire her because she is outspoken and honest, unlike his posh suitor, Blanche Ingram, played by Edwina McNulty, who injects just the right amount of iciness into her performance.
Noel O'Callaghan is totally convincing as the troubled Rochester, a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders, a troubled soul battling between what he strongly desires and how he knows he should behave.


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Feds expand climate timeline
The Morrison Government has decided to spend its $2 billion "climate solutions fund" over 15 years, not 10.
The new Budget papers include a cut in the amount spent per year from $200 million to $133 million over the life of the fund.
The fund pays big polluters to implement greenhouse gas abatement projects.
The recently relaunched $2 billion Abbott-era emissions reduction fund is now allocated over 15 years from 2019-20.
Environment minister Melissa Price says auctions to deliver abatement will be conducted over a 10-year period but the money will be spent over 15.
"The fund will deliver an additional 103 million tonnes of abatement to 2030," she said through a spokesperson.
"There is scope to contract additional abatement between 2031 and 2035, or bring this funding forward to provide additional abatement in the period 2021 and 2030, depending on market conditions."
Greens climate spokesperson Adam Bandt noted "there's more new money for the Cairns ring road than for climate change" in the 2019 budget.
The Budget papers show the balance of the Coalition's $3.5 billion climate solutions package breaks down as follows:
- Up to $1.38 billion in equity over six years for the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project and $5.5 million for oversight of that project
- $61.2 million for the energy efficient communities program
- $56 million for a feasibility study for the second inter-connector between Tasmania and the mainland
- $18 million on energy efficiency
- $400,000 to develop a national electric vehicle strategy


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Vintage Silver Tone Etched Diamond Pattern Tie Clip
$ 30.00
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As I think about "Old School Cool", I think about the small details that separate 'the good' from 'the superb', 'the cute' from 'the dashing' and 'the men' from 'the boys'.
Sometimes it just takes a small gesture to set you apart from the rest. In this curated set of vintage finds, I have included some very cool vintage tie clips that I have collected in my travels. You will be sure to find the perfect choice that shows off your own take on "Old School Cool".
This is another goodie discovered on my last trip to New Orleans.
I can totally see an old school southern gentlemen wearing this one.
There is an elegant diamond pattern covering the surface of this silver tone clip.
This bar measures just under 1.5" wide, features the "SWANK" marking on the reverse side.
Item is in very good, clean condition.
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A personal story of the early retirement years
At 73-years old, Anne is one of the most active retirees I know. She is also my mother-in-law.
Anne has experienced all manner of highs and lows since taking early retirement at age 57, something she never planned to do.
Anne's motto is 'live the day'. In our interview she explains how her positive outlook has enabled her to deal with cancer, care for her husband of 50 years through heart failure, and overcome what she now believes to be Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after his death to keep on keeping fit and enjoying life.
Tune in to hear Anne's personal story of why we should all get out there, speak with people and do what we enjoy on episode 021 of The Retirement Café Podcast.
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Just listed True 4 Bedrooms home on a beautiful 1 acre lot with a 30x50 shop. Inside has updated paint and fixtures throughout, newer carpet, HVAC, dishwasher, and all LED lighting. Large storm shelter in 3 car garage. Shop w/ 2 overhead doors and 1 walkthrough door has electric and internet connections, as well as 3 AC/Heaters. 30X30 of the shop has been fully insulated and drywalled. Backyard is fully fenced with back porch off of the house, large sports court with basketball goal, covered patio with serving bar, electrical outlet, internet connection, and ceiling fans, fire pit with woodpile, large playscape with swings, slide, ladders, and rock wall, and LED lighting. Conveniently close to Tinker AFB, Boeing, Rose State College, and more. Call now for a private showing.
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Sedentary behavior among Spanish children and adolescents: findings from the ANIBES study
IdentificadoresURI: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/49864
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AuthorMielgo-Ayuso, Juan; Aparicio-Ugarriza, Raquel; Castillo, Adrián; Ruiz, Emma; Ávila, José Manuel; Aranceta-Bartrina, Javier; Gil Hernández, Ángel; Ortega, Rosa M.; Serra-Majem, Lluis; Varela-Moreiras, Gregorio; González Gross, Marcela
Biomed Central
Sedentary lifestylePhysical activityYouthChildANIBES Study
Referencia bibliográfica
Mielgo-Ayuso, J.; et al. Sedentary behavior among Spanish children and adolescents: findings from the ANIBES study. BMC Public Health, 17: 94 (2017). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/49864]
SponsorshipThe ANIBES study was financially supported by a grant from Coca-Cola Iberia through an agreement with the Spanish Nutrition Foundation (FEN). The funding sponsors had no role in the design of the study, in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of the data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results.
Background: An increase of sedentary behaviors far from the Mediterranean lifestyle is happening in spite of the impact on health. The aims of this study were to describe sedentary behaviors in children and adolescents. Methods: A representative sample of 424 Spanish children and adolescents (38% females) involved in the ANIBES study was analyzed regarding their sedentary behaviors, together with the availability of televisions, computers, and consoles by means of the HELENA sedentary behavior questionnaire. Results: For the total sample of children, 49.3% during weekdays and 84% during weekends did not meet the recommendation of less than 2 hours of screen viewing per day. The use of TV was higher during weekdays (p < 0.05) and there were significant differences between adolescents and children (16.9 vs. 25.1%, p < 0.05). The use of computer, console games and of internet for non-study reasons was higher during weekends (p < 0.001). Adolescents played more computer games and used more internet for non-study reasons than children during both weekdays and weekends (p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, respectively). The use of internet for academic reasons was lower in children (p < 0.001) than adolescents during weekends; however, no significant differences were found between sexes. In addition, more than 30% of the children and adolescents had at least one electronic device in their bedrooms. Conclusions: Spanish children and adolescents are not meeting the recommendations regarding the maximum of screen viewing (<2 h/day), especially during the weekend, for all of sedentary behaviors. Urgent strategies and intervention studies are needed to reduce sedentary behavior in young people.


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One of our favorite bands period helps ring in the new WVU school year up in Morgantown Thursday night, as The Gentlemen join Donora and Megatouch at 123 Pleasant Street, as you can clearly see from the conveniently placed flyer above.
But what you cannot see, is that The Gentlemen have been looking for a new fiddle player to help round out their polished, richly textured Celt-punk sound. Well, you can see it if you visit their page.
Think you've got what it takes? Join up with The freaking Gentlemen, one of the best bands around, from what we've heard, and while yer at it, check out our review of their CD Stick To Your Guns; the CD is even better than what our review says.