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Full of anecdotes, this is a wonderfully personal account of a love affair with herbs, as well as an indispensable guide on how to make the most of them every day.
If you're planning on firing up the barbecue, this is a good time to turn to the Barbecue chapter of my new book The Right Bite. On the face of it, a barbecue ticks a lot of health boxes, after all, grilled meats and salad seem to be a relatively healthy option, but there are some major pitfalls to watch out for. Here are four top tips to help you enjoy your next barbecue and maximise the potential health benefits.
If you're partial to a sausage, then take a close look at the actual meat content on the label, as this can vary dramatically. Some sausages contain less than 40% meat, which can include fat and connective tissue too, and which leaves a lot of room for fillers, such as rusk and water. The more your sausage leaks water or white liquid into the pan, the more it is likely to be largely made up of fillers. A premium sausage will contain 85-90% meat which makes it of far superior quality and ensures fewer additives and fillers. If you're wondering which sausage to choose, spare a thought for a venison sausage – they're a better source of protein than beef or pork sausages, as well as containing higher levels of energy-boosting iron.
It's a smart move to use lean cuts of meat, such as chicken, and to cut the fat off any red meat, as this will help to reduce the amount of fat that drips from the meat onto the barbecue which causes flames. Cooking meat over an open flame can lead to the creation of powerful toxins, known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which have been associated with an increased risk of cancer. You could also partially cook the meat in advance, so that barbecue cooking time is reduced. Using smaller cuts of meat and cutting off any charred bits could also help to reduce your potential exposure to PAHs.
It's easy to undo all your good work and careful choices by getting carried away with sugary sauces and glazes. A modest 37ml serving of sweet chilli or honey-based barbecue sauce contains around 4 teaspoons of sugar, so it's important not to pour it on with a liberal hand. If sauce is a must, then opt for an unsweetened chilli sauce, a hot pepper sauce or even mustard, as these contain very little sugar.
If it's a toss up between coleslaw and potato salad, then you should choose coleslaw every time. Largely made up of antioxidant-rich cabbage and carrot, it contains about half the carb content of potato salad and twice as much fibre, which is good news for your waistline and your digestion. It's also a smart move to opt for full-fat rather than low-fat coleslaw, as manufacturers often add extra sugar to low fat products to enhance the flavour, and coleslaw is no exception.
If you'd like more handy barbecue tips or would like to find out about the best choices for picnics, takeaway food and other tricky eating situations, then The Right Bite is definitely the book for you!
Jackie Lynch is a Registered Nutritional Therapist and runs the WellWellWell clinics in West London. Passionate about the importance of good nutrition for optimum health, she creates practical nutrition programmes suitable for a busy 21st century lifestyle. Jackie also provides advice and support for a range of blue chip companies, in the form of individual consultations for staff, nutrition workshops and menu analysis and has acted as a food consultant for brands such as Tetley. She is the 'go-to' person for the Mail on Sunday for sensible nutrition advice and has a regular column in Reveal Magazine. Jackie is also Chair of Trustees for the Institute for Optimum Nutrition.
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Training Food author Renee McGregor interviews Rio 2016 Olympics qualifier Aly Dixon. Aly is a long-distance runner, the fastest British woman to finish the 2016 London Marathon, assuring her place in Rio 2016.
Renee McGregor is one of the UK's top sports nutritionists, advising athletes from amateur to Olympic levels. With years of experience and expertise in sports nutrition, she offers vital and unequalled insight into what you need to fuel your success in your given sport.
Alyson Dixon is an English long-distance-runner who has competed in several marathons and half marathons and won the 2011 Brighton Marathon. She competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but did not finish due to a calf injury. This year she qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics. For more information, you can visit her website.
These potato cakes from Nicola Graimes's The Part-Time Vegetarian are a great midweek supper that can easily be prepared in advance. You can also easily adapt the recipe to your own preferences. For example, for a non-vegetarian version, try using salmon instead of cheese.
If possible, use a naturally smoked Cheddar in the potato cakes, rather than a smoke-flavoured one, which can lack the intensity of flavour and requisite dry texture. The smoked garlic embellishes the overall smokiness of the potato cakes, but you could use regular garlic instead.
Preheat the oven to 190C, 375F/ Gas 5. Cook the potatoes in plenty of boiling salted water for 12-15 minutes, or until tender. Drain and return the potatoes to the hot pan to dry briefly. Leave until cool enough to handle (or use rubber gloves) and coarsely grate into a large mixing bowl. Mix in the butter.
While the potatoes are cooking, brush the tomatoes with oil, place in a roasting pan, season with salt and pepper, and roast for 20 minutes, or until softened and starting to blacken, then leave to one side. Reduce the oven to 150C/300F/ Gas 2. Toss the kale in a little oil, season with salt and pepper, and place in a roasting pan in an even layer. Roast the kale for 10-15 minutes, turning once, until crisp. Keep an eye on it as it can easily burn.
Meanwhile, blanch the smoked garlic in a small pan of simmering water for 2 minutes until softened. Drain and roughly chop, then gently fold into the potatoes with the Cheddar, eggs, capers and parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Cover a plate with flour and form the potato mixture into 8 thick cakes, about 8cm/ 3 ¼ in diameter. Lightly dust each potato cake in flour. Heat enough oil to generously cover the base of a large non-stick frying pan and fry the potato cakes in two batches for 3 minutes on each side until crisp and golden. Drain on paper towels and keep warm in the bottom of the oven with the tomatoes.
While the potato cakes are cooking, mix together all the ingredients for the caper mayonnaise. Serve the potato cakes with the roasted tomatoes and crispy kale and with the caper mayo by the side.
Cook the potatoes, tomatoes and kale as described above. Replaced the smoked cheese, smoked garlic and hard-boiled eggs with 635g/ 1lb 6oz canned salmon, drained, skin and bones removed and fish flaked. Stir the salmon into the grated potato with 4 tbsp capers and 1 large handful chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves, as instructed above. Form and cook the potato cakes as described above.
This flavourful dish of Italian-style meatballs has a subtle spicy kick from the sauce. This recipe comes from The Gut Health Diet Plan by Christine Bailey. The sauce and meatballs can be prepared in advance, then reheated and cooked when ready to eat, for a quick and easy mid-week meal.
Even better, turkey is a high-protein, low-fat meat that is rich in gut-supporting nutrients, including iron and zinc. It is easy to digest and contains essential amino acids for gut repair. Serve with the courgette/zucchini noodles on page 87 for an even healthier meal!
Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/ Gas 5. Put the onion in a roasting pan and add the garlic, red pepper/ bell pepper and tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper, then add the olive oil. Toss the vegetables in the oil to coat, then roast for 30 minutes until tender and lightly golden.
Put the roasted vegetables into a blender or food processor and add the chipotle sauce and lime juice. Blend until smooth, then transfer to a saucepan over a medium-high hear and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Leave to one side.
Put the turkey in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Add the egg and stir well. Shape into little balls. Heat the coconut oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat. Fry the balls for 5-6 minutes until browned on all sides. Drain on paper towels.
Return the sauce to a gentle simmer, then put the meatballs in the sauce and cook for a further 5 minutes until cooked through. Scatter with parsley and serve.
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Gratitude in the Time of Downsizing: A Case Study
written by Sean Doyle March 29, 2010
Through speaking and writing, Sean Doyle, JD, MAPP '07, explores the poetry and science of well-being. Whether it's the work place, parenting, community, home, or hardship, Sean invites us to inject more hope, affection, and meaning into the world. Check out his chapbook, On Being Human. Another book is underway. Watch its progress and let publishers know you're interested via the book page on his website. Full bio. Sean's articles are here.
"It was inevitable: the burnt scent of over-warmed coffee always reminded him of the fate of unrequited devotion." Paraphrase of the first line of Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
The Disengagement Trap
A Shadow at Work
Florentino is in his mid-forties, and has worked for a fortune 500 company for the last ten years. For the first six, he worked hard, stayed late into the evenings, and brought files home on the weekends. However after several small events that caused him to question his role in the organization, he was passed over for a promotion. While neither corrosive nor hostile, he always knew that his work environment was far from supportive. No one acknowledged his work, or talked with him about his progress. However missing out on the promotion was the final act that broke the stamina of someone who had been a committed and loyal employee. While he continued to do the minimum necessary for his job, by all measures, Florentino was disengaged and unhappy.
Florentino is not alone. According to polls by the Gallup organization, 55% of the U.S. workforce is disengaged in their jobs, and 16% are actively disengaged, for a total of 71%. In addition to this picture of mass individual drudgery, Gallup estimates that having 16% of the workforce actively disengaged costs American businesses roughly $350 billion each year. A country with a GDP this size would rank as the 28th largest economy in the world, ahead of the nations of South Africa, Finland, and the UAE.
As the economy softened, and opportunities to find jobs became more limited, Florentino felt more trapped. He began to worry that his disillusionment would be noticed in a time of downsizing. While he did not like his job, he needed it. Florentino began to feel desperate.
Gratitude Log
Gratitude as a Way Out of the Trap
While Florentino ultimately had to decide whether he wanted to stay with his company, it was clear that the first thing he had to do was stop sabotaging himself with his negative thoughts about his job. Florentino began to keep a work-centered gratitude log.
Most readers of this site are probably familiar with gratitude logs, also called the three blessings or three good things exercise. At a set time each day, you write down several things that went well, or for which you are otherwise grateful. It is preferred that each day you write something new. Also, some people write what contributed to the good event, why it occurred, or what made the item particularly special. Studies show that keeping a gratitude log has long-lasting positive effects on people's life satisfaction and well-being.
Entries in his Gratitude Log
Florentino kept his log at work, and focused exclusively on things related to his job. The first items were easy and obvious: "I am grateful that I have a job that allows me to support my family," and "I don't have to ask anyone's permission to take sick leave."
But after a few days, it got a little harder. He started becoming aware of things that had previously slipped beneath notice. "People will change direction on projects based on my input," and "Dave stopped me in the parking lot and told me that one of the clients spoke really highly of me".
Life Taking off Again
After just few days the resentment he felt at work had dissipated. He had always been professional and friendly to people at work, but now he was taking interest in his coworkers on more personal levels. They responded to him, and log entries included things like, "Thomas [someone with whom he never really gotten along] told me it was the anniversary of his wife's death. He had never shared anything personal with me before. All of a sudden he seemed much more human."
Within a week-and-a-half, he was seeking out new projects and looking for ways that he could contribute. While he still did not love his job, he began to recognize how he could affect others in positive ways every single day, and the work began to give him greater levels of satisfaction.
As Nathaniel Lambert and colleagues at Florida State University found in their recently published study, by reframing the events of our lives in positive ways and including a glimmer of gratitude, we also increase our sense of coherence with the world. When things makes sense, we feel more grounded and more at peace.
Four Months Later
Florentino no longer writes in the log every day. Now he adds an entry about once a week. However this March, four months after he started his gratitude log, Florentino received a promotion. The new job was a better fit than the one he lost, and gives him the chance to do exactly those things that first drew him to the job.
When asked about his new job and his feelings for his company, "And how long do you think you can keep up this coming and going?" Florentino had his answer ready. "Forever," he said.
Author's Note: The title, first line and last paragraph of this article paraphrase the title, beginning and ending of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, Love in the Time of Cholera. Further, the name of the individual referenced in the case study has been changed to that of the Garcia Marquez character who, in the novel, lived the "fate of unrequited love."
Garcia Marquez, G. (1985). Love in the Time of Cholera. New York: Vintage.
Coffman, C. (2002). The high cost of disengaged employees: There are "cave dwellers" in your ranks, and they're hurting your company. Gallup Management Journal..
Emmons, R. (2007) Thanks!: How the new science of gratitude can make you happier. Boston: Houghton Mifflan Company.
Lambert, N., Graham, S., Fincham, F. & Stillman, T. (2009). A changed perspective: How gratitude can affect sense of coherence through positive reframing. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4(6), 461-470.
Seligman, M. E. P., Steen, T. A., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive psychology progress: Empirical validation of interventions. American Psychologist, 60, 410-421.
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Kathryn Britton March 30, 2010 - 9:37 am
Thank you for Florentino's story. It makes the general ideas about gratitude come alive. The specific instances of things he found to write in his log are great ways to prime the pump.
ThankingOfYouDotCom March 30, 2010 - 10:46 am
Thanks, Sean, for a great article. This perfectly mirrors our mission at ThankingOfYou, a free forum for posting messages of thanks to recognize, affirm and honor the people who've made a lasting, positive difference in the life of another. I've linked your article to our Web site; you can find it at http://www.ThankingOfYou.com, in Recommended Articles. Keep up the great work!
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Sean Doyle March 30, 2010 - 11:23 am
Thanks Kathryn! As I worked with Florentino, I felt motivated as I saw him change and succeed.
Wow Nora! Thank you for the link on your site. Keep up the great work.
WJ March 31, 2010 - 4:32 am
Sean, good story. However I think people need to be aware of Todd Kashdan's research showing that in general gratitude doesn't work for men.
Thanks Wayne – do you happen to have cite to which you can point me and the readers.
WJ March 31, 2010 - 1:57 pm
Sean – reference is
Kashdan, T.B., *Mishra, A., *Breen, W.E., & Froh, J.J. (2009). Gender differences in gratitude: Examining appraisals, narratives, the willingness to express emotions, and changes in psychological needs. Journal of Personality,
It's available at http://psychology.gmu.edu/kashdan/publications.php
You may have noticed that Bridget published an article suggesting that help that is extrinsically motivated lowers wellbeing.
Again another example of where the golden rules of PP need to be contextualised.
This is the challenge for PP – it has a one size fits all approach.
Ultimately at the end of the day you have to work out what works for each individual and not rely on generalisations.
Imagine a scenario where you get someone to do a gratitude exercise and its doesn't work for them. How would they feel? Could it have the opposite effect?
The other thing to consider is that often the coach will extrapolate their values onto others – I'm betting that gratitude might be one of yourtop 5 strengths.
Sean Doyle March 31, 2010 - 3:22 pm
Thanks for the reference and the feedback Wayne – I always welcome and appreciate your input.
I agree that "at the end of the day you have to work out what works for each individual and not rely on generalisations."
That is not inconsistent with PP. The science does not promote a one size fits all approach. However, what a great reminder of what can happen as this material is sent out for public consumption. I know gratitude logs do not work for everyone – but I did not note that in the article. You make a very valuable and important point. If we are not attentive to this fact, it undermines both the science and our ability positively affect others.
(Oh and personally gratitude did not crack my top 5)

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The First World War is hardly a novel subject for serious historical study. Its origins in particular, in the same way the end of the Roman Republic and the creation of an empire captures the attention of scholars and general readers, demands attention; it is both a vital, epoch-defining event and a perfect encapsulation of something deeper – and such a suggestion is highly attractive, not only to those who seek to discover (or invent) cast iron laws of history, but to anyone seeking a more crystalline understanding of the past.
Instead of the traditional notion that Russia went to war to protect Serbia from the over-bearing retaliation of Austria-Hungary in the aftermath of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, McMeekin suggests otherwise; he argues that Russia's role was not reactive but provocative, and that those in power actively connived to fight.
An early claim, and one which seems to be backed up by a great deal of archival evidence, is the idea that Russia's real objective was not the defeat of Germany or even the defence of Poland, which was effectively abandoned fairly early on in the fighting, but the conquest of new territories – particularly in the east. The road to Constantinople (now Istanbul, which had acquired the hopeful and expectant name 'Tsargrad' in the Russian diplomatic lexicon), it seems, was seen to run through Berlin. And it cannot be forgotten, as McMeekin states, that the beginnings of Russia's pre-war mobilisation (if not its declaration of war) predated that of Germany by days.
McMeekin's criticisms of Russian actions go beyond even the suggestion that the country holds a great deal more responsibility than often theorised for the outbreak of European war. He also holds Russia responsible for other, more specific instances of slaughter. One of the most pertinent examples of this national trait is to be found, McMeekin argues, in what he considers to be the Russian engineering of the Gallipoli campaign.
Russian interest in Turkish territory notwithstanding, McMeekin paints the origins of the Gallipoli campaign in vivid colours. For him it was not the result of an over-optimistic and trigger-happy crowd – normally said to include Winston Churchill and Herbert Kitchener – within the capitals of the western Allies, but rather the result of a careful and calculated campaign by Russian statesmen. Strategists such as Sergey Sazonov, McMeekin suggests, with quite a lot of skilfully orchestrated evidence, connived to have the soldiers of other nations die for the advancement of Russian causes and the expansion of Russia's empire. Russia had planned, he writes, to send some troops to Anatolia at the same time as the British, French and ANZAC nations, but its policymakers had deliberately held off; and this hesitation, masked in careful diplomacy, was – remarkably – forgotten in the aftermath of the war, with Europe still effectively reeling from the Bolshevik revolution.
Even Churchill, much to McMeekin's cultured surprise, who should have known the extent to which Russia advocated for an attack on Turkey and then avoided committing its own resources to what turned out to be a quagmire of immense proportions, wrote in his World Crisis that Russia was to be, if anything, pitied. She had, he implied, been wronged by the failure of the campaign. McMeekin laments Churchill's 'characteristic unsourced empathy' on this front, and even writes of his having fallen victim to 'the same kind of ventriloquism that overcame British diplomats during the war', many of whom had fallen into the habit of simply adopting Russian talking points as their own. 'In her darkest hours,' Churchill wrote, 'Russia had cheered herself by dwelling on the great prize of Constantinople'. The implication of those pathos-heavy words (composed, of course, after Russia had undergone two revolutions and lost its royal house through violent means) is that those countries that had fought in the Gallipoli campaign had some moral duty to continue for the sake of their ally – and it implies further that they had failed in that duty.
What follows is an extended quotation from Churchill's history of the war years, which in McMeekin's view contains 'empathy carried too far'.
A profound chill spread through all ranks of the Russian people, and with it came suspicion no less deep-seated. England had not really tried to force the Straits. From the moment when she had conceded the Russian claim to Constantinople, she had not been single-hearted, she had lost her interest in the enterprise. Her infirm action and divided counsels arose from secret motives hidden in the bosom of the State. And this while Russia was pouring out her own blood as no race had ever done since men waged war. Such were the whispers which, winged by successful German propaganda, spread far and wide through the Tsar's dominions, and in their wake every subversive influence gained in power.
The phrase which attracts particular ire – and comment – from McMeekin is the almost poetic suggestion that 'Russia was pouring out her own blood as no race had ever done since men waged war'. Despite a few examples of military failure in the war against Germany, McMeekin successfully argues, Russia was hardly pouring out her blood at all.
Churchill was not alone in this thinking, of course. Guilty of it in particular, according to McMeekin, was Sir George Buchanan, who – as well as being apparently slow to grasp Russia's bellicose aspirations in 1914 – became strangely likely to talk of certain Russian objectives as though they were fundamental to the good of the Allied war effort.
Another particular interesting element of McMeekin's investigation is his handling of the Armenian national question, and the involvement Russian politicians and military figures had in inadvertently fomenting the first genocide of the twentieth century.
In McMeekin's telling, the Russian manipulation of Armenian national sentiment – as well as the undoubted assistance it provided in arming and organising rebel groups and providing a safe haven for those who opposed Ottoman rule and had fled – provided a great deal of the initial impetus for the forced deportations and the massacres, as well as the battles and sieges, which characterised the genocide. In effect, Sazonov and others groomed Armenians to rebel under the pretence that Russian troops would ride to assist them, only to allow the nascent revolution to be crushed and a people victimised on a terrible scale. Indeed, in this telling it is difficult not to see the malevolence in Russia's actions, with Armenian warriors rising up with the hope of liberation by Russia but having instead to endure sieges and privations and ultimately extermination while Russian troops remained in their barracks.
On this point, however, McMeekin's argument becomes compromised a little by his use of language. His positioning of the word 'genocide' resolutely within perpetual inverted commas especially does seem a little cowardly – though such things can be explained, if not justified, by the Turkish milieu within which McMeekin worked and lived, and the fairly hefty legal penalties within that country (which, to be fair, McMeekin condemns) that penalise said description.
In one important respect this book is very successful indeed: its style. McMeekin writes both prettily and informatively, and his long, elegant sentences convey subtlety easily while never straying far from the point at hand. In this McMeekin is aided by expansive, discursive endnotes, which make the book seem much more than the 'polemic' identified by Michael Reynolds on the dust jacket (though he does not use the term in the pejorative sense).
Though some of its assertions seem rather alien to lay readers – especially arguments which, as is the case in McMeekin's discussion of Gallipoli, simply bypass much of the contemporary popular debate on the subject – this book is, in sum, rather valuable. It manages successfully to challenge certain well-established ideas concerning the war's origins, and it does much to shift the attention of the reader eastward – and to Russia's war with Turkey, no less. Though McMeekin's apparent anti-Russian stance could be considered restrictive, in fact it gives a platform to and sufficient impetus for some interesting ideas. And that's a rather good thing, especially in an area of study like the First World War, where bookshelves and schoolchildren alike groan under the weight of what has already been written and said.


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Speaking at the "Memorable Moments with Music" concert at Muson Center, Lagos, the monarch said he was saved by music years ago when he was on the verge of attempting suicide.
He said: "I remember very well, I could find solace only in music that lifted up my soul. I was near committing suicide actually and that's the truth.
"Even my family members didn't know this. But I remember growing up, at age nine.
"My sister is here, we used to walk over 10km going for choir practice like three times a week.
"And I could remember that commitment that I had growing up. The whole zeal, the whole dedication towards the power behind music.
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"Growing up, I realised the power behind music. And it's actually the greatest means of communicating with your creator.
"Our creator doesn't understand anything other than praises and songs. And that's the truth."
The Ooni described music as a powerful tool. He said: "There's a power behind music that resurrects.
"I am a living witness. I am a living example. So, for me, it has been a very powerful tool."
Oba Ogunwusi added: "I made up my mind that I will be using this ministry to empower the less privileged, the downtrodden, the oppressed in the society.
"If you just sing to some people, it will lift their spirit up.
"So many souls are depressed but by virtue of the power of music, you can uplift many souls."


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Q: Installing moodle on Ubuntu SO I'm trying to install Moodle using Ubuntu and I followed the instructions from https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/how-to-install-moodle-on-ubuntu-server-2004/ , but when I type localhost/moodle on my browser, it just displays the PHP code which I'll add.  I should be displayed with the Moodle installation steps right? I can't imagine it would be a problem with Moodle itself but rather a PHP issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
<?php
// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
//
// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

/**
 * Moodle frontpage.
 *
 * @package    core
 * @copyright  1999 onwards Martin Dougiamas (http://dougiamas.com)
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */

if (!file_exists('./config.php')) {
    header('Location: install.php');
    die;
}

require_once('config.php');
require_once($CFG->dirroot .'/course/lib.php');
require_once($CFG->libdir .'/filelib.php');

redirect_if_major_upgrade_required();

$urlparams = array();
if (!empty($CFG->defaulthomepage) && ($CFG->defaulthomepage == HOMEPAGE_MY) && optional_param('redirect', 1, PARAM_BOOL) === 0) {
    $urlparams['redirect'] = 0;
}
$PAGE->set_url('/', $urlparams);
$PAGE->set_pagelayout('frontpage');
$PAGE->set_other_editing_capability('moodle/course:update');
$PAGE->set_other_editing_capability('moodle/course:manageactivities');
$PAGE->set_other_editing_capability('moodle/course:activityvisibility');

// Prevent caching of this page to stop confusion when changing page after making AJAX changes.
$PAGE->set_cacheable(false);

require_course_login($SITE);

$hasmaintenanceaccess = has_capability('moodle/site:maintenanceaccess', context_system::instance());

// If the site is currently under maintenance, then print a message.
if (!empty($CFG->maintenance_enabled) and !$hasmaintenanceaccess) {
    print_maintenance_message();
}

$hassiteconfig = has_capability('moodle/site:config', context_system::instance());

if ($hassiteconfig && moodle_needs_upgrading()) {
    redirect($CFG->wwwroot .'/'. $CFG->admin .'/index.php');
}

// If site registration needs updating, redirect.
\core\hub\registration::registration_reminder('/index.php');

if (get_home_page() != HOMEPAGE_SITE) {
    // Redirect logged-in users to My Moodle overview if required.
    $redirect = optional_param('redirect', 1, PARAM_BOOL);
    if (optional_param('setdefaulthome', false, PARAM_BOOL)) {
        set_user_preference('user_home_page_preference', HOMEPAGE_SITE);
    } else if (!empty($CFG->defaulthomepage) && ($CFG->defaulthomepage == HOMEPAGE_MY) && $redirect === 1) {
        redirect($CFG->wwwroot .'/my/');
    } else if (!empty($CFG->defaulthomepage) && ($CFG->defaulthomepage == HOMEPAGE_USER)) {
        $frontpagenode = $PAGE->settingsnav->find('frontpage', null);
        if ($frontpagenode) {
            $frontpagenode->add(
                get_string('makethismyhome'),
                new moodle_url('/', array('setdefaulthome' => true)),
                navigation_node::TYPE_SETTING);
        } else {
            $frontpagenode = $PAGE->settingsnav->add(get_string('frontpagesettings'), null, navigation_node::TYPE_SETTING, null);
            $frontpagenode->force_open();
            $frontpagenode->add(get_string('makethismyhome'),
                new moodle_url('/', array('setdefaulthome' => true)),
                navigation_node::TYPE_SETTING);
        }
    }
}

// Trigger event.
course_view(context_course::instance(SITEID));

$PAGE->set_pagetype('site-index');
$PAGE->set_docs_path('');
$editing = $PAGE->user_is_editing();
$PAGE->set_title($SITE->fullname);
$PAGE->set_heading($SITE->fullname);
$courserenderer = $PAGE->get_renderer('core', 'course');
echo $OUTPUT->header();

$siteformatoptions = course_get_format($SITE)->get_format_options();
$modinfo = get_fast_modinfo($SITE);
$modnamesused = $modinfo->get_used_module_names();

// Print Section or custom info.
if (!empty($CFG->customfrontpageinclude)) {
    // Pre-fill some variables that custom front page might use.
    $modnames = get_module_types_names();
    $modnamesplural = get_module_types_names(true);
    $mods = $modinfo->get_cms();

    include($CFG->customfrontpageinclude);

} else if ($siteformatoptions['numsections'] > 0) {
    echo $courserenderer->frontpage_section1();
}
// Include course AJAX.
include_course_ajax($SITE, $modnamesused);

echo $courserenderer->frontpage();

if ($editing && has_capability('moodle/course:create', context_system::instance())) {
    echo $courserenderer->add_new_course_button();
}
echo $OUTPUT->footer();

I looked at the modules in my httpd.conf file,  but when adding "LoadModule php_module modules/libphp.so" apache throws an error when attempting to restart.

A: Please check if the php is installed properly or not. You can check the same by running php -v in the terminal.
If it is installed and all needed php modules for moodle are there on the system, please run the following command and ensure the file looks like below.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf
The file should look like this (The sequence of file extension matters a lot)
Sample File
After ensuring / editing file as per above, restart the apache2 server with
sudo systemctl reload apache2 and try to open moodle. It should work fine!

A: Please search in Apache configs for DocumentRoot setting.
This setting contains the root directory where apache starts running from.
In apache2 the default root directory is \var\www\html, and the apache2 settings file location is \etc\apache2\sites-available\default-ssl.conf. maybe it's similar in Apache.
So you need to locate moodle directory based on DocumentRoot value. or change this setting value.


ORANGE, Calif. — A judge on Thursday ordered life-support measures other than nutrition and hydration to be discontinued for a 1-year-old boy who has been in a coma-like state for 10 months after he was allegedly beaten by his father.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard E. Behn found that Christopher Ibarra was in a persistent, vegetative state, neurologically devastated and was receiving no benefits from life support.
"Christopher's chances of recovery are zero," the judge said.
The ruling could ultimately result in murder charges being filed against Moises Ibarra, 24, the child's father. He was jailed on felony child abuse charges after allegedly beating and shaking his son on Dec. 17. The judge stayed his ruling on life-support pending a possible appeal by the father.
During the brief hearing, the judge also ordered continuation of the boy's pain medication. However, the boy will eventually be removed from a ventilator if a possible appeal is not upheld.
Behn took jurisdiction over making medical decisions for Christopher in May after he faulted both parents for the boy's condition. He said Ibarra inflicted the near-fatal injuries and Tamara Sepulveda, 23, failed to protect her son.
The ruling Thursday came after a series of hearings that included an appeal from Michael Hughes, Moises Ibarra's attorney, not to disconnect the boy from life support. He said there was hope for the boy as long as he is alive.
However, several medical experts testified earlier that Christopher suffered massive brain damage.
Sepulveda had asked to have life-support discontinued, saying she doesn't want her son to live the rest of his life hooked up to machines.
Sepulveda had no message for the boy's father.
The judge said he based his ruling on the fact that the boy's bones were brittle and breaking, and that he had painful reactions to light and touch, such as the changing of his diapers.
Tamara Sepulveda said she has not visited her son in months.


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Cloud telephony is becoming commonplace and it is time for the fence sitters to dump their POTS (Plain Old Telephone Systems). But the million dollar question is how does one come to know that it's time for them to take the big technological leap? Well, the answer to this question is not complex. It is all about paying heed to your business communication needs.
The Internet has completely revolutionized business communication and your cranky old telephone system is no match for the features being offered by Cloud telephony or VoIP. Business communication needs to be efficient and effective but the same is not possible while using the old telephone system. Your telephone does not offer features like automatic call routing, voicemail, one number for all devices and mobile telephony. On the other hand, the latest VoIP or Cloud based telephone systems are loaded with advanced telephony features turning your business communication highly effective and efficient. Thus, if you want your telephone system to work in your favour and not against your business interests then it is time to junk POTS.
If you have heard about employees working from anywhere but their office then it is all because of the modern mobility features offered by the IP telephones or VoIP systems. Managing a distributed workforce is a cumbersome task if you have only your old telephone system – interdepartmental communication and client communication will obviously suffer from unwarranted delays. This problem can be completely overcome by switching to an efficient and reliable communication system like VoIP and IP telephony. Your employees can use their tablets and Smartphones on the office network for carrying out their official communication. Thus, there is complete freedom of choice when it comes to working with a device that an employee finds comfortable.
Maintenance of POTS is your business's Achilles heel because of the resource and money you have to put in the same. Maintaining the old telephone system requires working with old tools that are slowly being discarded. In the coming days it would be really tough to find technicians who would help you in maintaining POTS. On the other hand, if you are migrating to the latest VoIP or IP telephone system, maintenance and upgrades are taken care of by the service provider. Cloud service providers carry out regular centralized maintenance of the communication system with 100% uptime. Thus, delay in communication will soon be old news.
Installation, operations, and maintenance of the plain old telephone system is taxed on the company's accounts. You can choose to do away with high telephone bills by subscribing to VoIP or IP telephone system. The initial cost of setting up the network at office is the only investment that you will have to make and the subscription to call packages according to your usage. You pay based on your usage, thus savings hundreds of dollars every month. You will also be able to define the call limits so your telecom budget will not overshoot.


RockyGrass Archives 2014: The Railsplitters kicked off the 2014 RockyGrass festival in fine style. The group delivered a remarkable set that we broadcast live from the stage on KGNU's airwaves on Friday morning. The band features Lauren Stovall (vocals), Peter Sharpe (mandolin), Dusty Rider (banjo), Leslie Ziegler (bass), and Christine King (fiddle).
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Over the years, there are certain French musicians who have marked history. From Classical music to RAP and Rock, there are famous names that you might know, now you can discover much more about music from France
Let us go back in history and find out how contemporary French music evolved.
– During the Renaissance period, the priest Guillaume Dufay composed more than a hundred songs, mostly for the Church where he worked. One of the most famous he made is Missa l'Homme Armé.
– Jean-Baptiste Lully is a composer of the Baroque period. Extremely skilled, he also was a businessman and a teacher. Under the reign of Le Roi Soleil Louis XIV, Lully's music marked the entire Europe and he taught his art to some other future great composers such Henry Desmarest, Marin Marais and Pierre Verdier. Les Folies d'Espagne.
– Still in the same period, Marin Marais first studied in a chorus but when his voice transformed, he was sent to the mysterious Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe to learned the viol bass. Thrown out by Sainte-Colombe as he feared to be exceeded by his student, Marin Marais secretly continued to listen to his master and learnt his art before being discovered and then sent away. Marais' life is related in Tous les Matins du Monde by Pascal Quignard and its cinematographic adaptation by Alain Corneau. Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe.
– Jacques Offenbach is a German native composer and cellist of the Romantic period. Very successful, he created his own theater in Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens. Orphée aux Enfers.
– Achille-Claude Debussy is an impressionist. Anti conformist, he created his own style in a modernism genre. Debussy is mainly known for his piano works like Valse Romantique or Arabesques.
La Chanson Française ( the French songs genre ) is very popular in France since the 30s. Charles Trenet is considered as the father of this genre.
-The female singer Edith Piaf is probably the most famous French artist. Her life has been recently related in the movie La Môme by Olivier Dehan featuring Marion Cotillard as Edith piaf. Padam Padam.
– Léo Ferré in almost 50 years of career, released more than forty albums. His work was influenced by the anarchist movement which he claimed to be part of. C'est Extra.
– Serge Gainsbourg was a singer-songwritter, poet, actor and director. Considered to be one of the world's most influential artist, his music is almost impossible to categorize ( Rock, Jazz, Reggae,… ). His provocations, " ugly face " contributed to his fame. Sorry Angel.
– Claude " Cloclo " François is a popular singer of the 60s and 70s who accidentally died of an electrocution in his bathroom. He was considered as the favorite artist of children with songs like Cette Année Là and Alexandrie Alexandra.
The Jazz Manouche ( Gypsy Jazz ), a genre born in France in the 30s, gave birth to some of the greatest virtuoso ( guitar mainly ) like Joseph and David Reinhardt ( family of Django Reinhardt ). Nuages.
Punk music also emerged in France in the 80s with bands like La Souris Déglinguée ( the knackered Mouse ), Bérurier Noir, Les Garçons Bouchers ( Butcher Boys ) and many others.
French Rock'n'Roll was marked with famous artists since the 50s. Baptiste Reilles aka Mac-Kac released in 1956 the first Rock album of France. In the early 60s, Richard Anthony, Johnny Hallyday became the first French Rock-stars followed by young bands like Les Vautours ( The Vultures ), Les Pirates ( The Pirates ) or Jocelyne.
In the 90s, Indochine, Noir Désir, Matmatah, Dyonisos became famous rock bands in France.
In the middle of the 80s, a new genre appeared : the French Rap. The pioneers are IAM, Suprême NTM, Assassin and some others and they were followed in the 90s by La Fouine, Seth Gueko.
You can also read an article about Hard Rock and Heavy Metal that list some French bands and artists.
Here are some other influential actual musicians –> Manu Chao, Diam's, La Rue Kétanou, David Guetta, Mickey 3D, Pascal Obispo, Florent Pagny, Daft Punk, La Phaze, Manau, Tri Yann.
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By Alister
Studying at the University of Besaçon, Burgundy Franche-Comté, France
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Political upheaval will characterize the next five years in the Middle East and North Africa, as populations demand more from entrenched elites and civil and proxy wars are likely to continue in a number of failed states. Contests among religious and political forces are likely as low energy prices weaken institutions. Such contests are likely to include security competition among Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel, and perhaps Egypt, and could involve China, Russia, and the United States. The endemic leadership and elite disconnect from the masses will almost certainly persist for many countries in the region through the period. Socioeconomic and popular challenges will worsen and tension rooted in the region's legacies of authoritarian rule, repression, and dependency could stoke calls by subnational groups, particularly the Kurds, for greater representation.
The central challenge for the region is to boost growth and create political conditions and economic opportunities to engage its young working-age residents. If this is not done in ways that recognize the potential of people and are consistent with traditional beliefs, however, the absence of justice and respect will continue to foster despair and maltreatment of others. In extreme cases, the absence of dignity can contribute to religious radicalization, often in tandem with the rise of secularism, which the Arab world experiences through globalization, Western foreign policies, and social media that conservative religious believers find offensive.
The turmoil of recent years has interrupted what had been a period of significant progress in poverty reduction and individual empowerment. Extreme poverty in the region has declined gradually since 1987, with the greatest progress in Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, and Egypt. The share of the population living below the poverty line in Egypt, for example, declined from 12 percent in 1981 to only 2 percent in 2005, although upheaval undoubtedly has halted—or even reversed—this progress in the most affected countries. Similarly, Iran since 1979 has reduced poverty and expanded its middle class and literacy rates. Absent outside assistance, countries that have been less volatile but have large refugee populations, particularly Lebanon and Jordan, probably also will see this improving trend begin to reverse as refugees strain already limited economic resources and continue to overwhelm health care systems. Meanwhile, low oil prices are squeezing the budgets and economies of the Gulf countries, limiting their ability to bail out strategically critical countries like Egypt or to offer aid to others.
The region has not been conducive to much self-generated growth, with revolutionary and counterrevolutionary dynamics in Egypt; civil wars in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen; and the persistent Israeli-Palestinian conflict—all of which have undercut any efforts to provide meaningful political and economic opportunity.
The usual tool in the region for managing public discontent—subsidies and other cash payouts, funded by hydrocarbons and foreign assistance—is faltering with oil prices well below pre-2014 levels and unlikely to recover. After nearly a decade of capital surpluses—at least some of which found its way to non-oil states through aid—and strong investment and remittance flows, the region will see a distinct capital shortfall. The richer oil states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will draw on their reserves to sustain domestic spending but will have less to share. Middle-level producers like Algeria and Iraq will struggle to continue buying social peace, increasing the risk they will resort to crackdowns on dissent. Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia will see less Gulf largesse, worsening the economic conditions and increasing the risk of instability in these countries. The non-Arab, non-oil states of Israel and Turkey could escape these pressures, but neither has a large enough economy nor sufficient regional ties to be a major source of regional growth.
In the next five years, states' failures to meet popular demands for security, education, and employment will continue to provide fertile ground for violent radicalization. Support for illiberal religious and sectarian elements could expand in popularity, reducing historic tolerance of minority groups and preparing the ground for a violent push to create a more homogenous region. Alternatively, the actions of extremists still could discredit radicalism and encourage more citizens to rally around state institutions.
Civil conflict and lower oil revenue are stressing governance structures in the region, resulting in a decline in overall governance and service provision. Prolonged periods of conflict are also taking a toll on institutions: from 2004 to 2014—with civil war and regime change in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Libya—regional states' scores on the World Bank's Governance Indicators declined in the key areas of voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, the rule of law, and control of corruption.
In light of these shortcomings of central governance, individuals and tribes are likely to play a larger role in political debate, organizing and mobilizing at a subnational level. The creation of local and municipal councils in the war-torn states of Syria and Libya may exemplify this trend.
Geopolitical Relevance of Region in Next Five Years: Contagion and Competition. Progress toward a regional security framework is likely to be limited at best, with large-scale violence, civil wars, authority vacuums, and humanitarian crises persisting for many years. Similarly, the region will be shaped by state and nonstate actors who seek political and strategic advantage for their own versions of religion but also work to manipulate the views and behavior of wider circles of believers.
The intensity of violence in the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula threatens to further fragment the region—creating distinct political and economic conditions in the Gulf, Levant, and Maghreb regions—and to spread contagion well into Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and Central, East, and South Asia via transnational radical Islamist ideas and movements.
The area is especially vulnerable to water stresses and local, national, and transnational tension over access to water resources. Even the wealthiest countries in the region, which use desalinization plants for water supplies, face existential vulnerabilities if those plants are compromised.
The region's ills are unlikely to be contained, ensuring that growing humanitarian crises and civilian victimization will continue to undermine international conflict and human rights norms. Heavy touting of these norms by the West without sufficient backing or material support further weakens the West in the eyes of Arab publics. Perceptions in the region's capitals that the United States is not a reliable partner—whether due to the US pivot to Asia or Washington's decision not to support Mubarak and other Arab incumbents in 2011—has opened the door to geopolitical competition with Russia and possibly China and to hedging by Arab states regarding commitments to Washington. Amid persistent conflict, refugee flows will persist—although some may be forced to seek destinations other than increasingly inhospitable Europe.
Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and possibly Turkey may remain powerful and influential relative to states in the region that are grappling with instability but they will be at odds with each other on a variety of issues, and several face looming domestic challenges that are likely to affect their regional aspirations. Iran's growing power, nuclear capabilities, and aggressive behavior will remain a concern for Israel, Saudi Arabia, and some other GCC states. These concerns are exacerbated by the sectarian nature of Iranian and Saudi regional competition, with dehumanizing rhetoric and allegations of heresy fanning the conflict throughout the region.
Risks of instability in Arab states such as Egypt, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia will almost certainly grow in the long term, especially if the price of oil remains low. Riyadh is embarking on some economic reforms and much smaller social and political reforms. These efforts are significant and could increase job creation for Saudi youth but could also come too late to satisfy popular expectations. Moreover, the reforms are aimed at developing a Saudi Arabia that can compete with emerging Asian and African exporters as a low-cost option, or with developed countries in services, and will prove exceedingly difficult to meet. Lack of clarity about a Saudi transition after King Salman will also contribute to uncertainty about the prospects for the reform effort.
Global demand for the region's energy resources—especially from Asian states—will continue to ensure international interest and engagement in the region, but external powers will lack the will or capability to "fix" the region's numerous problems, and some will be drawn into its fights, probably protracting current and future conflicts.
Israel, Saudi Arabia, and some other GCC states are concerned that Iran will use funds from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to increase regional activities that will further erode regional stability. In the long term, these states also will be sensitive to Iran's behavior as restrictions on Iranian nuclear activity are lifted under the JCPOA process. Tension between Iran and regional states will increase if Tehran uses its greater financial and military resources to aggressively assert its interests in the region or if Iran's neighbors fear Tehran seeks to resume nuclear weapons work.
The return of great-power politics to the region, with renewed Russian engagement, will be another powerful force affecting future dynamics. Since coming to power in 2000, Russian President Putin has sought to project power into the region; Moscow's military and intelligence support for Damascus may suggest overtures to other former Soviet allies, such as Iraq and Egypt, could be on the horizon.
Other Considerations. Demographic and economic pressure, as manifested in the "Arab Spring" uprisings, probably will remain unresolved and could worsen if protracted turmoil fuels a major brain drain. Youth unemployment—certain to remain a challenge for years as a result of the region's demographic profile—and the absence of economic diversification will further hinder economic growth, improved living standards, and integration into the global economy for most countries in the region. Land and water resources, already critically tight, are likely to get worse with urbanization, population growth, and climate change. Better management and sanctions relief have spurred Iranian economic growth, but whether economic improvement will help bring about political reform is less clear.
An emerging lost generation of conflict-scarred children without access to education or adequate healthcare probably will create new populations vulnerable to radicalization. Continued instability is likely to make conditions for women throughout the region even worse, judging by the increased harassment and victimization experienced in recent years. Specifically, weak economic growth and concern about employment can fuel the growth of identity-based extremism. Arab youth questioned in the eighth annual Burson-Marsteller survey in 2016 overwhelmingly rejected the rise of the so-called Islamic State but simultaneously noted that a lack of jobs and opportunities was the top recruitment driver for the group.
In light of these dynamics, reinvigorated interest in the fate of the West Bank and Gaza could emerge as a galvanizing force among Arab populations. Recent events—including the civil war in Syria and the rise of the Islamic State—that have dominated the media are also prompting additional Palestinian refugee movement and concern about shortfalls in financial support for the Palestinian people. Palestinian studies suggest Gaza residents still need $3.9 billion for reconstruction and recovery support as a result of the Hamas-Israel conflict in 2014. Their needs are of interest to the rest of the region's Arab populations: In a poll conducted in 2011 by the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies, over 80 percent of more than 16,000 respondents across the Arab world noted that the Palestinian question was the cause of all Arabs, not of the Palestinians only.
Risks for environmental crises, such as drought, extreme temperatures, and pollution will also remain high. Land and water resources are already critically tight and are likely to get worse with urbanization and the effects of climate change.
In Yemen, conflict zones, high water prices, and damaged infrastructure have aggravated already grim water problems, leaving 80 percent of the population without access to reliable fresh-water sources. Without adequate infrastructure, water stored for domestic use can become contaminated and expand the breeding habitats for mosquitos, malaria, dengue fever, and cholera.
In Jordan, the influx of refugees from Syria has forced the government to pump more extensively from declining aquifers. Egypt will face emergent water challenges from upstream development on the Nile, particularly as Ethiopia begins filling the reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Urban air pollution in the region remains among the worst in the world, particularly in Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Public health issues in the region will also be critical. Egypt is one of the countries in which the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is now endemic in poultry and presents a risk to humans. Since 2012, Saudi Arabia has been handling an outbreak of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-coronavirus) and there is ongoing concern that the virus could mutate and become increasingly contagious. A more widespread outbreak could contribute to instability if handled poorly.
Nevertheless, despite these pressures, a low-probability, more beneficial scenario for the region might emerge if oil markets tighten and prices begin to rise. Leaders in Iran and Saudi Arabia would feel less pressure to focus on a zero-sum competition for oil market share, which could result in a lowering of their sectarian rhetoric. Better bilateral relations could defuse their proxy wars and help stabilize the region, potentially helping create the conditions for grassroots movements to offer a compelling and constructive alternative to authoritarianism or ISIL and Islamic extremism. A genuine public dialogue and economic development that is consistent with religious and other cultural norms could channel the frustrations that underlay the Arab uprisings of 2011.


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CSS in Emails: What You Need to Know
Have you ever opened an email and wondered why it contains one large image instead of a smooth combination of images and text? Well, the most likely reason is that the email was created to display the same across the most popular email clients. That should be easy, right? Of course it should be! Unfortunately, when it comes to the Internet, it never is.
Let's dig into some technical background.
HTML 4.01 in Emails
Right now, the best way to get a good mixture of design elements and text into your email and have them look the same across email clients is to use HTML 4.01. This is basically an archaic way of building HTML pages using tables. Tables in HTML became standardized in HTML 4 in 1997, and became recommended by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) with the release of HTML 4.01 in 2001. Without the combined use of HTML 4.01 and CSS we are very limited in what can be displayed in the email client using this standard. With that being said, it is still a step up from using one flat image for building an HTML email.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) was originally proposed at the "Mosaic and the Web" conference in 1994. CSS is used to enable separation of document content from design presentation. With CSS1 specification being completed in 1997 and CSS2 becoming a W3C recommendation in 1998, it makes you wonder why some important specifications in CSS1, such as background image, still have not yet been implemented into some dominate email clients.
Now that you have some technical understanding of some basic coding standards, let's look into some email clients and see how they handle them. We'll go in the order of greatest market share according to Campaign Monitor (August 2009).
Microsoft Outlook is a very widely used email client, but, to some shock, depending on the version you are using there is a completely different HTML rendering engine. Outlook 2000/2003 use Microsoft's Internet Explorer's 6.0 browser to render HTML emails and CSS better than most would expect. Outlook 2007 currently is and Outlook 2010 will be using Microsoft Office to render HTML. The reason Outlook is using Microsoft Word for rendering of HTML is said to be ease-of-use for the end user and to expand awareness of Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word, unfortunately, has very limited CSS rendering capabilities and will surely keep the industry very irritated for some time to come!
Yahoo! Mail has been fairly good at keeping and adding support for CSS. Although there is certainly still some added CSS support needed for this email client, Yahoo! has done enough to keep the average developer satisfied for most designs.
Live Hotmail
Live Hotmail also has some support for CSS, but this email client is missing some important elements such as background image and margin. Being a Microsoft application, Live Hotmail fortunately is not confined to boxed releases like Outlook and can very quickly and effectively be upgraded to add support for these important missing CSS elements.
Google Gmail has almost the same support for CSS as the newer releases of Outlook, which is very limited support of CSS. While Google Gmail is trying to break into a very competitive market, I don't think they can afford to be this limited in their CSS support.
Apple Mail, Apple iPhone, AOL Desk 10
Easily, these three email clients have the best support for CSS and HTML. I think that other companies in the industry need to look at these email clients as an example on how to render emails properly.
There is little insight into why many email clients are not supporting CSS fully, besides the standard 'Security Reasons' response. Most security issues would be caused by scripts and hidden links, not CSS. Most of the email clients strip anything outside of the body tags which would cut out any non-inline CSS. This is fine, but does not explain why they do not support certain CSS elements inline. (Perhaps someone could explain this to me in the comments?)
In the near future, email will begin to lose its market share if it does not progress at the rate the Internet is currently moving. Applications like Google Wave will begin to chip away at old email delivery systems on every front if the industry does not start to make some changes for the better. These change can be easily done, as some email clients have already proven.
Email is here to stay– let's make it work properly!
Click here for a good resource on up-to-date CSS Support in Email Clients.
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Q: Deploy Laravel App I'm trying to deploy my Laravel app and block the access to the others files like .env
I put all my laravel app in the www folder, and I add this htaccess :
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

But when I go to my domain url I have all the files.. seem like my htaccess is not working (he's on the Laravel app root)

A: Here's a simple method using only a .htaccess file placed in Laravel's root directory - e.g. alongside app, bootstrap, config, ... No changes whatsoever are necessary to your code.
The file rewrites all the requests so that requesting /file.png would in fact return /public/file.png and anything else is routed to /public/index.php. This also ensures that nothing outside the public folder can be accessed, thereby protecting any sensitive files like .env or database/*.
The simple method
This method assumes that DOCUMENT_ROOT is set properly by your Apache server. Try this first and use the 2nd method only if it doesn't work on your server.
.htaccess
RewriteEngine on

# serve existing files in the /public folder as if they were in /
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}public%{REQUEST_URI} -f
RewriteRule (.+) /public/$1 [L]

# route everything else to /public/index.php
RewriteRule ^ /public/index.php [L]

The slightly more complicated method
If your server doesn't set DOCUMENT_ROOT properly, then you'll need to use an absolute path in RewriteCond. That is, an absolute path on the server's filesystem. You can get it by copying the following script to the directory where your Laravel installation will reside and visiting its URL - i.e. http://example.com/get_doc_root.php.
get_doc_root.php
<?php
echo getcwd();

This should result in something like /var/www/example.com/web. Use the following .htaccess file and replace [[your path]] with the actual path you got.
.htaccess
RewriteEngine on

# serve existing files in the /public folder as if they were in /
RewriteCond [[your path]]/public%{REQUEST_URI} -f
RewriteRule (.+) /public/$1 [L]

# route everything else to /public/index.php
RewriteRule ^ /public/index.php [L]

In our example case, the RewriteCond line would look like this:
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Categories Action, Analysis, Film Review, Horror
Welcome to the sixth episode of The Anatomy of Fear. On this episode, similar to our last episode on musicals, we may be heading into new territory for a horror podcast: action horror with a feature on The Terminator.
If you'd like to skip past our catching up, and head right to the discussion on The Terminator, jump forward to around 1:25:00 mark. This may be our most relaxed and conversational podcast yet, so we chat a bit at the beginning, but it's a lot of fun. Here's an outline for the episode
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Mohamed bin Hasan al-Alawi , maroški kralj, * 21. avgust 1963.

Življenje
Mohamed se je rodil 21. avgusta 1963 v Rabat kot drugi otrok kralja Hasan II. Maroški in prvi otrok princese Lalla Latifa. Leta 1966 je Mohamed začel svoje šolanje v Rabatu in ga nadaljeval sprejet v Univerzo Mohamed V. v Agdalu. Leta 1987 je Mohamed pridobil svoj prvi Certificat d'Études Supérieures (CES) iz političnih ved, julija 1988 pa je Pridobil diplomo iz javnega prava (DEA). Leta 1993, Mohamed je doktoriral na francoski Univerzi v Nici Sophia Antipolis za diplomsko nalogo "Odnosi med EGS in Magrebom".

Mohamed proglašen za maroskega prestolonaslednika od njegovega rojstva. Mohamed je postal kralj 23. julij 1999 po smrti svojega očeta, kralja Hasan.

Mohamed je med svojo vladavino ustanovil nove islamske institucije in odprl mnoge centre za preučevanje islama. Danes velja za podpornika zmernega islama, obenem pa je tudi najvišji verski vodja v Maroku, čeprav mu ni uspelo v celoti prevzeti nadzora nad verskim diskurzom v državi.

Poroka in otroci
Mohamed je spoznal računalniško inženirko, Salma Bennani, leta 2001 Dva meseca kasneje sta se zaročila. Poročila sta se 12. julija 2002. Skupaj imata dva otroke:
 Prestolonaslednik Moulay Hasan, rojen 8. maj 2003
 Princesa Lalla Kaďzija, rojen 28. februar 2007.

Nazivi
 21. avgust – 23. julij 1999: Njegovo kraljevo visočanstvo maroški prestolonaslednik
 23. julij 1999 – danes: Njegovo veličanstvo kralj kraljevine Maroke

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 King Mohammed VI Grants Exclusive First-ever Interview to Time
 Laurenson, John. The most powerful man in Morocco. BBC News. 11 March 2006.
 Constitutional Reform in Morocco: I Am the Reform!

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Solar 'ambassadors,' discounts on installations all part of Philly's plan to make 2019 the year of sun power
Catalina Jaramillo
Anyone who owns property in Philly can sign up to receive a free solar assessment of their home or business. 2019 is the last year to qualify for a 30% federal tax credit. (Courtesy of Solar States)
This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly.
Victor Young paid $370 for electricity a month before solar panels were installed in his roof last year. Now his electric bill is zero, and he only pays $126 a month on the loan that financed the panels. The rooftop installation will be paid off in six years.
"It's [a] no brainer," he said. "Just think of the savings. I was consuming electric at a phenomenal pace, and it was costing me a lot."
Not only will his two daughters now inherit a house with no energy bills, Young feels like his turn to renewables is making a better world for his future generations, including a grandchild on the way. Young worked for more than 30 years removing snow with the Streets Department and the warmth of recent Philadelphia winters signals to him a need to do things differently.
"The planet is warming, there's no doubt," Young said. "It's not so [scary] for me, but for that grandchild that I was just informed about — how is she or he going to live, based on what's happening now?"
Young installed solar energy in his house through Solarize Philly, a group-buying program managed by the Philadelphia Energy Authority. The program was created to entice homeowners to install rooftop panels by offering cheaper than market prices, consumer protections, and a faster process for obtaining city permits. Under the program, anyone who owns property in Philadelphia can sign up to receive a free solar assessment of their home or business from now on until Sept. 30.
The end game for the city is a transition to clean energy while creating 10,000 jobs over 10 years.
The program has succeeded in increasing the number of solar roofs in the city — Philadelphia is listed now as the fourth fastest-growing solar market in the country.
Despite that achievement, the city has fallen short meeting the program's ambitious goals. So far, 363 residents have installed solar through the program — 186 in 2017 and other 163 in 2018; the goal was to complete 500 by the end of 2018. On that metric, the city made it 72% of the way there, earning a low C. In terms of direct jobs, the goal was to create 75 but the city produced only 52 — 69%, a D+.
"Even though last year was the biggest year ever for solar in Philadelphia, we're not on track to meet our climate goals," Mayor Jim Kenney said Tuesday at a press conference announcing the third phase of the program. "We need to ramp up from hundreds of installs each year, to thousands."
Laura Rigell, the program's manager at the Philadelphia Energy Authority, said they're looking at new ways to bring more people into the program in its third year. These strategies include recruiting homeowners like Young as ambassadors of the program, expanding the low-and moderate-income program started last year, and bringing the cost of installing solar even lower. The price will come down through new bulk buying tactics and using economies of scale. A request for proposals for solar equipment vendors is currently open.
PEA is also urging homeowners to take advantage of a federal tax credit that starts to phase out by 2020.
"2019 is the year to go solar," said PEA's director Emily Schapira. "Climate change is happening faster than we thought, and the 30% federal investment tax credit for solar is only in place through the end of this year."
By increasing solar installations, PEA hopes to accelerate the creation of solar jobs. According to a study conducted for the city by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 15 living wage jobs are created for every 100 solar installations.
Solarize Philly has trained high school students and adults for solar jobs for the last two years, in collaboration with the Energy Coordinating Agency and Philadelphia OIC. Last year, PEA was selected for a $1.25 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to train more than 100 students in three years.
"I've been on numerous jobs with my instructor since graduating, and I've only graduated last Friday," said Anwar Ahmaddiya, a 39-year-old contractor that joined a solar training because he realized it was an opportunity to expand his business while doing something good for the environment.
Ahmaddiya said he already has two jobs lined up, one in North Carolina and one in Maryland. His plan is to get a North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners Board Certification for solar professionals and double his monthly income.
Hanifah Davis El, 49, said she joined a training for the same reasons. She has five kids to support and wanted a skill that could increase her job opportunities.
"I think it will be a win-win," she said. "I will fulfill my mother's concerns of having a retirement plan, I will definitely contribute to doing my part for my environment, my planet, and I'll provide jobs for my children and other children," Davis El said.
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Central Africa is an area that is filled to the brim with societies and cultures that influence fashion, music and culture not just within the continent but also around the world.
Countries like Gabon, Congo, The Central African Republic and Cameroon each possess various aspects which individually identifies each country apart from religion, currency, sports and public figures.
Places like Africa's Eden in Gabon or Bangui artisans' market in the Central African Republic are places worth visiting. Plus, it's basically summer all year round since the countries in Central Africa are located near the Equator.
Located in West Gabon, Loango National Park is a relatively new eco-tourist destination. Loango National Park is also the only place in Africa where you can see whales, chimps, gorillas and elephants in one park.
In Loango you get to enjoy wildlife on the beach, Savannah, swamp and forest in a single day. The park offers accommodation at its main lodge as well as several satellite camps situated around the park.
Travel to the town of Zinga, located on the banks of the Ubangi River (which is one of CAR's biggest tributaries) and view some of the ancient traditional wooden houses, which served as homes for many Africans from previous generations.
The best way to get the experience of travelling to the town of Zinga like its people is by grabbing a motorboat or traditional canoe from the town of Bangui – a town that's located 100km north of Zinga.
Step back in time when you visit Bouar and check out the town's upright monoliths which are called Tajunu – a location which marks the grounds of ancient burial mounds.
Standing as tall as five metres, the burial mounds date back as far back as the Neolith times – which makes them around the same age as England's Stonehenge.
Although it is considered a West African country, there are parts of Cameroon which border on Central Africa – and one of those parts is one of Cameroon's most famous natural landmarks: Mount Cameroon.
Known as Mongo ma Ndemi ("Mountain of Greatness") to the people of Cameroon, Mount Cameroon is considered to be West and Central Africa's highest point, reaching as high as 4,040 metres.
Although Mount Cameroon is an active volcano, its last eruption occurred in the year 2000. There are several trails on the mountain.
The oldest and steepest trail is the Guinness Trail named after an annual marathon race that used to be sponsored by Guinness Beer.
Porters and guides are compulsory on this 2-3 day trek. Basic huts and camps can be found on the main trails.
The main route passes through farmland, rainforest, montane forests, savannah and finally, reaches the rocky summit.