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Lil Duval
Real Name/Full Name Roland Powell
Nick Name/Celebrated Name: Lil Duval
Birth Place: Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Date Of Birth/Birthday: 12 June 1977
Age/How Old (at the time of death): 44 years old
Height/How Tall: In Centimeters – 157 cm
In Feet and Inches – 5′ 2″
Weight: In Kilograms – 58.96kg
In Pounds – 129.9 lbs
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Parents Name: Father- N/A
Mother- N/A
Siblings: Yes(Rolanda)
School: First Coast High School
College: N/A
Religion: N/A
Girlfriend: N/A
Wife/Spouse Name: N/A
Kids/Children Name: Yes (Nyla)
Profession: Stand-up comedian, Recording artist, Actor
Net Worth: $2 million
Roland Powell is a stand-up comedian and recording artist based in America. He is famously known as Lil Duval. His funny effects can make anyone roll on the floor howling. He is frequent on MTV and has been a significant comedian on Hollywood shows and movies. Lil is a philosopher too. He has hosted "Ain't That America" on MTV.
Well, how well do you know about Lil Duval? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Lil Duval's net worth in 2022, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if you're all set, here is what we know about Lil Duval to date.
Biography and Early Life
Lil Duval took birth in "Jacksonville, Florida" on 12 June 1977. His family's descent was African-American, with a touch of Bahamian lineage from his grandfather's side. Lil is very attached to his mother's soil and his land that he took up the name of Duval County in Florida. Hence, he is called Lil Duval as a performer. He moved to Atlanta in Georgia after the completion of high school. After the relocation, he began taking part in his comedic pursue formally. Finally, he attained his breakthrough.
So, how old is Lil Duval in 2022 and what is his height and weight? Well, Lil Duval's age is 44 years old as of today's date 19th January 2022 having been born on 12 June 1977. Though, he is 5′ 2″ in feet and inches and 157cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 129.9lbs in Pound and 58.96kg in Kilograms.
Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids
Lil Duval's personal life has been kept concealed by himself. We know very little about his affairs, romances, or love lives. It is, however, learned that he has a sister called Rolanda in his own family. It is also found that Lil has a daughter named Nyla. But, very little is known of his mother. It is said that he had a relationship with Nyle's mother for at least a year.
This information was found on his Instagram post that he had a divorce and was married for seven years, but his wife lacked commitment which led to the couples' breakup. Some netizens believe that Duval had another affair. Anyway, he is single for the present moment. While at his performances, he keeps on sharing what he wants his partner to look like in personality and character, though mostly humour.
Like most of the other famous personalities present in the society, Lil Duval is also en educated guy. As far as Lil Duval's education is concerned, he went to the first coast high school and there not much information regarding his college. It is said that he used to excel in his studies since childhood.
Is Lil Duval Gay?
No, Lil is not gay. He is a straight person. Duval has a daughter called Nyle, and his mother and Lil have been married for seven years. Thus, it can be seen that he is a heterosexual, much like 93% per cent of the world's men population.
Lil had shared thoughts on the transgender woman, which had got quite controversial. The comedian had stated that he would probably assault a woman if he discovers that she is not straight or is transgender after hooking with her. He also said that such types of women must be jailed and fined to conceal their partners' true identities. This statement brought him huge threats, and some listeners were hell-bent on boycotting his show "The Breakfast Club." Duval, however, remained unapologetic.
Duval's career has been ten years, and he has appeared in some of the best movies in the last five years. Some of the films from his many notable ones include "School Dance," "Grow House," and "More Money, More Family."
Before everything Duval, had worked in the circles of comedy, showcasing himself as a "stand-up comedian." He was consistent at Atlanta's staple, a comedy centre Uptown, which made him quite famous. He part took in the Oakland Bay Area Competition and was inspired to do such by the Cedric Entertainer manager.
The performance was a hit, and he was asked to perform on the tour of Budweiser with Cedric and other new comedians. Cedric quickly realized the artists' talent and decided to get him participated in the TV special "Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup."
He became a finalist at the BET's competition of comedy called "Coming to the Stage." It also had cast Trae The Truth. After being a little more popular as a comedian, he appeared and starred in MTV shows and was relatively consistent. The shows were "Guy Code" and "Hip Hop Squares." He also hosted the show called "Ain't that America."
His first single music video is "Wat Dat Mouf Do." In2018, it was followed by "Smile Bitch (Living my Best life)," which featured Snoop and Ball.
His other works are "Clean Up Man," "School Dance," "The Trap,": Grow House," and many others.
Lil also was a writer at Ozone magazine, dedicating his work to the hip-hop music voice to the Southern artists.
Owing to his popularity and skills, Lil has been awarded total remuneration packages many times. Some of them include his shows on MTV. Lately, he was chosen to host BET networks for the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards. Also, Lil's fame is celebrated all over the world.
Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Lil Duval in January 2022
Lil Duval Net Worth
As of 2022, Lil is believed to have an estimated net worth of $2 million. He has amassed such fabulous wealth and fame through strong determination and hard work while working in comedy. His funds are also growing at a steady pace. Most of his earnings are from his shows and also through films and movie actings. Besides, he has been entirely consistent on MTV, which adds to his income.
Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know
His sister is married and is a gay
Lil has around 3.3 million Instagram fans.
His humorous appearance can make anyone roll on the carpet and laugh. Lil is magnificent when he is semi-naked without a shirt. He has been extremely thriving in his profession, which furnished him great out turns. But even after commencing a prosperous career and enjoying notoriety, he is down to earth, which makes him a great person. But his private life is still a puzzle. He may be wedded and have youngsters, but nothing is known and can be said with evidence.
With his successful comedy screenplays, Lіl Duvаl seems to be acquiring more caps. His career is at its peak, and in coming years, he is expected to deliver more enthusiastic shows and other parts of the entertainment for the people like us and with more powerful shows for people.
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Ann Patchett: 'If writers are to survive we must take responsibility for ourselves and our industry'
Hermione Hoby
The author discusses buying her own bookstore, the legacy of divorce and referring to herself in the third person
Sat 3 Sep 2016 10.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 22 Feb 2018 07.49 EST
'Oh, if I could free myself from the tyranny of good deeds' … Ann Patchett. Photograph: Heidi Ross/The Guardian
In the windowpane above Ann Patchett's desk is a small steel and enamel sign that reads: "What good shall I do this day?" This simple dictum is the engine of Patchett's world, both on the page and off. In the Orange prize‑winning Bel Canto, comradeship, love and creativity bloom among terrorists and hostages; in 2011's artful State of Wonder, a sensible research scientist faces not just the snakes and other terrors of the Amazonian jungle, but the dragon of her former medical lecturer.
"I have been shown so much kindness in my life, so for me to write books about good, kind people seems completely natural," Patchett says. "When people say, 'Oh it's too nice, it's naive,' I just think: who killed your mother?"
It violates a literary taboo to write fiction that suggests people might be fundamentally good. For the 52-year-old Patchett, however, the real taboo was writing about her family. Commonwealth, her seventh novel, published this week, spans 50 years and two families, the Cousinses and the Keatings, whose common fate is set in motion at a gin-soaked christening party where Albert Cousins kisses Beverley Keating.
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett review – it started with a kiss
Today, the good that Patchett will do involves picking up a journalist from Nashville's airport and devoting her whole day to zipping around town in her little silver Prius, showing said journalist her world. Even if she hadn't published an essay, "The Mercies", about her schooling with the Sisters of Mercy, you might guess that Patchett had been raised by nuns. She exudes that sleeves-rolled, get-on-with it capability, paired with the clarity and occasional ferocity of true righteousness. To watch her in action is to hear the Mother Abbess from The Sound of Music singing, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain". Patchett climbs every mountain, but she will also mutter an occasional, and deliciously un-nun-like, "fuck!"
What do you do when the bookstores in your hometown all shut down? If you're Patchett, you open one yourself. In 2011, she founded Parnassus Books, an idyll in a strip mall, with her business partner, Karen Hayes. She has since become a rallying voice for independent bookstores.
You cannot come in, then go home and buy the book on Amazon. If you do, I will hunt you down
"I feel that writers are treated like orchids: they keep us in the hothouse, they mist us and attend to our every need, but if this system is going to work, if we are going to survive, we need to come out of the hothouse and take responsibility for ourselves and for the health of the industry."
She takes a firm line. When customers visit the bookstore and tell her Amazon is cheaper: "I'm like, 'You cannot come in, soak up what we have, talk to the staff, get recommendations, then go home and buy the book on Amazon. If you do, I will hunt you down and smack you around.' Somehow," she adds with a grin, "Ann Patchett can say that in a way that your regular bookstore owner can't."
She leads the way to the offices at the back, where young women work with dogs at their feet and on their laps. One of the clerks pokes her head around the door and tells Patchett that there's an Australian fan here who would really like to meet her.
"All right, here we go," and Patchett heads out to the floor to sign four copies for her fan. Later, she tells me that when people tell her how much they love her books, "I'm smiling, and I'm grateful, but I almost don't know what they're talking about. It's so far away, and what I am thinking at that moment, is: I hope I am fixing my face in a way that I look engaged and grateful."
She and her husband, the surgeon Karl Vandevender, talk about "Ann Patchett" in the third person, as do her friends and colleagues at the bookstore. "They'll say: 'Oh, we need Ann Patchett for something', and I'll go: 'I'll see if I can conjure her up'. 'Ann Patchett'," she says definitively, "is the brand. I've got to put that away at the end of the day."
All of her novels, she explains, are the same story: a group of people are thrown together and must forge connections to survive. "I've been writing the same book my whole life – that you're in one family, and all of a sudden, you're in another family and it's not your choice and you can't get out." Finally, she asked herself: "I wonder if I wrote the story that I'm so carefully not writing, if I might be free of it?"
I wonder, if I wrote the story that I'm so carefully not writing, might I be free of it?
As soon as she began working on Commonwealth, the story of her own parents' divorce and her subsequent life with stepsiblings, she announced her intentions to her family. That's brave, I say.
"Yeah, it is. It was also really smart." She told them: "'I don't want to cut off a part of my life any more. I don't want to not have access to my own experience because I don't want to put anybody out. I want to be able to grow. And, I feel, until I get this done, I'm not going to grow.' And everybody said: 'You go, girl!'"
Patchett concedes that, until this point, she'd been "very self-congratulatory" over not having written a book about her family, which "seemed like the weak, easy thing to do". Then she read an essay by Jonathan Franzen in which he insisted that the novelist has to do what scares him the most and, for him, that had been writing about his family. "When I read that, I thought: oh, nothing would scare me more. I would happily ride down the Amazon in a canoe and deal with snakes [as she did to research State of Wonder] rather than face my family."
In the title essay of her 2013 non-fiction collection, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, she details the lineage of divorce in her own family, including her own at the age of 25, and her eventual marriage to Vandevender. There is a sense in that essay, which moves in steady, clear-eyed increments, of a writer willing herself into facing and articulating hard truths, of which this is paramount: "Divorce is the history lesson, that thing that must be remembered in order not to be repeated. Divorce is the rock upon which this church is built."
She recalls sweat pouring down her face as she wrote it, while she experienced the distinct sensation that she was "sitting in the middle of the highway in the dark, with a legal pad, thinking: I'm going to get squashed by a truck".
She writes candidly, for example, that she, her sister and their stepsiblings "weren't the products of our parents' happy marriages: we were the flotsam of their divorces". In Commonwealth, that flotsam is the "fierce little tribe" of the six Cousins and Keating children, each of whom corresponds to her own stepsiblings.
"It's like chess pieces," she says, as she explains that each character stood in for a real family member. In this way, "it was very easy for me to keep track of everyone over 50 years. And really, I gave everybody a better life, by a large margin. The people in the book somehow represented my dearest wishes for all the people."
It's dedicated to Mike Glasscock, her stepbrother, reimagined here as Albie, the youngest, whom the others find so annoying that they drug him with Benadryl to make him sleep for hours. Years later, as a bike messenger and recovering heroin user, Albie chances upon a novel called Commonwealth by a writer called Leo Posen. He realises it is about two families, his own, about "the inestimable burden of their lives: the work, the houses, the friendships, the marriages, the children, as if all the things they'd wanted and worked for had cemented the impossibility of any sort of happiness". He wonders: "Isn't that what everyone wants, just for a moment to be unencumbered?"
With every book I think: well, if this one's really successful, maybe I won't have to make dinner any more
"It's certainly my selfish desire," Patchett laughs. Franny, whom "the nuns had led to believe that God gave preference to people who did things the hard way", is a cocktail waitress when she first meets the famous novelist Posen. ("Who wants to have a novel about a novelist?" Patchett groans. "But that's the way it turned out.") He becomes so drunk that she must help him up to his hotel room, where he has "only enough time left to ask for one more favor, which Franny thought was the deepest difference between women and men". Later, that dynamic is amplified in scenes set in the Hamptons, Long Island, where Franny finds herself expected to single-handedly make dinner and drinks for growing hordes of Posen's guests. They're some of the funniest of the book.
"You wanna talk about which part of this book is autobiographical?" Patchett says. "That part. How exhausting it is, as a woman, to always be the one who has to make the food and change the beds. No matter how enlightened, how much of a feminist I am, I am still doing all of it. [With] every book I think: well, if this one's really successful, maybe I won't have to make dinner any more," she laughs. "Maybe I'll finally understand how to not do this any more, because it's my fault. It's not only gender, but the 12 years of Catholic school and being trained to be a good servant. I believe in this, I really believe that the greatest thing you can do is to serve."
"Oh, if I could free myself from the tyranny of good deeds," she mock‑laments. "Oh, there would be no stopping me. I could be Tolstoy without good deeds. I could really be something."
Over lunch she tells me that she read a Charles Bukowski poem that morning that ends "those who/ succeed/ know/ this secret:/ there isn't/ one." It's stayed with her, perhaps because writing, more than any other art form, is susceptible to "rules", chief among them being to write every day.
"Don't you think men are the ones that always say that?" she says. "I'm not sure I've heard a woman say you have to write every day. They're too busy making dinner. I go through long periods of time when I don't write, and I'm fine. Writing is an amazing place to hide, to go into the rabbit hole and pull the trap door down over your head. I want to have time in my life when I don't have that cover."
She also insists that "there are things that are a lot more important than me writing a novel". For example: "If somebody said, OK, you can either write five more great novels, or you can make sure that the people who work in bookstores have health insurance and have some place to go if they need help because they're broke. At this point I might really go for the good. Nothing fuels the good of the world like happiness, and the thing that makes me feel really alive is figuring out how I can frighten other people into doing good."
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn - February 13, 2008 - Compellent Technologies, Inc. announced today its financial results for the 4th quarter and full year ended December 31, 2007.
FREMONT, CA - February 13, 2008 - SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. today announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Adtron Corp.
Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies, this all cash transaction is valued at approximately $20 million with up to an additional $15 million should certain calendar year 2008 financial and operational performance goals be achieved. The acquisition is expected to close on or about February 15, 2008.
Editor's comments:- Adtron was one of the Top 10 Solid State Disk OEMs in Q407.
Pleasanton, CA – February 12, 2008 – Prosoft Engineering, Inc. announces the availability of Drive Genius 2, the award-winning $99 hard drive maintenance utility for the Mac.
Diamond Bar, Calif - February 12, 2008 - Advanced Media, Inc. announced that its 32GB Ridata Solid State Turbo Drives will be available for purchase at all 34 Fry's Electronics stores this month.
Editor's comments:- while I agree that SSDs going retail is an important milestone for the storage industry (and I am a notorious evangelist for SSDs) in my view the timescale for SSDs "eventually replacing hard disks" is still a long way off.
Yes they are replacing hard disks in some applications - but the hard disk market will continue growing. Trying to predict the exact timescale for hard disk extinction is like trying to predict who will be the next President of the United States after the next guy (or girl).
BTW I'm still puzzled that notebook SSD makers haven't yet promoted the absence of disk fragmentation lethargy for their products. Most notebook customers already own a notebook which was a lot faster when they bought it. They might be more interested in a new product which doesn't slow down 6 months after buying it - than in the transient shopaholic thrill of a new notebook which is fleetingly faster or greener.
MILPITAS, Calif - February 12, 2008 - QLogic Corp. and LSI Corp today announced that the 2 companies will be working together to cross-certify their InfiniBand based products.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida - February 11, 2008 - DataCore Software today brought to market Virtual Infrastructure Foundation PLUS.
Spain - February 11, 2008 - SanDisk Corp today announced a 16GB iNAND embedded flash drive which is being showcased this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
iNAND 16GB is expected to be available for sampling to mobile handset vendors in Q2 2008, with iNAND 32GB slated for introduction in H2 2008.
CHATSWORTH, Calif - February 11, 2008 - Aleratec Inc. today announced its new 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS, a LightScribe-enabled disc publisher supporting Blu-ray recording.
MCP Flash Report - to be or NOR to be?
Los Gatos, CA - February 8, 2008 - Objective Analysis has completed a new study entitled - Flash Packaging: What Phone Makers Want & Why.
This 32-page report is an in-depth review of the flash MCP market for cell phone handsets and looks into the reasons that OEMs choose the chip configurations they do. One finding - flash multichip packages are predominantly NOR/RAM configurations today and are likely to remain that way for the next few years.


An fairly easy to identify Agaric with its blushing stem and flesh.
Spherical when young becoming convex. Pale brown fibre-like lines turning into small scales over a paler background. Any bruising or damage to the cap turns almost immediately to a striking red colour, see photos above.
Gills off-white becoming grey to red to dark brown. Crowded.
White when young turning pale tan/grey. Can have a bulbous base.
A large, smooth and loose skirt.
White staining very red when cut and eventually fading to brown.
Coniferous woodland but can be found with deciduous trees.
Agaricus haemorroidarius which grows in deciduous woodland and is also edible. Tricholoma vaccinum has no ring and the gills are more red/brown. It is also edible but poor.
Excellent, mushroomy. Should be cooked before consumption.


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Extra Space Storage (EXR) Down 4.2% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?
A month has gone by since the last earnings report for Extra Space Storage (EXR). Shares have lost about 4.2% in that time frame, underperforming the S&P 500.
Will the recent negative trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Extra Space Storage due for a breakout? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at the most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important drivers.
Extra Space Storage Q3 FFO Meets, Revenues Top Estimates
Extra Space Storage's third-quarter 2019 core FFO per share of $1.24 came in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The figure also came in 3.3% higher than the prior-year quarter's $1.20.
Results reflect growth in same-store NOI. Further, it witnessed higher net rental rates for customers amid headwinds from new supply. Though occupancy was near all-time highs, it remained flat with the same period in 2018. Also, the company experienced increases in marketing expenses and property taxes.
Quarterly revenues of $337.5 million climbed 10% year over year. The revenue figure also exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $332.7 million.
Same-store rental revenues increased 3.3% year over year to $262.7 million during the third quarter, while same-store NOI was up 2.1% to $189 million. This upswing in same-store revenues stemmed from higher net rental rates for customers. Same-store square foot occupancy was 93.8% as of Sep 30, 2019, unchanged from the same period in 2018.
Notably, during the reported quarter, Cincinnati, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Oklahoma City and Phoenix were the major markets, which registered revenue growth above the company's portfolio average.
Nonetheless, markets, including Charleston, Denver, Houston, Miami, Tampa and West Palm Beach/Boca Raton, performed below the company's portfolio average.
Portfolio Activity
Extra Space Storage acquired one store at the completion of construction, for around $16.8 million. Moreover, in association with joint-venture partners, the company acquired three operating stores as well as completed one development for a total cost of about $29.3 million. Of this, the company invested $11.1 million.
Also, Extra Space Storage added 42 stores (gross) to its third-party management platform. As of Sep 30, 2019, the company managed 630 stores for third-party owners. Furthermore, with additional 247 stores owned in joint ventures, total stores under management summed 877.
Notably, on Aug 1, the company started leasing an additional five stores under its net lease agreements with W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC - Research Report) , denoting the second of three bunches of stores that will be leased to the company by W.P. Carey. So far, 27 of the 36 previously-disclosed net leases have started.
Extra Space Storage exited third-quarter 2019 with roughly $62.3 million of cash and cash equivalents, up from the $57.5 million recorded at the end of 2018. As of Sep 30, 2019, the company's percentage of fixed-rate debt to total debt was 77.2%. Notably, in July, it amended its unsecured credit facility, and enhanced borrowings by $500 million, to a total of up to $1.85 billion in aggregate borrowings.
During the September-end quarter, the company sold 849,200 shares of common stock using its ATM program at an average price of $119.30, for net proceeds of $100.1 million. Finally, as of Sep 30, 2019, Extra Space Storage had $298.6 million available for issuance under its ATM program.
Extra Space Storage anticipates full-year 2019 core FFO per share of $4.84-$4.87. The company projects same-store revenue growth of 3-3.5% and same-store NOI growth of around 2.25-3% for the current year (excluding tenant reinsurance).
How Have Estimates Been Moving Since Then?
In the past month, investors have witnessed an upward trend in fresh estimates.
VGM Scores
At this time, Extra Space Storage has an average Growth Score of C, however its Momentum Score is doing a bit better with a B. However, the stock was allocated a grade of F on the value side, putting it in the bottom 20% quintile for this investment strategy.
Overall, the stock has an aggregate VGM Score of D. If you aren't focused on one strategy, this score is the one you should be interested in.
Estimates have been trending upward for the stock, and the magnitude of these revisions looks promising. Notably, Extra Space Storage has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). We expect an in-line return from the stock in the next few months.
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Stock futures fell in pre-market trading as traders considered details of President-elect Joe Biden's newly unveiled stimulus proposal and weighed the likelihood of the package getting advanced quickly through Congress. COVID-19 concerns also flared anew, and stay-in-place restrictions tightened across parts of Europe.
Wells Fargo posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings but the stock slumped in premarket trading after revenue came in below forecasts. The San Francisco-based bank reported net income of $2.
JPMorgan Says Hydrogen Stock Plug Power Trades At 'Steep Price,' Downgrades FuelCell Energy
Hydrogen power company Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ: PLUG) is both a first mover and fast mover in the hydrogen fuel cell space, but the stock trades a "steep price," according to JPMorgan.The Plug Power Analyst: Paul Coster initiated coverage of Plug Power with a Neutral rating and $60 price target.The Plug Power Thesis: Plug Power has been an early player in the $200-billion electrification of the transportation and logistics market, Coster said in a Thursday initiation note.The company is able to back up its year of operation with a proven proton exchange membrane technology, a strong balance sheet, and large customers and partners, the analyst said.This gives the company a compelling path to make $1.2 billion in sales by 2024 and generate a profit, he said. In fact, Plug Power's recent SK Group and Renault partnerships could lift its 2024 sales outlook to $1.7 billion, and revenue growth will continue to accelerate in 2025, Coster said. Yet JPMorgan's $60 price target is based on a discounted valuation model of 60 times the EV/2025 EBITDA forecast of $534 million."Welcome to hydrogen fuel cell investing," the analyst said. Related Link: Why Plug Power's Lead In Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Space Could Create 'Outsized Winner'Why JPMorgan Is Downgrading FuelCell: Separately, Coster downgraded FuelCell Energy Inc's (NASDAQ: FCEL) stock rating from Neutral to Underweight.The stock is up 70% since the start of 2021 and more than 800% over the last year. Shares are trading at around 50 times price/forward sales and are "richly valued" compared to peers, the analyst said. "At this point we expect the stock to underperform the mean of our coverage over the next 6-12 months, though we remain constructive regarding the Alt Energy sector in general." PLUG, FCEL Price Action: Shares of Plug Power lost 4.26% in Thursday's session, closing at $66.54, while FuelCell Energy plunged 8.05% to $17.60. Photo courtesy of Plug Power. Latest Ratings for FCEL DateFirmActionFromTo Jan 2021JP MorganDowngradesNeutralUnderweight Jan 2021JefferiesInitiates Coverage OnHold Dec 2020Canaccord GenuityInitiates Coverage OnHold View More Analyst Ratings for FCEL View the Latest Analyst RatingsSee more from Benzinga * Click here for options trades from Benzinga * Plug Power CEO Highlights Democratic Senate Win, SK Contract(C) 2021 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
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Man Who Used Grindr To Assault And Rob Gay Men Gets 15-Year Prison Sentence
Four men entered the homes of their victims, restrained them with tape, and insulted them for their sexual orientation before robbing them at gunpoint.
Last year, four men pleaded guilty to robbing and assault gay men they found on the social media app Grindr. Now, one of the perpetrators, Nigel Garrett, pictured at left, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
According to the DOJ official website, Garrett admitted to the crime as part of a plea agreement. He said the group found men on the app and entered their homes with the purpose of hurting them. The victims were restrained with tape, physically assaulted, and mocked for their sexual orientation. Property and motor vehicles were stolen by the group, who threatened the victims with firearms.
Anthony Shelton (pictured at rigth), Chancler Encalade, and Cameron Ajiduah are the other three men named as perpetrators. An eighteen count indictment was issued against the four. Charges included hate crimes, kidnappings, carjackings, and the use of firearms to commit violent crimes. The four home invasions occurred in Plano, Frisco, and Aubrey, Texas, between January 17 and February 7, 2017.
"Hate crimes are an attack on a fundamental principle of the United States to be free from fear of violence because of your sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, religion, or national origin," said Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Civil Rights Division. "The Department of Justice is committed to using every tool at its disposal to combat this type of violence."
"Violence, in any form, is an affront to the American principles of freedom and safety that our communities are entitled to," added Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. "The Department of Justice has made prosecution of violent crime a priority. The Eastern District of Texas, in prosecuting this case and others like it, intends to demonstrate that this priority is something more than just a slogan."
"You can be scared as a homeowner if your neighbor is robbed, but it's different if you feel like you're being targeted for some reason and in this case a whole community can feel like they're targeted," said North Texas Gay and Lesbian Alliance President Jeanne Rubin, commenting on the case.
According to Statesman.com, the other three implicated in the case are still awaiting sentencing.
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This year marks my third year since taking The Crafted Life full time, and it's such a incredible feeling to be able to expand the business like this. I can't even count the amount of time I've spent moving furniture and working on the ground outside for photoshoots, but I can tell you I am more than thrilled about (hopefully) never having to do that again.
I'll be sharing the space with one of my dearest friends here in Philly, Conrad of Streets Dept. If you're local, keep your eye out for some fun workshops coming later this year!
My hope is that not only will I be able to push out more original tutorials for you guys, but that it gives me the flexibility to have those creative shoots, just for the hell of it. Everything feels so heavy right now, especially after last week, and I'm counting on a little art therapy to get me through.
I also can't wait to show you more of the space, aside from these immediate iPhone snaps. You just know a good before and after is coming. But for now, it's time to move boxes of paint and glitter in and get to work!
Thank you so, so much! I'm so excited!
Freakin awesome news! And that studio looks amazing – congrats girl!!
Congrats girlfriend!! Can't wait to come visit!!!
OMG thanks Jenelle! I would LOVE that! PS are you heading to Craftcation this year?
YAYYYYY!!! I'll keep my eye open for workshops. I'm excited.
Yayyy!! Congratulations! I'm glad you have a bright spot in this hellscape of a week! I will definitely keep my eye out for workshops, etc!
Thank you so much Juliaaaa!
Yay, Rachel! What lovely news… Can't wait to see what you do with the space!
Wow, it's beautiful too – congrats!
Hannah, you sweet woman you! Thank you so much!
Congrats on the new space!! I can't wait to see the amazing things you do there.
You are so sweet, thanks Regina! Be sure to check in if you're ever in the area!
Rachel, this is gorgeous! How fun. I've always wanted to go to Philly. If I make it out, I'll have to stop by and say hello.


That's awesome Joan. I like your plan to beat the heat too. Thanks for stopping by!
The excitement shines through your words. Vibrant photos, too! What a great time, what a thrill! Sounds like a great plan for a summer tradition. My husband would surely love doing such a thing. I'm game, when it comes to baseball, but not sure I'd say I was a "fan," only because I don't know enough about it. I love to travel and have no experiences, though, so I'd definitely be up for such an addition to our mutual bucket list.
Aww, thanks for your kind comments Lisa. Maybe learning about baseball can become an avenue to add to your travels. Thanks for stopping by.


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Here we go again… ten more movie reviews!
A beautiful, smart, though-provoking work of science fiction. Arrival sees twelve mysterious pods descending upon seemingly random locations on Earth, and linguist Louise (Amy Adams) is tasked with discovering what these visitors want and why they're truly here. This film is definitely slow to start with, but builds with mystery and tension as it progresses. I was shocked (and pleased) by how the film ended, and felt like I had just watched a sc-fi classic. The performances are outstanding, the story is compelling, and Denis Villeneuve's direction is precise.
A stand-out film from Brian de Palma, Blow Out centers on Jack Terry (John Travolta), a sound recordist who is trying to find the perfect scream for a horror movie he's currently working on. After witnessing a gruesome blow out during a night of recording, Jack becomes enmeshed in a twisted conspiracy and a media firestorm.
Travolta is fantastic as Jack, but Nancy Allen's performance as Sally, the woman Jack saves, was grating and got on my nerves. The plot is excellent, as is the direction and cinematography. This is a brilliant film that is only let down by the performance of its central female character.
Terry Zwigoff's adaptation of Daniel Clowes' graphic novel is a biting, colorful, and surprisingly emotional cinematic experience. The story follows Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), who have just graduated from high school. They're bored, so one day they decide to play a prank on a man named Seymour (Steve Buscemi), who has listed an ad in the classifieds of the local paper, trying to find a mysterious woman he met. They pretend to be this woman, and lure him to a local diner, only for him to be stood up by the woman he thought he was meeting. Enid starts to feel guilty, though, and strikes up a friendship with Seymour.
I loved the performances, and thoroughly enjoyed how the character arcs for Enid and Rebecca changed as the film went along. Seeing them transition from bratty teenagers to mature young women who start to grasp who they really are was wonderful. Steve Buscemi added a beating heart to the film, adding empathy and nuance. The cinematography is stunning, and the dialogue is witty. A gem of a film that deserves more love.
Check out my review of It Comes at Night for my full thoughts!
A beautiful, moving historical film, A Royal Affair follows Caroline Mathilde (a luminous Alicia Vikander) as she is betrothed to King Christian VII (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard). Christian is horrific, and Caroline feels trapped in a loveless marriage. She soon falls for their new physician, Dr. Johann Struensee (Mads Mikkelsen), which quickly ushers in severe consequences.
The performances are what make this movie shine. Vikander is brilliant as Caroline, painting her as a woman who is frustrated with the path her life has taken her on, but still portraying her as likable. Mikkelsen is heartbreakingly wonderful as Dr. Struensee, while Følsgaard portrays King Christian VII in an incredibly abrasive, grating way. The costumes and set designs are lavish, and the story moves along at a slow, yet fascinating, pace. A sumptuous treat.
Based on Robert Graysmith's novel, this film follows the case of the Zodiac killer, a serial killer who evaded the police and left the nation intrigued (and terrified). David Fincher's directorial style is brisk, in-depth, and focused on the people who were trying to crack the case of the Zodiac killer. Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., and Mark Ruffalo are brilliant, and even though this film is over two and a half hours long, it flew by in the blink of an eye. A gripping, absorbing film that demands to be watched.
Robert Rodriguez' first film, El Mariachi follows a, well, mariachi as he tries to find a job. The problem? There's a killer who dresses in black and carries a guitar case filled with weapons, whom he's confused with. He then has to run for his life. Can't a guy just play his guitar in peace?! Geez.
For a debut film that was made for $7,000 and completely directed, edited, written, and produced by the director himself, this is a solid first film. It's entertaining, and you care about the mariachi. Sure, it's rough around the edges, but it's one hell of a ride.
The second entry in the badass John Wick franchise, Chapter Two finds our titular assassin pulled back into the underworld that he has fought so hard to disassociate himself with. This time, he's more pissed off and prepared than ever, and carnage and claret flows freely. A top-notch action/thriller with a hell of a turn from Keanu Reeves, this movie begs you to watch it, while dazzling you with its beautiful aesthetic and gut-punching you with its combat.
The sequel to El Mariachi, Desperado follows the mariachi (now played by a babe-a-licious Antonio Banderas) as he seeks vengeance for what happened in the previous film. Full of awesome celebrity cameos, gory deaths, balls to the wall combat, and guitar cases that aren't as they appear, this is a hell of a ride.
Based on Fredrik Backman's bestselling novel, A Man Called Ove is a faithful adaptation that still manages to tug on your heartstrings. The film follows Ove (Rolf Lassgård), a man who wants to commit suicide after his beloved wife Sonja (Ida Engvoll) passes away. As he attempts to take his life, though, his neighbors start to pester him. As the film rolls along, Ove's life is unraveled via flashbacks, and it becomes apparent why he's so grumpy and committed to taking his own life. But this isn't just a film about someone wanting to die. A Man Called Ove is also about family, friendship, and ultimately, how our lives shape us into the people we are today. Absolutely beautiful and heart-wrenching. Grab tissues.


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Although she was one of the most powerful and moving of the jazz singers, Dinah Washington suffered more than most from unimaginative and erratic backings. Many of her EmArcy recordings, notably those with Clifford Brown or Clark Terry on trumpet, had outstanding performances, but her collections were compromised by unsuitable accompaniment. This set of 12 blues gives a lop-sided picture in that it doesn't include any of her ballad performances. However, the basic big band settings allow the power and verve of her singing to come through, and confirm her as the best of the women singers with blues material.
During the 1950s she had been regarded as an R&B performer but arranger and band-leader Fred Norman wrote these fine 1962 jazz settings for her shortly before her death. The material is strong and Washington soars and swings, her voice reaching many of the potent climaxes for which she was so highly regarded. The material runs through much of the traditional repertoire _ Big Bill Broonzy, Leroy Carr and Lil Green being represented _ and there is a nine-minute "Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning" that is unique in her discography.
Dinah Washington, vocals
Illinois Jacquet, Eddie Chamblee, tenor saxophone
Jack Wilson, Patti Bown, piano
Jimmy Sigler, organ
Everett Barksdale, Billy Butler, guitar
George Duvivier, bass
Jimmy Thomas, Osie Johnson, drums.
Arranged and conducted by Fred Norman
Produced by Henry Glover
Recorded at Bell Sound Studios, New York, March _ November 1962
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2. Romance In The Dark
3. You've Been A Good Old Wagon
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5. How Long, How Long Blues
6. Don't Come Running Back To Me
7. It's A Mean Old Man's World
8. Key To The Highway
9. If I Never Get To Heaven
10. Duck Before You Drown
11. No Hard Feelings
12. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
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Carlos Kleiber – Beethoven: Symphony No 5 In C minor, Op. 67
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Story by Teya Penniman | Photography by Alexander Wild & courtesy of the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC)
Enticed by the tropics? Delight in sumptuous meals others prepare? Like to explore new places with family and friends? You could be the target of an ad campaign by the Maui visitor industry. Or you might be a recent and most unwelcome arrival, a distant relative of wasps and bees: the little fire ant.
Ants are native to most places in the world, but not Hawai'i. Today nearly sixty ant species call our islands home; many are considered "tramps," critters that excel at using humans to move about, tagging along in our luggage, plants, and cargo. Most of these malihini (newcomers) are a mere nuisance, forming Lilliputian highways along kitchen counters, or engaging in short-lived feeding frenzies around some other uninvited guest. Not so the terror-inducing Wasmannia auropunctata, named for an Austrian entomologist who studied what he called "the most intelligent arthropods — ants."
This particular specimen is pretty smart: it's really good at getting other creatures to make its food, and it's capable of setting up a satellite colony in a space as small as a macadamia nutshell. Its size, only as long as a penny is thick, makes it hard to detect, yet it packs a ridiculously powerful punch. Its painful, burning sting causes skin irritations and itching that last for days, or longer.
Native to Central and South America, the ants live in trees as well as the ground, but don't hang on very well. A mere brush against a lychee branch or standing in the shade of a mango tree on a blustery day can result in a rain of fire. In some infested places of the world, farmers have a hard time keeping employees. People report being stung in their homes and beds. Pets, wildlife and livestock also suffer — the ants are linked to increased blindness in cats and dogs.
Industrious creatures, little fire ants "farm" colonies of sap-sucking insects such as aphids; with a stroke of their antennae, they induce the bugs to secrete drops of sweet nectar, good for the ant, but bad news for plant health and crop yields. In some forested areas of New Caledonia now dominated by this minute menace, scientists report a near-total absence of other invertebrates.
The little fire ant was first seen in Hawai'i on the Big Island in 1999. Many colonies are now established on the Hilo side. Farmers in the Kona region are struggling to keep the threat contained. University of Hawai'i researchers are developing control options for homeowners and businesses, but treatments to keep the pests at bay will likely need to be forever. Control in unmanaged wild lands does not seem feasible. Eradication efforts are under way on a twelve-acre site on Kaua'i; a one-acre infestation on Maui appears to have been extinguished.
State agriculture inspectors' recent detection of the ants on cut flowers and ti leaves from the Big Island, and the discovery of the ants in hapu'u tree ferns at stores on Maui and O'ahu, have raised the alarm that the ants will become unstoppable throughout Hawai'i. The best hope for halting their spread is the same as the source: humans.
If infestations are found early, it's possible to extinguish the flame before it becomes an inferno. State officials are urging everyone to become familiar with what the little fire ant looks and feels like, and how to test for it. There are other stinging ants here, including the tropical fire ant, but this one is aptly named — it's miniscule. For more information or to watch a short film about the problem, visit www.lfa-hawaii.com.
Spot the Ant, Stop the Ant
Testing is easy. Smear a dab of peanut butter on a chopstick. Lay it next to a plant or other suspect area. Wait forty-five minutes. If you see small, orange-brown ants, put the chopstick in a ziplock bag, freeze it and contact 643-PEST (7378) or 573-MISC (6472). Test any new plants you bring home. Ask your nursery if they're testing for little fire ants. Buy local. Buy Maui grown.
Teya Penniman
Maui Magazine
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Looking for a place to take the family for a quick getaway? I would suggest visiting Phoenix. Check out our suggestions of where to stay, which restaurants to try, and fun things to do in Phoenix with the kids for a quick weekend getaway or even a week long one.
Fly – Phoenix is 1hr 15mins away from Los Angeles Airport.
Sheraton Grand Phoenix – We stayed here. It's central to a lot of places to visit in Downtown Phoenix including the Children's Museum of Phoenix, Talking Stick Resort Arena (Phoenix Suns game), Chase Field, etc. You can walk to some of the Phoenix attractions or it's a quick cab drive away.
There's some restaurants in the strip mall in front of the hotel plus a Starbucks and a cinema. Your room will have an amazing view as this hotel is really high. There are a lot of rooms in this hotel so you'd have a good chance of booking a room if you're booking last minute for a quick getaway to Phoenix. Parking and breakfast is extra.
Spring Hill Suites Marriott Phoenix – We didn't stay here but it would have been a good deal and location is also really good. This is the closes hotel to the Children's Museum of Phoenix and the famous Pizzeria Bianco restaurant. Free breakfast and parking. This is a smaller hotel so it may be fully book if you're trying to book last minute.
Hyatt Regency Phoenix – I'd like to try this hotel on our next visit.
I saw Einstein Bros. Bagel at the ground floor, one of my faves. The hotel is in front of the Phoenix Convention Center and a really close walk to the Talking Stick Resort Arena and Chase Field and a lot of restaurants abound. The hotel has 2 queen bed type of rooms for families traveling to Phoenix and sharing a room. Parking and breakfast is extra.
Bobby Q – This is not in Downtown Phoenix and is quite a drive but it's totally worth it. The best cornbread we're tried to date, and I'm not even a huge fan of cornbread but this one won my heart. And yes, their BBQs are great too including the nice mini donuts they offer in the end. Tons of parking available is a plus. Great for a big group as well.
Check everything we ate at Bobby Q.
La Santisima – A hole in the wall restaurant to try when you're visiting Phoenix. It was suggested by my cousin's cousin and I'm so glad we got to try it. Just the number of available and unique salsas from the salsa bar alone is already worth the trip. Hubby said their Horchata was really good while I enjoyed all the different tacos they have. There's not a lot of available seats nor parking so try to get there early.
Pizzeria Bianco – It's very famous and was on our itinerary but unfortunately the wait was quite long and the kids were already hungry. If you're visiting Phoenix, try to get there early. Valet is available or just try to walk to it if you're staying at one of the hotels in Downtown Phoenix. You cannot order "to go".
Children's Museum of Phoenix – I'd have to say this place is not only fun, it's also well thought of. The way they re-use materials, the different things you can do, every tiny little detail was though of in designing this museum. It's a Must Visit!!! 3 floors of fun and has an outdoor area too.
Check all the fun things we did at Children's Museum of Phoenix.
Legoland Discovery Center – This is nothing like Legoland California that we're use to. It's indoor and is like a bigger version of a jungle gym but has some rides, LEGO 4D movie, etc. You can build legos and even eat there and if you still have a lot if time, you can also visit the SeaLife Aquarium next door. This is located in Tempe, AZ. Just a quick drive from Downtown Phoenix.
Watch a Basketball Game at Talking Stick Arena – We took the kids to their first basketball game. They got really bored, haha. But I'm sure the bigger kids would enjoy. Ours is a little too young.
Cerrata Chocolate Factory Tour – We went here on our way back home going West. It's in Glendale, AZ. It's a free chocolate factory tour and their brittles were really good. If you have time to spare, I'd say take the kids. If the kids want to make their chocolate pizza, it's only $12.50 each.
Our post on Cerrata Factory Tour will be posted next week.
Tour Downtown Phoenix on a Pedicab – We called for a pedicab service to give us a tour of Downtown Phoenix on our 1st night there. It's a great way to know where everything is. I forgot if we paid $20 or $40 but I highly recommend it as they really know all the spots. Just make sure to hold the kids tight, it's open with no seatbelt.
We did watch the movie "Sing" on one of the nights while we were in Phoenix since there was a cinema in front of our hotel. Our trip was a mix of site-seeing and just relaxing at the hotel. It was a really good trip.
There's still a lot of places to do, see and eat in Phoenix but I only want to recommend the ones we actually got to experience and the ones I know are highly rated and was on our itinerary. If we ever visit again, I'll add more to the list.


Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): On Thursday, the House of Representatives, passed the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act" (H.R. 5620). This bill ensures greater accountability at the VA and reforms the appeals process for VA disability benefits. This bill, introduced by House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (R-FL), is a broader bill than a stricter VA Accountability bill that the Senate had failed to act on.
Our Recent Action: IAVA-backed this bill and earlier this week, we contacted all 435 House Members asking for their support.
The Weeds: The "VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act" (H.R. 5620) strengthens the VA Secretary's ability to hold employees accountable for mismanagement or misconduct. The large majority of VA employees serve veterans with distinction, but there are employees whose poor performance or, at worst, gross negligence put veterans at risk. They need to be immediately removed from the VA to restore trust within the VA system. Shockingly, it takes six months to a year, or longer, to remove a permanent civil servant in the federal government.
This legislation also provides many improvements to the disability compensation appeals process desperately needed at the VA to better manage the appeals backlog. Reducing burdensome red tape will better serve veterans and their families and will improve efficiency within the VA. Veterans have made great sacrifices in service to our nation, and IAVA believes they deserve a VA that can provide the level of care they have earned.
Next steps: IAVA will push for the bill in the Senate and are hopeful that it will pass since the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Democrat Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) announced his support for the bill.
We need the Senate to take up and pass H.R. 5620 NOW!


e-Newsletter error: Cheatin' uh? Sorry, you are not allowed to customize this site.
When I try to create or edit a newsletter, I'm getting the error "Cheatin' uh?
Sorry, you are not allowed to customize this site."
I've searched the forums and although other's have had the same error I haven't yet found a solution.
1. I've updated my theme (from Elegant Themes) error was still there.
2. I have deactivated all plugins (5 at a time) to see if another plugin was causing conflict. The error was still there after refreshing the page each time to check again, on all plugins.
However, although the "Cheatin' uh..." message was still there, when the Simple Cache plugin was deactivated the error changed to "The requested theme does not exist". This did not go until Simple Cache was re-activated and then turned back on.
Another odd thing, when I deactivated, tested the e-Newsletter and re-activated Membership 2 Pro, a message appeared saying "Membership 2 Pro is set up for version 1.0.3.0!" I checked and the latest version is 1.0.3.3. Could this be an issue?
I have enabled support access in case anyone would like to take a closer look.
Did you try testing it while default WP theme is activated because e-Newsletter uses WP customizer and if your theme is affecting that customizer in any way it might be causing this issue?
Thanks for replying, I've just activated both the default theme, and twenty fifteen and the error is still there.
I have visited and checked your site and I noticed that when trying to edit newsletter (when the "cheatin'" message comes up) a "500 Internal Server Error" shows up in browser console. It looks like some resources are not loading properly and that might be causing the issue.
I checked you WP memory limit (which is often related to that) but it looks fine. I know that you already tried disabling plugin but I also noticed that there are two "extra" MU plugins and I suppose that you didn't try to disable those.
Could you please try that? To do this, please access your site using FTP (or cPanel's "File Manager" tool) and download this two files from "/wp-content/mu-plugins" folder: "maintenance-login.php" and "no-white-screen.php".
Once you got them downloaded to your local drive, remove them from /wp-content/mu-plugins folder, clear site's and browser's cache and see if E-Newsletter works or if it still gives an error.
If it works, upload back one of these files and check E-Newsletter again. If it's any of this MU plugins interfering, that will show us which one and we'll further investigate it.
Make sure that these lines are above the "/* That's all, stop editing */" line and then try editing newsletter again. It would give a "cheatin'" message but also a "debug.log" file should appear in the "/wp-content" folder on your server. Please download that file, rename it to "debug.txt" and attach to your replay here. Hopefully that will give us some clue on what's happening on site.
Right, I removed those 2 files, cleared history, tested, "cheatin hu" came back. Uploaded those 2 files back.
Opened wp-config and added that code but I saw other debug code already in there, but I added it anyway.
In the wp-content I saw a debug file from 2015 which I downloaded then renamed to allow a new debug to be created (not sure if this was the right thing to do).
I re-tested the newsletter but there was no new debug file created.
I have attached txt versions of both the debug and the wp-content to see if there's any clues in there.
The debug.log file includes data from 2015 so unfortunately it's of not much help. I think it's time to dig much deeper and that would mean that I'd need to be able to switch on/off any plugins on the site, switch themes, review files and database and possibly even change some configuration aspects of the site.
I understand that while this is a live site that might not be the best idea to work on it because it could cause some issues for end users, including even site going down temporarily. It would be best then if you could setup a staging site. Such a site should be an exact copy of your current setup and reside on the same server. We could then access it and safely make any changes without interfering with your live site and without any risk of breaking the live site.
Cloning the site is beyond my current skillset. I did it once a few years ago but I had so many problems I gave up.
Is the site at risk of going down for long? I can cope with it going down for a short time and with the weekend ahead, and it being Easter holidays now would probably be the best time to do that.
We can check this on a live site too if you accept the fact that it might partially go down temporarily.
If you let me know about preferred days and hours (including time zone! we're globally distributed team so that's important) we'll try to adjust to that timeframe in order to minimize impact on site's performance and user experience. It would be great though if you could suggest a couple of options for what would be the best time to work on the site so that would give us more "flexibility".
I have Nithin working on the site at the moment because M2Pro isn't sending welcome messages to new paying members so it's probably wise for just one person at a time to be working in the backend. I'll get back to you as soon as that's resolved if that's ok.
Hi Adam, I'm just sending all the details over in the contact us form.
Apologies for the long overdue here.
I was doing some extensive testing of this issue and I've managed to pinpoint this issue to be happening because of CoursePress theme and the issue is specific only for multisite installations.
I have created bug report for this and forwarded it to our developers.
I'm afraid that I was unable to find a workaround for this other than accessing your WP files and removing wp-content/plugins/coursepress/2.0/themes/ folder if you're not using CoursePress theme on your site.
Thank you so much for looking into it. I'm not currently using coursepress, I just plan to but I guess I could host it on a subdomain when I'm ready.
If I deactivate coursepress will newsletter work?
Coursepress was already deactivated so I deleted it completely but the "cheatin huh?" error is still there.
Are there files lurking somewhere that isn't obvious to me?
I have copied the same setup as your site (with same plugins installed) and removing Themes folder from CP worked on my end.
I see that CP not available anymore under your WP plugins but if connect your cPanel and check the files in there I can still see CP inside plugins folder and this is kinda confusing.
How did you remove the plugin?
Or is cPanel access going to different installation perhaps?
I removed it from the plugins area in the wordpress dashboard.
I've no idea why it would still be in the plugins folder in cPanel, I don't know why it would be in there from a different installation either..
Can I just delete them from cPanel?
It's strange that the plugin is showing in cPanel and not on site, if this is indeed the same installation and you're not using CP then you can remove it from cPanel and check if the eNewsletter works after that.
I've deleted the folder from control panel and the error is still there. I then deactivated and deleted the e-newsletter software and re-installed it and the error is still there.
I checked the files on the server via cPanel and it seems the CoursePress is no longer there indeed. I wasn't, however, able to access site's admin area using the login and password that you previously provided us with. I assume you have already changed it (which is a good security practice) so could you please just enable support access to the site so I could check it again?
You can do this on "WPMU DEV -> Support" page in your site's back-end. Let me know here when it's enabled, please.
I spoke to my web hosting company, and about a month ago they switched me to a new server which somehow duplicated the database which meant changes I made to the site via the WordPress dashboard were still being made on the old platform. At least that's what they told me.
Just yesterday they finally restored the old database and I'm still checking everything is in order, but CoursePress has now gone from cpanel and it looks like the newsletter plugin is working.
That Cheatin' Huh error has popped up with the iletter template but I changed the template and it allowed me to create a newsletter.
So unless I find any other issues, I'm happy to close this ticket.
Glad to hear it's working now and thanks for the update, this actually means that the original issue that I reported to developers is what was causing it but it has some other things on your end.
However for me, it was a good thing because I may not have otherwise realised the database had been duplicated.


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