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Written by Pujya Acharya Sri Ekkirala Bharadwaja
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Baba's omnipresence was not confined to the three forms we have noted so far - all gods, all saints and all men. He was all the other creatures too!
Mrs. Tarkhad was at Shirdi. It was noon and she was serving lunch. A hungry dog turned up there and began to moan pitifully for food. Mrs. Tarkhad at once got up and threw it a roti which it ate with great relish. Later, in the afternoon, when she went to the mosque Baba said, "Mother, today you have fed me sumptuously and my senses and hunger were much appeased. Ever act like this and this will stand you in good stead. Sitting in this musjid I never speak untruth. Take pity on me; feed the hungry first and then eat yourself. Note this well." Mrs. Tarkhad said "Baba when did I feed you?" Baba said, "The dog which you fed at lunch hour is I. I roam in this world in different forms - cats, pigs, crows and all. He who sees me in all these creatures is dearest to me. Abandon the sense of difference and serve me as you did today."
One evening Mrs. Laxmibai entered the mosque and bowed to baba who said to her, "Laxmibai, I am very hungry". She ran home and fetched roti and vegetables for him. He at once took it up and gave it to a dog. Laxmibai felt shocked and insulted and said, "Was it for this that you wanted me to bring the food here". Baba was unperturbed. He said, "Why do you grieve over such a small affair? The appeasement of its hunger is the same as feeding me. The dog has a soul though it cannot communicate with us. Remember that whoever feeds the hungry feeds me."
Baba begged his food from five houses and he ate it in the musjid. Mrs. G.S. Khaparde who stayed at Shirdi for a number of days used to offer him food at the musjid. Once she invited Baba to her lodging for meal. This she did day after day, for some time. One day Baba promised her that he would go to her house. That day, when she was preparing various dishes, a dog came there. Mrs. Khaparde was afraid that it might pollute the pure dishes. Not finding anything handy with which to drive it out, she picked up a burning brand from the hearth and threw it at the dog and the creature ran away. That day too Baba did not turn up. So she took the food to the mosque. On seeing her Baba said, "When I came to your house you threw a burning brand at me!" Mrs. Khaparde caught his point and repented for her inadvertence.
Hansaraj stayed at Shirdi with his wife for a considerable time and was cured of his asthma by Baba's grace. Baba told Hansaraj that he should strictly avoid taking curd and sour and hot items of food. But Hansaraj was too fond of curds and privately told his wife that he would rather give up his soul than stop eating curds. So they prepared curds every day for two months but Baba somehow prevented him from eating it. Everyday, when the couple went to attend the noon-arti at the mosque, a cat used to steal into their lodging; and eat up that curd. One day he was furious and decided to punish the cat. So he stayed away from the noon-arti and watched for it. He saw it coming and eating the curds and hit it with a stick. Crying in pain the creature ran away. In the afternoon, when everyone went to the mosque, Baba said, "There is an obstinate idiot amidst us who wants to die by eating sour and pungent things. But I would not allow him to do that. Today I went to him in the form of a cat. That fellow has given me a caning on my back. See here!" So saying, Baba exposed his back and Hansaraj noticed scars of severe caning! Hansaraj repented for his stupidity and thereafter gave up eating the things which Baba forbade. Baba had to prescribe the remedy to his patients and make them adhere to that and suffer at their hands.
Sainthood is no rosy privilege. How much such a one as Baba has to suffer from the violence that people commit on dumb creatures, receiving and experiencing, as they do, all the pain and misery, not for a day or two at some point in history but to the end of time? We shall, in a later chapter, note a few incidents to show that Baba was very much alive even after his mahasamadhi and that he did suffer for the sins of mankind and bless it in return. Christ had only brought this truth into the knowledge of mankind. But the ignorance of making seems to have been too great even for him. Men have conveniently packed him up in to a limited period in history and thought that he had once suffered for them and that he no longer does. The testiomony of all great saints and prophets like the Buddha and Vivekananda shows that they have to suffer till the last creature in creation is ultimately liberated from sin and ignorance. But men find it quite Christian to vilify, kill and hate one another, in the name of such holy ones by raising one Godman's name against that of another. Yet the holy ones hold on and continue to draw the ignorant mortals to the shore. What grace, compassion and tenacity are theirs!
Mrs. Hansraj says, "Sai Baba, while he was all along living at Shirdi itself, should suddenly declare, 'I am just back from Varanasi after a holy dip in Ganga. Why do I want a bath here' Or 'I have just now returned from Kolhapur and Audumbarwadi.' "
Baba's omnipresence extends even to things. Balabua Sutur of Bombay was a famous saint who by his melodious and ecstatic bhajans, earned the title of 'Modern Tukaram'. He came to Shirdi for the first time in 1917 and bowed before Sai Baba. Baba said to the others, "I know this man for the last four years". Balabua remembered that exactly four years earlier, he prostrated before Baba's photograph in Bombay. What an immense assurance for us today!
Babasaheb Tarkhad of Bandra was a Prarthana Samajist. His wife and son were ardent devotees of Baba. Once, during the May vacation, Master Tarkhad was asked to accompany his mother to Shirdi. But he was reluctant to go; because his daily worship of Baba's photograph at home would suffer and his father, being a Prarthana Samajist, may not care to worship it in his absence. Knowing his fears, Mr. Tarkhad solemnly promised him that he would conduct the daily worship on his behalf. After extracting an oath from his father, Mrs. and Master Tarkhad left for Shirdi on a Friday night. During the next three days Mr. Tarkhad performed the worship scrupulously. Everyday he offered sugar as naivedya to Baba's photograph and the same was distributed to all at lunch by the cook. On Tuesday he conducted the puja and rushed to his office as usual but in his hurry to attend the office in time, he forgot to offer naivedya to Baba's picture that day. Later Tarkhad was shocked at his grave lapse. After lunch, he wrote a letter to his son at Shirdi confessing his lapse, praying for Baba's pardon and promising that he would not repeat the error.
The same day (i.e., Tuesday), at Shirdi, Sai Baba said to Mrs. Tarkhad, "Mother, I was very hungry. I had been to your house at Bandra hoping to find there something to eat. I found the door locked. Yet I managed to enter the room. But I found that Bhau (i.e., Mr. Tarkhad ) had not kept anything for me to eat. So I have returned unappeased."
The lady could not understand his words. But Master Tarkhad at once realized that there was some error in his father's worship at Bandra. So he requested Baba to permit him to return to take care of the worship himself. Baba refused to give the necessary permission and asked him to perform the puja there itself.
After the noon-arati, Master Tarkhad promptly wrote a letter to his father at Bandra, conveying to him the words of Baba and requesting him to see that there were no lapses in the worship. The father's letter reached the son and the son's reached the father at the same time. Thus the literal identity of Baba with his picture was established. Who can raise his finger against image and idol worship?
On a full moon day in 1917, Sai Baba appeared to Hemadpanth in his dream as a well dressed sannyasi, woke him up and told him that he was going to be their guest that day. Strangely enough this act of Baba waking Hemadpanth was a part of the dream! Soon Hemadpanth woke up. He knew very well that Baba would not go to anyone's house for meal. Yet the dream had a compulsive force about it so that Hemadpanth could not but take it seriously. So he told his wife that Sai Baba would be their guest that day she wondered how Baba would come all the way to Bandra. Yet she made the necessary preparations.
After the noon worship lunch was being arranged. Hemadpanth was anxiously watching how Baba was going to turn up. When every thing was ready they heard the sound of footsteps on the stair-case. Hemadpanth immediately opened the door. There were two persons, moslems – Ali Mohammad and Moulana Ismu Mujavar. The visitors apologised to them for disturbing at the lunch hour and, handing him some packet, said "Please take this; we have brought it for you. We shall meet you later and recount the wonderful story behind it."
When the visitors went away, Hemadpanth found that it was a nice picture of Sai Baba. Lo! There came Sai Baba as his guest, punctually at the lunch hour! Hemadpanth's joy knew no bounds. With tears of joy in his eyes he placed the picture on the central seat reserved for the chief guest at lunch. After duly worshipping it and offering naivedya, the whole family finished their lunch. In the light of the experience of Balabua Sutar and the Tarkhad family, this event cannot be brushed aside as a mere coincidence.
Nine years later Ali Mohammed met Hemadpanth and related the story as follows:-
Ali Mohammed kept pictures of great saints like Tajuddin Baba, Moulanasaheb, Mohammed Hussein and Sai Baba in his house at Bandra and worshipped them. Once his brother-in-law, Nur Mohammed Peerbhoy presented copies of the photograph of his own guru, Saint Abdul Rahman to his friends and he gave one to Ali Mohammed. The latter kept the picture along with those of others at his house three months before Ali Mohammed's visit to Hemadpanth house, the former underwent an operation for abcess on his leg and was bed-ridden at Nur Mohammed's house in Bombay. About this time, Nur Mohammed someday presented a copy of the photograph of his guru, Saint Abdul Rahman to the guru himself. Abdul Rahman, being an orthodox Moslem, disapproved of image worship. So, he grew wild for worshipping his photograph and drove him out. Nur Mohammad was shocked to see that what he did was a piece of heresy. So he at once took back all the copies of the photographs which he had distributed among his friends and got them thrown into the sea through a fisherman at Bandra. He also pressed Ali Mohammad to follow suit. Ali Mohammed had got all the pictures in his house at Bandra thrown into the sea through his manager.
After two months Ali Mohammed returned to Bandra and was amazed to find in his house the picture of Sai Baba safely resting against the wall! For his manager was ordered to throw away all the pictures in the house. How did Sai Baba's photograph alone manage to be there? At once he kept it in his cupboard lest his brother-in-law might see it and throw it away. When he was thinking how to save it from destruction, it occurred to him – probably Baba had inspired the idea- that he should seek Moulana Ismu Mujavar's counsel. The latter suggested that the best thing would be to give it to Hemadpanth who, being a staunch devotee of Sai Baba, Would take proper care of it. So it was that picture that arrived at Hemadpanth house punctually on time for lunch and Sai Baba told him of his arrival in advance. A little thought as to why the other moslem saints allowed their pictures to be thrown away while Baba did not? The answer is simple. The other saints were chiefly moslems and as upholders of Islamic principles they did not want their pictures to be worshipped. But Sai Baba who identified himself with all religions, did not mind his picture being worshipped. As moslems, Ali Mohammed and Nur Mohammed were absolutely right in removing the pictures from their worship. It is no sin. For Baba wanted every one to follow his own path. And quite as legitimately, a Hindu devotee could worship the same and benefit equally by thus following his own religion. This explains Sai Baba's announcement to Hemadpanth that he was going to visit his house, and Baba's picture escaping the fate of all the other pictures.
The mission of the other saints mentioned above was to uplift Islam just as Shankara and Ramanuja were born to uplift Hinduism. Sai Baba's mission was different. His is the religion of tomorrow, if mankind has a future. If it has no future, Sai Baba's is the only possible way of ensuring it. Each has to follow his own path with the realization that other paths are equally valid to their followers. Sai Baba himself is the assurance to show that all of them are equally valid. Many were the orthodox moslems and Hindus that attained spiritual perfection under his guidance. None of the world's religions is bad or imperfect; their narrow, proselytizing attitudes, their intolerance and dogmatism are bad, bad not only to others but to themselves too. For, intolerance and rivalry are the life breath of politics of destruction; they are an expression of the lingering beastly instincts of a stone age man. Devoid of these evils all religions are the very blue-prints of a future mankind of supermen. And Sai Baba, in the tradition of Kabir, is the surest guarantee of this truth which no one who has eyes encouraged everyone to follow his own way and helped everyone to get out of pitfalls which he encountered him. Returning to our main theme –
Kakasaheb Dixit once came to Shirdi to invite Sai Baba to his son's sacred-thread ceremony at Nagpur. Nanasheb Chandorkar too arrived there to invite Baba to his son's marriage at Gwalior. Sai Baba told both of them to take Shama with them as his representative and assured them that after visiting Banaras and Prayag he would be 'ahead of Shama'.
Then Shama started and, after attending the two functions at Nagpur and Gwalior, he visited the holy-places Banaras and Ayodhya. He spent twenty one days at Ayodhya and two months in Banaras. Then he went to Gaya and stayed in the house of a priest. When the Shirdi party arrived there, a big photograph of Baba was there, fixed in the central hall. Shama was overwhelmed by Baba's love and his eyes were brimmed with tears. He was told that, the priest visited Shirdi twelve years earlier. There at the house of Shama, he saw a big photograph of Sai Baba which he loved to possess. When shama asked Baba whether he should give the picture to the visitor, Baba told Shama to do so. And thus it came to Gaya, years ahead of Shama. And strangely enough Shama happened to stay at the same priest's house. And Baba knew of this far ahead. The devotee could realize the literal truth of Baba's assurance that he would be ahead of him. Till Shama saw the picture, neither he nor the priest remembered anything of their previous acquaintance with each other.
It is not as though Baba's picture is a living force only to those who were his staunch devotees. It is so even with others.
Kaka Maharaj of Dhopeswar was a famous saint. When he once visited Poona, he was surrounded by a crowd of his devotees; every one of them requested him to come to his house for dinner. Among them was Sai Baba's devotee, H.V. Sathe. The Maharaj told him that he could not oblige him. But by evening the great saint had himself sent word to Sathe that he would visit his house! Sathe who received the message to his office, at once returned to his house and made the necessary arrangements. When finally Kaka Maharaj visited his house, Sathe asked him why he changed his earlier resolve. Kaka Maharaj pointed to the photograph of Baba in the house and said, "He would not allow me to rest till I visited you!"
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Introduction | 1. The Master Calls Me | 2. Sri Sai Baba – A Sketch of His Life (I) | 3. A Sketch of His Life (II)
4. The Call of The Guru | 5. The Refuge of His Devotees | 6. I am ever with you | 7. The Guru Is All Gods
8. Sai Baba is in all Saints and Sadhus | 9. Baba is all creatures and things | 10. Baba's Omniscience | 11. Sai Baba's Daily Life
12. Sai Baba The Man and The Master | 13. The Master and His ways of Teaching | 14. The God-man and Tradition | 15. Sayings of Sai Baba
16. At the Threshold of Eternity | 17. The Off-shoots of Sai Baba | 18. The Tomb that Speaks and Moves | 19. The Power of Satsang
20. The Harbinger of Grace | 21. Sai Baba the Eternal Symbol | 22. Appendix I to Appendix VI
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For Colombian rebels, a risky shift from armed revolt to party politics
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Yuli and Eduar of the 51st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) eat at a camp in Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, August 16, 2016. Picture taken August 16, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino - RTX2N6TF
Yuli and Eduar of the 51st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) eat at a camp in Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, August 16, 2016. Picture taken August 16, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino – RTX2N6TF
TODAY COLOMBIA, Camille Boutron, Universidad de los Andes – By now, the numerous hindrances to Colombia's peace process are well documented, from the inadequate FARC centralisation zones and the tight disarmament and reintegration schedule to a much-criticised amnesty law and the frequent assassinations of Colombian human rights activists.
But less attention has been paid to the FARC's internal challenges as this half-century-old Marxist insurgency decommissions its fighters and transitions into peace. Such dynamics are important. For Colombia's peace to stick, this violent rebel group must successfully become an officially sanctioned political actor.
The FARC now finds itself in the midst of a deep transformation that will alter who it is, how it sees itself and what it does. And while its commanders seem to have a clear political vision for its future, the path there is fraught.
Making friends, gaining influence
As a political party, these consummate political outsiders will have to establish dialogue with other parties and social movements. At the moment, this is difficult to envision. Negotiations with the the FARC faced stiff opposition, and the organisation still features on the US terrorist watchlist.
Today, no politician dares to suggest an alliance. But in the long run, such domestic relationship-building seems both necessary and probable. Most likely, the FARC will seek to build ties with Colombia's leftist national parties and social movements, as it has done in the past.
In the 1980s, negotiations with the FARC and other rebels resulted in the Patriotic Union, a big-tent leftist political party.
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos (left) with the FARC leader known as Timochenko. Jaime Saldarriaga/Reuters
Still, whether the reinvented FARC will be allowed access to the highest spheres of national political power remains questionable. Will Colombia's political establishment accept these fighters-turned-politicians?
In the 1980s and 1990s, more than 3,000 Patriotic Union representatives were assassinated, including presidential candidate Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa. That is hardly ancient history.
Persistent social hierarchies
Will all FARC militants transform along with the organisation? Its leadership seems to have a clear vision of the group's political future; it will become a political party, name to be determined.
But not all members will benefit similarly from this new reality. The FARC is heterogeneous, much more so than most Colombians believe. The relatively high female participation rate (around 40% are women) has attracted the most public attention.
But the FARC is also diverse in terms of ethnicity, age, education level and social origins. Some members are college graduates from middle-class homes who have been in the group for decades; others are poor teenagers who joined a few years back. Like Colombian society, the FARC's fighters are Afro-Colombian, indigenous, white and mixed-race.
Its leadership is less so. Like any social group, the FARC's internal power relations reproduce the social hierarchy of the outside world. From head negotiator Ivan Marquez to FARC top general, Timochenko, the FARC's highest-ranking, most publicly visible officials are largely white and male.
FARC troops are a diverse bunch, but not so much the commanders who led negotiations with the government. Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
The FARC claims to be a revolutionary movement, in which historical social relations of powers are abolished, or at least reinvented. And it's true that the group was able to overcome much of the social discrimination that is so deeply institutionalised in Colombian society. But this is only up to a point.
FARC women enjoy (some) greater sexual freedoms and reproductive rights, and poor kids get a free education.
The gender subcommittee of the peace negotiations, established in September 2014 after pressure from women's groups and international organisations, represented an opportunity for learning and leadership for female FARC fighters. Victoria Sandino, the FARC delegation's subcommittee chairwoman, stepped out of the shadows to become a prominent figure within the guerrilla group. She is now one of the principal spokespersons of what the FARC is calling "insurgent feminism" – a set of collective anti-patriarchal, anti-racist and anti-classist practices built from the lived experience of female FARC fighters.
The experience of negotiation with political actors from different countries and ideologies shows how exchanges might contribute to mutual learning and help guide the deep transformation underway within the guerrilla group.
And as a political party, the FARC will likely seek to create new opportunities for political participation of its rank-and-file members belonging to other minority groups as well. Colombia has high rates of social marginalisation based on race, class and gender, and as its solders become civilians, the reintegration process is likely to highlight, and maybe reinforce, inequalities that were less visible when the FARC was a military organisation.
Now that the group will not be the sole provider of material support to its members, it is foreseeable that high-ranking former combatants with a diploma and family support will be better able to navigate the postwar period than their less privileged peers. How will the group's foot soldiers fare in terms of job opportunities and political participation after the peace process?
Experience from other countries' transitions out of armed conflict shows that decommissioned soldiers who are not well trained for a new career or supported sufficiently during their transition are more likely to rejoin armed militancy. The persistence of of paramilitary groups in Colombia suggests that some former fighters of the Colombian armed conflict may not be ready to lay down arms.
And, to date, there has been dangerously little attention paid to providing psychological support for ex-FARC fighters (and, more broadly, to the general mental health issues that arise in post-conflict nations).
The end of one of the longest-standing guerrilla insurgencies in contemporary world history does not mean the end of armed violence in Colombia. And as the FARC prepares to reconstitute itself as a political party, all potential spoilers to the peace process – both outside of FARC's control and those well within its mandate – must be soundly considered.
Camille Boutron, Research assistant professor, Universidad de los Andes
This article was originally published on The Conversation and is republished here with permission. Read the original article.
Article originally appeared on Today Colombia and is republished here with permission.
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What to know about the hospitality heavyweight review site.
To say that TripAdvisor reviews are important to restaurants, hotels, and those in the hospitality industry would be an understatement.
Being one of the most popular review websites, many businesses are certain to benefit from strong ratings and positive reviews on TripAdvisor, which is often considered the number one travel review website. The persuasive power of TripAdvisor reviews isn't to be underestimated, especially when it comes to dining options, hotels, and accommodation booking.
The easier it is for your customers to write a review, the better chance you have of them providing one when asked. From providing a link or form on your website to emailing your customers, the less hurdles the better.
Displaying TripAdvisor badges on your website alongside similar from Google, Yelp or other review sites is also a way to make it known that you would value customer feedback, as well as possibly using stickers on your door for customers to see.
If you haven't already claimed your page, visit the TripAdvisor business page and click on 'Get listed now' to begin. Choose your business type (hotels, restaurant, attractions or vacation rentals) and complete the details such as name of business and address.
The screening of business suggestions typically takes a few days and you should hear something soon about the status of your suggestion.
There's a real opportunity for proactive hoteliers, since only 32% of hotels respond to guest reviews (positive or negative) which means your accomodations can really stand out on review sites.
For those that take action, they'll soon see the benefits. Hotels that respond to customer complaints can expect an increase in the reviews on their website by up to 147%. And those responses are visible to all, which help to build trust with consumers.
After your account is approved and setup, you will have access to the Management Center, allowing you to monitor and manage your TripAdvisor page, along with the reviews, or you can simplify this through NiceJob.
When managing TripAdvisor reviews, or any for that matter, you want to be professional in your response, be sure to respond to negative reviews as well as the others, and do so within a reasonable amount of time, preferably the same day.
For hoteliers that handle review management, this can also have influence. Over 80% of travelers say they read up to 10 hotel reviews, and 84% of travelers agree an appropriate management responses to bad reviews improves their impression of the hotel. Proper handling of negative feedback can reassure future customers, and demonstrate that their potential stay could be an enjoyable experience. Just the sort of validation many need before choosing to book.
TripAdvisor also provides a few tools to get more reviews, such as business card-sized reminder cards, downloadable flyers, widgets and other promotion tools.
With TripAdvisor you also have the opportunity to earn special badges such as "Certificates of Excellence" or "Travelers' Choice" that you can proudly display on your website. Doing so can help influence consumer decisions as well as build trust that helps with conversion.
Keep in mind that reviews are earned, so it's essential that customer service and experience is top notch for your restaurant, hotel or business. If uncertain what the overall sentiment is, that in itself could be a concern, as hotel and restaurant reputation management requires monitoring as well as managing.
To appear near the top of the results on TripAdvisor, things like quantity, quality and age (recency) of your reviews are important. But once again, it's the customer experience that can determine the fate of receiving positive reviews.
If wondering how to delete a review from TripAdvisor, you can find further details and guidelines for TripAdvisor reviews by referring to this.
It's also worth noting that in our own research we found TripAdvisor to be one of the most important review sites, after others like Google, Yelp and Facebook.
Our advice? For restaurants, hotels, and those in hospitality, ensure you have claimed the essential business review listings, such as Google, Yelp, Facebook and TripAdvisor. Be sure to optimize your business pages by filling in details properly, including name, address, phone, and business hours. Also, you want to have at least 10 photos minimum on your profiles (it does matter) along with dozens of reviews, with new ones coming in all the time. It might come as a surprise to some, but most consumers believe reviews older than 3 months are no longer relevant.


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From their inception in 1997 until 2011, industry regulations prohibited generation technology discrimination in the energy bids, and hence, such bids were open to all prospective generators. As a result, it was difficult for the National Public Services Authority to direct the development of the energy matrix. Furthermore, this limitation inhibited the entry of certain, largely unsubsidized, renewable generation technology sources, as they could not compete with traditional fossil and hydroelectric generators under the standard bid parameters.
Renewable energy sources are granted one advantage in that the price offered by them in a traditional energy bid is discounted by 5% for evaluation purposes, thus making them more competitive. Law 43 of 2012 expanded this benefit to natural gas energy generation as a clean energy source, and additional incentives for solar power are being considered by the legislature.
In 2011 Panama began to diversify the matrix further by enacting Law 44, which provided for energy bids solely for wind generation technology. In November 2012, Etesa carried out a wind exclusive energy bid, resulting in the award of 165MW, with a target commercial operation date of July 1 2013.
Thereafter, in 2012 Panama enacted Law 43, which enabled Etesa, with the acquiescence of the National Energy Secretary, to carry out energy bids based on so-called special tender documents which, among other things, may require offers based on one specific generation technology. On that basis, Etesa recently carried out one energy bid based on coal generation and another on natural gas. These bids resulted in the award of offers for 150MW produced by coal and up to 550MW by natural gas, with target commercial operation dates of January 1 and March 1 2017, respectively. Coal generation technology is already present in Panama through the recent conversion of an existing power plant. The new coal project will be the first green field project using such technology.
Since energy demand forecasts predict significant growth, it is foreseeable that the Panamanian energy matrix will continue to diversify into other generation sources while at the same time promoting the expansion of wind, coal and natural gas generation, thus creating investment opportunities.


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One last thing. BootstrapSolar is a small company, and I don't have outside investors. That means I'm not pressured to ruthlessly pursue growth. My goal is to build a sustainable business where employees and customers are happy. And I can promise you this: You will get paid better than I will (for the foreseeable future). You will have an opportunity to learn, grow, and gain experience. And when the time comes, I'll do my best to support you in your next career move, whatever that may be.
So, take a look at the list of open positions below, and shoot me an email if the description excites you. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
The Electrical Engineering Hacker will work with me in designing, developing, prototyping, testing and manufacturing electrical circuits that we ship with our solar kits. All designs will be released under an Open Source license, regardless of whether it's based on an existing design or developed in-house. Up to 20% of your time will be spent on customer support — if you don't like that, just help make products that won't require support. Of the remaining 80%, roughly 50% of the time will be spent on the next product, and 30% on the next-next product.
To Apply: E-mail me and tell me why you'd be awesome at this job. Attach any supporting materials that you think are relevant.
Anyway, the Product Design Awesomeperson will be working with me on all aspects of products that aren't electrical. That includes enclosures, accessories, packaging, documentation, and even the website if that's something you're interested in. There is also a hands-on element, where you may actually laser-cut prototype components and ensure quality by actually assembling kits with your own two hands. Up to 30% of your time will be spent on customer support — if you don't think that's fun, help us design products that don't require support.


President Trump's ally and former adviser Roger Stone is set to be arraigned Tuesday, after he was arrested early Friday morning, with prosecutors from special counsel Robert Mueller's team charging the longtime Republican operative with obstruction, witness tampering and lying to Congress about his communications with WikiLeaks.
Stone arrived Tuesday in a black SUV wearing an all-blue suit and tie. Lauderdale home that a team of Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided early Friday morning before he was charged with a seven-count indictment including lying to Congress, obstruction of justice and witness tampering.
Roger Stone speaks after his appearance at Federal Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 25, 2019. After obtaining information about Wikileaks dumping the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's hacked emails from Credico, Stone allegedly reported the information to Bannon, who was then-chief executive of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Thirty-four people have been swept up in the Mueller investigation.
Late-night hosts interpreted the end of the government shutdown and the arrest of Roger Stone.
"I will plead not guilty to these charges, I will defeat them in court", Stone said at a news conference on Friday.
The indictment does not accuse Stone of co-ordinating with Russian Federation or with WikiLeaks on the release of hacked Democratic emails. "My attorneys are highly confident that they can win an acquittal if I can get a fair trial in the District of Columbia".
"What a fun couple days, I'm loving the ride", Martin's Stone riffed.
"I do agree that Roger wanted me to find out from Wikileaks", Corsi said.


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Privacy, Facebook and 170 Options
Facebook's Privacy Policy is 5,830 words long; the United States Constitution, without any of its amendments, is a concise 4,543 words.
Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking
Navigating Facebook's Privacy (Links to NY Times)
Given Facebook's release of a slew of developer tools and APIs, providing Web sites the world over with the ability to access the user data of Facebook users and the ever (d)evolving changes to Facebook's privacy settings, it's no surprise that there's an outcry from individuals and privacy groups. The New York Times has published a great set of infographics laying out the "50 settings with more than 170 options" that a user has to work with to control how their information is used.
The accompanying article, Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking is well worth a read for anyone unfamiliar with the issues at stake.
The Length of Facebook's Privacy Policy (Links to NY Times)
The second infographic illustrates Facebook's ever-lengthening privacy policy. It's interesting to note that the policy has grown longer at the same rate that previously private user information has become public.
The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook
Auto-Logging Into Facebook Could Get You Arrested
Facebook's Open Graph Protocol from a Web Developer's Perspective
Images from the New York Times
Filed Under: User ExperienceTagged: facebook, government, law, privacy, User Experience, user rights, users
Fair Use and Creativity
The value society places on creativity means that fair use needs to be expanded and inadvertent infringement should be minimally penalised. None of this should get in the way of the enforcement of copyright, which remains a vital tool in the encouragement of learning. But tools are not ends in themselves.
Copyright and wrong in The Economist
Filed Under: Law & GovernmentTagged: copyright, law
This Ain't Right: Fight the Orphan Works Act
Jeffrey Zeldman pointed out the dangerous Orphan Works Acts making their way through Congress. This act has far-reaching implications for everyone, but the impact is even larger for those who work or publish on the 'Net. Ultimately Congress is attempting to reduce your rights as a creator (whether you write, draw, design Web sites or sing), by allowing the infringer to make the distinction as to whether or not they tried hard enough to find the owner of the work and reducing the rights of the artist, designer or author.
As noted by Mr. Zeldman, so called "orphaned" content "will be made legally available for use by commercial interests, even when the copyright holder is alive, in business, and licensing the work."
That strikes the very heart of our society. You work hard to create something, you have every right to maintain ownership and be compensated for that work. If someone steals from you, you have recourse.
It's Easy to Fight this Law
Luckily there is an easy way to contact our representatives in Congress to educate them on the dangers of this law and to inform them that we expect each and every one to oppose the bad legislation: Go to the Legislative Action Center tell them where you live (so they can match you with your representatives) and choose a letter that you want to send – click and go.
Here's a snippet of the letter I sent to Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison and Representative Lloyd Doggett:
I am told that the Copyright Office conducted a study of Orphan Works and that these bills are based on that study. I understand that an orphan work is a work whose owner can't be located. I am alive, working and managing my copyrights. I can be located. My clients locate me all the time. But that does not mean that anyone anywhere can find me. And frankly, why should the failure of any one person to find me be the measure of whether or not I can be found?
What if 10 people can find me but one can't? Why should that one person get a free pass to use my work? Won't that give infringers an incentive not to find me? And why should I be obligated to go into court to prove anything about the diligence of the searcher or the value of my work? What if the same work is found an orphan in one legal proceeding and not in another?
Join the list of groups opposing this bill, spend three minutes to protect the basic rights of those who create what you enjoy.
Filed Under: Design, Design & UI, Law & GovernmentTagged: copyright, democrats, government, law, orphan works, politics, republicans
IE to Eliminate the Click to Activate Requirement for Flash & ActiveX
About six months back, Microsoft was forced to hobble the usability of Internet Explorer as a tactic in their legal battles with Eolas. This lead to much consternation within the Web development community and too much time and money spent implementing a JavaScript workaround that ensured that user's aren't forced to click every bit of Flash they encounter in order to use the functionality. Without the workaround embedded Flash apps that perform an action when the user hovers over the app do not work in Internet Explorer until the user clicks the app to "enable" it. Dumb, but not really Microsoft's fault. While some clever quickly built a JavaScript workaround, too much time and money was wasted on something that shouldn't have been an issue.
Well, good news has come today in the form of Microsoft's announcement that they have licensed the "technology" required to (re)enable this functionality! Great news, though oddly enough it will take another six months to roll out!? This is a feature that was in the app, taken out against everyone's wishes, including Microsoft, and now, when they have the go-ahead to re-add the feature they are prolonging the rollout until April of 2008. Microsoft is missing out on an opportunity to make the dev community very happy while simultaneously making the Web a better place for everyone. Here is their plan:
The first chance will be with an optional preview release, called the Internet Explorer Automatic Component Activation Preview, available in December 2007 via the Microsoft Download Center. Additionally this change will be made part of the next pre-release versions of Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3. After giving people enough time to prepare for this change, we'll roll this behavior into the IE Cumulative Update in April 2008, and all customers who install the update will get the change.
Well, that said, this is a good thing, even if it means bad patents are being rewarded. This is yet another example as to why our patent system needs a major overhaul.
Filed Under: Law & Government, Technology, Web DevelopmentTagged: internet explorer, law, microsoft, patents, User Experience, Web Development
The DMCA and You
As noted on Copyfight, the Cato Institute has released Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which takes the law to task for being anti-competitive and derides "Congressional interference in the market for digital rights management technologies." As noted in the report:
Why won't iTunes play on Rio MP3 players? Why are viewers forced to sit through previews on some DVDs when they could have fast-forwarded through them on video? Why is it impossible to cut and paste text on Adobe eBook? In a just released study for the Cato Institute, Tim Lee, a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute, answers these questions and more.
The new legislation's most profound effects will be on the evolution of digital media technologies. We have grown accustomed to, and benefit from, a high-tech world that is freewheeling, open-ended, and fiercely competitive. Silicon Valley is a place where upstarts like Apple, Netscape, and Google have gone from two-man operations to billion-dollar trendsetters seemingly overnight. The DMCA threatens to undermine that competitive spirit by giving industry incumbents a powerful legal weapon against new entrants.
This is yet another clear sign that the DMCA affects every single one of us, no matter what our political leanings may be.
Filed Under: Law & GovernmentTagged: dmca, law
Intellectual Property and the Public Sphere
I haven't had a chance to read Intellectual Property and the Public Sphere from the "UK's leading progressive think tank", but I hope to over the weekend. It should be interesting to read the take of a non-US based group as so much of my perspective is shaded by matters here in the States.
This looks at why the politics and economics of online information has become so fiercely contested, especially around intellectual property, and the nature of the dilemmas this creates for policy-makers. The paper stands back from this to ask why things have reached this impasse, and presents an analysis that positions all these competing visions within a broader understanding of what constitutes 'the public sphere'. It concludes by out-lining the possibilities available for Government.
View the full paper (PDF)
Filed Under: Law & GovernmentTagged: copyright, intellectual property, law


On Sunday, February 12, a New York auction house will host a specialty sale of over 400 food and wine related vintage posters, led by a classic from Campari.
A stunning history of eating and drinking through advertising will be offered, from the whimsical charm of Art Nouveau to the striking boldness of Art Deco to the simplicity of Modern design, all celebrating the culinary arts.
Internet live bidding will be available. The auction will begin at 11 a.m. local time.
This visual feast covers every aspect of 'gastronomica' (food and drink memorabilia), including original advertisements from the past 150 years for everything from wine, beer and champagne, to cheese and chocolate.
Posters advertising food and wine are some of the most iconic designs of the 19th and 20th centuries, visually expressing the universal joy of eating. The original art in this auction embraces that shared delight, revelling in all that is tasty.
Philip Weiss highlighted posters as a potential investment area in our interview with him, and whilst it's natural to concentrate on music and film, food advertising brings the power of nostalgia into play too.
Highlights of the sale include over 25 posters by Cappiello, Nizzoli's powerful billboard for Campari, menu designs by Alphonse Mucha, a unique image by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec for a celebratory banquet, and the complete Levy's rye bread suite from the late 1960s.
The posters be on view, free to the public beginning Friday, January 27 through Saturday, February 11.
Posters can be an affordable way of collecting stunning images. We are currently offering several high quality examples from our stock including an avant-garde poster advertising the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and a California League of Sexual Freedom Poster.


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Forrest GOODWIN, Congress, ME
GOODWIN, Forrest, a Representative from Maine; born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, June 14, 1862; attended the common schools; was graduated from Skowhegan High School and Bloomfield Academy, and in 1887 from Colby College, Waterville, Maine, and Boston University Law School in 1890; was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Skowhegan, Maine, in 1891; member of the State house of representatives in 1889; clerk at the Speaker's table under Speaker Reed in the Fifty-first Congress 1889-1891; member of the State senate 1903-1905 and served as president in 1905; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Portland, Maine, May 28, 1913; interment in South Side Cemetery, Skowhegan, Maine.
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Of Ted Bundy In One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?
Ted Bundy, an infamous serial killer in the 1970s, also volunteered at a suicide helpline. Using his manipulative personality, he convinced people to live. Although Bundy is better known for the dozens of women he murdered, he also made a positive impact on several people. As author Shinde Sweety said in her novel Arjun:Without a Doubt, "No person is completely wicked, just as no person is perfect. We are all grey." Similarly, In the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, Randle Patrick McMurphy's traits and actions blur the line between good and evil. McMurphy is committed to a mental institution in the late 1950s. There he challenges the control and dominance of the unmerciful Nurse Ratched. McMurphy's traits show he is a flawed…show more content…
Once McMurphy realizes the patients could use his guidance, he begins to positively impact them. Throughout the book, McMurphy gives advice to the patients to try and break them of their fears. What immediately strikes McMurphy is that the ward is devoid of laughter. Continuously McMurphy tries to get a laugh out of the patients. Bromden says, "He knew you can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things"(Kesey,227). He knows that laughter is the best medicine and could be more therapeutic for them than a lot of the techniques the ward uses. McMurphy also gives them advice on making an effort. When the patients on the ward are too afraid to go against Nurse Ratched and have a fear of failure, McMurphy shows them it is better to try than not at all. He does this by making a bet he can do the seemingly impossible. Although he fails he says , "But I tried, though. Goddammit, I sure as hell did that much, now, didn't I"(Kesey,125)? The advice on effort is largely what drives the patients to make an attempt to change ward policy the next chance they get. Besides giving the patients advice, he improves their lives through changing the ward policies. The first improvement he makes is creating a second day room. He sets a good example for the other patients that perserverence and effort can have a great reward, for he does not give up on the idea of the day room when first told no. Another significant action he takes is planning a fishing trip. The trip invigorates the men and gives them greatly needed experience in the world outside the asylum. Bromden says he felt, "better than he remembered feeling since he was a kid, when everything was good and the land was still singing kids' poetry to him" (Kesey, 243). Allowing the Acutes to see life outside the asylum could promote them to leave the
Experiments In Stanley Milgram's The Perils Of Obedience
However, when informed he would not be held responsible he continued and even administered the most severe shock. This says that if humans feel some diffusion of responsibility, we are more willing to cause harm to another individual. There was also subjects such as Morris Braverman, a 39-year-old social worker, who offered to change places with the victim, but also laughed while taking part in the experiment. Braverman also went as far as administering the most severe shock. Furthermore, Stanley Milgram's experiments resulted in great and relevant results, which helped scientist and psychologist understand the power that authority and obedience has on
Character Analysis Of Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'
Ahmad—Showing that firemen will start burning things instead of ending fire was a very nice idea I don't know how you came up with this idea. Bradbury—I was thinking about the things that happen in real life but we don't see it.We always see doctors as good people because they risk our lives but not all of the doctors are good just how we think.I want you to think decently about this if you meet somebody doesn't think he is good just because he is a doctor or he is bad because he has another job that you don't like.I wrote about this in Fahrenheit 451 when Clarisse told Montage that he is not like all other firemen. Ahmad—Yes, I read this and I think it was really good that you showed this thing because today in our lives we think bad things about people that we don't know and in the reality we don't know them very good to decide if they are good or not. Bradbury —Have you read the veldt? Ahmad—Yes, I did.
Hannibal Lecter Character Analysis
Due to his high IQ, Hannibal can easily analyze others ' psychological intentions, but he had sinned many years. His evil spirit was under the role of doctor. He is very calm, resourceful, rational, intellectual. At the same time, he also hate the world. He ate the people in order to take revenge on the world.
The Green Mile Moral Analysis
Paul wants to help Melinda as she has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. As he discovers John Coffey's gift, he makes the moral decision to use John and his superior gift to help get rid of Melinda's brain tumor. This act of kindness towards Melinda, shows a case of morality within Paul. It shows morality as Paul wants to help those around him at their worst times. The choices Paul makes are based on those around him, some decisions he makes put those he cares for before him.
Social Problems In Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'
Thus, when society tries to achieve the total equality, there always could be found people who would struggle to prevent it and go against the flow. In the "Fahrenheit 451" the system of keeping the people away from any ideas that are not controlled by government starts to fail by the end of the book. In spite of the fact that still, the most people are kept under control, there is a group of people who found the alternative way to spread books and ideas that they try to deliver - remembering them by heart. Whereas in the "We" the same system wins due to the invention fo the medical surgery that is supposed to deprive people of the ability to imagine and dream. This is a great demonstration of how strong is the will of the human to self-expression, as the only way to stop it at all is prevent everyone from physical ability to do
Relationships In Ernest Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants
The man is manipulating her through his words to get his girl to go through with the operation. First, he brings up the operation and goes on to say that "It's really an awfully simple operation"(42) hinting at the fact that it is easily done and not a big deal at all. Secondly, the man uses the idea of happiness to win her over in this decision, "That's the only thing that bothers us. It's the only thing that's made us unhappy"(50) he is manipulating her into thinking that this operation will revive their happiness they once shared in this relationship. Thirdly, he tries to normalize the operation to make her feel like it's a common thing, no big deal, he tells her she doesn't "have to be afraid.
Maslow's Poem: An Introduction To Low Self-Esteem
In the main way, we need to improve the self-actualization to avoid self-esteem. Based on the Maslow's hierarchy, sale-actualization is the fulfillment of greatest need for an individual, which are very meaningful in our life. Moreover, that's easy to make people feel sorry for you when their heard your pity story, but they will give the sight of sympathetic and they will shy for you because they considered that you are different with them. So, we cannot give them have the feeling, we need to love more to ourselves. A professor, Dr. Helen Johnson has suggested many ways to love ourselves.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Analysis
In his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey masterfully combines metaphors and imagery into a piece of art. The story is narrated from the viewpoint of Bromden, a chronic, who is the longest living member of the ward. This perspective introduces an unconventional view of what turns the gears of typical conformist society. During his confinement, Bromden is introduced to McMurphy, a rambunctious hothead who symbolically challenges the beliefs of the patients. The resulting novel uses the fog, the machine, the Combine, and religious imagery as a culminating analysis of societal problems and the people who cause them.
All with the purpose of a therapeutic assistance. Professor Kaptchuk, a leading figure in the placebo studies, says: "The placebo effect is a way for your brain to tell the body what it needs to feel better". And I believe this could be the key for learning to overcome any situation. Most of the times, our lack of hope is what's actually bringing us down and stopping us from conquering our fears. It is impossible not to doubt the strength of our faith after learning more about the placebo effect since it has been proven that believing in something will make you achieve it, no matter
What Important Skills Should I Have As A Hospital Essay
You can also read Forbes revelations about wonderful secrets of great communicators. Ability to motivate oneself and to boost emotional endurance Serving clients should be your priority. But you should never forget to look after yourself too. Prepare to face an emotional roller coaster once you set foot on your preferred hospital. There will be challenges and if you are not tough enough, you will have the desire to quit easily.
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Clavia may re-manufacture expansion boards for the G2. However Clavia needs enough people to commit for them to go ahead with it. A discussion has been started at the Electro-Music forums for people to say if they want one.
The Nord Modular G2 OS and the G2 Editor have been updated to version 1.6. This update is also accompanied by a new universal XP- and Vista-compatible USB driver – v2.14. This driver can also be used with the Nord Stage EX, Nord Electro 3, Nord Wave and the Nord C1. The driver is digitally signed which allows users with a Vista 64-bit system to install it.
Stage seventy six as well as a preview of the coming 2.0 OS for the Nord Stage, the anticipated new OS v1.40 for the Nord Modular G2 and OS v2.3 plus two new grand pianos for the Nord Electro.
Now you will be able to experience the Nord Modular G2 demo software. This software will demonstrate a bit of the power of the Nord Modular G2 hardware system.
All of you that are patiently waiting for the G2 1.20-software will unfortunately have to wait a little bit longer. It will be released the 5th of July.


Last year we posted a blog on the benefits of work experience . It went down so well, we thought that we would revisit and reiterate the importance and benefits of work experience. Job seeking in itself is a competitive and arduous task, in order to find the dream job one can often apply to several jobs before even getting an interview. This is where work experience is vital. Although sometime you may not be taking part in the most interesting tasks while at a company, it will not last long and enduring this may lead to you being able to take a role further down the line which really engages you. With more people having various degrees and qualifications, work experience is a thing that can really set you apart from other candidates. There is so much you can learn and experience. When a company is looking to employ someone, they are looking to see if the candidate's skills will be transferable into their particular office environment. The more examples you have to give and the more experience you have, the more skills you will have to show off in the interview and on your CV. As well as giving you skills to use both in interviews and on the CV, work experience can give you an insight into whether you actually want to get into that particular..
Why do Work Experience? What is the relevance of work experience and how can it help you? Right now I am doing a stint of work experience at Joyce Guiness, where I am being made aware of the skills required in a recruitment agency. While this may not show any relevance to future plans and ideas, it will help provide me a very basic foundation and set of skills for whatever career I end up with. Below, I will outline a few reasons why work experience is so important, and the benefits of doing it. Getting a taste for potential careers and jobs is really beneficial. It can help push you in new and exciting directions as you could decide that the jobs you've had your heart set on for ever, really isn't for you after some experience. As well as this, you may find a new ambition and drive for a different career path which is really exciting. Work experience is a great way to quickly show employers your interests and skills on your CV when searching for jobs. This is vital as the competition for jobs are high and can seem overwhelming, but, by securing experience in a range of careers can really make you stand out from other candidates. Having this on your CV will increase your chances of getting offers at the places you want as..


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Q: Is there a bug in IsomorphicSubgraphQ? Version: Mathematica 13.0
IsomorphicSubgraphQ is used to determine whether a graph has a subgraph  isomorphic to another graph. It was introduced by Mathematica 13. But it seems that  there is a bug in IsomorphicSubgraphQ.
G1 = Graph[
  ImportString["W|tNHEpCKoh`@@Po_WHB@CKC?WGO{G?KKCB`?OMG?_y_?Sn",
   "Graph6"], VertexLabels -> Automatic];

The graph below is a subgraph of the graph above.
subG1 =
 Graph[ImportString["SsCAJ?`K?O`?@@@??WG@B?M??K??EG??{", "Graph6"],
  VertexLabels -> Automatic];

But here's the "surprise":
IsomorphicSubgraphQ[subG1, G1]

False

IGSubisomorphicQ in IGraphM backpack gives the right answer: True.
<< IGraphM`
IGSubisomorphicQ[subG1, G1]

True

A: OK in version 13.1 on Windows 10:
G1 = Graph[ImportString["W|tNHEpCKoh`@@Po_WHB@CKC?WGO{G?KKCB`?OMG?_y_?Sn",
"Graph6"], VertexLabels -> Automatic]
subG1 = Graph[ImportString["SsCAJ?`K?O`?@@@??WG@B?M??K??EG??{", "Graph6"],
VertexLabels -> Automatic]
IsomorphicSubgraphQ[subG1, G1]

True

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Q: how can i change redis to mysql in controller.php how can i change it to non use redis. in .env i dont have redis as DB_CONNECTION. idk how i can delate this redis, cuz without ingerence i cant start my website... big thx to help and any answer.
here is my controller.php where is error in 31-33
<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Auth;
use LRedis;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\DispatchesJobs;
use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests;

abstract class Controller extends BaseController
{
    use DispatchesJobs, ValidatesRequests;

    public $user;
    public $redis;
    public $title;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->setTitle('Title not stated');
        if(Auth::check())
        {
            $this->user = Auth::user();
            view()->share('u', $this->user);
        }
        $this->redis = LRedis::connection();
        view()->share('steam_status', $this->getSteamStatus());
    }

    public function  __destruct()
    {
        $this->redis->disconnect();
    }

    public function setTitle($title)
    {
        $this->title = $title;
        view()->share('title', $this->title);
    }

    public function getSteamStatus()
    {
        $inventoryStatus = $this->redis->get('steam.inventory.status');
        $communityStatus = $this->redis->get('steam.community.status');

        if($inventoryStatus == 'normal' && $communityStatus == 'normal') return 'good';
        if($inventoryStatus == 'normal' && $communityStatus == 'delayed') return 'normal';
        if($inventoryStatus == 'critical' || $communityStatus == 'critical') return 'bad';
        return 'good';
    }

}

this is my .env
APP_NAME=Laravel
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=l2ggh1imVxJ7Oj6BotPUWinAIDgJfBYw
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_LOG_LEVEL=debug
APP_URL=http://localhost

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=csgo
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=secret

BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
CACHE_DRIVER=file
SESSION_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_DRIVER=sync

REDIS_HOST=localhost
REDIS_PASSWORD=null
REDIS_PORT=4563

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null

PUSHER_APP_ID=
PUSHER_APP_KEY=
PUSHER_APP_SECRET=

pplssss help me !

A: You can access you database tables like this
First you need add this code in the top of your file
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;

Then
$steamDetail= DB::table('steam')->get();//This will return all the data from steam table
$steamStatusArray=DB::table('steam')->pluck('status');//This will return only the status column from steam table

Reference- Laravel Query Builder
Note: you have to remove all the code related to LRedis
If you don't know where to start give a try on this tutorial. It might give you the idea.


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Cheap flights from Los Angeles (LAX) to Christchurch (CHC)
The best prices from Los Angeles to Christchurch are usually found in May or August, booked 60 days in advance, depart on a Thursday or Wednesday and return on a Thursday
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School's In
GSE News
New design-thinking curriculum targets middle school students
Students at Bayside STEM Academy
Shelley Goldman
Shelley Goldman has posted online "Dive In!" — a package of learning materials to foster student projects on delivering clean water.
By David Plotnikoff
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For the vast majority of students, the first hands-on encounter with design and engineering comes in a university classroom. Shelley Goldman thinks that's about six years too late.
Goldman, a professor (teaching) in the Graduate School of Education, sees her research into design concepts for middle-school students as a race against time, alienation and diminishing chances. "I want to reach them before the system lessens their access and opportunities," she said. "I want that spark to be lit before they get too old."
Four years ago, Goldman created REDlab, or Research in Education & Design Lab, a partnership between the GSE and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, also know as the d.school. Since then, she and faculty from the GSE and the School of Engineering, supported by funding from the National Science Foundation, have worked with local middle schools to develop an interdisciplinary STEM-based curriculum for design thinking.
"Dive In!" — a package of design challenges and activities focused on delivering clean water — is the project's first complete curriculum, which was released on the Web earlier this month and is available now for free for all to download. On April 18 the project's faculty, researchers and students celebrated the milestone with a launch party, in the GSE's CERAS building.
According to Goldman, the project's approach and goals are in stark contrast to the status quo in classroom STEM education: The real-world design challenges are open-ended and stress collaboration and creativity, rather than the rote memorization of facts, rules and formulas. "We are going against the grain (given the current emphasis on standardization, accountability and assessment), but I don't think that will be the case ultimately," said Goldman, the project's principal investigator. (Co-PIs are engineering professors Bernard Roth and Sheri Sheppard, associate vice provost for graduate education and professor of mechanical engineering. GSE lecturer Maureen Carroll heads the curriculum development effort.)
The Next Generation Science Standards, which were unveiled this month, could bolster the case for project-based STEM instruction. "The new standards have a strong focus on climate change. And I think if you're going to start teaching kids about global issues like climate, water and energy that you're going to take the opportunity to also have them design some solutions," said Goldman. "I don't think it's that far a step." The new standards were developed by the National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Achieve, in partnership with 26 states.
One of the natural byproducts of engaging global design challenges such as water, energy and shelter is the development of empathy, Goldman said. "Students need to learn that they can make positive contributions. The ability to develop empathy is so crucial for kids — to be able to get outside themselves and think about other people and their needs."
For example, a recent first-day exercise in one of the program's weeklong design camps involved a Stanford student who played the role of a ninja warrior. (Dozens of Stanford students, both graduate and undergraduate, are involved in the program.) In the span of 90 minutes, the middle school students interviewed him, made a needs assessment and developed rough prototypes of items to support him, including an insulated purse, suction-cup gloves and a wearable heater.
At this stage, the design thinking initiative exists outside regular classroom STEM instruction. "I hate to say it, but (schools) have left many of the compelling things that kids find engaging to afterschool and supplemental programs," said Goldman. The research and curriculum development currently takes place at three venues: a weeklong camp at Bayside STEM Academy, a magnet school in San Mateo; a weekly afterschool program at the East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy, an Aspire charter school; and, a four-week summer school program with the Sunnyvale School District, which partners with faculty and students from the GSE's Stanford Teacher Education Program.
Teachers are the key to getting project-based STEM curriculum into the regular school day. Goldman and her colleagues run several workshops for teachers each year and invite teachers to their student venues. "The more experience the teachers get hanging around us and seeing the kids' excitement, the more likely they'll be to take those ideas back to their classrooms," said Goldman.
Ultimately, the goal of the design thinking initiative is much more than a head start for the next generation of software developers and electronic engineers. Goldman would like to see a generation of citizens who have the analytical framework to tackle big problems and innovate in any discipline. "The kinds of skills that kids can get by learning design thinking are exactly the kinds of skills that will serve them well when they go out into the world," she said.
David Plotnikoff writes frequently for the Graduate School of Education.
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Our February video clips seem to be full of side by sides hitting the mud holes and going for a dip in deep waters, is that saying something? Tis' the season, we're sure we're not the only ones excited about the upcoming Mud Nationals event in Jacksonville, Texas this month. While our Top 10 Instagram Video Clips from February had several mud hole clips, we also had a few action shots to highlight and a some fun on the ice. Don't forget to submit your SxS video clips to us via Direct Message on Instagram, you never know, you may end up right here on our Top 10. Enjoy.
Who doesn't act like this on Fridays?
🎥 @tylerhoneman – Who says you need wings to fly when you have a heavy right foot haha. #rzr1000xp #rzrxp1000 #neverlift #polaris #hcrracing #shocktherapy #smoothlanding.
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Benitoite is a rare, strongly dichroic, blue mineral used as a gemstone. It is found in significant quantities only near the head waters of the San Benito River, San Benito County, California. In spite of much effort to study benitoite, the origin of color in benitoite has not been definitively established. Because traces of Fe are found in benitoite, ideas proposed include the Fe2+ - Ti4+ or the Fe2+ - Fe3+ intervalance charge transfer. While most benitoite is colorless when viewed down the c-axis, there is a very small number (3) of exceedingly rare stones (now cut into gemstones) which are pink in this direction.
GRR 303 pink benitoite spectrum; San Benito County, California. It is now a 4.34 mm diameter round faceted stone which appears pink when viewed down the c-axis and blue when viewed perpendicular to the c- axis. The pink color appears in the E||a spectrum.
GRR 456 pink benitoite spectrum; San Benito County, California. This is the spectrum (in the E||a direction) of the stone with the deepest pink color in existence. It is now a 4.32 mm diameter round faceted stone.
GRR 1846 orange benitoite spectrum; This is a new color variety of benitoite. The spectrum is presented for a 2.34 mm thick slab.


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Vatican Will Release 'Necessary Clarifications' On Abuse Cover-Up
By Gabrielle Ware
The pope hasn't responded to claims he was part of a cover-up.
The Vatican will release "necessary clarifications" about a sexual abuse cover-up by Catholic officials, according to the pope's advisers. Pope Francis has been accused of being part of the cover-up.
The pope has yet to respond to claims by a former Vatican ambassador to the U.S. saying the pope knew about some abuse allegations years before they were made public and did nothing to stop them.
An 11-page letter by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a conservative critic of Pope Francis, says he told the pope about abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
McCarrick resigned in July after allegations against him came to light. Viganò's letter also asks Pope Francis to resign.
The pope reportedly said he isn't thinking of resigning. Last year, he said "resignation is not a Christian value," according to Rome Reports. But he hasn't addressed Viganò's claims.
Pope Francis condemned sexual abuse and cover-ups by priests last month.


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Surprised ??? This is going to be a long read than most of my posts here but I will try my best to be brief and then you can use the comment section below to ask questions and make enquiries and I will reply them all asap…..
Many people don't know that you don't have to do your Jupeb Direct Entry Programme inside Unilag to be Admitted by Unilag. Unilag does not own Jupeb Programme, Jupeb Programme is an independent Programme Own by the federal government and there are many private centers around licensed to run the Programme.
The full meaning of Jupeb is Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board, it's a national board and not peculiar to Unilag alone.
Therefore if you have tried your Jupeb Programme in Unilag and it ended up not giving you the right result you are looking for, why not try other centers. At the end of the day only those who got the required Jupeb point will be admitted into 200Level in any school of your choice in Nigeria and even some abroad. Whether you did your Jupeb Programme in Unilag or not what matters is the end result of the Programme.
Let me tell you one secret: I have seen students who did their Jupeb Programme in Unilag and at the end of the day didn't meet up to the cut off point for their course and Unilag ended up taking other students that did theirs somewhere else but meanwhile met the require point for their course..
What does that tell you? Where you did your Jupeb Programme does not really matter what matters is the point(result) you came out with after the Programme. That's what determines your admission into 200Level.
The popular belief is "If I run the Unilag Foundation Programme/That's the brand name for Unilag Jupeb then Unilag will consider me before others that did their own Jupeb somewhere else. That's very far from the truth.
Unilag as a school have no say in Admission process, it is Jamb Direct Entry platform that manages admission and they use the point system to determine admission not where you did your Jupeb Programme. This explains why Unilag admits those that did Jupeb Programme elsewhere but met the require cut off point and abandons those who did it in the school but fails to meet Cut Off point.
Unilag requires entrance exam for you to even be allowed to come in for the Programme while most of the private centers will allow you to run the Programme even without an entrance exam and they will teach you well what you need to know to come out successfully.
Jupeb Programme in Unilag is very expensive and other centers are less expensive. Think well before making your choice of where to do your Jupeb Programme.
Arctic Circle Conference runs a total package for the Jupeb Direct Entry Programme with sure guarantee of teaching you to make the required cut off point to get you admission into 200Level Direct Entry Into any school of your choice and yes Even Unilag.
You can pay a visit to the Arctic Circle Conference now for more information and full details about the Programme and also how to enroll. You can also put a call through before visiting them. I recommend you visit though to check out their facilities…You will like it.
Use the comment section below for any related enquiries and i will reply as soon as possible…..
1)DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH O'LEVEL grading?
2) HOW MANY MONTHS WILL IT TAKE TO FINISH THE PROGRAM?
3) HOW MUCH IS THE TOTAL PACKAGES IN THE PRIVATE?
4) HOW SURE IT'S TO MAKE IT THROUGH 200L?
Nope…olevel grading does not restrict Jupeb….you can go on with the Jupeb Programme with even an awaiting result….
The Programme will take you 9 months to complete or approximately one year.
Very cheap compared to Unilag Jupeb…call the number in the post above for details or visit the center to get more information and how to register.
Can I still register with this centre of I've already done screening in Unilag?
Can i still register, since they resumed on the 10th.
Please sir any news on DE admission for people that just finished this year diploma.. Are we to check caps for admission or unilag would release a separate list for that….results has been released and am also done with the online screening so what's next.
I used different names for jamb and Olevel but the surnames are same, can I get an affidavit cause of the name?…..and will I be given admission cause both names are different.
Is the schedule for PG aptitude test out? If no, please when is it likely coming out and can you please keep us posted on this?
Nope….go through the ones i recommended above and call the numbers for details or visit the cemter to get more details of registration….
Boss Tim. Are there no other recommendations?? As in, are there no other centers around Lagos apart from this 'Artic Circle??
Pls, d nos u gave aren't answering. How much is d fees and can I still register as I just saw d advert today?
Is unimaginable jupeb a grantee to 200level?because my 2children are there?
Hello sir, I am D.E candidate 2018. We have not been updated about our result.
Sir is there any necessary steps to follow.?
How many months program is this?.
And also, can i locate any other centers asides Akoka?.
How much will this cost me in total. Reg, Lectures and school fee.


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Q: Gitlab Runner on AWS becomes really slow after some time I'm using Gitlab shared runner with Docker (current runner version: 10.0.2, docker storage driver: overlay2), running on AWS t2.small instance. I started experiencing issues with builds slowing down after some time (it's hard to say when exactly they become slow) - they take ~10x more time to finish than before. After killing the instance problem disappears for a while and after some time it slows down again.
Things I already checked:

*

*CPU usage on machine is around 20% the whole time

*RAM usage is around 1,5 G during the heaviest build

*IOPS on EBS are not exhausting all Burst Balance (e.g. right now burst balance is around 80%)

*Download speed

What else might be causing this ?
Just in case, jobs that are running on this runner are mostly yarn install and yarn build of a medium-sized front-end React application.

A: Had the same issue, pipelines timed out after an hour while usually taking ~8mins. Stopped the EKS node EC2 instance in AWS Console (t3.small).
(the one that the runner was created on)
The Autoscaling group took over, brought up a new node and killed the old one.
The pipelines came back to normal speed.
Will be looking to increase instance size in the future.


Hyatt Regency Casablanca is located in the centre of the legendary city of Casablanca, the business and financial hub of Morocco, in the heart of Casablanca's commercial district and just 25 minutes from Casablanca Airport. A brief stroll from the seafront promenade, Hyatt Regency Casablanca is an urban oasis in this vibrant metropolis.
This hotel has a grand entrance and a magnificient lobby and reception area. The style is traditional arab with black marbled floors, confortable soft setees and magnificient carpets to match. The lobby and public shopping areas are equally stylish.
The hotel is a modern white building . The hotel is right in the heart of the square and is a very impressive building.
Les Bougainvillees - Swimming pool restaurant opened during the summer season (May-September) Buffet breakfast and lunch. Dar Beida - Moroccan cuisine in a traditional Moroccan tent. Music and belly dancing. Cafe M - The most famous French restaurant in town. Living Room. SixPM.
Rooms are large. Very comfortable and complete bathrooms. They are probably the best rooms in town tastefully decorated.
Considered to be the finest property in Casablanca, this fine hotel is located in the heart of Casablanca, next to the ancient medina and within walking distance from all restaurants and places of interest.


Talk from CN Group - SMART detailing Visual Studio 2017 and the new features in C# 7, like tuples, destructuring and so on. Talk is in czech.
Talk from CN Group - SMART showing how to start with Docker in a step by step manner. Talk is in czech.
Talk from CN Group - SMART describing what is the Fody plugin and how to use it to generate code for repetitive tasks, like automatic implementation of INotifyPropertyChanged. Talk is in Czech.
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Q: Retrying failed TileWMS tile load in OpenLayers I have a map in OpenLayers with TileWMS source that's not very reliable. At almost every full page load there are a few tiles that fail to load with status 503 - Service Unavailable. When I try to load failed tile a bit later 'manually', it loads without a problem. That lead me to the idea of reloading failed tile if first try is not successful.
I couldn't find any OpenLayers 'official' way of doing that, so I tried to achieve that using tileLoadFunction, where I initiate reload of the tile with 2 seconds delay and before reload check if tile was already loaded successfully. Reload is triggered by first assigning dummy image source for tile and then the original one. Successful loading of the tile is checked by hooking on tileloadend event and setting custom flag evt.tile._loaded = true.
Here is the relevant code:
proj4.defs('EPSG:3912',
           '+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=15 +k=0.9999 +x_0=500000 +y_0=-5000000 +ellps=bessel +towgs84=682,-203,480,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs');
var proj3912 = ol.proj.get('EPSG:3912');
proj3912.setExtent([374371.84, 30513.32, 624119.18, 195517.48]);

var tileGridResolutions = [1024, 512, 256, 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1, 0.5];

var dofLayer = new ol.layer.Tile({
  source: new ol.source.TileWMS({
    url: 'https://prostor4.gov.si/ows2-m-pub/wms',
    attributions: ['GURS'],
    params: {
      'LAYERS': 'SI.GURS.ZPDZ:DOF050_D48',
      'FORMAT': 'image/png',
      'VERSION': '1.3.0'
    },
    tileGrid: new ol.tilegrid.TileGrid({
      extent: proj3912.getExtent(),
      resolutions: tileGridResolutions,
      tileSize: 256
    }),
    tileLoadFunction: tileLoadFunction,
    projection: proj3912
  }),
  title: 'Ortofoto',
  type: 'base'
});

function tileLoadFunction(imageTile, src) {
  imageTile.getImage().src = src;
  if (typeof imageTile._retry == 'undefined') {
    imageTile._retry = 0;
    imageTile._loaded = false;
  }
  if (imageTile._retry < 3) {
    imageTile._retry++;
    setTimeout(function() {
      if (!imageTile._loaded) {
        imageTile.getImage().src = 'img/empty.png';
        tileLoadFunction(imageTile, src);
      }
    }, 2000);
  }
}

dofLayer.getSource().on('tileloadend', function(evt) {
  evt.tile._loaded = true;
});

Unluckily this method works only in old venerable IE11, but not in Firefox and Chrome. There is no error, it just seems like image is not transferred from image element to canvas. Since I work in ES5 JS, I cannot debug OpenLayers internals to see where the problem is.
Is there any way to make the above method work in Firefox and Chrome or some other approach to try reloading failed TileWMS tile?

A: You would get more control loading via xhr as in https://openlayers.org/en/main/apidoc/module-ol_Tile.html#~LoadFunction and scheduling a retry from the the xhr's error/timeout handler.
No error handling should be needed once you have an object url, but to avoid memory leaks
tile.getImage().src = URL.createObjectURL(data);

should be replaced by
var url = URL.createObjectURL(data);
tile.getImage().onload = function(){
  URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
}
tile.getImage().src = url;

UPDATE
This sample code using a source very prone to errors is giving some success at a 2nd attempt after 5 seconds, while some tiles still fail.
  var map = new ol.Map({
    target: 'map',
    layers: [
      new ol.layer.Tile({
        source: new ol.source.OSM({
          url: 'https://{a-c}.tile.opentopomap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png',
          maxZoom: 17,
          tileLoadFunction: function (tile, src) {
            function attemptLoad(attempt) {
              var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
              xhr.responseType = 'blob';
              xhr.addEventListener('load', function (evt) {
                var data = this.response;
                if (data !== undefined) {
                  var url = URL.createObjectURL(data);
                  if (attempt > 1) {
                    console.log('success at 2nd attempt ' + src);
                  }
                  tile.getImage().addEventListener('load', function () {
                    URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
                  });
                  tile.getImage().src = url;
                } else {
                  console.log('no data ' + src);
                  tile.setState(3);
                }
              });
              xhr.addEventListener('error', function () {
                if (attempt > 1) {
                  console.log('fail at 2nd attempt ' + src);
                  tile.setState(3);
                } else {
                  setTimeout(function () {
                    console.log('retry ' + src);
                    attemptLoad(attempt + 1);
                  }, 5000);
                }
              });
              xhr.open('GET', src);
              xhr.send();
            }
            attemptLoad(1);
          }
        })
      })
    ],
    view: new ol.View({
      center: [0, 0],
      zoom: 2
    })
  });


I'm linking up to Amy Johnson's "Ruler Work Rocks Link-Up," so get over there and link up your own post as well!!
Amazing! Looks trapuntoed. Love the contrasting thread. Thanks!
WOW. I am thinking I need that ruler!
Me, too. Let us know when you get it in the shop. This is a fabulous design, Patsy.
I really appreciate your step by step photos. It is very helpful and inspiring.
Would! Just beautiful love it, will have to give it a try. Thanks!
Again, you just keep those creative juices flowing right along. Another beauty. I definitely want that ruler.
Love the new ruler! Way cool. As always like what you're doing. Thanks for sharing.
Patsy, This is a beautiful design. I definitely want that ruler. I especially like the addition of the pebbles. Makes the design look like it is floating. Thank you for this tutorial.
I love this post. I can't wait to buy this ruler. Thank you for your wonderful blog.
Amazing as always! Love the change in thread color. Got to take a look at your store. I submitted my first ever little (and not complete) ruler work table runner over on Amy's link-up.
That is beautiful. I too love the effect of channels but I wish I could do feathers, plumes and pebbles like you.


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Q: How to show in template current users role in project? Can someone say where I did mistake?
I have Project model. Every project has members. I have project_detail page where I want to show current user's username and his role in project. Right know in template it shows me only current user's username but not his role in project.
models.py:
class Project(models.Model):
    members = models.ManyToManyField(User, through='Member', help_text=_('Members'))

ROLE_CHOICES = (
    ('manager', _('Manager')),
    ('developer', _('Developer')),
    ('business_analyst', _('Business Analyst')),
    ('system_analyst', _('System Analyst')),
)

class Member(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    project = models.ForeignKey(Project, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    role = models.CharField(max_length=20, choices=ROLE_CHOICES)

views.py:
def project_detail(request, project_code):
    project = get_object_or_404(Project, pk=project_code, status='open')
    context = {'project': project,}
    return render(request, 'project/project_detail.html', context)

project_detail.html:
<span class="nav-link active navbar-text">
   {{ user.get_username }}:

   {% for member in project.member_set.all %}
       {% if member.user == user.get_username %}
          {{ member.get_role_display }}
       {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}
</span>

A: Why are you comparing the user against the result of get_username? That presumably returns a username string, but the user is, well, a user. This would work:
{% if member.user == user %}
  {{ member.get_role_display }}
{% endif %}

But don't do this. It's very inefficient to loop over all project members and get the user for each one. Instead, do a single query in the view:
member = project.member_set.get(user=request.user)
context = {'project': project, 'role': member.get_role_display()}