On the occasion of various meetings, one question has been insistently asked from me, which is also a sign of amazement people due to the interest shown by a Catholic priest in the Person of Sai Baba "How is it that you, who received the teaching of Jesus so closely, fell the need to proach another Master."
It is a very interesting question, since it is the same as an examination of one's conscience which, at the same time, reveals a common mentality, even though full of confusion. In fact, at least two preconceptions can be deduced from that question, which are largely spread among Catholic upbringing.
The first preconception is to believe that a priest, during all his theologica studies, has received a doctrine devoid of conditionings. In two millenia of Christianity, the true teachings of Jesus have been handed down without some kind of interpolations and the Catholic dogma among innumerable controversies. In the dark period of the past, the life of some men and women, who were shining and sanctity, was judged immoral and diabolic. Hence, a discrimination between the doctrines supported by men of worldly mentality and the transcendental truth handed down by the word and deeds of Jesus would not be inappropriate.
The second preconception can be deduced from the idea that to turn Baba means "to turn to another Master". The term "another" here means "different" and consequently, as regards faith means "heterodox". We need to point that this second opinion starts from an even more rooted prejudice: many think, without having studied the message of Sai Baba, that it should not be follow that it is even dangerous. "Anything belonging to our tradition is not", they think.
The "scandal" of a Catholic following the Sai philosophy arises from these two preconceptions, if it involves a man who was part of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. Anyway, having made these preliminary remarks, which should already represent a sort an answer, the question stays before y cosncience as an examination I have to get through. Therefore, I will try to an answer looking into the innermost part of my heart; that part which has not to give an account to anybody except to God of its own choices, disregarding public opinion.
Approaching and meeting Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has meant to me the discovery of a revelation which still continues. It is as if the Holy Scriptures, which are available to the people of any culture and religion, had concluded only some chapters and written at the bottom, "to be continued", instead of "the end". If Jesus were still alive (I mean with His physical presence, such as that of any other humari being), surely He would still have many things to tell men. "I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you now" (John 16:12), He said to His disciples a short time before leaving this world.
Yet, it is right to ask oneself what aroused in me such a great interest in Sai Baba that if could go beyond the one for Jesus. Of course, the figure of Jesus has not been forgotten nor declassed. One cannot throw a ruby away only because one has found a diamond; one cannot deny the Son after recognising the Father. But the question my conscience is being insistently asked is: "What more did I need?" Once more the answer is given by John the evangelist: "When the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth... He will glorify me since all he tells you will be taken from what is mine. Everything the Father has is mine; that is why I said: All he tells you will be taken from what is mine:" (16:13;15).
Something had remained in the heart of Jesus and He was waiting for the right time it could be revealed. From my studies of theology, one part was missing, which would enlighten the truths as a whole. The Western doctrine, however interesting a mosaic, rich in colours and images, it may already be in itself, was yet incomplete and inadequate, with large parts bereft of tesserae, so that the whole, unitary meaning of the work was made incomprehensible. It needed to be completed in order to identify the subject of the whole work. In my humble opinion, one of the purposes of Sai Baba's Mission is completing that "mosaic".
If I had more space, I would like to expatiate on all those missing parts, giving a clear vision of the whole picture and showing what was missing and I was looking for: the other half of heaven. Before knowing Sai Baba, I didn't give much weight to the power of the mind and to the importance of keeping it under control; I didn't know that the quality of the spiritual journey depended on the physiological and psychological food; I had never been explained the "subtle" influence of good or bad company.
The teachings of Jesus, however, are in tune with Baba's. From the Gospels, we can synthesise the virtues necessary to live in purity, prudence, righteousness, fortitude and temperance. The Church has always proposed truth, hope and charity as theological virtues; has always promoted assistance to the starving, the wanderers, the sick, and so on; stresses the importance of comforting the afflicted, forgiving the affronts, being patient with the bothersome persons. I find that the seven deadly sins, listed by the Catholic doctrine, are nearly the same as the ones pointed out by Sai Baba: pride, avarice, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, sloth. All that is taught is undoubtedly good, but it is part of the unfinished piece of mosaic. In fact, if people knew the triple bodily dimension which constitutes the human being (physical, astral and causal) and the influence it exerts over the choices of life, the evangelical precepts would be much more understandable and there would be much more strength in putting them into practice.
I can say that Sai Baba brings us continually back to our subtlest dimension, that is the divine one: we are Atman, Spirit. The Atman is an invisible elusive entity. It is not possible to immediately change from a gross an material dimension to the absolute transcendent one. The way baba show is gradual: to change from the state o mortality to the state of immortality, first o all it is necessary to put aside one' material interest, then refine them an finally sublimate them up to the state tha enables one to be continually blissful.
Will one life be sufficient to express gratitude to this Divine Dictor who gives like back? Bowing and kneelng down on front of the Gooness and Compassion of Lord Sai, I offer to the brothers this humble thougt.
Author of "A Catholic Priest meets Sai Baba"


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last mentioned twelve months, will, during the two succeeding years, abide, settle, and inhabit in the said Province of Georgia, and cultivate the lands which shall be to them and their heirs male severally allotted and given, by all such ways and means, as according to their several abilities and skills they shall be best able and capable. And such persons are to be settled in the said colony, either in new towns, or new villages. Those in the towns will have each of them a lot of sixty feet in front, and ninety feet in depth, whereon they are to build an house, and as much land in the country, as in the whole shall make up fifty acres.
" Those in the villages will have each of them a lot of fifty acres, which is to lie all together, and they are to build their house upon it.
"All lots are granted in tail male, and descend to the heirs male of their bodies forever. And in case of failure of heirs male to revert to the Trust, to be granted again to such persons, as the common council of the Trustees shall think most for the advantage of the colony; and they will have a special regard to the daughters of freeholders who have made improvements on their lots, not already provided for, by having married, or marrying persons in possessions, or entitled to lands in the Province of Georgia, in possession, or remainder.
"All lots are to be preserved separate and undivided, and cannot be united, in order to keep up a number of men equal to the number of lots, for the better defence and support of the colony.
"No person can lease out his house or lot to another, without license for that purpose, that the colony may not be ruined by absentees receiving, and spending their rents elsewhere. Therefore each man must cultivate the same by himself or servants.
"And no person can alienate his land, or any part, or any term, estate, or interest therein, to any other person, or persons without special license for that purpose; to prevent the uniting or dividing the lots.
"If any of the land so granted shall not be planted, cleared or fenced with a worm fence or pales six feet high, during the space of ten years from the date of the grant ; then every part thereof not planted, cleared, or fenced as aforesaid, shall belong to the Trust, and the grant, as to such parts shall be void.
"There is reserved for the support of the colony, a rentcharge forever of two shillings sterling money for each fifty acres; the payment of which is not to commence until ten years after the grant..
"The wives of the freeholders, in case they should survive their husbands, are, during their lives, entitled to the mansion-house and one half of the lands improved by their husbands; that is to say, inclosed with a fence of six feet high.
"All forfeitures for non-residence, high treason, felonies, &c. are to the Trustees for the use and benefit of the colony. Negroes and rum are prohibited to be used in the said colony; and trade with the Indians, unless licensed. None are to have the benefit of being sent upon the Charity in the manner abovementioned; but,
"1. Such as are in decayed circumstances, and thereby disabled from following any business in England ; and who, if in debt, must have leave from their creditors to go.
"2. Such as have numerous families of children, if assisted by their respective parishes and recommended by the minister, churchwardens and overseers thereof.
"The Trustees do expect to have a good character of the said persons given; because no drunkards, or other notoriously vicious persons will be taken.
" And for the better enabling the said persons to build the new town, and clear their lands, the Trustees will give leave to every freeholder to take over with him one male servant, or apprentice of the age of eighteen years and upwards, to be bound for not less than four years; and will, by way of loan to such freeholder, advance the charges of passage for such servant or apprentice, and of furnishing him with the clothing and provision hereafter mentioned, to be delivered in such proportions, and at such times as the Trust shall think proper; viz. with a pallias and bolster, and blanket for bedding; a frock and trowsers of linsey-Woolsey ; a shirt and frock and trowsers of Osnaburgs; a pair of shoes from England, and two pair of country shoes, for clothing; and 200 pounds of meat, and 342 pounds of rice, peas, or Indian corn for food for a year.
"The expense of which passage, clothing and provision, is to be repaid the Trustees by the master within the third year from their embarkation from England.
"And to each man servant, and the heirs male of his body forever, after the expiration of his service, upon a certificate from his master of his having served well, will be granted twenty acres of land, under such rents and agreements as shall have been then last granted to any other men-servants in like circumstances.
" Provided, that in case any person shall disobey such orders as they shall receive, a deduction shall be made of the whole, or any part of the above provisions."
Signed by order of the Common Council of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, this second day of July, 1735.
BENJAMIN MARTYN, Secretary.
The Trustees examined at their office such persons as applied to them for the benefit of the Charity, and out of them chose those who had the best characters, and were the truest objects of compassion.
They acquainted those that they had chosen, that they must expect to go through great hardships in the beginning, and use great industry and labor, in order to acquire afterwards a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families; that they gave them lands, and a year's provisions, but that those lands were uninhabited woods; that they must lie without cover till they could build houses for themselves, live upon salt meat, drink water, work hard, keep guard for fear of enemies, clear and plant ground before they could reap any harvest ; that the country was hot in summer, and that there were flies in abundance, and that thunder storms were frequent in that season; that sicknesses were dangerous to those who drank distilled liquors, and that temperance was not only necessary to preserve their substance, but their health also; that if they put their trust in God, and were temperate and industrious, they might establish themselves and families in a comfortable way upon lands of their own; but if they thought they should not be able to go through those difficulties, they advised them by no means to undertake the voyage.
Several were disheartened, which discovered that they had pleaded necessity without reason, and that they were able to live in England. The places of those who were deterred from going were filled up with others; for there were a great many more petitioned to go than there was room for. Besides the English, there were a number of persecuted German Prostestants, under the conduct of Mr. Vonreck and
Captain Hermsdorf. The whole embarkation, English and foreigners, together with the Missionaries to the Indians, amounted to two hundred and twenty-seven heads, making two hundred and two people upon the Trust's account, besides Mr. Oglethorpe, the gentlemen with him, and his servants, whose passages he himself paid.
There were two ships freighted, the Symond, of two hundred and twenty tons, Captain Joseph Cornish, and the London Merchant, about the same burden, Captain John Thomas. There was a sufficient quantity of provisions for some months put on board, likewise arms, cannon, ammunition, and all kinds of tools for busbandry, and necessaries for families.
One of his Majesty's sloops, under the command of Capt. James Gascoigne, was ordered to assist the colony, and to carry over Mr. Oglethorpe, who intended to inspect the settlement; but he chose rather to go on board one of the ships, though crowded with the colony, that he might be able to take care of the people in their passage.
On the 14th of October I set out from Parliament stairs ; about four in the afternoon I arrived at Poorfleet, where I dined and staid during the flood; after which I reached Gravesend about midnight. There I lay, and the next day went on board the Symond, Capt. Joseph Cornish, where the passengers upon the Trust's account had been for some days. I immediately took an account of the stores.
On the 19th a boy, as he was playing, fell overboard : a man being near him and seeing him fall, threw him a rope, and he got in again. We waited for the coming down of the London Merchant.
On the 20th the London Merchant, Capt. John Thomas, with part of the colony on board, joined us at Gravesend. I went and took an account of her cargo. The same day Mr. Oglethorpe, with Mr. Johnson, son of the late Governor of South Carolina, and several other gentlemen, who intended to accompany him in the voyage, came on board. In the afternoon we weighed and went down to the Hope.
On the 21st we sailed from the Hope, and got within three miles of the Buoy of the Nore.
On the 23d a thick fog came upon us. We made shift to get to the Buoy of the Nore, and anchored on the Kentish Flats, being not able to proceed farther.
On the 25th it blew fresh against us, and we got but little forwards.
On the 26th, early in the morning, we arrived at the Horse Shoe Hole, where we anchored for some time, and then setting sail we got to Margate Road.
On the 27th we arrived at Deal, and were forced to come to an anchor, in the Downs. We set on shore a servant belonging to one of the colony, it being discovered that he had the itch.
On the 28th it blew hard against us. The same day died a child of eight months old, being daughter to one of the colony. She was dangerously ill when she came on board.
On the 30th the wind continued to blow hard ; but Mr. Oglethorpe insisting with the Captains to sail, we ventured out, and found the wind less and more favorable at sea.
On the 1st of November we put into St. Helen's, in order to meet the man-of-war whom we expected to be ready. It being near night the ships came to anchor, and a gentleman was sent to Spithead to inquire after the man-of-war. He returned about midnight with advice that she was in Portsmouth harbor, and not yet ready.
On the 2d the ships sailed for Cowes road, and Mr. Oglethorpe went to the man-of-war sloop. As the ships passed by Spithead they saluted the Admiral's ship, which she returned.
We were detained at Cowes by contrary winds, till the · 10th of December; for though we twice broke ground, and once sailed as far as Yarmouth road, yet we were forced back again. This delay was not only very tedious to the people, but very expensive to the Trust; since there were so many hundred mouths eating, in idleness, that which should have subsisted them till their lands were cultivated ; and that they were also losing the most useful season for that purpose.
In this time the refreshments designed for the voyage were expended, and we were forced to lay in more at an excessive price, by reason that the squadron at Spithead had made every thing dear.
Mr. Johnson, son to the late Governor of South Carolina, was taken ill here of a fever, which prevented his going the voyage. This was a great disappointment; for if he had gone to Carolina, as intended, a man of his interest and good

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Big spenders: What do candidates do with all that money?
By David Pecar, David Wood, Xuan Li and Shakara Williams/The Media School, Indiana University | December 7, 2016
When the subject of campaign finance comes up, the focus usually turns to the contribution side of the equation. That is, who's giving money to politicians, and what do they want in exchange?
Less frequently considered is what politicians do with all that money. A quick look at the state's campaign expenditure data reveals that candidates and political committees in Indiana have spent more than $800 million on state elections from 2000 through 2015.
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More on this project at The Media School, Indiana University
And the spending appears to make a difference. It is clear from the data that high expenditures are correlated with victors in state political contests. For example, in the gubernatorial elections covered by the data (full data for the 2016 election won't be available until next year), the candidate who earned and spent the most was elected.
"Millions of dollars are dumped into campaigns, and generally, the candidate who spends the most to spread his message has the greatest chance of election," said Ryan E. Mann, former director of special projects for the Indiana Election Division.
Indiana law requires that campaign spending be recorded and submitted electronically to the Division, which is charged with oversight of political fundraising and campaign spending. The law allows four types of expenditures: contributions to other campaigns and local organizations; speaker/venue fees and amenities for campaign fundraising efforts; advertising; and operational expenses such as traveling, headquarter rentals, and postage.
In addition to candidates' campaign committees, the expenditure data covers organizations such as political parties and political action committees. Those organizations account for six out of every 10 dollars spent in Indiana politics, but more than half of that money goes toward contributions to candidates and party committees.
From 2000 through 2015, candidates have spent more than $315 million on campaigns, with the largest amount – $137.5 million – going toward advertising. Other major expenses include $66.5 million on operations, $63.7 million on contributions to other committees and $12.2 million on fundraising.
Given such large amounts, Mann said, it is critical that campaign finances be transparent so citizens can see how the contributions are being spent.
"With money playing such a large role, it helps when spending is reported so that people can see whether their donations are used appropriately," he said.
Lack of enforcement and missing data
As it turns out, oversight over campaign fundraising and spending is largely left up to the public, the media or candidates themselves. Although the election division recognizes the importance of oversight, it doesn't have enough workers to parse the troves of data that it receives in minute detail. As a result, there are no routine audits that could identify and report any problems in the data.
"We can only address discrepancies when they are brought to our attention," said Bryce Bennett Jr., chair of the Indiana Election Commission. "This generally results from a complaint that is filed by an aggrieved party."
Such complaints typically come from political candidates, as was the case at the local level in northern Indiana last year when an opposing candidate accused Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson of illegal expenditures.
For those who are motivated, it is possible to keep tabs on all the campaign spending by running searches on the Indiana Election Division's campaign finance website or by downloading and analyzing the data. But missing information in the state's data makes it difficult to get a full picture of what is happening with campaign money. And the lack of enforcement makes it easy for committees and candidates to skirt disclosure requirements without consequence.
For instance, many campaigns use credit cards for expenses and then simply note the credit card payment as the purpose of the expenditures. Such payments amount to more than $260,000 – a small chunk of the data, but one that is effectively in the dark for the public.
In fact, committees are required to disclose the type of spending for each itemized expense entry, but about nine percent of the spending data since that requirement took effect – more than $74 million worth of expenditures – are missing the expenditure codes. Much of the missing data is from just two years, 2000 and 2009, but in 2015, about four percent of the spending was not coded, totaling $1.3 million.
Campaign finance reports that are missing such data are considered defective by the state and may be subject to a civil penalty of $10 a day, up to a maximum of $100, plus investigative costs. But actual enforcement is infrequent at best.
"We don't sit down and audit every single report, so instead these issues are brought to us by complaint," said the Election Division's Michelle Thompson. Asked how often fines are administered and how much candidates have paid in penalties, she was unable to provide figures. According to the Center for Public Integrity, however, penalties are rarely collected. The Center studied campaign finance systems in all 50 states and ranked Indiana's 47th because of loose restrictions and poor enforcement.
Millions in advertising dollars
In spite of the issues with the data, it is possible to glean some general conclusions about campaign spending in Indiana. The most visible way candidates spend money is on advertising. From 2000 through 2015, state candidates spent about $161 million on advertising, making it the largest category of spending by far. Candidates advertise in myriad ways, including websites, billboards, yard signs, newspaper ads, television commercials, radio spots, clothing and merchandise, social media and even a demolition derby car. As you'd expect, advertising expenditures spike during election years, with state office candidates spending a total of about $25 million in each of the last three statewide campaigns.
While voters often complain about the ubiquity of political advertising, there is little question that advertising counts. Who spends the most? In a word, winners. Correlation doesn't always equal causation, but the data suggest a strong link between advertising and winning campaigns. For instance, in each of the three previous gubernatorial races, the candidate who spent the most on political advertising went on to win the election. (Results from this year's election will not be available until candidates' 2016 annual reports are filed in January.)
In the 2004 race for governor, Republican Mitch Daniels outspent and subsequently beat Democrat Joe Kernan $11.8 million to $9 million. Daniels repeated the process during his reelection race in 2008 against Democrat Jill Long-Thompson, outspending her $12.5 million to $2.5 million. And in 2012, Mike Pence continued the trend by outspending and beating opponent John Gregg $8.7 million to $3.5 million.
Campaign consulting costs
Another key area for campaign spending – though much smaller in scope – is political consulting. The use of consultants is common in statewide races, providing candidates with consistent marketing and communications, opposition research, and directed fundraising efforts.
"Political consultants provide highly-specialized services to campaigns," said Mike Disharoon, director of operations at the consulting firm Trilogy Interactive, which was paid nearly $200,000 for work on Democrat John Gregg's unsuccessful 2012 gubernatorial campaign. "A consultant can build up experience and relationships with vendors over time, in a way that campaign staff simply don't have the longevity to get together."
Andrew Downs, an associate professor of political science at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, said it is possible to find a consultant to help with virtually any part of a campaign. Candidates often hire a variety of experts to analyze historical voting patterns, poll likely voters, design targeted communication strategies, produce media elements to fill out those strategies, prepare candidates for debates and public appearances, attract wealthy donors, and much more. This specialized approach means that hiring consultants can be more economical than assembling a permanent staff.
While the state doesn't require campaigns to identify spending on consulting, committees must state the purpose of expenditures. From 2011 to 2015, mentions of consulting costs in the database's purpose field account for a total of about $4.6 million. That figure is likely somewhat low, however, since reporting of spending purposes is spotty. About a fourth of the data in 2015, for instance, contains no information in the purpose field.
Still, it is possible to identify 200 consulting companies from 16 different states. Top companies include Mark It Red LLC of Zionsville, Kyle Walker Consulting of Indianapolis, The Polling Company of Washington, D.C., Sextons Creek LLC of Indianapolis, Trilogy Interactive of Mountain View, Calif., and Hathaway Strategies of Indianapolis.
Political consulting has been around a long time. Since 1969, the industry has had its own association, the American Association of Political Consultants, and the organization gives out annual awards – the Pollies. Trilogy Interactive, for one, has won several Pollies in recent years.
Trilogy's Disharoon said consultants' roles have expanded with the increasing need to target specific demographics, manage public perceptions and navigate advocacy groups.
"The biggest change has been the growing role of digital marketing in political campaigns," he said. "This involves digital marketing consultants like us, of course, as we do things like manage email programs and social media profiles that simply didn't exist 15 years ago. It also bleeds into other political consulting services such as video ads and direct mail."
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Q: How to show progress for submodule fetching? I know I can tell Git to show progress like
Resolving deltas:  98% (123/125)

when passing the command line parameter --progress to, e.g. the fetch command. But we have a couple of large submodules and there no progress is shown. How to tell Git to also show progress for cloning submodules (e.g. as part of the fetch command)?

A: Starting with Git v2.11.0, the git submodule interface accepts the --progress option which you can use. It does exactly what you expect.
See: https://github.com/git/git/commit/72c5f88311dab7149fcca1f6029414ccb776fee8
--progress wasn't announced in the help text (git submodule --help) in earlier versions but now it is (tested with Git version 2.27.0)

A: The closest I came was to use this command:
git fetch --recurse-submodules=yes --jobs=10

This is not giving you a progress bar. But it speeds up the fetching of the repositories. This helped me a whole lot on a microservice project with ~30 submodules.
Of course, you can combine this with other commands afterwards, for example, update all repositories without potential conflicts:
# run all subprojects updates: Pull on currently selected branches

#git submodule foreach 'git rebase origin/master; true'
git submodule foreach '
  export BRANCH_NAME=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
  git status -bs
  if [[ "master" == $BRANCH_NAME ]]
  then
    git merge FETCH_HEAD --ff-only
  else
    echo \"NOTE this branch is $BRANCH_NAME. You must merge/rebase yourself!\"
  fi
'

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Japan Racing Association (JRA) is unveiling this week a new mechanism that will allow families of problem gamblers to block their kin from online horse betting.
The new system corresponds to the Japanese government's appeal to operators of horse racing, cycle racing and pachinko to limit the access of problem gamblers, the Japan Times reported.
Racing group rolls out new system for Japan's problem gamblersOn Thursday, the horse racing group has announced that they will start accepting gambling prevention applications from families living with problem gamblers.
Aside from allowing families to bar their kin from gambling, JRA also implemented a system for problem gamblers who wanted to exclude themselves from the games.
There are at least 14 people who have asked to be barred from online betting, according to JRA.
Data from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare showed at least 3.2 million Japanese citizens had trouble keeping their gambling in check, while around 0.8 percent or 700,000 adults confessed to being problem gamblers.
The numbers of problem gamblers, which were released in October, were lower compared to the previous years, according to the government agency. Japanese citizens who identify themselves as problem gamblers spend an average of ¥58,000 (US$515) per month playing pachinko, making it the most popular game in Japan.
JRA, which manages horse races operated by local governments, gets 60 percent of its estimated ¥2.6 trillion ($22.9 billion) annual revenue from online betting.
The country, which passed a casino enabling legislation in 2016, is taking the issue of problem gambling very seriously. Early this month, Japan's ruling coalition stamped a gambling addiction measure as a priority bill and unsuccessfully pressed legislators to approve it before their winter vacation. The gambling addiction legislation, aimed to prevent potential social harms that the new casinos might bring, is a necessary precursor for the enactment of the Integrated Resorts bill.


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April 12th 2014 as a finish for the week of action in Bologna, we did a beautiful demonstration in Via Indipendenza in Bologna. For the weather forecast was really bad, we did a short and small version – an extended version is intended to be made soon.
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BRI NEWS Chinese medical team helps an 80-year-old patient with complex eye disease regain sight
Chinese medical team helps an 80-year-old patient with complex eye disease regain sight
14:45, December 16, 2019
Marie Kenne needed help to walk before the operation(People's Daily Online)
The Chinese Medical Team in Sierra Leone continues to perform miracles in the medical field as a good number of complex cases have been treated and the patients are thankful to the People's Republic of China for sending in their liberators.
The latest to benefit from the team of professional doctors and other medical personnel is an 80-years-old Sierra Leonean, Marie Kenne, who has been blind for many years. It was the first time that she walked steadily without the help of other people after her successful eye operation. She was quite happy, holding tightly onto the hands of her ophthalmologist-Dr. Cao Yanna, a member of China Medical Team, whilst shouting in joy: "I can see now." Her daughter also following her cried with appreciation.
Marie Kenne is said to have been infected with a disease called corneal dystrophy combined with serious cataracts. Because her condition was complicated and severe, it was harder to do the operation than with normal patients. She had visited several medical centers and eye clinics to save her from blindness but all proved unsuccessful.
Marie Kenne came in for a review the day after the surgery(People's Daily Online)
Her condition became worse as time passed by and even the light that she could previously see dimmed further every day. This sad situation caused her to fall several times after she became blind. Family members had to accompany her at all times.
Her daughter who became fed up with aiding her decided to try once again, and this time they went to the Sierra Leone China Friendship Hospital with less hope.
Two ophthalmologists from the Chinese Medical Team, Dr. Cao Yanna and Dr. Jiang Haibo, carried out a thorough medical checkup on the patient's eyes, and then recommended that she requires a regimen operation.
During the operation, the Chinese doctors got through the difficulties of the locally opaque cornea and complicated eye conditions, and completed the surgery.
Marie Kenne poses with doctors and nurses after her surgery(People's Daily Online)
Dr. Jiang and Dr. Cao, covered with sweat, smiled with relief after finishing the successful operation.
It was a moment of joy and celebrations by the patient and her family after her eyes opened and she walked directly to meet the two doctors without help.
She shouted, "I can see everything now!" These words served as a basis for praise to the ophthalmologist of the China Medical Team.
China medical team extends volunteer services to Sierra Leoneans
Counselor Zhang Xueqian makes a statement at the opening ceremony of the volunteer medical service event (Photo: People's Daily Online)The 21st batch of the China Medical Team has provided support through voluntary medical services to Sierra Leoneans at an event held at the University of Sierra Leone in Freetown.A total of 19 medical experts from different departments, including internal medicine, surgery, traditional Chinese medicine, infectious diseases, ophthalmology, emergency health inquiry, consulting and advising, came together to share their ideas and skills with over 100 teachers and students of the Fourah Bay College in Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital.The Chinese medical experts shared their skills in the prevention of diseases like malaria, typhoid, AIDS, Lassa fever and first aid emergency treatment. They carried out physical checks, disease treatment, and health education.The event was graced by Mr. Zhang Xueqian, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone, and the assistant to Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone, Dr. Evelyn Carew.In his statement, Counselor Zhang Xueqian stated that since 1973, the Chinese government has dispatch medical teams to Sierra Leone and nearly 500 Chinese doctors have been to Sierra Leone to contribute to the health of Sierra Leoneans. "I am proud of the contributions made by my colleagues from the China Medical Team. I consider them to be messengers of China-Sierra Leone friendship," he said.He added that he was happy to see the China Medical Team partnering with the Confucius Institute of the University of Sierra Leone to provide volunteer medical services for college authorities.Counselor Zhang described the event as one of the measures to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state and the outcomes of the FOCAC Beijing Summit, which demonstrates China's determination to support the health system in Sierra Leone.Assistant to Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Uni...
Chinese doctors to offer free eye surgeries in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) - Chinese doctors and specialists will carry out free cataract surgeries as the second phase of a Chinese charitable program, a Chinese official said here on Saturday.(File photo: VCG)Zhang Wenchuan, charge daffaires of the Chinese Embassy in Uzbekistan, said Chinas Brightness Action program that offers free cataract surgeries is part of the "Healthy Silk Road," will certainly be a new highlight in China-Uzbekistan medical and health cooperation.Uzbek Health Minister Alisher Shadmanov said at the launching ceremony that strengthening cooperation on healthcare has become a priority for Uzbek-Chinese relations."Todays action will provide an opportunity for the exchange of experience between Uzbek and Chinese ophthalmologists," he said.Since the Brightness Action program kicked off in Uzbekistan in late November this year, more than 400 local patients, aged from 7 months to 103, have received eye surgeries.
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Three brothers from Nelson Wrestling Club are competing in the Grand Slam event in Birmingham today.
For youngest sibling Ibrahim Hussain, who is just six, it will be his competitive debut in the sport, but he'll be supported and encouraged by eight-year-old Muhammad Hyder and the eldest of the trio, Abdal-Rahman, who is nine.
Ibrahim, who attends Whitefield School, has been wrestling for two years and has featured in friendly inter-club competitions with Bolton-based Sharples Wrestling Club in the past.
Both Hyder and Abdal, pupils at Roughlee Primary School, have been wrestling since 2014, and have already enjoyed plenty of success under Iranian coach Mohammed Osman Malak.
Hyder, undefeated in competitive matches since 2016, is certainly the golden boy of the group, having taken first place three times at the Derbyshire Open, once in the Wales Open and again at the Aspull International Open.
Abdal has achieved several podium place finishes, with five bronze medals sitting in his collection so far.
Club chairman Tahir Anwar said: "It is great to see the dedication and hardwork of all three brothers who have all embraced the sport and have taken it up competitively.
"Before the club started in Nelson we did not really have a tradition of freestyle wrestling in East Lancashire, despite it being very popular across the north west.
The brothers are pictured ahead of the Grand Slam event in Birmingham.


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NFL quarterback Cam Newton offered a fellow passenger $1,500 cash to swap seats on a flight from Paris to the Dallas Fort Worth airport, only to be turned down.
The only reason so many people know about it, though, is that former Colorado State football player Elisara Edwards caught it all on a video that has now been viewed by more than 4 million people.
"It's just gone viral," Edwards said Monday. "… Social media's crazy."
Edwards and his fiancee, Jennifer Johnson, were already seated in the coach section of the American Airlines flight on Friday when Edwards noticed the exchange. The former defensive lineman for the Colorado State University football team and recent contestant on NBC's "The Titan Games" had his phone out recording a short video for friends and family and quickly turned it on Newton.
The 2010 Heisman Trophy winner and 2015 NFL Most Valuable Player for the Carolina Panthers was negotiating with a passenger two rows in front of Edwards to switch seats in an effort to gain more leg room.
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"He asked the guy in front of us about his seat and if he can trade seats, and (the other passenger) asked him how tall he was," Edwards said Monday. "He said he was 6-6, and the guy goes, 'Well, I'm 6-4, and I'm with my buddies here, so I won't be able to give up my seat.'
"And he asked him if he would trade for $1,000, and he said, 'No.' And he's like, '$1,500?' And he said, 'No.'
"'Cash?' And he said, 'No.' And then he just walked back to his seat.
"I just had my camera out at the right moment."
Edwards, who played for the Rams in 2012 and 2013, said he quickly posted the video to Instagram, then later shared it on Twitter. He lost some of it in the process while editing it down to the 15-second maximum for an Instagram upload.
© Provided by USA Today Sports Media Group LLC Edwards thought the exchange was interesting enough to share but had no idea it would take off the way it did.
"I woke up the next day, and it was about 15,000 views and like 1,000 shares or something like that, and later on that afternoon, I looked at my phone again, and it was at about a million. The next day, it was at 3 million.
"It just snowballed."
By Monday, it was all over the Internet, with stories and links on the websites of CNN, ESPN, CBS Sports, Deadspin, USA TODAY, the Washington Post and hundreds of other media outlets.
"Everybody started hitting me up," Edwards said. "I just asked for credit."
It was the second time in two weeks that Edwards had been involved in a video that went viral. His marriage proposal to Jennifer Johnson, minutes after the two watched Jennifer's younger sister, Estelle, play soccer for Cameroon on June 10 in the Women's World Cup, was picked up by the organizing committee and shared with television networks and on social media.
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Estelle Johnson, who grew up in Fort Collins, was watching the proposal in the front row of the stands from the playing field in Montpellier, France, while her older sister, Esther Johnson, shot the video with her phone.
Edwards had traveled to France with Johnson's father and sisters to watch Cameroon's pool-play matches in the Women's World Cup. They weren't able to stick around for Cameroon's final game Sunday in the round of 16, a 3-0 loss to England.
"It wasn't going to work out for us, because we had to get back to real life," he said.
Edwards spent the weekend in Fort Collins with Johnson's family and was headed back to work Monday in Alaska, where he installs insulation on oil pipelines.
As for the events on the flight, "it was kind of an awkward situation," Edwards said. "I know (Newton) was trying to be incognito, trying to keep to himself. I wasn't bothering him or trying to talk to him or anything, and then that video.
"I didn't think anything of it. I posted it, and it just went out of control."
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Damned if you do, damned if you don't: Seasonal workers and furlough
Busier times: A Tui Airways flight to Lapland, Christmas 2018. Photo: Anthony Devlin/PA Archive/PA Images
Tour operator Tui's decision last month not to furlough seasonal workers attracted criticism not only from its workforce, but also a group of concerned MPs. James Froud examines the legal considerations
Throughout the pandemic employers have had to make difficult decisions around the amount of support offered by government. Some have decided to claim grants from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), only to hand it back later upon realising that they were having a better-than-anticipated 2020. HR leaders have faced unprecedented choices.
One company, Tui, received a letter from MPs lambasting its decision to refuse to furlough seasonal cabin crew on so-called "permanent part-year" (PPY) contracts.
Politicians criticised Tui for not taking advantage of the CJRS and therefore failing in its duty of care as an employer to "ensure [employees] are not abandoned during the winter months with no income and next to no prospect of obtaining a second job".
For its part, Tui has said it intends only to use the CJRS where it supports active and viable roles, which it does not consider applies to cabin crew on PPY contracts given the current lack of demand for flights.
Underpinning furlough
It is first necessary to understand the purpose of the CJRS. This is enshrined in an HM Treasury Direction, the legal instrument underpinning the scheme, which states:
"The purpose of CJRS is to provide for payments to be made to employers on a claim made in respect of them incurring costs of employment in respect of employees who are within the scope of CJRS arising from the health, social and economic emergency in the United Kingdom resulting from coronavirus and coronavirus disease.
"Integral to the purpose of CJRS is that the amounts paid to an employer pursuant to a CJRS claim are only made by way of reimbursement of the expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the employer in respect of the employee to which the claim relates whose employment activities have been adversely affected by the coronavirus and coronavirus disease or the measures taken to prevent or limit its further transmission."
In other words, the CJRS is there to encourage employers to retain staff whose jobs might otherwise be lost by reason of the pandemic. The Direction is also explicit that payments made under the scheme are only for the purpose of the CJRS and that no CJRS claim may be made in respect of an employee if it is contrary to the exceptional purpose of the CJRS.
In simple terms, employees qualify for furlough if they have been instructed, by reason of Covid, to do no work in relation to their employment, or not to work the full amount of their usual hours.
Christmas contracts
PPY contracts might be viewed as a hybrid of the much-maligned zero-hour contract. They are useful for businesses that experience large fluctuations in seasonal demand, enabling them to retain staff (and skills) on permanent contracts without having to guarantee work (or pay) during quieter periods of the annual cycle; ideal for airlines at Christmas.
Against this backdrop, Tui's position looks entirely reasonable. If, as seems likely, the cabin crew in question are never guaranteed work (or payment) during the winter months and demand for flights has shrunk such that their services are simply not required, it is difficult to see how Tui can make a claim consistent with the purpose of the CJRS, since Tui has no reason to incur expenditure in relation to those individuals.
Furthermore, even though the employees may have been paid during the requisite period, so as to meet one limb of the qualifying criteria, they have not been instructed to reduce their working hours, as these are not guaranteed in any event. Accordingly, it is debatable as to whether they are in fact eligible at all for furlough.
But let us pretend that Tui was perfectly within its rights to claim the furlough allowance. Would its refusal amount to a dereliction of duty? The answer is an emphatic "no". Making use of CJRS is entirely a discretionary matter for employers; there is no obligation.
Moreover, while employers undoubtedly do owe duties of care in relation to employees' wellbeing, that does not extend to remunerating them purely out of the goodness of their hearts. "Abandoning" employees, no matter the time of year, with no income is acceptable if they have no right to payment during that period.
Parliamentary concern
The risk of adverse publicity must also be considered, particularly given reports that Tui has already benefited from €2bn in German state aid and requested a further €1.8bn, just to stay afloat. To make a questionable claim on British taxpayer funds as well could leave Tui vulnerable to the court of public opinion, especially in light of a recent addition to the CJRS requiring HMRC to publish information identifying employers who have received payments under the scheme and the amounts claimed.
Viewed objectively the parliamentary criticism of Tui is curious. One is drawn to ponder whether these are the same MPs who denounced football clubs earlier in the year for – quite legitimately – looking to utilise the CJRS (and in most cases were forced by popular outcry to withdraw the claims).
Furlough, it seems, has become an emotive subject in polarised times. It seems Tui faced one of the year's many Covid conundrums and was always going to face criticism. Damned if you do and damned if you don't.
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It's no secret B and I love to trot the globe in search of fine fodder. Yet astonishingly, aside from a handful of trips to institutions such as The Fat Duck and Waterside Inn, we have largely left the UK gastronomic landscape (out of London) unexplored. With the increasing number of talented chefs popping up around the country, it's a gross oversight on our part which we are now seeking to rectify. Our concerted effort started last bank holiday with a trip to idyllic Cartmel where Simon Rogan's restaurant-with-rooms resides. Winner of Square Meal's UK restaurant of the year, L'Enclume champions seasonal local produce, using organic bounty from its own farm and wild ingredients foraged in the surrounding area (we spotted a wellie-clad Rogan returning from his daily forage on both mornings of our stay).
We rolled into the usually sleepy village (the races were on the weekend of our visit and the streets were filled with revellers) just after 7pm, a little dishevelled from an exhausting drive. A quick check-in and freshen-up later, we found ourselves reclined in the restaurant lounge sipping champagne. It was our anniversary so we selected a celebratory bottle of Dom Perignon 1999 which was fruitier than customary for a DP (as one would expect from this vintage) but still retained a playful balance between finesse, fruit and acidity. We chose the 12-course tasting menu and got stuck into the canapés – a not entirely memorable selection of red pepper and sunflower seeds lollypop, spiced caramel popcorn and tapioca crisps. Once done with nibbles we were shown to our corner table in the main dining room and given an amuse bouche of Smoked Eel Fritter, Goats Cheese Mousse, Borage Flower (opening photo). The unexpected combination of eel and goats cheese worked a treat and got things off to a tasty start.
The first course of Cumberland Creamed Chicken Livers, Purple Shoots and Rye Toast was presented in adorable white ceramic pouches crafted by students from nearby Lancashire University (Rogan has lectured there in the past and collaborates with the art department to create vessels for each season's dishes). The toast and salad leaves concealed a luxuriously smooth chicken liver parfait topped with a layer of sweet, yet tart Cumberland jelly. Well-balanced and incredibly delicious – I wanted to lick the receptacle clean.
Next was the whimsical Grown up Yolk from the Golden Egg with Crispy Rice and Mizuna Cress, one of the restaurant's signature offerings. The glistening "yolk" consisted of a vegetable gel membrane which bursts to reveal a chicken velouté centre that oozed with the same viscosity as real egg yolk. It's a very clever dish both in concept and execution, with the puffed black rice adding a pleasing crunch and the mustard cream melding all the elements together. I can see why it is a mainstay on the menu.
Knowing well that there were plenty more treats in store I tried my hardest to resist the fresh-from-the-oven rolls, neatly tucked in a sleek wooden box. Their inviting aroma proved too enticing and I tore off chunks of warm soft bread, quickly slathering them with salt-specked butter before wolfing them down. The spelt and barley rolls were easily the best, boasting a complexity that made them far more interesting than their wholemeal and white counterparts.
I was ready to reach for yet another pristine roll when the well-timed arrival of the Vegetable Broth, Artichoke Dumplings, Chevril, Broad Beans and Alexander seed, nipped my carb fest in the bud. The horseradish-tinged broth on its own was a touch salty, but perfect when paired with the mild ravioli-like dumplings, so silky they practically slid down my throat. Not show-stopping but nevertheless, a very solid dish.
The Vintage Potatoes in Onion Ashes, Lovage and Wood Sorrel which followed briefly transported us to Central Asia with its heady spices. A thoughtfully composed plate full of earthy Indian flavours that, with its locally sourced ingredients still managed to retain an air of English provenance. The neutral new season spuds and lovage cream were a great foil to the sweet onion purée, smoky ashes (from onion skins) and bitter wood sorrel.
My favourite dish of the evening was the knock-out Muncaster Crab and Purple Azur Kohlrabi with Rocket, Dill and Fresh Cream. The ethereal rocket flower-adorned assembly of delicate crab meat and translucent kohlrabi sheets was a refreshing and exquisite mix of tastes and textures – typical of the understated but precise type of cooking we love.
B enjoyed the Sugar Snax and Paris Market Carrots, Ham Fat and Nasturtiums, declaring it an excellent showcase of the humble root vegetable. The natural sweetness of the tender carrots really shone through and the ham fat cream, which was not at all greasy, lent a nice countering saltiness.
I was keen to try the Dublin Bay Prawns from Guirloch with Oyster Cream, Wild Watercress and Coastal Herbs, as I adored the inspired pairing of langoustine and oyster when I first sampled it at Noma. Unfortunately Rogan's version failed to come together – the intense sear on the langoustines rendered them tough and the oily oyster cream had an unappetising gloopy consistency.
The Loch Tay Artic Char with Finale Fennel, Buckwheat, Mirabelle Tomatoes and Bay Cockles however was lovely. The impeccably-cooked fish was soft and flaky, the fresh cockles plump and the cherry tomatoes wondrously sweet. A seemingly superfluous heap of buckwheat added both textural interest, as well a pleasing mild nuttiness.
The savoury portion of the meal came to an end with an artistically arranged plate of Sillfeld Farm Pork, Enorma Beans, White Onion, Parsley and Mugwort Gravy. Despite it being a meat course the suckling pig for me wasn't the star of the dish, tender as it was it got a bit lost amongst the other perfected-executed components, not necessarily a bad thing as it did make for a harmonious dish.
Desserts kicked off with a pot of Gooseberry Cream, Blackcurrants, Yoghurt and Pineapple Weed, garnished with film of crisp blackcurrant leather. Our waitress professed it to be her favourite dish on the menu but we were somewhat less enamoured by it – intense and velvety as it was, I felt the creation was a little one-note.
The highlight of the puds was the gorgeous Howbarrow berries, Sweet Cheese, Lemon Balm Syrup and Milk Skin. Featuring delicate red berries, creamy mascarpone and a delectable crisp sweet milk skin wafer, it was light and luscious with a nice acidic twang. A very accomplished interpretation of the beloved millefeuille.
To finish, we were presented with a Caramelised Apple Cake and Sorbet with Thyme Custard and Hazelnut Crisp. The apple sorbet was beautifully smooth and not overly saccherine but it was the apple cake, coated in a thin golden layer reminiscent of the hard sugar shell on a toffee apple, that stole the show. The tart granny smith batons added a welcome crispness to the mix.
As with all large meals, we ended with espresso (B) and a pot of mint tea (me) which went nicely with the various petits four on offer; the Douglas Fir Milkshake being particularly intriguing, a shot of pure Christmas. We thoroughly enjoyed the intricate, intelligently conceived food and it was with great contentment that we made the short journey across the cobblestones of the square to retire to our room.
L'Enclume is an ideal foodie retreat with its innovative cooking, considerately-sourced produce and picturesque setting (Cartmel is situated in Southern Lake District), and the recently constructed research kitchen Aulis bodes well for future offerings. It certainly is a British restaurant to be proud of, deftly treating edibles gleaned from the surrounding area to bring diners a true taste of the English countryside. If you do plan on visiting, I would suggest avoiding race days and perhaps consider going during Spring and Summer which, according to head chef Mark Birchall are the best seasons for exciting, diverse wild ingredients.
~ by gourmettraveller on September 8, 2010.
GT this is another stunning post! The images are sooooo good! Keep up the good work and well done on your 2000 twitter followers!!
GB – thanks, it was a stunning meal!
Helena – I would definitely agree about the atmosphere, the decor also could be much improved (although the conservatory at breakfast is lovely).
Ed – fantastic, you won't be disappointed.
How nice to see a review up north!
Great photos,interesting to read as are planning a trip to the Lakes and this is one of the places we were considering visiting.
Had to come back for a 3rd look at the photos , well composed and hey…i take it that it was dark outside so double well done.Dont know if you ever seen my 30 course pig out but heres the pics that i took.
Gorgeous presentation of food (and photography), especially the colors in the photos toward the end. Lovely!
That looks amazing, excellent photographs. I'm not sure where I would fit it all, but I would definitely try! Thanks for sharing.
I have only ever eaten at L'Enclume once – in the early days when it had first opened – and I must say I wasn't wildly impressed. However, I've kept hearing consistently good reviews ever since, so I suppose I really ought to give it a second shot.
I use a Leica D-LUX 2 and yes, I wasn't all that keen on taking pics when I started the blog… but you do get used to it!
Obviously I've not been to L'Enclume in the past, but from my recent meal there I would definitely recommend a re-visit.
Leica ??? Camera snob eh ? ;-) I dont even hesitate now , i just get the camera out and start snapping away , or if you`re ever worried then just email them to tell them you like to take pics , they dont refuse free publicity and if the pics are good enough then you might even get asked back to take more.My camera is a fujifinepix and its wonderful , i thought buying a £1000 EOS might make my pics better but was sadly mistaken.For lighting in restaurants my fuji blows the EOS out of the water.Check the fuji out http://www.flickr.com/photos/24726943@N06/sets/ £250 very well spent.
it may be a Leica but it's just a point-and-shoot… nothing as fancy as your EOS! I do want to get a camera with SLR functions at some point but nothing too big as I want to be as inconspicuous as possible – may check out the fuji finepix. You're right, generally restaurants are fine with photos as long as no flash is used. I've only be turned away once (at Marcus Wareing) and I know a handful more that don't allow cameras, like Nobu and Locanda Locatelli.
Going next Friday, can't wait. I'm sure it'll be up to this standard.


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Q: problem in use of $.each? Values the database row units for values salam & salavat : [this values inserted by json_encode()]
salam:

[{"name_units":"salam","price_units":"74,554","checkbox_units":["minibar","mobleman"]},{"name_units":"mokhles","price_units":"4,851,269","checkbox_units":["mobleman","tv"]},{"name_units":"fadat","price_units":"85,642","checkbox_units":["minibar","mobleman","tv"]}]

salavat:

[{"name_units":"chaker","price_units":"5,452","checkbox_units":null},{"name_units":"khobe","price_units":"5,452,545","checkbox_units":["minibar","mobleman"]}]

In the example, do the following works:
EXAMPLE: DEMO1- in here work my code & DEMO2-in here just is for show all codes
First. please inserted value: sala in input => this have "tow" result, please clicked on each a of results: salam or salavat -> you see that get five output after click => salam & mokhles & fadat | chaker & khobe(In case must have three values, since we clicked on the word salam => salam & mokhles & fadat)
second. please inserted value: salam => this have one result, please clicked on result (salam) -> you see that get "three" output after click => salam & mokhles & fadat
I want in any case that is result search "five" or "three" value or "Etc.", get values name_units related with word that is click.
$('.auto_complete').keyup(function () {
    var dataObj = $(this).closest('form').serialize();
    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        dataType: 'json',
        //url: 'http://binboy.gigfa.com/admin/tour_foreign/auto_complete',
        url: 'auto_complete',
        data: dataObj,
        cache: false,
        success: function (data) {
            var id_name = $('.list_autobox_hotel').attr('id');
            $('.list_autobox_hotel').show().html('');
            if (data == 0) {
                $('.list_autobox_hotel').show().html('
there is no
');
            } else {
                $.each(data, function (index, value) {
                    $('
' + value.name + '
').appendTo('.list_autobox_hotel');
                });
                //////////////////////*HERE//////////////////////
                $('.list_autobox_hotel p').click(function (e) {
                    e.preventDefault();
                    var ac = $(this).attr('id');
                    $.each(data, function (index, value) {
                        $.each(value.units, function (bu, key) {
                            alert(key.name_units);
                        });
                    });
                    $(this).remove();
                    return false;
                });
                //////////////////////HERE*//////////////////////

                $('body').click(function () {
                    $(".list_autobox_hotel p").hide().remove();
                    $('.auto_complete').val('');
                    $('.list_autobox_hotel').show().html('');
                    $('.list_autobox_hotel').css('display', 'none');
                });

            }
        },
        "error": function (x, y, z) {
            // callback to run if an error occurs
            alert("An error has occured:\n" + x + "\n" + y + "\n" + z);
        }
    });
});

UPDATE:
for bin i done it as: (but this don't work and there is still the same problem)
$('.list_autobox_hotel p').bind("click", function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var ac = $(this).attr('id');
    $.each(data, function (index, value) {
        $.each(value.units, function (bu, key) {
            alert(key.name_units);
        });
    });
    $(this).remove();
    return false;
});

i don't understand "filter the data depending on what item you click on" and not know how is it!?
UPDATE 2
Did this is true? (but this don't work and there is alert: undefined)
$('.list_autobox_hotel p').bind("click", function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var ac = $(this).attr('id');
    var ok = $.grep(data, function (e) {
        return e.name == ac;
    }).units;
    alert(ok);
    $(this).remove();
    return false;
});

A: That is because your code doesn't care which item you click on, it always shows all the data anyway.
You should either bind the click event inside the loop where you add the items, so that you can use the specific data for each item, or filter the data depending on what item you click on.


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Home » Speak Easy eyes new downtown operation
Speak Easy eyes new downtown operation
February 18, 2016 | Jared Council
Keywords co-working / Commercial Leases / Commercial Real Estate / Entrepreneurship / Incubator / Real Estate & Retail / Small Biz Organizations / Small Business / Startup
The Speak Easy, a 4-year-old co-working space near Broad Ripple that's become one of the most popular entrepreneurial hubs in the region, is gearing up to expand downtown.
For years, the not-for-profit has aided startups of all stripes, including budding tech outfits, young marketing agencies and two-person law firms. It intends to keep that going, but it's looking to open a second outpost called The Speak Easy Downtown to accommodate larger, more mature startups.
The new space should be about twice the size of the current 4,000-square-foot operation on Winthrop Avenue, and it'll have a more polished look and more business amenities.
The biggest difference between the existing and the new space is that the downtown spot will allow companies to lease short-term, fractional space on a floor—or lease an entire floor. Such flexible offerings are rare in this market, observers said, but are widely coveted by startups entering expansion stage.
"The current Speak Easy is a great place to come up with ideas, to nurture ideas and to build prototypes to validate those ideas," Executive Director Danielle McDowell said.
"But when companies get past that validation point and they're ready to start hiring teams to expand, The Speak Easy doesn't have as much of an opportunity to help those entrepreneurs."
McDowell said the terms of the downtown location have not been finalized, but officials are eyeing a multistory building in Market District "not far from Monument Circle."
It's slated to open this summer.
The expansion plan signifies the beginning of the next chapter for The Speak Easy, which has graduated more than 170 companies—representing 1,000 jobs today—and has garnered national attention along the way.
The organization, known for its rustic decor, beer and couches, has more than 300 members. It generated $98,900 in revenue in 2013, the last year of available data.
The expansion also marks the biggest initiative for McDowell since she took the reins last August from the organization's first chief, Denver Hutt, an impassioned, well-connected 28-year-old known for building The Speak Easy into an entrepreneurial destination.
Hutt passed away last month after a battle with ovarian cancer.
"The whole goal is to remove barriers to help companies accelerate quicker, better, faster," said Andy Clark, co-founder and chairman of The Speak Easy board.
"We've helped to generate a lot of early-stage companies … but as soon as they've jumped out, they started to get a whole new list of problems—most notably, place."
The idea for a location that serves what McDowell called second-stage startups took off last fall when Speak Easy leaders garnered feedback from alumni companies about challenges.
Landing real estate was a frequent pain point. These companies, usually with headcounts near 10, often have misgivings about signing multiyear leases because they're not sure if they're going to need more or less space.
Upper Hand Inc., a sports-management software firm formerly known as Booka-coach, had such misgivings. When the company graduated from The Speak Easy in early 2015, it spent two months office hunting before it secured a rare month-to-month lease near Meridian and Vermont streets.
"In the commercial real estate space, three years is a lifetime for a young company," said Myles Grote, Upper Hand's chief revenue officer, noting that it's tough to find space that carries anything shorter than three-year leases.
"Your growth numbers might look good, but things can always change, so for me to sign a commitment like that was just not prudent to our investors at that point."
The Speak Easy Downtown will allow fledgling companies to purchase only the space they need, McDowell said, and have the flexibility to scale that space up or down every month.
The not-for-profit will charge by the desk, with undesignated "remote" desks costing about $350 a month and designated desks costing about $600 a month.
The Broad Ripple location's main seating options include tablet-armed lounge chairs and community tables.
Members will have access to undesignated community space at both locations for $50 a month.
But the downtown location will have new features including skinny rooms for phone calls, and the entire facility will have a more sophisticated, polished feel.
"At the current Speak Easy, the space really reflects what it looks like to bootstrap—you likely don't have access to the best of the best yet," McDowell said.
"These second-stage companies need this next level of sophistication, more refined edges, if you will."
McDowell noted that the new outpost still will offer coffee, water, tea and beer.
The Speak Easy still has a lot to work out, including the location and cost—if any—for member parking. Parking is free at the Broad Ripple location.
The organization is also working to finalize three so-called founding partners, which are local organizations that will invest money to fund the buildout of the new location and to run programs. McDowell said she's looking to raise about $500,000 from these entities.
The Speak Easy was founded in 2012 by Clark and local tech luminaries Jeb Banner, Andy Castor and Kristian Andersen.
Banner said discussions about a second location first surfaced a few years ago, but board members decided to table those talks and focus on growing one location. Along the way, it expanded its mission to attract more than just tech entrepreneurs.
Banner said entrepreneurial real estate challenges have been brewing for years, and the organization's leaders decided after a leadership retreat last fall to help mitigate the problem by opening a new space.
He acknowledged that plenty of startups have succeeded without an operation that provides flexible real estate, but he doesn't believe offering one will handicap them.
"I think there are so many natural, environmental challenges facing a business that removing a couple obstacles is not going to weaken the business fundamentally. It's going to empower them to solve the real problems they're built to solve," he said.
"The real estate side of your business should not be where you should spend your time and energy. It should be your customers and your employees," he said. "Removing obstacles that are not core to their business, to me, is not a crutch; it's an accelerant."•


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Q: CakePHP : complexe paginated query does not sort on columns I want to use a complexe query with paginate(). Here is my code :
// PhasesController.php
public function manage($id = null) {
    $this->loadModel('ProjectDomainPhasesUser');
    $this->ProjectDomainPhasesUser->recursive = 0;
    $this->paginate = array(
      'ProjectDomainPhasesUser' => array(
      'order' => array('Phase.label_'.$_SESSION['lang']),
      'joins' => array(
         array(
            'table' => 'users',
            'alias' => 'User',
            'type' => 'INNER',
            'foreignKey' => false,
            'conditions'=> array(
             'ProjectDomainPhasesUser.user_id = User.id AND User.id = '.$this->Auth->User('id')
            )
         ),
         array(
            'table' => 'project_domains_phases',
            'alias' => 'ProjectDomainsPhase',
            'type' => 'INNER',
            'foreignKey' => false,
            'conditions'=> array(
             'ProjectDomainsPhase.id = ProjectDomainPhasesUser.project_domain_phase_id'
            )
         ),
         array(
            'table' => 'processes_phases',
            'alias' => 'ProcessesPhase',
            'type' => 'LEFT',
            'foreignKey' => false,
            'conditions'=> array(
             'ProjectDomainsPhase.process_phase_id = ProcessesPhase.id'
            )
         ),
         array(
            'table' => 'phases',
            'alias' => 'Phase',
            'type' => 'LEFT',
            'foreignKey' => false,
            'conditions'=> array(
             'ProcessesPhase.phase_id = Phase.id'
            )
         ),
         array(
            'table' => 'projects_domains',
            'alias' => 'ProjectsDomain',
            'type' => 'LEFT',
            'foreignKey' => false,
            'conditions'=> array(
             'ProjectDomainsPhase.project_domain_id = ProjectsDomain.id'
            )
         ),
         array(
            'table' => 'domains',
            'alias' => 'Domain',
            'type' => 'LEFT',
            'foreignKey' => false,
            'conditions'=> array(
             'ProjectsDomain.domain_id = Domain.id'
            )
         ),
         array(
            'table' => 'projects',
            'alias' => 'Project',
            'type' => 'LEFT',
            'foreignKey' => false,
            'conditions'=> array(
             'ProjectsDomain.project_id = Project.id'
            )
         )
      ),
      'fields' => array('Project.title', 'Project.date_target', 'ProcessesPhase.step_number', 'Domain.label_fr AS domain_fr', 'Domain.label_es AS domain_es', 'Phase.label_fr AS phase_fr', 'Phase.label_es AS phase_es', 'ProjectDomainsPhase.date_notification', 'ProjectDomainsPhase.done', 'ProjectDomainsPhase.date_finished', 'ProjectDomainsPhase.id')
      )
    );
    $this->set('taches', $this->paginate());

I made this by following cakephp: using a join for search results
My view :
// manage.ctp

    <?php echo $this->Paginator->sort('Project.title','Projet'); ?>
    <?php echo $this->Paginator->sort('Project.date_target','Date cible du projet'); ?>
    <?php echo $this->Paginator->sort('ProcessesPhase.step_number','Etape'); ?>
    <?php echo $this->Paginator->sort('Domain.domain_'.$_SESSION['lang'],'Domaine'); ?>
    <?php echo $this->Paginator->sort('Phase.phase_'.$_SESSION['lang'],'Tâche'); ?>
    <?php echo $this->Paginator->sort('ProjectDomainsPhase.date_notification','Date notification'); ?>
    <?php echo __('Statut'); ?>
    <?php echo $this->Paginator->sort('ProjectDomainsPhase.date_finished','Date fin tâche'); ?>

<?php
foreach ($taches as $key => $tache){ ?>

    <?php echo $tache['Project']['title']; ?>
    <?php echo $this->Date->date_inv($tache['Project']['date_target']); ?>
    <?php echo $tache['ProcessesPhase']['step_number']; ?>
    <?php echo $tache['Domain']['domain_'.$_SESSION['lang']]; ?>
    <?php echo $tache['Phase']['phase_'.$_SESSION['lang']]; ?>
    <?php echo $this->Date->date_inv($tache['ProjectDomainsPhase']['date_notification']); ?>
    <?php
    echo '<input type="hidden" name="data['.$key.'][ProjectDomainsPhase][done]" value=0 />';
    echo '<input type="checkbox" name="data['.$key.'][ProjectDomainsPhase][done]" value="1"';
    if ($tache['ProjectDomainsPhase']['done']==1)
    echo ' checked';
    echo ' />';
    echo '<input type="hidden" name="data['.$key.'][ProjectDomainsPhase][id]" value='.$tache['ProjectDomainsPhase']['id'].' />';
    ?>
    <?php echo $this->Date->date_inv($tache['ProjectDomainsPhase']['date_finished']); ?>

<?php };
?>

My problem is that in my view, all the data are great but when i try to sort, by clicking a column, the page reload but nothing change.

A: I got a new solution for this..
Actually i too faced the same problem and finally got a trick to do this..
Here is my join query and functionality..
        $fields = array('SubjectCategory.name,Subject.name');
        $joins = array();
        $joins[] = array(
            'table' => 'subject_category_link',
            'foreignKey' => false,
            'conditions' => array('SubjectCategoryLink.subject_id = Subject.subject_id'
            ),
            'type' => 'INNER',
            'alias' => 'SubjectCategoryLink',
        );
        $joins[] = array(
            'table' => 'subject_category',
            'foreignKey' => false,
            'conditions' => 'SubjectCategory.subject_category_id = SubjectCategoryLink.subject_category_id',
            'type' => 'INNER',
            'alias' => 'SubjectCategory',
        );
        $conditions = array('SubjectCategory.parent_category_id' => NULL);
        $limit = 10;
        $group = 'Subject.name';
        $this->paginate = array('Subject' => compact('conditions', 'fields', 'order', 'limit', 'joins', 'group'));
        $order='';
       /* Here you should solution code provided bellow */

        $this->paginate('Subject');

The cakephp paginator component only sort the above records when i call the bellow code in my view file..
echo $this->Paginator->sort('Subject.name');

The problem i faced i cant able to sort the records by SubjectCategory.name by clicking the link generated in view file.
echo $this->Paginator->sort('SubjectCategory.name');

But it works only at initial load by defining $order in controller..
$order = 'SubjectCategory.name asc';

So i analyzed the paginator component (located in app/Cake/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponent.php) in cakephp and got a trick to sort the records..
1.Add this part before your paginate call ($this->paginate('Subject')) in controller..
    if (array_key_exists('sort', $this->params['named'])) {
        $order = $this->params['named']['sort'] . ' ' . $this->params['named']['direction'];
    } else {
        $order = 'Subject.name asc';
    }
    $this->Session->write('paginate_custom',1);
    $this->paginate = array('Subject' => compact('conditions', 'fields', 'order', 'limit', 'joins', 'group'));

    $this->set(compact('order'));// Dont forget to set this order variable to view

*

*Go and edit the cakephp paginator component.(app/Cake/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponent.php)

At line 141 you can see the bellow code in paginate() function.
 $options = $this->mergeOptions($object->alias);

After this line you add the bellow logic.
    if ($this->Controller->Session->read('paginate_custom')) {
        unset($options['sort']);
        unset($options['direction']);
        $this->Controller->Session->delete('paginate_custom');
    }

3.In your view replace the bellow code at each sort call ($this->Paginator->sort('SubjectCategory.name') )
    <?php
         $col_string = explode(' ', $order);
         $col = $col_string[0];
         if ($col == 'SubjectCategory.name') {
             $dir = ($col_string[1] == 'asc') ? 'desc' : 'asc';
         } else {
             $dir = 'asc';
         }
         echo $this->Paginator->sort('SubjectCategory.name', 'Name', array('direction' => $dir));?>

I think this may help you..
All the best..
Happy programming..


How big is 887,100 dunams?
It's about as big as Dallas.
The third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States as of 2009, Dallas measures 887,100 dunams in total area. The city is known as a strong industrial, commerce, and banking center, and as an "inland port," due to its metropolitan airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International.
It's about nine-tenths as big as Indianapolis.
In other words, 887,100 dunams is 0.94750 times the size of Indianapolis, and the size of Indianapolis is 1.055 times that amount.
The capital of and largest city in Indiana as of 2009, Indianapolis measures 936,300 dunams in total area. The city is known for its sports tourism, including the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 auto races, and the Men's and Women's NCAA basketball tournaments.
In other words, 887,100 dunams is 1.056 times the size of San Diego, and the size of San Diego is 0.9470 times that amount.
In other words, 887,100 dunams is 0.8990 times the size of Badlands National Park, and the size of Badlands National Park is 1.110 times that amount.
Famous for its buttes, pinnacles, spires and grass prairies, the Badlands National Park occupies 987,000 dunams, of which 64,144 acres is a designated Wilderness Area. The site is renown for its large caches of fossils from large North American mammals dating back the Oligocene epoch - about 33 million years ago.
It's about one-and-one-tenth times as big as New York City.
In other words, 887,100 dunams is 1.1290 times the size of New York City, and the size of New York City is 0.88570 times that amount.
It's about four-fifths as big as San Antonio.
In other words, 887,100 dunams is 0.84010 times the size of San Antonio, and the size of San Antonio is 1.190 times that amount.
The second-largest city in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States as of 2009, San Antonio measures 1,056,000 dunams in total area. The city is known for its tourist attractions, including the Alamo Mission and the annual San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.
It's about one-and-one-third times as big as Moloka'i.
In other words, 887,100 dunams is 1.3170 times the size of Moloka'i, and the size of Moloka'i is 0.75930 times that amount.


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Russia Kicks off Delivery of China's Second S-400 Air Defense Regiment
Delivery of the second S-400 regimental set has begun, according to a Russian government source.
By Franz-Stefan Gady for The Diplomat
Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense
Russia has commenced delivery of the second batch of Russian-made S-400 Triumf long-range, interceptor-based air defense systems (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) destined for service in the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Rocket Force (PLARF), according to a Russian government source.
"A transport vessel with the first batch of hardware from the second S-400 regiment set for China has taken to the sea from the port of Ust-Luga on the Baltic coast," the source was quoted as saying by TASS news agency on July 24. "Therefore, like in the case with Turkey, the deliveries of the systems have started several months ahead of the term stipulated in the contract."
The source added that a total of three transport ships will be dispatched in very short intervals to delivery the entire second S-400 regimental set to the PLARF.
Delivery of the first S-400 regimental set was completed in May 2018. As I reported elsewhere, Russia sent dozens of replacement missiles for the S-400 to China earlier this year, as one Russian cargo ship, reportedly carrying an export variant of the S-400's most advanced interceptor, the 40N6E, was forced to return home as a result of damages sustained during a storm in the English Channel.
Notably, while the 40N6E missile was reportedly cleared for serial production last in the summer of 2018, it is unclear whether production of the missile has begun. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) first released details of the 40N6E during the 2018 Army Forum in August 2018.
The delivery schedule for the second S-400 regiment was first revealed this April by an unnamed government source, as I reported at the time. To date, the Russian MoD has not confirmed the delivery date. The PLARF aims to stand up two S-400 regiments with an estimated procurement cost of about $3 billion. As I noted before:
The standard S-400 battery consists of four transporter erector launchers (TELs) with four large launch tubes or 16 smaller tubes (or a combination of the two) per TEL, in addition to long-range surveillance radar target acquisition and engagement (fire control) radar systems and a command post (vehicle). In the Russian military, two batteries make up an S-400 battalion (also known as an S-400 division), whereas an S-400 regiment consists of two battalions.
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PLARF personnel have been undergoing training on the S-400 air defense system throughout 2018 and 2019.
In September 2018, the U.S. State Department and Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on the People's Liberation Army's Equipment Development Department for procuring the S-400 and Sukhoi Su-35S (NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) fourth generation, twin-engine, multirole fighter aircraft from Russia.
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Chinese servicemen are conducting a technical inspection of the second batch of S-400 air defense systems.
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The new missiles are a replacement for those damaged on a Russian ship that got into a storm in the English Channel in 2017.
Russia to Begin Delivery of China's Second S-400 Air Defense System Regiment in July
The delivery of the second S-400 regimental set is expected to begin in late July, according to a Russian government source.
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