Creole Speaking Union

30th laniverser Kreole

Going through my photo galleries. Came across the above photo.

Notice anything?

Creole Speaking Union

Creole Speaking Union. Why not “Ban kozeur kreole” or “lasociation ban kozeur kreole”? Were they afraid to look dumb and decided to look more professional by choosing an English name?

502 Bad Gateway

Suddenly, i would get a 502 Bad Gateway page while trying to access my localhost nginx web server.

Looking at nginx log, found these

$ cat /var/log/nginx/error.log
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2014/06/26 00:26:10 [crit] 1260#0: *2 connect() to unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock failed (13: Permission denied) while connecting to upstream, client: 127.0.0.1, server: localhost, request: "GET /test.php HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock:", host: "localhost"

I remembered having firing the system updater few hours ago. Looking at the logs

cat /var/log/apt/history.log

I see php5-fpm, php5-mysql, php5-common, php5-readline, php5-cli have been updated. I guess this is what caused the breakup.

I tried re-installing them
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall php5-fpm
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 : Depends: libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 (= 2.4.2-1ubuntu0.1) but 2.4.3-1ubuntu2 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

I ran
$ apt-get -f install

Apparently the last update didn’t complete. But i’m still getting the 502 error :-/

But then googling more about the nginx log, someone posted a magical solution here


$ chmod 666 /var/run/php5-fpm.sock

Problem Solved šŸ˜€

mcrypt on Ubuntu Server

I tried installing Prestahop and Laravel on an Ubuntu Server and it was telling me mcrypt function cannot be called.

Tried doing this but it said it was already installed
sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt

I finally edited php.ini adding
extension=mcrypt.so

It could have been done using this too i guess
sudo php5enmod mcrypt

It’s kinda weird why this wasn’t enabled by default.

Pundit Sungkur et al. refuse to return our stolen beach.

Last time, they said they’ll do everything to abide by the law [ ref ] despite having violated it at first. But now they are waiting for the law to abide to their plan [ ref ]. They are waiting.

This government is a joke. “Petit copains” can piss on the laws and regulations. Government don’t care. But what they do, install speed cameras that fine the general population Rs 2000 if they go at 80.1 km/h. This is them saying they’re just doing their duty by applying “The Law”!

9 year schooling


We are living in a country where each of us is being exploited in a certain way. Modern slavery is being practiced and we are actually slaves of this communal society. ā€œLife is a raceā€, they said. We have to compete to be among the elite. And this competition starts at an early stage of our life. But the real question is, ā€œDo we live to work or work to live?ā€

Our honorable Minister of Education is considering to integrate the concept of 9-year schooling into our educational system. This will definitely reduce the stress of children as they will not undergo the hassle of CPE exams. Moreover, this new program will also discourage private tuitions after school hours, decreasing the child’s academic pressure.

But what about the Enhancement Program which is currently optional in schools? Will it become compulsory with this new way of schooling? Students undertaking the empowerment program leave school at 5 p.m.

8 hours spent in school, trying to ā€œPrepare them to face the world of work in the futureā€, seriously!!!

Well, in my opinion, we are initiating future robots with some emotions perhaps, but certainly far from what we call ā€˜human beings’. Banning the CPE exams will only delay the marathon, which will eventually take place in form 3. The same mental stress, the same competition and without forgetting their passport to HSC; the SC exams.

What about parents? They are happy with the enhancement program because of their self-interest. Children stay till 5 p.m at school so parents may pick them up while getting back from work! What about the time children spend with their parents? Is it something negligible? What about religion, culture and values? Do these hold less importance than academic education?

Academic education is categorically vital for every being. But we cannot deny the fact that a child needs a lot more than just intellectual knowledge to grow into a good and mature person. Ever wondered why crimes are the main issue in Mauritius nowadays? Are these criminals uneducated? I don’t think so!

Children need free time. They need to play, enjoy their childhood and learn to live. Most importantly, children should be encouraged to think freely. Do you really think ONLY academic education will help make your child be successful in LIFE?

Nawsheen
http://blogs.dunyanews.tv/?p=4553