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Q: Python Web-Scraping CSRF Token Issue I am using MechanicalSoup to login to a website via Python 3.6 and I'm having issues with the CSRF token.
Every time i request the html back i read "Invalid CSRF token: Forbidden". Searching the html on the login page, the closest match for a element id that looks like the token is "autheticity_token" which appears to be already filled in with the token.
I was able to use "re" module to extract the token and resubmit it to the element with the id i talked about above but no luck. Note, i had to find the element by id since a name is not provided for it (this is why my Robobrowser way of doing it didn't work).
This is the element that I think corresponds to the CSRF:
<input id="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="b+csp/9zR/a1yfuPPIYJSiR0v8jJUTaJaGqJmJPmLmivSn4GtLgvek0nyPvcJ0aOgeo0coHpl94MuH/r1OK5UA==">

I would extract, in this case "b+csp/9zR/a1yfuPPIYJSiR0v8jJUTaJaGqJmJPmLmivSn4GtLgvek0nyPvcJ0aOgeo0coHpl94MuH/r1OK5UA==" and resubmit it to that element
Here is my code with dummy values for user,pass, and url
import mechanicalsoup
import re

def return_token(str1):
    match1 = "authenticity_token"
    match2 = ".*value\=\"(.*)\".*"
    for x in range(len(str1)):
        line = str1[x]
        if re.findall(match1,line):
            token = re.findall(match2,line)[0]
            return token

url1 = ""
username = ""
password = ""

browser = mechanicalsoup.Browser()
page = browser.get(url1)
str0 = page.text
token = return_token(str0.split('\n'))
#print(str0)
form = page.soup.find("form",{"id":"loginForm"})

form.find('input', {'name': 'username'})['value'] = username
form.find('input', {'name': 'password'})['value'] = password
form.find('input', {'id': 'authenticity_token'})['value'] = str(token)

response = browser.submit(form, page.url)
print(response.text)

A: I believe the issue here is that <input> elements must have name attributes for them to be submitted via POST or GET. Since your token is in a name-less <input> element, it is not processed by MechanicalSoup because that's what the browser would do.
From the W3C specification:

Every successful control has its control name paired with its current value as part of the submitted form data set. A successful control must be defined within a FORM element and must have a control name.
...
A control's "control name" is given by its name attribute.

Perhaps there is some JavaScript that is handling the CSRF token.
For a similar discussion, see Does form data still transfer if the input tag has no name?

Regarding your usage of MechanicalSoup, the classes StatefulBrowser and Form would simplify your script. For example, if you just had to open the page and input a username and password:
import mechanicalsoup

# These values are filled by the user
url = ""
username = ""
password = ""

# Open the page
browser = mechanicalsoup.StatefulBrowser(raise_on_404=True)
browser.open(url)

# Fill in the form values
form = browser.select_form('form[id=loginForm]')
form['username'] = username
form['password'] = password

# Submit the form and print the resulting page text
response = browser.submit_selected()
print(response.text)

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It's all Greek to me! How fair was the ruling against Chobani?
New York-based Chobani was handed an injunction last month prohibiting its use of the term 'Greek yogurt' in the UK following a court battle with rival, Fage, which claims that the term refers to geographical origin. But can Athens-based Fage stand by the claim considering its US manufacturing presence?
Last month, the UK High Court issued Chobani with an injunction to permanently restrain its use of the term 'Greek yogurt' in the UK to market its…. well, Greek yogurt products.
Mr Justice Briggs, who presided over the seven-day trial, concluded that a substantial proportion of British consumers who buy Greek yogurt believe that it is made in Greece.
In my opinion, the High Court's reasoning was fair. As was Fage's argument – its Total Greek yogurt range sold in the UK is actually made by Greek people (probably) in a production plant on the outskirts of Athens (Greece, not Georgia).
On that principle, however, you could argue that the Total Greek yogurt range sold in the US is about as Greek as Ronald McDonald. The Greek yogurt distributed by Fage USA is manufactured at a site in Johnstown, New York.
With this in mind, some consider Fage's pursuit of the UK injunction a tad hypocritical.
"Fage pulled a fast one and got away with it…," said one comment posted under DairyReporter.com's coverage of the High Court decision.
Another sarcastically queried whether Fage USA would close its New York-based operations to adhere to Fage UK's authenticity claims.
"Seems that if Fage's position that to be considered Greek product [it] must originate from Greece then logically they will be closing their plant in New York. I think the real reason is that Chobani has swept the market out from under them and they are doing anything they can to remain relevant," said the commentator.
Fage USA's Johnstown, New York manufacturing plant produces Greek yogurt for US consumers.
DairyReporter.com put these suggestions to Fage USA last week, but no reply has been received to-date.
Fage UK, which brought the case against Chobani, declined to comment on what it described as an ongoing legal matter (DairyReporter.com understands that Chobani is appealing the High Court decision).
While the injunction reeks of double-standards, I can understand one possible motive for Fage's legal move – competition.
Fage USA is one of the worst-hit victims of Chobani's success.
The company's share of the US Greek yogurt market fell from 94% in mid-2007 to 14% by mid-2012, according to New York-based research firm, Sanford C. Bernstein. Meanwhile, Chobani's share was estimated at 47% in mid-2012, despite only making its debut in the US in 2007.
In addition to that, the country that Fage calls home (Greece as you've probably established by now) isn't in the best state economically.
Fage Total Greek yogurt first hit UK supermarket shelves for the first time in the early 1980s….Chobani arrived just last year. I think it goes without saying that Chobani represents a significant threat to Fage in the UK and on a global scale.
Perhaps we just need some standards of idenity for the Greek Style yogurt . Maybe even the method of making it too . I can think of several products which may not be called by specific region names . I do believe FAGE is the better yogurt and they do use four pounds of milk to make one pound of yogurt . I believe Chobani use only three pounds and conventional yogurt one . Some companies also add filler to make greater volumes .I do agree that it is a strech for the judge to rule as he did ,great lawyers .Fage still is the supurior product !!!!
I'm never buying Fage products ever again.
If Greek yogurt has to be made in Greece, then fast food restaurants will have to change the name of those things that at one time were potatoes.


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A book on the life of a small snail that it looks for his mother and is with many adventures in its small world. Everything on scale, sure and seen under only an eye. A text that it had a long time ago gives Slimy life by rough estimate.


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Le Châtellier – miejscowość i gmina we Francji, w regionie Normandia, w departamencie Orne.

Według danych na rok 1990 gminę zamieszkiwało 349 osób, a gęstość zaludnienia wynosiła 43 osoby/km² (wśród 1815 gmin Dolnej Normandii Châtellier plasuje się na 550. miejscu pod względem liczby ludności, natomiast pod względem powierzchni na miejscu 639.).

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7. Details of Deemed Supply and Job Work movement and complete tracking of goods received or not – How are they captured in ERP systems?
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Ottawa-Glandorf's girls basketball team's main goal at the start of the season was to win the Western Buckeye League title, which the Titans did for the first time since 2006.
Reaching the state tournament for a second straight season despite losing three starters and five seniors, and moving up from Division III to Division II?
"It was in our minds but what we really wanted was WBL," Kadie Hempfling, a 5-foot-9 sophomore guard for O-G and the WBL Player of the Year, said after the Titans' 48-46 win over Toledo Rogers in Friday's regional final at Ontario High School.
"Now" includes the second state semifinal berth in school history. The Titans (25-2), who have a combined 73-8 record since the start of the 2013-14 season, will take on Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown (17-10) at 8 p.m. Thursday at Value City Arena in Columbus.
Considering the talent that graduated from last year's team that lost to Versailles 49-46 in the Division III state title game, the Titans' tournament run back to Columbus has been just as impressive.
Elissa Ellerbrock, who averaged 6.1 points and 3.1 rebounds per game as a freshman for Division II Gannon University this season, was a first-team all-Ohio selection last season.
Starters Erin Basinger and Danielle Schroeder both averaged seven points per game on a deep O-G team that included eight players playing at least 12 minutes in the state title game.
Four returning letterwinners — Hempfling, Dani Ellerbrock (5-6 senior), Kylie White (5-9 junior) and Lexi Schroeder (5-9 junior) — played significant roles for O-G last season. They combined for 22 points in the state title game.
They've had even bigger roles this year.
All four players played the entire regional final against Toledo Rogers, a team that had four seniors who will play Division I college basketball and a fifth who had several Division I offers as a freshman. Hempfling had a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds, White added 14 points while Schroeder had five. Ellerbrock also scored five points and hit the game-winning floater as time expired on a drive to the basket.
Hempfling earned first-team all-WBL and all-Northwest Ohio district honors this year, White earned first-team all-WBL honors and second team district honors, Schroeder was an honorable mention all-WBL selection and Ellerbrock, who will play basketball collegiately for Mount Vernon Nazarene University, was second-team all-WBL.
"They're all great kids with high character," Yant said during Monday's teleconference with coaches and media. "They want to win, but more than win, they want to play great.


Community Health Network executive vice president John Kunzer, MD, MMM, was named Community Physician Network (CPN) president in January 2018. Dr. Kunzer succeeded Ramarao Yeleti, MD, who was named Community Health Network chief physician executive in August 2017, and Robin Ledyard, MD, who served as CPN president in an interim capacity before being named Community Health Network chief medical officer in January 2018.
As CPN president, Dr. Kunzer is responsible for continued advancement of the two primary CPN board of directors' goals of transforming physician culture and transforming patient care.
Dr. Kunzer came to Community in 2015 as senior vice president and physician executive for the network's East region. Before joining Community, Dr. Kunzer served as CEO for Eskenazi Medical Group and chief medical officer for Eskenazi Health Center.
Dr. Kunzer completed medical school and his pediatric residency at Indiana University School of Medicine and also earned a Masters in Medical Management from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a certified physician executive from the Certifying Commission in Medical Management. Dr. Kunzer completed faculty development fellowships in primary care and underserved medicine and is a graduate of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series. He was also a member of the Indianapolis Business Journal's 2012 "Forty under 40" and serves on the board of directors for Fathers and Families Center.
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Regrets, the retiring Christopher Pyne may have had a few, but one quickly sprang to mind when he was asked whether, looking back, he wished he had done anything differently.
It was a typical response from Pyne, 51, who announced his retirement from politics on Saturday, capping a 26-year parliamentary career in which he rose through the Liberal ranks to his current post of defence minister.
Pyne was the youngest person elected to office when he won the Adelaide seat of Sturt in 1993. "I think I was a bit young at 25," he said on Saturday.
As it turned out, the Liberals did go back to Howard. And when Australians put him in the Lodge in 1996, Pyne spent a decade on the backbench.
A Republican and member of the moderate faction of the Liberal party, he was eventually made a minister in the dying days of the Coalition government. When Malcolm Turnbull won a leadership spill to become opposition leader in 2008, Pyne was elevated to the shadow cabinet.
In the Howard years, the South Australian was instrumental in establishing the mental health organisation Headspace and under Turnbull's prime ministership, he secured major submarine and shipbuilding contracts for his home state, which he cited as an achievement on Saturday.
By the time the Coalition swept to victory under Tony Abbott in 2013, Pyne was sworn in as education minister and leader of the house.
He clashed bitterly with student unions as he pursued plans to deregulate university fees, a proposal contained in Abbott's unpopular 2014 budget.
It was at the height of that debate, when the Senate was set to reject the proposal, that Pyne dubbed himself "the Fixer" in a comical exchange with Sky News host David Speers.
"I'm a fixer, I've fixed it," he said of the legislation. Asked how he had done it, Pyne said all would be revealed in the budget. "I want it to be a surprise for you," he said wryly.
In 2017, Pyne caused a furore within the Liberal party when an audio recording leaked of him boasting to a meeting of moderates that they were now in the "winner's circle". Pyne suggested he had kept the "faith" during the Abbott years, which led the former prime minister to accuse him of disloyalty.
Asked on Saturday who he would miss from the opposition benches, Pyne unsurprisingly named the Labor MP Anthony Albanese, with whom he sparred regularly in parliament and on a morning TV segment of Nine's Today Show.
When a 2013 episode of Q&A turned to the death of Lou Reed, Pyne admitted being ignorant about the music of a man he called a "heroin addict and transgressive". "It's such an ABC discussion," he said, mockingly, adding that he preferred Tchaikovsky or Abba. Last year, Pyne sang Fernando on The Project.
Pyne will leave parliament alongside some other big names, including his fellow Liberal moderates Julie Bishop and Kelly O'Dwyer, as well as Wayne Swan and Jenny Macklin on the Labor side.
Witty, wicked and as energetic as he is effective @cpyne has been a dear friend and colleague for many years. Together we secured the future of our Australian defence industry - national & economic security. Thank you! We look forward to the next chapter of Mr Pyne's Adventures.
On Saturday, Pyne denied that last year's ousting of Turnbull – whom he recently dubbed his Aslan, referencing to the CS Lewis character – was behind his decision to quit. He said he believed the Coalition would win the next election.
"Being in politics is not a life sentence and I've been there for 26 years," he said.
His next move is to start a business – he trained as a lawyer before standing for parliament.
"Some would say I was pretending to be a lawyer while I was campaigning for politics, and I think there is some truth to that," he said.


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Reviews Short Fiction
Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, mid-May
May 20, 2011 May 29, 2018 admin 2 Comments Lois Tilton
Getting caught up at last with the digests, also the usual monthly ezines. Wherein I learn that Genevieve Valentine is a very fortunate author. Her debut novel has just come out, and two different zines are helping promote it by printing stories set in the same milieu, timed to coincide with the launch.
Publications Reviewed
Asimov's, July 2011
Analog, July/August 2011
Fantasy Magazine, May 2011
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 68 May 5 2011
Strange Horizons, May 2011
Lightspeed, May 2011
Redstone Science Fiction, 12 May 2011
Two novelettes, six shorts.
"Day 29" by Chris Beckett
Humans have colonized Lutania, where Stephen works as a data analyst for the Agency. He's an antisocial fellow who rudely avoids his co-workers and prefers the company of the simple settlers in their farming villages. His three-year gig on Lutania is nearing its end, when he'll be transmitted back to Earth. This process necessarily involves the loss of all memories accumulated during the last 29 days before transmission. Agency rules prohibit employees from working after their Day 40, a stricture that Stephen resents and fears, for reasons he doesn't quite articulate to himself. Or perhaps that he can't remember. Stephen seems to have a secret from himself.
A character study of a person who lives on the fringes of normality, or perhaps further off. He has a strong aversion to the indigenes, who seem to be able to read minds; can they see the secret he keeps hidden from himself? There are some oddly idyllic scenes when he enjoys himself alone in the native Lutanian forests, but this is not where he chooses to take his enforced vacation. A very subtle horror story. I wish the premise were more credible.
"The Copenhagen Interpretation" by Paul Cornell
Espionage, plots and conspiracies in an alternate universe where Jonathan Hamilton serves as an agent for a very Imperial British Empire that rules part of the Solar System in accordance with the balance of power that everyone holds sacred. As a young cadet, a young woman named Lustre Saint Clair was his lover.
Lustre was a secretary for Lord Surtees, but she had told Hamilton, during that night of greater intimacy, that this was basically a lie, that she was also a courier, that in her head was the seed for a diplomatic language, that sometimes she would be asked to speak the words that made it grow into her, and then she would know no other language, and be foreign to all countries apart from the dozen people in court and government with whom she could converse.
Fifteen years after disappearing under mysterious circumstances that almost led to war, Lustre shows up at the British Embassy in Copenhagen, speaking a language no one understands and apparently no older than she had been when Hamilton first knew her. Mayhem immediately ensues, and suddenly circumstances are again looking like war, over the information that Lustre carries folded in her head.
The editorial blurb states that this is an installment in a series previously published elsewhere. That's quite a hurdle. The story leaps high, but I don't think it completely clears the backgrounding bar. Some readers may consider the setting to be steampunk on the simple but erroneous identification with anything seemingly set near the fin de siècle. In fact, it seems to be an alternate history diverging from before the American Revolution, in which the social system has gone sclerotic while technology has advanced in sciencefictional ways that include space travel and Newton but seem to exclude Einstein and time dilation. It's a world in which Hamilton is less shocked by routine murder and treason than by the fact that a parvenu would create his own coat of arms, not approved by the International Brotherhood of Heralds. Hamilton, in the tradition of British spies, is a combination of cynicism and duty, willing at any moment to sacrifice his life yet escaping from durance vile with suspicious ease.
Where I stumble is when Hamilton shifts from the balance of power among nations to some kind of cosmic balance: "The balance, having collapsed, would crest as a wave again, finally, and stay there, finally including all who had lived, brought entirely into God." This sounds to me rather self-serving of the British Empire. As a tale of espionage, it's a lively skiffy adventure, but I could do without the cosmological speculation.
"Pug" by Theodora Goss
If there is one thing that I abominate above all others [a lengthy list], it's a Jane Austen pastiche. Unless it's a Jane Austen mash-up. In this one, there is a door in the universe through which the characters to whom nothing ever happens, such like Miss Anne de Bourgh, can travel to meet persons to whom they would never speak in their own reality. It is Pug who is best at finding this door, although this cannot be Lady Bertram's Pug, who is a bitch.
"Dunyon" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
After a cataclysm, refugees flee to the far ends of the sector and many of them end up on the narrator's world, once an exclusive haven for the extremely rich. The narrator's gambling house has always served the rich, was always exclusive.
I've already expanded more than I initially planned. In addition to my entertainment room, I have a high stakes poker room. No one gets in without a fifty thousand minimum. I raised the stakes when I learned the truly desperate were taking the last of their savings and trying to double their money on my tables.
I didn't want to get rich by making desperate people poor.
Suddenly people start offering her vast sums of money for passage to Dunyon, a place she has never heard of. Someone has been running a scam.
Usually these days, when I see Rusch's byline, it's attached to a substantial novella. This is a short, sharp work of cynicism set in a place called Desperation, where the real enemy is hope.
"The Music of the Sphere" by Norman Spinrad
Two sonic story threads merge. Mario Roca is creating sub-sonic music that no human can actually hear, but that they can nonetheless sense. Caroline Koch is discovering that cetacean "songs" are actually visual images. When they meet, Mario is inspired by her work to play his composition to the whales themselves. "The Music of Silence will call their spirit from the vasty deep. And yes, they will come when I call."
This one starts out as awfully talky, but it grows increasingly neat until the climactic moment. A global fantasy in the key of SF.
"Bring on the Rain" by Josh Roseman
After a solar storm, the world has been overcome by drought, so that colonies of converted ships roam the land in search of water. The Demetrius colony, like all the others, is often attacked by raiders; in its turn, they attack and plunder stationary cities.
William still remembers when the colony laid siege to the city, forcing them to give up the [solar] collectors and threatening the families of the engineers: come with us and make the collectors work on our ships, or we'll kill the people you love.
William is the colony's meteorologist, and the woman he once loved has been presumed dead, but now he discovers her alive and working for the most feared colony ship in the hemisphere. Rina orders Demetrius colony to divert course away from the storm William had discovered, but instead the Demetrius Commodore decides to fight.
There is more than an echo here of The Road Warrior, except that the treasure is water, not oil, and everyone is a predator to the extent of their ability; no one else but predators will survive. Although I'm not sure, given the nature of large storms to move across hundreds of miles of landscape, why the two colonies can't share the resource of this particular storm, given that most of it will doubtless evaporate uncollected whether they fight or not.
"Twelvers" by Leah Cypess
Not Shiite eschatology, but persons who were gestated for twelve months instead of the usual nine in the artificial womb. Darla is a twelver; as such she doesn't display emotional reactions like anger in response to stress. And junior high is a high-stress environment.
When Darla had been friends with Leora, it hadn't seemed to matter. But then Leora started avoiding her and all at once, everyone else began noticing how Darla never seemed to lose her temper, how being at the bottom of the popularity chain never made her cry, how she wouldn't break down no matter how hard she was bullied. She had been that way before, of course; the only thing that had changed was that now she was alone, and easy prey.
There is of course no difference so minor that junior high students won't use it as an excuse for bullying, but this premise is awfully trivial and unlikely.
"The Messenger" by Bruce McAllister
Tim has subscribed to a Non-Paradoxical Time Channel so he can visit his parents when they are 35 and he is 50. Some people do this sort of thing for foolish reasons, but Tim is there for a specific purpose. He has a message to deliver.
And isn't that the point? To do what we need to do to help them. To help them believe, I mean.
Before they leave.
Whether it's in the loop or not.
A very brief story of love and uncertainty.
The advantage of a double issue is that there's plenty of room for more long fiction when the zine is running a serial. This time, there is a whole novella and a pair of very long novelettes. Unfortunately, they are overall less interesting than the stories in the previous issue.
"Coordinated Attacks" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Politics and mayhem on the moon. We have two alternating story threads: four years ago, homicide detective Bartholomew Nyquist saved the life of his new partner during a terrorist attack; in the present, someone is simultaneously murdering the heads of lunar government – a very sophisticated coordinated attack by self-destructing clones. The investigation leads Nyquist directly to that former partner, from whom he has not heard in the intervening time.
Part of a series in which most of these characters have already appeared; the author seems to take our familiarity with them for granted. The character most crucial to the events here is one we barely see and never get to know, because we only see her through Nyquist's point of view. She is only one link in a very complex conspiracy; the rest remains quite unsolved by the story's conclusion. A disappointment.
"Jak and the Beanstalk" by Richard A Lovett
Nomenclature becomes destiny. From an early age, Jak becomes obsessed with the notion of climbing the space elevator built to send cargo to Mars. Jak is more the geek sort than the jock sort, and the more he studies the problem, the more convinced he is that it's a possible thing.
The top of the Beanstalk, where they launched the Mars shuttles, was 65,000 kilometers up. But with the centrifugal gees, that was equivalent to going up one side of a mountain and down the other. It was enough simply to go to High-Base Station. Geostationary orbit, a mere 35,786 kilometers.
This is the sort of piece, filled with data and engineering details and other sorts of space elevator neep, that the readers of this zine should particularly appreciate, with a chance of checking the author's math and physics for possible errors. It's a long novelette, and the first half is filled with the step-by-step minutiae of the long climb. Fortunately, half way up, the author introduces a secondary element that alters Jak's perspective on the situation and adds more drama.
"One Out of Many" by Kyle Kirkland
Tad Bruler works for a science regulatory agency that seems to have a low priority for government resources. One morning he is abducted and shown a demonstration of neurological effects in the mind of a person using a substance called Neuro Fac. Someone really wants him to investigate the drug. The demonstration impresses Bruler, although I can't particularly see why, because, while there's a lot of info dumped, we get no real clue to its significance.
I hypothesized a more precise mechanism by which Leguer's circuit could work. I proposed that the feedback within a column — from the lower layer to the middle layers — might be instrumental in setting up the oscillation.
Instead of doing his job, he begins to investigate on his own, and soon discovers people being killed, which he does not report to the police; he becomes a target himself.
Essentially, this is a very dull detective story, overly reliant on infodump, so that we have one neuroscientist explaining the history of split brain experiments to another. By the end, when several final infodumps reveal the secret, I find myself satisfied only that I no longer have to read any more of it. A bit more interesting are glimpses at the world in which this story takes place, but a world in which government officials have to stand in line for hours at a public data terminal in order to do their jobs is not a world that makes much sense.
"A Witness to All that Was" by Scott William Carter
"It was just another dead planet, as useless and wasted as their marriage." Of course one might think that Marco and Kelsie are lucking to have a marriage at all, given that most of the universe has been obliterated, but things don't work that way when people have to spend the rest of their lives scavenging. On the dead planet, they discover a robot, and the robot has a story to tell.
Unremarkable sentimental story.
"Death and Dancing in New Las Vegas" by Ernest Hogan
On the road to play at the first Nuzoom Neomartian Cultural Arts festival. Outside the dome of New Las, nanohudu has made everyone purple and happy. Inside the barrier that keeps out the nanohudu, Nuzoom has stocked the place with artificial purples to help bankrupt the tourists. Nuzoom is trying to corrupt the narrator, who used to be named Paco Cohen, but his anarchist nature prevails, as in his anti-Nuzoom lyrics:
They'd send ninja bugs at you
So don't go boo-hoo-hoo
Be a nice little you.
This one may make more sense to readers familiar with the much earlier tale to which it is a sequel, but I suspect it would be pretty gonzo regardless. I have a hard time imagining that Paco's songs would be as popular as the author says, but more unlikely things have happened.
With the first of the Valentine Stories.
"Study, for Solo Piano" by Genevieve Valentine
The Mechanical Circus Tresaulti takes a break in its travels when it comes across a decaying mansion. With some misgivings, they move in. In one of the rooms, Panadrome the musician discovers a broken piano.
(Panadrome's hands are pipes and gears. He does not have the spread between fingers that you need — the spread you could achieve if you practiced hard enough, if you held enough oranges, if you were born with the necessary reach. He could cover thirteen notes, in his prime.)
He has not seen a piano in a long time; winters are hard, and their wood burns as well as any other.
Soon, trouble arrives and the circus moves on.
This clockwork fantasy is set in a highly dystopian world where mobs run rampant, pianos are burned for fuel, and the circus scavenges whatever it can find [though not piano wire]. It could best be called a teaser. We get a brief glimpse of the circus and a few of its denizens, primarily Panadrome, now reduced to playing an accordion. We glimpse an existence tainted with regret, but not the compensations, if there are any.
"The Devil in Gaylord's Creek" by Sarah Monette
Morgan hunts devils and other manifestations of nastiness, a skill she possesses either because she's undead or because she has a magic sword. Some unknown organization runs her and supplies her managers, the current one being Francis, after John Ray was eaten by a possessed alligator. They don't always get along. Now they are after the Devil in Gaylord's Creek.
It would've started out a dust witch, like the thing I'd killed earlier that afternoon, but it must have been building out here for years, decades, with nobody near enough to give it shape and color, until the boneheads in Gaylord's Creek went and built a church smack on top of it. And there was the crossroads, and there was the accident, and there was a man whose grief needed someplace to go.
Lively narrative makes this one a bit more interesting than the usual supernatural kick-ass thing.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May 2011
Not one of the better months for this fantasy zine. The second pair of stories, about orphaned apprentices finding their power, is too repetitive; this is not a shared theme, it's the same story told over again.
"The Finest Spectacle Anywhere" by Genevieve Valentine
This "Circus Tresaulti" piece is more of an actual story than the one above. Little George is a newcomer to the circus, waiting impatiently to receive "the bones", which is to say the metal skeletal structure of the performers in the "Mechanical Circus." But Little George is not considered worthy by several of the principle members, especially Elena the secretive trapeze artist.
Still, there are more questions than answers here, particularly regarding "the bones". The advantage of becoming mechanical is not clear. In fact, in the case of Panadrome in the story above, it appears that his skill has been reduced, not enhanced. In essence, then, another teaser.
"Buzzard's Final Bow" by Jason S Ridler
Buzzard is a gladiator who long ago won his freedom in a fight against a giant red tiger, whose cub he had killed. Ever since, he has served the tiger and her vengeance, performing in a parody of their fight in the area. Now he has been summoned by the witch-regent of Baltikum, ostensibly to entertain the weakling prince and inspire him to manly deeds. But of course there is more to it – unfortunately, a scenario improbable in every respect.
"Letters of Fire" by Margaret Ronald
A warlord called the Bull is waging war against the alchemages, and Marten's master was the last. He was never a good apprentice, or so his master often said, but Marten managed to save his experimental books from the fire. Unwisely, though, he revealed himself to the soldiers and found himself recruited into the division that creates the Bull's war machines. It seems that the same powers behind alchemagic can be harnessed by engineers.
"But we've got no call for talk about 'elixir,' 'grand speiric theory,' or even 'magic,' come to that. It's ore distillation, practical thaumics, and motile impetus, or just making the damn things move if you're in a hurry. Got it?"
But there is one last alchemage alive; Marten's fellow apprentice has also escaped and wants revenge.
The premise is overly-familiar, but the plot is even more so; Marten's problem and his choice are entirely predictable. How many times have we read this same story?
"Cold Iron and Green Vines" by Wendy N Wagner
Here, while the coming-of-age story is essentially the same, the premise is rather different – rather strange. The bog is full of magic – for good and for ill. There are hinkypunks and sooleybooley men. People load themselves down with iron to ward off the magic, and take on steam-powered bodies of wicker, presumably immune to the magic, when they are old enough.
Here at the edge of warded civilization, the houses clumped more tightly, backs to the ward-walls, shrinking side-yards squeezing the gardens forward until the kale lapped over the street's cobblestones. This close to the Wild, winter's storms battered these cottages with waves of glamour that the outer ward-walls only weakened. It took a lot of iron to keep people inside safe on those nights.
The green-binders are the village guardians, but Yaricka's mother has turned into a tree before she could pass on all her green magic.
There's some interestingly original stuff in this setting – maybe too much of it. The cold iron and the green magic seem like opposites, but both are required for safety. And apparently it isn't enough, if the people feel they need wicker bodies, for reasons that aren't made clear. Nor is it clear how the inflammable wicker doesn't ignite from the heat of the steam engines that power them. There is also a church and a priest, but it's entirely unclear how they figure into this complicated magical equation.
A month of science fiction love stories.
"The Thick Night" by Sunny Morraine
In a near-future Uganda, Mkali has survived war, drought, and the deaths of her parents. She has lived ever since for her young siblings. When she hears that the UN is distributing food, she lines up for it, but for her, the food comes with a robotic helper. With the robot, she soon has a new well and a limited prosperity, and more – a lover.
She buried them with her own hands, though she was exhausted and shaking and blind with tears. And she has rebuilt the house and beaten the earth into submission, but it has been so long, she is so tired, alone, and now there is a body against hers, warm but not human…
But with prosperity comes the jealousy of others.
This is a positive, hopeful and heartwarming story – rather too much so for my taste. The opening is realistically grim, but the problems at the end are awfully easily swept away.
"Young Love on the Run from the Federal Alien Administration New Mexico Division (1984)" by Grant Stone
Roland picks up an alien hitchhicker, although she claims to have been born in the US of A, escaped from a secret government facility where their abilities are exploited.
You reach your warm mind down to your brothers and sisters in the cold room, feel them stir just a little. They reach back with their thin, cold tendrils of being. Soon, you hope, you'll get the chance and run, smuggling out as many of them as you can carry in your mind. But not today.
On the run, they get married, but there are suits on her tail, trying to recapture her.
This appears at first, from the title, that it's going to be humor, but it's actually a tragedy. Roland is left with only the question: did she really love him?
"The Holder's Black-Haired Daughter" by Kelly Jennings
Hope springs eternal. Out in the Drift, the indebted contract labor, the free employee, the owner's daughter – all convince themselves that what they wish for is true, particularly when it is love. It probably isn't.
While an insightful look at human nature, it's the sort of story that might be set anywhere, anywhen, even if it happens this time to be set on some other world. There's no real reason for it to be science fiction.
The ezine seems to have slipped off its schedule for posting original fiction. Only one new story available as I send off this column. [Update: There was apparently a glitch in posting the second original story at this site, and I was unable to access it by the time I turned in this column. It will be covered next time.]
"The Harrowers" by Eric Gregory
Ez is a guide to the world outside the walls, where the zombies roam. The author doesn't use the Z-word, but I know a zombie when I read one. A kid comes to engage his services to help retrieve his preacher father, who has fallen to a pack of dead wolves. Father and son had worked outside as a team of harrowers: the father preached salvation to the dead, the son picked them off and kept their souls from falling back into damnation. The preacher had a unique gift:
It was on the wall that he had his Revelation. As he fired his rifle at a cluster of dead in army camouflage, an angel of the Lord seized his tongue and set it ablaze with the language Enoch knew, the words spoken in the Kingdom of Heaven. The dead paused to hear his ministry, and he saw the light of Christ in their eyes. He killed them all immediately, before they could move or doubt. He was ecstatic.
Ez doesn't buy the kid's story, but he's in debt and doesn't have much choice.
A fresh twist on the zombies, set in a convincing and harrowing postholocaust world. The last line is neat. But are zombies by any other name really science fiction?
"Party, with Echoes" by Patty Jansen
Diving under the ice on Europa. Yuriko isn't totally happy about this client, but she needs the money. Part of the problem with the dives is the Echoes, bacterial colonies that form copies of divers who pass through the area.
They're not alone in the cave. By the time Yuriko has climbed out, they're surrounded by Echoes. There are at least three copies of herself, each subtly different from the other. All their mouths are moving.
It turns out that Yuriko's misgivings were well-founded. This tourist is big trouble.
An original premise, nicely done, particularly the scenery.
"Zeno's Arrow" by R L Ferguson
A colonization ship looses contact with Earth when it is forty years out. Many of the crew, wakened from coldsleep to stand watch, despair.
"After Antonio, a couple used pills, a trio asphyxiated themselves; finally someone used a cutting torch. Took forever to get the blood out. I tell you what I told the rest, either get back in your tube or step out the airlock. Leave your spacesuit in stores, we might need it later." Andrea watched me with cold eyes.
Eventually, a cadre is formed to take the watches, the tough-minded of the crew. But even most of the tough-minded can't take it when they learn near the end of the journey that their destination is uninhabitable.
Too sketchy to achieve emotional impact.
"Ask Not" by Bonnie McDaniel
All the narrator asks is to be left in peace in her isolated homestead, but somehow the salesmen keep finding her.
Maybe it has something to do with growing up on a ranch, where we raised our own vegetables, butchered our own meat, and solved our own problems. Or maybe it's the memory of my grandmother, wielding her Ruger Bearcat against a rattlesnake who found its way inside her henhouse and saying, "If you don't get the little pricks right away, they'll come back and bite you in the ass."
Except these aren't ordinary salesmen. And something is going on out there in the world. Unfortunately, we never get to find out what. The narrator is charming in a curmudgeonly way, but her story isn't finished.
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Cool. I never thought of Jak as an engineer. I coach marathon runners (including two in the Olympic Trials) and he was cut from that mold (though my runners, I should be quick to state, are cool people who don't need to get a life!). But it's interesting: runners are generally geeky loner-types, at least when in high school. So it's an interesting observation. Hmm, this interface doesn't allow me to scroll back to edit, at least on my browser. Hope this comment makes sense!
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I didn't think of him quite as an engineer, but as someone who was more interested in thinking out the project than actually doing it, except as proving the thinking-out. The cerebral over the physical. Or so I saw it.
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Court Ok Suits over denied mortgage modification
By: Britt Simon on Jun 29 2015
Foreclosure Bankruptcy mortgage
Homeowners who had temporary or trial agreements to modify their mortgages under the Federal home affordable modification program also known as HAMP can sue for breach of contract of the modifications denied and they may even have a consumer fraud claim so long as they complied with or met with the terms set forth in the trial.
This is an overwhelming win. Our office has heard many stories from people who sought modifications and enrolled in a trial program but in the end were just throwing good money after bad. It is our opinion that the mortgage companies and financial institutions have engaged in consumer fraud. If you have been cheated out of a mortgage modification after having a trial, where you made all payments properly, please feel free to call us for help.
Contact us today to review your rights with a NJ Foreclosure or NJ Bankruptcy attorney. Call for your free consultation 800-709-1131.
Court OKs Suits Over Denied Mortgage Modifications
Mary Pat Gallagher, New Jersey Law Journal
Homeowners who enter into trial agreements to modify their mortgages under the federal Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and comply with the terms can sue for breach of contract if a modification is denied and might even have a consumer fraud claim, a New Jersey appeals court has held in a precedential decision of first impression.
"While there are no reported New Jersey cases addressing the contractual status of a [Trial Period Plan] Agreement, case law suggests that an agreement that purports to bind a debtor to make payments while leaving the mortgage company free to give her nothing in return might violate the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act," Judge Susan Reisner, joined by Ellen Koblitz and Michael Haas, said in the Jan. 23 ruling in Arias v. Elite Mortgage Group Inc.
Joshua Denbeaux of Denbeaux & Denbeaux in Westwood, N.J., whose chief area of practice is mortgage foreclosure defense but who was not involved in Arias, said he saw the decision as the Appellate Division "announcing to the world that the servicing industry is not going to be permitted in New Jersey to breach contracts and make false inducement promises to New Jersey homeowners without the court stepping in and protecting its citizens."
Joseph Chang, who heads a Paterson, N.J., firm and represents the plaintiffs in Arias, said the decision "has removed a significant hurdle for homeowners seeking to sue banks in the New Jersey state courts."
Previously, courts were dismissing claims by borrowers with valid mortgage modification claims on the theory that HAMP preempts state law contractual and other claims, but the decision has put that rationale to rest, Chang said.
Though the decision in Arias may be good news going forward for people in New Jersey who seek mortgage modifications, it did not help plaintiffs Leonardo Arias and Ruth Padilla because they failed to live up to their end of the bargain by not making the agreed payments, according to the opinion.
The appeals court affirmed the dismissal of their breach of contract lawsuit, reaching the same conclusion as the judge below but by a different route, as the panel pointed out.
Arias and Padilla fell behind on their mortgage and entered into a Trial Period Plan (TPP) agreement with Bank of America, the loan servicer, the opinion said.
HAMP requires borrowers to enter into a TPP before receiving a permanent mortgage modification. During the trial period, they have to make specified payments and provide required forms and documents.
Arias and Padilla agreed to trial payments of $1,860 each, by Oct. 1, 2009, Nov. 1, 2009 and Dec. 1, 2009, according to the opinion.
The agreement's opening sentence said, "'If I am in compliance with this trial period plan... and my representations in Section 1 continue to be true in all material respects, then the servicer will provide me with a home affordable modification agreement,'" according to the opinion. Similar language appeared elsewhere.
The effective date of the modification was to be the first day of the month in which the last payment was due, or Jan. 1, 2010, the opinion said. The TPP made clear that it was not a loan modification and that failure to strictly comply with its terms would result in denial.
For example, it said: "'I further understand and agree that the servicer will not be obligated or bound to make any modification of the loan documents if I fail to meet any one of the requirements under this plan,'" according to the opinion.
Arias and Padilla's first payment, made Oct. 15, 2009, was two weeks late and they sent $930 for the second one on Nov. 17, 2009 and nothing in December 2009, falling $2,790 short of the agreed total, the opinion said. The bank sent a letter on Jan. 20, 2010, giving them another month to make the monthly payments and supply missing documents.
They sent another $3,720 on Feb. 16, 2010, but with another $1,860 accruing each month of the TPP, fell further behind, by $6,510, according to the opinion.
On April, 27, 2010, the bank notified them they were not eligible for modification because they did not make the required payments.
Arias and Padilla sued in Bergen County Superior Court for breach of contract, as well as breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
In April 2013, Judge Joseph Conte dismissed the suit on summary judgment, finding that the TPP agreement was not a binding contract to modify the loan and that the bank was not obligated to provide Arias and Padilla with a modification based on its determination that they did not qualify for one.
Conte further found that the plaintiffs had no viable cause of action under the HAMP guidelines or for breach of good faith.
The appeals court, however, concluded that the TPP agreement was "a unilateral offer," by which the bank promised to give plaintiffs a loan modification, if they complied fully and timely with their obligations.
The panel followed Wigod v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., decided in 2012 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which held that a mortgage borrower can assert a common-law contract claim based on a bank's failure to honor promises made in a TPP agreement.
Wigod rejected the bank's arguments that it retained unbridled discretion under the TPP on whether to offer a modification and that there was no consideration for a promise to do so, noting that the debtor there agreed to provide additional financial information and attend debt counseling if asked.
The New Jersey appeals court also cited the state Supreme Court's 2011 decision in Gonzalez v. Wilshire Credit Corp., saying that even though it involved a different factual scenario, it "strongly signaled its disapproval of post-foreclosure financing deals that essentially turned debtors into 'cash cows' without ever restoring their mortgages to current status."
But the appeals panel affirmed the dismissal of Arias' and Padilla's claims because they "engaged in a pattern of nonpayment and inadequate payment which constituted a breach of the TPP Agreement and justified the bank in refusing to give them a loan modification."
The panel found no breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing either, saying the duty "does not alter the terms of a written agreement."
Bank of America lawyer Aaron Bender, of Reed Smith in Princeton, N.J., referred a request for comment to company spokesman Richard Simon, who said, "We're going to let the ruling stand on its own without comment."
Peter Gallagher of Porzio Bromberg & Newman in Morristown, N.J., a commercial litigator who has represented lenders and wrote about Arias on the firm's "Real Property" blog, said he did not expect too much of an impact on lenders beyond spurring them to review their TPP agreements to ensure they are as clear as the one in that case.
For borrowers, the message is "you need to do what you said you would do in the TPP agreement or you will not get the modification," he added.
According to statistics from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, many TPPs do not lead to modifications. Of the 2,246,680 trial programs nationwide since HAMP was launched in the spring of 2009 through the third quarter of 2014, 1,416,705—or about 63 percent— resulted in permanent modifications.
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Armada SUV returns with upgraded engine, look
Friday, December 9, 2016, Vol. 40, No. 50
By Ann M. Job | For the Associated Press
Nissan took a model year off from its largest SUV, the Armada, but it's back for 2017 restyled and re-engineered with a plush ride, a well-equipped interior and more horsepower than ever.
The revamped 5.6-lite, Endurance V8 delivers 390 horsepower, up 73 horsepower from the previous Armada. Two- and four-wheel drive Armadas now can tow a maximum of 8,500 pounds, and both have a seven-speed automatic transmission instead of a five-speed.
Its new look is upscale inside and the 2017 model has a generous amount of standard equipment – a premium Bose sound system with 13 speakers, onboard navigation system with an 8-inch display screen, running boards for easy entry and exit, rearview camera, front and rear parking sonar assists, dual-zone climate control, power-adjusting, heated, front passenger seat and power driver's seat with heat and power lumbar support.
The top-level Armada, the Platinum version, is so loaded with luxury items like nicely detailed leather seats, rear-seat entertainment system, moon roof and the latest safety equipment that it could challenge many luxury-branded SUVs – including its sibling vehicle, the Infiniti QX80, which is built at the same plant.
The starting manufacturer's suggested retail price, including destination charge, is increased from the just under $40,000 price for the 2015 model to $45,990 for a two-wheel drive Armada and $48,895 for a four-wheel drive Armada.
Changes to the new Armada start at its platform, which used to be the same as Nissan's full-size Titan pickup truck. The 2017 Armada uses the platform of Nissan Patrol SUV, which has a long, reliable history as a workhorse around the globe. As a result of this new platform, the 2017 Armada is built in Japan, not Mississippi where the Titan is made.
The Armada's outer styling now is more squat and muscular, though it rides high above the pavement and has a step-in height of more than 22 inches.
2017 Nissan Armada Platinum 4WD
BASE PRICE: $44,900 for SV 2WD; $47,800 for SV 4WD; $49,650 for SL 2WD; $52,550 for SL 4WD; $57,590 for Platinum 2WD; $60,490 for Platinum 4WD.
PRICE AS TESTED: $62,035.
TYPE: Front-engine, four-wheel drive, seven-passenger, full-size sport utility vehicle.
ENGINE: 5.6-liter, double overhead cam, direct injection, Endurance V8 with VVEL
MILEAGE: 13 mpg (city), 18 mpg (highway).
TOP SPEED: 133 mph.
LENGTH: 208.9 inches.
WHEELBASE: 121.1 inches.
CURB WEIGHT: 5,963 pounds.
BUILT: Japan.
OPTIONS: Captain's chairs package $450.
DESTINATION CHARGE: $1,095.
Inside, the hard, cheap-looking plastics on the dashboard and inside doors are gone and replaced with nicer-looking, soft-touch plastic. The seats are pleasantly finished and there are lots of control knobs and buttons on the dashboard.
The V8, which has been a staple of the Armada since its beginning in 2003, is reinvigorated with direct gasoline injection and an improved variable valve system. There's a bit more torque, too – 395 foot-pounds at 4,000 rpm compared with 385 foot-pounds at 3,400 rpm before.
The power is palpable. Even nudging the accelerator pedal brings a hustling V8 response.
Even more impressive is how quickly the Armada, which weighs more than 2.5 tons, can get up to speed – its 0-to-60 mph time of 6 seconds is better than many smaller, lighter SUVs.
There is a price to be paid at the gas pump, though. The test Armada Platinum 4WD, which was zestily driven, averaged only 13 mpg on mostly city streets and congested highways. The federal government rates this model at 13/18 mpg for a combined 15 mpg. The gas tank holds 2 fewer gallons than its predecessor, so the travel range on the test vehicle was a poor 338 miles.
The suspension keeps jarring bumps at bay but also produces a soft ride with some bounciness over highway expansion cracks. The steering can feel overly assisted.
Nissan's other changes reduced some space in the Armada's third-row seat and cargo area behind the third row. Legroom now measures 28.4 inches compared with 32.2 inches before, and third-row shoulder room is reduced by 3.2 inches to 60.5 inches, even as headroom grew to 36.4 inches. Cargo space behind the third row now is 16.5 cubic feet, which is just a half cubic foot more than the trunk of a Toyota Avalon sedan.
Maximum cargo space is 95.4 cubic feet when the second- and third-row seats are folded down, though getting items into the Armada requires some lifting because the cargo floor is about at waist level.


Joseph John Malfara, 81, of Montmorenci Road, Ridgway, PA, died peacefully surrounded by family and loved ones, Sunday, January 27, 2019 after a lengthy illness. He was born on January 12, 1938 in Ridgway, PA. He was the last surviving child of the late Frank L. and Marie (Tomko) Malfara.
A graduate of Johnsonburg Area High School Class of 1955, Joe served in the Coast Guard from 1957 – 1963 and immediately entered the Central Intelligence Agency where he served 32 years until retiring in 1990. Throughout his service as a CIA Agent Joe was highly decorated for his effective performance under conditions of hazard and hardship. He served 6 Tours of Duty serving in Indonesia and its surrounding Islands; Quito, Ecuador and Asia. Joe was a faithful and loyal serviceman measuring up to the high ideals and traditions of the Federal Service.
Joe married the love of his life, Sandra (Peters) on June 21, 1993 in Hawaii. She survives along with her children: Justine (Rick Leitzel) Paget of Myrtle Beach, SC, Stephanie Piccirillo of Johnsonburg, Leslie (Brian) Paget-Zilcosky of Johnsonburg, Danielle Taylor of Maddison, MS and Shana Samsel of Ridgway; thirteen grandchildren: Colby (Miki Quattrone) Pisani, Garet Pisani, Morgan (Josh Hubbell) Pisani and Drew (Caitlyn Viglione) Baumgratz; Judd (Jesi) Zilcosky, Zebb (Mackenzie Neureiter); Dale (Hope) Piccirillo, Heather (Nick) Collins and Sharissa (Tylor Dillaman) Paget; Katelynn Rey; Isabella (Andy Wolff), Saylor Papa and Norah Papa; and nine great-grandchildren. Being married later in life, Joe loved Sandy's family and always treated them as his own.
Besides his parents, Joe was predeceased by: two brothers, Francis and Ronald Malfara; and a grandson, Tyler Rey.
Joe was a member of the Holy Rosary Church and enjoyed patronizing many local clubs, including: the Piedmonte, Ridgway Legion, VFW and Moose among others. He was an avid Pitt and Steeler football fan and a wonderful grandfather.
The family will be receiving friends from 5 – 8 p.m., Friday, February 8, 2019 at the Ubel Funeral Home of Johnsonburg, PA.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held, 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 9, 2019 at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church of Johnsonburg, PA, with Father David Wilson.
Military Honors will be accorded by the Johnsonburg/Ridgway Servicemen Detail on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Military member are asked to assemble at the funeral home at 9:15 a.m.
Burial will take place in the Church Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials to the Penn Highlands Community Nurses-Hospice or the Elk County Humane Society and will be accepting online condolences at www.nedzafamilyfuneralhomes.com.


Last Tuesday, I was invited to join in the ultra exclusive private launch of Nike Women's Fall 2017 collection and boy it was amazing! The new collection is called Chrome Blush and the millennial pink colour palette is just gorgeous!
Guys, when I said exclusive, I meant it! All this beautiful setup for an intimate group of 12 of Manila's most influential tastemakers!
The Chrome Blush collection launch team (L-R): Monica, Katz, and Me!
After Pat, it was our show! My good friend Katz hosted the event and kicked things off with a short interview with Monica. Monica talked about the challenges of being a professional triathlete and how she is able to cope with the changes in her body, setbacks, and how she keeps going. I think the most important thing she reminded me is that no one else can motivate you better than yourself. Everyday is a different battle and you just have to decide to show up and run the day.
After that, we had an in-depth view on Nike's latest innovations! The most awesome one being the new Nike Vapormax shoe. Not only was the pair gorgeous, guys, with these shoes you are literally walking on air. The Vapormax drops in-stores this Saturday, July 13! Trust me when I say you gotta get your hands on a pair. I think there's only a few pairs available so best to head out asap before stocks run out!
I. want (make that NEED). them. all.
Nike's innovations don't end in footwear or training gear. Nike brings Yoga to the Nike+ Training Club app. Yoga is an amazing way to train for mobility and strength and more and more pro athletes worldwide have been including this in their training for a more well-rounded program. That and Yoga not only trains your body, it is an amazing tool to train for mental endurance and focus too. If you haven't updated your app, its time to download the new version now and try out the great Yoga programs in there.
That's me leading the NTCYoga launch! Hehe!
What I love about Yoga is it always ends in Savasana. That means its just you and your mat and absolute calm!
We ended things with a sumptuous dinner by Chef Jessie. It was the perfect cap for the day. Too bad I wasn't able to take photos of the food but the food was made to match the pink hues of the day too! Nike sure knows how to spoil us!
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The relationship between anger and anxiety has been brought up within research studies in the past. Many of these studies have determined that the two are related, but previous research has not yet arrived at a conclusion regarding the relationship between the two. After seeing the lack of conclusive work on the relationship between anger and anxiety, Concordria University researcher Sonya Deschênes, Ph.D., and her colleagues decided to explore the effect that anger has on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), which is an affliction that causes a person to worry excessively over minor and everyday things, to the point where it interferes with his or her daily life. According to PsychCentral, the study has been published in the journal Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
During the study, the researchers gathered 380 participants and tested their GAD symptoms and their responses to angering scenarios. They then evaluated the responses according to two criteria – striking out when frustrated or keeping the anger inside and not showing it to others. Of the 380 participants, 131 exhibited signs of GAB. Those 131 participants had higher levels of anger associated with their anxious feelings. The study also determined that the more an individual internalized his or her anger, the more severe that person's GAD symptoms would be.
The researchers theorize that ambiguous situations, which is a situation where an outcome can be good or bad, leads people with GAD to assume the worst. This, in turn, adds to their feelings of anxiety. The evidence seems to point to anger operating in a similar manner: when people who are easily angered face ambiguous situations, they assume the worst and feel angry. It is therefore possible that the symptoms of GAD and anger both result from similarly biased thought processes.
This is an area that requires further research. Traditionally, GAD is treated by working to reduce anxiety. However, if anxiety and anger do manifest themselves in this way, then treatment for those who have GAD may need to focus on the symptoms of anger and hostility as well. Because if the anger is not targeted during treatment, it can influence GAD symptoms and prevent patients from fully benefiting from therapeutic techniques.
If you find that you're trouble by persistent worries or that you are irritable in addition to anxious, take a look at our recent article, "When Is Anxiety a Problem?" It explains some signs and symptoms that people with GAD and other anxiety disorders experience. When in doubt, however, you should always visit your doctor. Only a medical professional can diagnose your symptoms.


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namespace content {
class DownloadItem;
class WebContents;
}  // namespace content

namespace chrome {
namespace android {

// Mock implementation of the DownloadControllerAndroid.
class MockDownloadControllerAndroid
    : public content::DownloadControllerAndroid {
 public:
  MockDownloadControllerAndroid();
  ~MockDownloadControllerAndroid() override;

  // DownloadControllerAndroid implementation.
  void CreateGETDownload(int render_process_id, int render_view_id,
                         int request_id) override;
  void OnDownloadStarted(content::DownloadItem* download_item) override;
  void StartContextMenuDownload(
      const content::ContextMenuParams& params,
      content::WebContents* web_contents,
      bool is_link) override;
  void DangerousDownloadValidated(
      content::WebContents* web_contents, int download_id,
      bool accept) override;
  void AcquireFileAccessPermission(
      content::WebContents* web_contents,
      const AcquireFileAccessPermissionCallback& callback) override;
  void SetApproveFileAccessRequestForTesting(bool approve) override;

 private:
  bool approve_file_access_request_;
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MockDownloadControllerAndroid);
};

}  // namespace android
}  // namespace chrome

#endif  // CHROME_BROWSER_ANDROID_DOWNLOAD_MOCK_DOWNLOAD_CONTROLLER_ANDROID_H_

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Circuit Recruitment | 24 August 2021
The $22 billion solar farm backed by Atlassian Founder Mike Cannon-Brookes is about to get even larger. David Griffin, chief executive of Sun Cable, said the company will reveal a "significantly bigger" solar farm next month than the presently planned.
The original plans for this ambitious project were revealed by Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes in late 2019 when he announced that he was personally investing in Sun Cable. The vision of this project is to build the world's first intercontinental power grid, connecting Australia to Singapore to supply 24/7 renewable power.
The ambitious proposal is to first supply Darwin with power via a 750-kilometre transmission link from a solar farm by 2026, followed by three gigawatts of readily dispatchable power to meet as much as 15 per cent of Singapore's electricity needs via a 3750-kilometre underwater cable by 2028.
With plans to build in the Northern Territory, the solar farm is expected to span 15,000 hectares and once complete, the Sun Cable project will be the largest solar farm in the world.
Cannon-Brookes has noted that while the project sounds "completely batshit insane", it just makes good business sense with Australia receiving an estimated average of 58 million petajoules of solar radiation annually, and our proximity to Asia, a region without the space or resources to build its own large-scale renewable projects.
The project and its expansion are exciting news for the Australian renewable industry and mark a growth period. Sun Cable is already looking at multiple other gigawatts projects with the falling cost of solar cells and Australia's abundant resources.
While the news on the climate front is often grim, bold advances by Australian technology leaders into renewables and other technologies that can replace greenhouse gas emissions provide reasons for optimism.
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University Language Association celebrates culture
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Published by Kate Jones at November 2, 2018
Steve Choi and Kendall Deas discuss ways they can further language learning at a ULA meeting. Photo: Rebecca Snyder
The University Language Association is a campus organization providing language opportunities and cultural experiences to students outside of the classroom setting.
According to Dr. Jeremy Patterson, ULA faculty sponsor and chair of the Division of Modern Language and Literature, the ULA was newly restructured to reflect a more effective style of leadership group.
The new structure is actually quite similar to the university's language program itself.
Several offices exist within the ULA. This year's leadership group includes Steve Choi, president, and Drew Bond, vice president, as well as several other representatives.
These members represent each language offered in the University: Kendall Deas represents German, Anna Grace Casillas represents Spanish, Lauren Heilman represents French and Madi Landry represents Chinese.
According to ULA presiden Choi, the ULA gives students an opportunity to practice the languages they are learning and exposes them to other cultures.
Choi believes an ability to speak a language is more important than being able to read or write in that language, so he places a high priority in exposing students to native speakers.
According to Chinese representative, Landry, it is impossible to communicate in another language without a foundational knowledge of the culture attached to that language.
"The ULA is completely centered around cultures not just languages," Landry said. "When I speak Chinese, I'm communicating an entire culture."
Landry views the ULA as an opportunity to escape from the notion some language students hold who merely take a language for the credits or due to requirement.
According to Deas, German representative, the ULA tries to foster a love of culture and language.
This priority has encouraged many ULA members to become active in learning a new culture.
French language representative, Heilman, encourages students to come and experience the ULA.
"This is going to be totally different from your class, no pressure, no homework," she said. "It's just a chance to hang out with friends and learn together."
According to Heilman, the ULA helps students get the most out of their language classes.
Anyone taking a language course is automatically included in the mailing list, and according to Choi, the ULA is available to anyone.
Choi encourages students of all speaking levels to participate and grow their skills while having fun with others who share their passion.
"If you want those credits to be worth it, then get something out of it," Landry said.
According to Landry, the ULA fulfills one of BJU's goals, which, as articulated by the Center for Global Opportunities, is to reach beyond yourself by using your gifts—speaking someone's native language—to serve others.
According to Casillas, the ULA provides many involvement opportunities for students, including a weekly Tuesday night language dinner where students can meet other speakers of their languages.
The ULA creates a platform for students to form connections, build relationships and even complete required conversation time for their language classes.
According to Patterson, the ULA also provides film screenings—two films a semester for a total of four in a year—and singspirations where attendants sing together in all of the languages.
Choi and Patterson hope to expand the ULA's reach in the near future, encouraging involvement and partnership between the ULA and other campus organizations, such as the International Student Organization or the University Business Association.
They hope that these collaborations could provide even more opportunities for students to practice their respective languages.
On Thursday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m., the ULA will participate in its first joint endeavor with the University Business Association.
This event, called "Language and the Professions," will be a time for members of the organizations to come and hear several speakers from various businesses share how they have been able to use various languages in their fields.
Choi has seen people who have come out to events and told him that they are helped beyond what they could have learned in their textbooks by actually applying what they're learning in a real-life context.
Choi stressed that the association is open to anyone who is interested—participants can range anywhere on the language scale, from native speaker to someone who is merely interested in learning another language.
According to Choi, anyone interested in the ULA can email him, Heilman or Patterson for more information or they can request to be added to the email distribution list.
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Arthur A. Schomburg Elemtary School - Public School 163 » News » Emergency Broadband Benefit Program to Families
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched a short-term Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program, which will provide reduced cost broadband internet service for eligible New York City households during the COVID-19 pandemic. All families with a student enrolled in a DOE school or program are eligible for this benefit, and funds will be allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis until the program has exhausted available funds or six months after the US Department of Health and Human services declares an end to the COVID-19 health emergency.
Families can find out if they are eligible, apply for the program, and find participating broadband providers via the USAC website. There are two types of benefits available to eligible households:
Monthly Benefit: a discount of up to $50/month for broadband service, equipment, and device rentals; or
One-time Device Discount: up to $100 for a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer (with a co-payment of $10 - $50), where available.
Families can visit the FCC's EBB webpage and view this FAQ to learn more about the EBB program. Translated materials are available via the following links: Spanish, Arabic, Amharic, Burmese, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
If families have questions or require support with an application, they can email [email protected] or call (833) 511-0311.


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Terrence McNally, 81
By The Independent Posted on March 31, 2020
Another bright light went out on Broadway on March 24 with the death of prolific playwright and Water Mill resident Terrence McNally, who died of COVID-19-related complications at age 81 in Sarasota, Florida.
McNally's contributions to the American theater canon were vast, as were his contributions to the LGBTQ+ community, with his plays and musicals some of the first to explore themes like homophobia, same-sex romance, the AIDS pandemic, and gay pride.
His accolades include multiple Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Obie, and Tony awards, the latter for his plays "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class," his book of the musicals "Ragtime" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman;" as well as an Emmy (for "Andre's Mother"); two lifetime achievement awards (including an honorary Tony award just last year); and induction to both the American Theatre Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
His other beloved and respected works include plays "Lips Together, Teeth Apart," "The Ritz," "It's Only a Play," "Mothers and Sons," and the book of the musicals "The Full Monty," "The Visit," "Catch Me if You Can," and "Anastasia," as well as several operas and films.
Locally, McNally was honored by the Hamptons Doc Fest in 2018, when the opening film was "Every Act Of Life," a documentary about McNally.
McNally was born in St. Petersburg, Florida to Dorothy and Hubert McNally, and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas (from which his most controversial play, "Corpus Christi" — featuring Jesus as a gay Texan — draws its name). He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1960 with an English degree, before moving to Mexico and then New York City, where he worked as a guardian and tutor for the children of John and Elaine Steinbeck.
McNally wrote his first Broadway play in 1965 at age 23, "And Things That Go Bump in the Night," which closed after three weeks; in 1968, his musical adaptation of Steinbeck's "East of Eden" (called "Here's Where I Belong") closed after one night.
But McNally was not to be deterred. Starting in 1969, he wrote a stream of successful plays, culminating in his breakout, "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune," which was later adapted into a film starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. Eventually, McNally rooted himself in the Manhattan Theatre Club, a nonprofit off-Broadway theater which produced every play McNally wrote for 13 years. McNally had expressed gratitude to the Manhattan Theatre Club for its "unconditional love."
His early years in New York were spent in a relationship with famed playwright and Montauk resident Edward Albee, whom McNally had met in college, but the couple parted due to differing views about their sexuality, with Albee hiding his so as not to be defined by it, and McNally shouting his loudly and proudly.
In 2000, McNally lost his longtime partner Gary Bonasorte to AIDS, which impacted his writing profoundly. In 2003, however, McNally entered into a civil union with his husband-to-be, Tom Kirdahy, a Broadway producer and former civil rights attorney for not-for-profit AIDS organizations. They met during a panel discussion Kirdahy was producing for the former East End Gay Organization at Guild Hall in East Hampton in 2001; the two were officially married in 2010.
Tributes to McNally's life and work have been emerging from every corner of Broadway, including from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, Audra McDonald, David Yazbek, and Chita Rivera, who starred in all three of McNally's collaborations with Kander and Ebb.
Esteemed designer and former Sag Harbor resident Tony Walton, who designed the sets for McNally's co-written play "House," which premiered at the Bay Street Theater, shared a fond recollection of being in the audience of "Master Class," and witnessing an historical Broadway moment of Patti LuPone getting a full-on standing ovation at the intermission. Of working with McNally, Walton described the experience as "one of my most treasured theatrical memories. He was truly one of the last great theatrical gentlemen," he said, speaking both of McNally's writing, and his gentle nature. "Plus," Walton noted, "he was the ultimate pro."
McNally is survived by Kirdahy, his brother Peter, and his own immortal words, which will continue to be performed and cherished for as long as theater lives.
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International competition reaches the hilltop
November 6, 2017 By Trumpet Online
By Yijing Shen, Contributing Writer
West Liberty University is partaking in the Hult Prize, the world's largest student competition for social good, for the first time ever this fall.
The information session was held in the Boyle Room on Nov. 1 by the Hult Prize's campus director Abdel Halim Zaibi and his organizing team, WLU Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship Rickard Briggs, also known as the Hult Prize team mentor, and the WLU Campus Activities Coordinator Kate Billings, the Hult Prize marketing coordinator.
The Hult Prize foundation was established in 2010 by Bertil Hult and is a start-up accelerator for budding young social entrepreneurs emerging from universities around the world. The annual competition aims to build and launch the most compelling social business ideas; start-up enterprises that tackle grave issues faced by billions of people every day.
The Hult Prize has been established as the largest and most impactful student initiative in the world. "Each year, there are thousands of universities from more than 150 countries that come to participate in the annual competition, such as Harvard University and Stanford University," said Zaibi, "The winning team will receive one million dollars (USD) in seed capital, as well as mentorship and advice from the international business community."
The Hult Prize competition this year will follow the annual cycle process, starting with on-campus events this fall, regional finals in March of 2018, the accelerator in summer of 2018, and the global finals in September of 2018.
"The regional finals will take place in 16 regions, such as Shanghai, Boston, San Francisco, Dubai, and London, the campus winning team can choose any of these to compete at other universities," said Zaibi, "then after winning the regional finals, 50 finalist teams are invited to an intensive eight week incubation program, which is the accelerator."
Campus organizers are excited about WLU being one of the competitors this year. Briggs, who was a judge at regional final stage in 2016 in Mexico, has an in-depth understanding on this competition. "I am a strong advocate on any organization that encourages individuals to be better. I believe the Hult Prize's fundamental design is to create a sustainable and exciting new idea within a specific vertical to help society," said Briggs.
As a team mentor to help WLU participants this year, Briggs showed his confidence and expectations. "It's tremendous effort and the campus director should get tremendous credit. He put us into the same category as Harvard University, Princeton University, and other global basis universities all around the world who participate– why shouldn't West Liberty?" said Briggs, "I expect that over the course of the next decade, West Liberty University will become the Hult Prize center within the northern panhandle campus in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Perhaps in the next few years, we will have teams participating from multiple universities from this region."
Zaibi was the initiator behind the idea of bringing Hult Prize to WLU. He appreciates WLU giving him this chance to achieve the goal of organizing this event in the US. "Me and my team went through the semi-finals of Hult Prize in 2016, representing our university, Avicenne Private Business School. From that time, I decided to be a campus director next year in the US," said Zaibi.
The competition is open to the whole campus, regardless of a student's major. Students have to have three to four members to make up a team. After registering the team online, they will be required to come up with a business idea to solve the challenge for the remaining days in the competition.
If you are interested in competing in Hult Prize, register your team here. Also follow on Facebook to stay updated.
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County balks at price tag for plans of bigger building
Effingham County commissioners have rejected an additional pay request for a firm designing a new sanitation department office.
Since its original concept, a public works administration office has been added to the plans, increasing the size of the building.
"We've been through three, four different floor plans for this building," county project manager Adam Kobek said. "We have gone through no engineering, but we did increase the size of the building."
Commissioners selected Kern-Coleman as the design team in September 2010 after receiving proposals from three different firms.
The firms were asked to come up with concepts for site improvements to the landfill and to address traffic flow into the site. They also were asked to design a concept for an environmental education center that could house up to 200 people and seat up to 100 with offices, an outdoor classroom and a pole barn for recycling bins.
In April, commissioners issued a work authorization to Kern-Coleman to provide a set of building plans. Originally, the building was going to be approximately 1,900 square feet and include office and storage space for four people, before the inclusion of public works space.
"It's just an additional 800 square feet of office space," Kobek said.
Under the agreement, Kern-Coleman is receiving $12,500 for architectural and engineering services.
Kern-Coleman asked commissioners for $10,700 to complete the plans for the building. Of that, $1,700 will go toward geotechnical services since the building is being moved across the street.
"I can't say I'm in favor of this. I think it's exorbitant. I told them, 'I think this price is a little high. Is this the best you can do?'"Kobek said.
According to county figures, it would cost $8,500 to add 800 square feet, under Kern-Coleman's request.
"To add 800 square feet for $8,500?" asked Commissioner Steve Mason. "No, it's not reasonable."
With the planned larger building, there were issues with a drainfield and sight line concerns, prompting relocating the proposed building to a spot across the street.
The county had agreed to a building price of about $100 per square foot and as of now, the building proposed will be 2,796 square feet.
The county will meet with Kern-Coleman to negotiate on the price for plans on the larger building.
County commissioners also agreed to provide a space at the county annex at no charge to the Effingham County Victim Witness Assistance Program. The county would be held harmless under the agreement and the agreement also would save Victim Witness $1,200 a year.
The county charges rent to Department of Family and Children Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice and LifeStar.


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package com.report.web.admin.controller;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.annotation.Resource;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;

import com.report.biz.admin.service.RoleService;
import com.report.common.dal.admin.constant.Constants;
import com.report.common.dal.admin.entity.dto.Role;
import com.report.common.dal.admin.entity.vo.RoleCriteriaModel;
import com.report.common.dal.admin.entity.vo.RoleListSysModel;
import com.report.common.dal.admin.entity.vo.RoleModel;
import com.report.common.model.AjaxJson;
import com.report.common.model.DataGrid;
import com.report.common.model.PageHelper;
import com.report.common.model.ResultCodeConstants;
import com.report.common.model.SessionUtil;

import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

@Slf4j
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/role")
public class RoleController {

    @Resource
    private RoleService roleService;

    @RequestMapping(value = "/role.htm")
    public String index(HttpServletRequest request) {
        return "role/roleList";
    }

    @RequestMapping("/findRoleListByCriteria.htm")
    @ResponseBody
    public DataGrid findRoleListByCriteria(PageHelper pageHelper, RoleCriteriaModel roleCriteriaModel) {
        return roleService.findRoleListByCriteria(pageHelper, roleCriteriaModel);
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/addOrUpdate.htm")
    @ResponseBody
    public AjaxJson addOrUpdate(RoleModel model, HttpServletRequest request) {
        AjaxJson j = new AjaxJson();
        if (StringUtils.isBlank(model.getRoleCode()) || StringUtils.isBlank(model.getName())) {
            j.setErrorNo(ResultCodeConstants.RESULT_INCOMPLETE);
            return j;
        }

        // 先判断id是否为空,如果为空的话(即当前操作是保存),则检查角色编码是否存在;
        // 如果不为空的话(即当前操作为更新),则拿当前的角色编码和数据库中的角色编码进行比较,如果不一致,则报错

        int result = Constants.FAIL;

        if (null != model.getId()) {

            // 更新操作

            // 检查当前角色编码是否和数据库中的角色编码是否一致
            if (!roleService.isSameRoleCode(model.getId(), model.getRoleCode())) {
                j.setStatus(ResultCodeConstants.RESULT_ROLE_CODE_CANNOT_BE_MODIFIED);
                j.setErrorInfo("角色编码不能修改");
                return j;
            }

            result = roleService.updateRole(model, SessionUtil.getUserInfo().getMember().getId(), request.getRemoteAddr());
            j.setStatus(result);
            if (result == Constants.FAIL) {
                j.setErrorInfo("更新失败!");
            }
        } else {

            // 保存操作

            // 检查编码是否存在
            if (roleService.isRoleCodeExists(model)) {
                j.setErrorNo(ResultCodeConstants.RESULT_ROLE_CODE_IS_EXISTS);
                return j;
            }

            result = roleService.saveRole(model, SessionUtil.getUserInfo().getMember().getId(), request.getRemoteAddr());
            j.setStatus(result);
            if (result == Constants.FAIL) {
                j.setErrorInfo("保存失败!");
            }
        }

        return j;
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/del.htm")
    @ResponseBody
    public AjaxJson del(Role role, HttpServletRequest request) {
        AjaxJson ajaxJson = null;

        if (role.getId() == null) {
            ajaxJson = new AjaxJson();
            ajaxJson.setErrorNo(ResultCodeConstants.RESULT_INCOMPLETE);
            return ajaxJson;
        }

        return roleService.removeRole(role.getId());
    }

    @RequestMapping("/findAllRoles.htm")
    @ResponseBody
    public List<RoleListSysModel> findAllRole() {
        return roleService.getRoleListBySysCodes(null);
    }

    /**
     * 保存授权
     *
     * @return
     */
    @RequestMapping(value = "/saveRoleResources.htm")
    @ResponseBody
    public AjaxJson saveRoleResources(RoleModel model, HttpServletRequest request) {
        AjaxJson ajaxJson = new AjaxJson();
        int result = roleService.saveRoleResources(model);

        ajaxJson.setStatus(result);
        return ajaxJson;
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/getRoleListByGroupCode.htm")
    @ResponseBody
    public List<RoleListSysModel> getRoleListByGroupCode(String groupCode) {
        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(groupCode)) {
            List<RoleListSysModel> roleListAll = roleService.getRoleListBySysCodes(null);

            List roleList = roleService.getRoleListByGroupCode(groupCode);

            if (!roleList.isEmpty()) {
                checkRoleList(roleList, roleListAll);
            }
            return roleListAll;
        }

        return Collections.emptyList();
    }

    private void checkRoleList(List roleList, List<RoleListSysModel> roleListAll) {
        if (roleList == null || roleList.isEmpty() || roleListAll == null || roleListAll.isEmpty()) {
            return;
        }

        for (RoleListSysModel modelAll : roleListAll) {

            if (modelAll.getChildren() == null || modelAll.getChildren().size() == 0) continue;

            for (RoleListSysModel roleModel : modelAll.getChildren()) {
                for (Object roleCode : roleList) {
                    if (roleCode != null && String.valueOf(roleCode).equals(roleModel.getId())) {
                        roleModel.setChecked(true);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/getRoleCodeAndNameList.htm")
    @ResponseBody
    public List<Map<String, Object>> getRoleCodeAndNameList(String groupCode) {
        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(groupCode)) {
            return roleService.getRoleCodeAndNameList(groupCode);
        }

        return Collections.emptyList();
    }
}