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PDP accuses Buhari of abandoning his responsibilities amid rising security challenges
One week after President Muhammadu Buhari left Nigeria for a 10-day private visit to the United Kingdom, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has again called on the president to return home to address security issues in the country.
The National Publicity Secretary of the opposition party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement issued on Thursday, May 2, 2019, accused the president of abandoning his responsibilities to pursue "unexplained private matters abroad" while bandits and kidnappers activities increase.
The statement reads: "President Buhari's inattention has emboldened insurgents and bandits to continue to over-run communities, unleash mayhem and bloodletting on citizens in Borno, Zamfara, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Taraba, Kaduna, Benue, Kogi and other states of the federation, including Buhari's home state, Katsina.
"Bandits are having a field day, pillaging communities in Katsina State; killing several persons and abducting the District Head of his hometown, Daura, Musa Umar; the father in-law of Mr. President's security aide,
"Within this period, marauders invaded communities in Adamawa and killed no fewer than 26 innocent Nigerians; many more have been killed in Borno, Taraba, Benue and Zamfara states, where bandits also reportedly attacked Government Girls Secondary School, Moriki, and kidnapped some school girls.
"While the Buhari administration remains virtually nonchalant, kidnappers have taken over many of our major highways, with hundreds of compatriots held in captivity in forests along Kaduna-Abuja, Taraba-Katsina-Ala and other highways in the country."
According to Punch, Ologbondiyan noted the allegations that some of the bandits arrested in Katsina, are not Nigerians.
Kola Ologbondiyan PDP publicity secretary in a statement accused President Muhammadu Buhari of abandoning his responsibilities. (This Day)
Presidency says Buhari can rule Nigeria from anywhere in the world
While the opposition party urges President Muhammadu Buhari to return home, the presidency issued a statement on Saturday, April 27, 2019, saying the president can rule from anywhere in the world.
The presidency said Buhari did not need to inform the National Assembly, so long as his absence was for a short period adding that his absence becomes unconstitutional only when his private visit extends to 21 days.
It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari left the country on Thursday, April 25, 2019, for a 10-day private visit to the United Kingdom and he's expected to return to Nigeria on Sunday, May 5, 2019.
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Eighteen months ago, Schauffele had played 18 times on the PGA Tour and missed the cut in half of them. But after he tied for fifth in his first U.S. Open at Erin Hills, the 25-year-old from San Diego has taken his place among golf's emerging generation of stars.
"This is the stuff you dream about," Schauffele said after his one-shot victory over hard-luck Gary Woodland. "But to actually pull it off, it feels awesome. I could see myself doing it, but it's hard to believe just sitting here and talking about it."
"It's awesome," the father said as he spoke of his brief time on Kauai, and the friends who were at Kapalua to watch the riveting charge Sunday.
Schauffele doesn't get wrapped up in anything but the shot in front of him, so he wasn't amazed at his progress in 18 months, or from the time he was 8 and his father wouldn't let him play unless he could carry his own bag.
He is part of the fabled high school class of 2011, which includes Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Daniel Berger. Spieth and Thomas already have risen to No. 1 and won majors. That's where Schauffele wants to get.
To even be mentioned in that group, he said, has "kind of a weird sound to it."
"I just still feel like an underdog," Schauffele said. "I feel like until you're No. 1, you're chasing. So guys like Bryson and Justin ... JT has put together a ton of good years. Brooks (Koepka) has been crushing it. They keep putting that flag way out there for me to go chase, and I feel like that's what I've been doing."
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He also lost the chance to compete in his favorite activities — skiing, diving, weightlifting, anything that put pressure on his eye. When he moved to San Diego, he wound up living next to a golf course and was intrigued by the sport because the ball didn't move.
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Q: Stop jQuery Validate from modifying radio button markup? I am using jQuery's Validate plugin to validate the inputs. Everything is working except when you hit submit without selecting a radio button, it seems to be adding line breaks or spaces in the markup, causing the 'Yes' button to pop below the radio button.
I just want the error messages to appear in their 'error class' containers without touching the radio buttons themselves at all.
Can anyone please give me some guidance on this?
Link to demo:
http://revivelab.com/demo_software/form_bug/order_form_overflow.php
This is my goal:
http://i.minus.com/jbaQaXvPgsST6p.png
Update: if you look at the code in Chrome using Inspect Element, it appears spaces are being inserted around the 'Yes' text; this is what I am trying to disable.
Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

    <title></title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/order_style_new.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/ui-lightness/jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.css" />

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo $siteURL; ?>css/reset.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo $siteURL; ?>css/order_style.css" />

<form style="width:900px;margin:auto;border:none;" action="process/mail.php" method="post" id="form1">

            Dealer Name:
            <input type="text" name="shipto" id="shipto" class="input167 required" <?php if(isset($dealer_name)){ echo "value=\"".$dealer_name."\""; } ?> size="35"/>

            Contact:
            <input type="text" name="contact" id="contact" class="input167"  <?php if(isset($contact)){ echo "value=\"".$contact."\""; } ?> size="35"/>

            Shipping Address:
            <input type="text" name="address1" id="address1" class="input167" <?php if(isset($address)){ echo "value=\"".$address."\""; } ?> size="35"/>

            Shipping Address Cont:
            <input type="text" name="address_2" id="address_2" class="input167" <?php if(isset($address_2)){ echo "value=\"".$address_2."\""; } ?> size="35"/>

            Phone:
            <input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" class="input167" <?php if(isset($address_2)){ echo "value=\"".$phone."\""; } ?> style="width: 100px;"/> Fax: <input type="text" name="fax" id="fax" class="input167" <?php if(isset($fax)){ echo "value=\"".$fax."\""; } ?> style="width: 102px; "/>

            Email Address:
            <input type="text" name="emaill" id="emaill" class="input167 required email" style="clear:both;" <?php if(isset($email)){ echo "value=\"".$email."\""; } ?> size="35"/>

            Purchase Order Date:
            <input type="text" name="pod" id="pod" class="input100 datepicker required" value="<?php echo $today ?>" />

            Bill of    Lading Requested:

                <input type="radio" class="required" name="blr" id="blr" value="Yes" />Yes
                <input type="radio" name="blr" id="blr" value="No" />No

                Please choose one.

            Phone Call Notification:

                <input type="radio" class="required" name="pcn" id="pcn" value="Yes" />Yes
                <input type="radio" name="pcn" id="pcn" value="No" />No

                Please choose one.

            Residential Delivery:

                <input type="radio" name="rdy" class="required" id="rdy" value="Yes" />Yes
                <input type="radio" name="rdy" id="rdy" value="No" />No

                Please choose one.

            Lift Gate:

                <input type="radio" name="lg" id="lg" value="Yes" class="required" />Yes
                <input type="radio" name="lg" id="lg" value="No" />No

                Please choose one.

              Special Instructions

            <textarea type="text" name="NotesToDriver" id="NotesToDriver" class="input100 datepicker required" style="width:230px; height:82px;"/></textarea>

        <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="   Submit Order   " style="width:125px; height:45px; padding-right:auto;" />

</form>

A: Wrapping the 'Yes/No' commands in a span set to display:block; fixed the bug. See below for completed code.

        Purchase Order Date:
        <input type="text" name="pod" id="pod" class="input100 datepicker required" value="<?php echo $today ?>" />

        Bill of Lading Requested:

<input type="radio" class="required" name="blr" id="blr" value="Yes" />

             Yes

<input type="radio" name="blr" id="blr" value="No" />

              No

            Please choose one.

        Phone Call Notification:

<input type="radio" class="required" name="pcn" id="pcn" value="Yes" />

            Yes

<input type="radio" name="pcn" id="pcn" value="No" />

            No

            Please choose one.

        Residential Delivery:

<input type="radio" name="rdy" class="required" id="rdy" value="Yes" />

            Yes

<input type="radio" name="rdy" id="rdy" value="No" />

            No

            Please choose one.

        Lift Gate:

<input type="radio" name="lg" id="lg" value="Yes" class="required" />

            Yes

<input type="radio" name="lg" id="lg" value="No" />

            No

            Please choose one.

          Special Instructions

        <textarea type="text" name="NotesToDriver" id="NotesToDriver" class="input100 datepicker required" style="width:230px; height:82px;"/></textarea>

A: try to add a div with clear: both wrapped around your divs in the td.

            <input type="radio" class="required" value="Yes" id="lg" name="lg">Yes
            <input type="radio" value="No" id="lg" name="lg">No

            Please choose one.

EDIT: you have to make the label.error display block to make it align with the radio button div, see: http://jsfiddle.net/cc7rS/
You can try adding a invalid class with the validator method:
$("#form1").validate({
    errorClass: "invalid"
})

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In a surprise announcement that wasn't so surprising, Treyarch has announced that Call Of Duty Black Ops 4, or Black Ops IIII (que a joke about how Treyarch doesn't understand Roman numerals). You can find the live announcement trailer below.
After a month of speculation from when Eurogamer released an article about the new instalment it was finally confirmed that the new installment to the Call Of Duty series this year would be Black Ops 4.
One known fact is that we have a (kind of) release date for Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 which will be in October instead of November. I guess we will see how this affects sales as it isn't as close to Christmas which is the most important time for game sales.
An exact release date is not known but more details will be known during a live stream event on May 17th. Treyarch has commented, saying the new COD "represents a game-changing experience.". This would be exciting news if this wasn't said about the new Call of Duty every year that it comes out.
Fans are eager to find out when the game is set, as the franchise has taken a lot of heat for its more futuristic settings with jetpacks and wall running, but fans have praised the 2017 instalment for its World War II setting. I'm sure fans of the extremely popular "Zombies" game mode will wonder how the plot will continue after the story of the "original characters" came to an end in Black Ops 3.
Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 will be releasing on PS4, Xbox One, PC, and is rumoured to also have a Switch release.
Once more is known, we will be sure to let you know. For all your gaming news, keep it savvy.


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Q: cpu load balance for "hosting dedicated servers" sory for my broken English, english is not my native language.
i have been selling web hosts since 2007. ive been using hostgator's reseller packs. i am a totally "newbie" for dedicated servers. thats why i am using reseller pack.
now, id like to buy 3 dedicated servers. cpu usage is my biggest nightmare.
id like to make cpu load balance between 3 dedicated servers. for example: if first dedicated's cpu load is 100%, it must use second dedicated's cpu. if second one's cpu is full too, first and second must use third dedicated's cpu.
well, is it possible? and if yes, how do you call this system (im gonna research on the google)? is it cpu load balancing system? ive been researching on the google for long times and cannot find anything...
thanks in advance

A: First your English isn't that bad.
You can't farm the workload around like that.  You basically have two options when you start putting websites on the webservers.

*

*Spread the load of the websites out by putting some websites on each of the servers.

*Put all the websites on all three servers and use a load balancer to balance the traffic between the three machines.

Option 1 will be much easier for you to deal with.  If one of the machines starts seeing higher CPU loads then you just stop putting new web sites onto that server.  Option 2 is more complex to setup and manage but it provides your customers which higher up time and the load is totally balanced across all three of the machines.
Most every hosting company out there uses option #1.


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Bill Means was born on July 13, 1935, in Springfield, Missouri, and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He enlisted in the Aviation Cadet Program of the U.S. Air Force on March 22, 1954, and was commissioned a 2nd Lt and awarded his pilot wings at Williams AFB, Arizona, on January 19, 1956. After completing instructor pilot school at Craig AFB, Alabama, Lt Means served as a T-33 Shooting Star flight instructor with the 3645th Pilot Training Squadron at Laughlin AFB, Texas, from April 1956 to March 1957, and then as a flight instructor with the 3568th Navigation Training Squadron at James Connally AFB, Texas, from March 1957 to December 1959. He then completed RB-66 Destroyer Combat Crew Training before serving with the 30th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at RAF Alconbury, England, from April 1960 to June 1963, followed by service with the 16th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Shaw AFB, South Carolina, from July 1963 to June 1964. Capt Means served in aircraft testing with the 4485th Composite Test Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida, from June 1964 to May 1965, and then with the 4416th Test Squadron at Shaw AFB from May to November 1965. He then deployed to Southeast Asia where he served as an EB-66 pilot with the 41st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam, from December 1965 to June 1966, and then from Takhli Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, from June 1966 until he was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War while flying his 89th combat mission on July 20, 1966. After spending 2,400 days in captivity, Col Means was released during Operation Homecoming on February 12, 1973. He was briefly hospitalized to recover from his injuries at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, and then served as Air Operations Officer for the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Shaw AFB, South Carolina, from October 1973 to June 1974, followed by Air War College at Maxwell AFB. Col Means next served as Commander of the 354th Field Maintenance Squadron and then as Assistant Deputy Commander for Maintenance of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at Myrtle Beach AFB, South Carolina, from June 1976 to November 1978, followed by service back at Shaw AFB, where he retired from the Air Force on April 19, 1980. Bill Means died in June 1986, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Lina Barrios is an anthropologist and Maya Ajq'ij (Spiritual Guide) who, according to this ancient tradition has reached the age of wisdom, becoming an elder. For nearly 25 years she has worked tirelessly for the preservation of traditional Maya languages, women's rights, dress, culture and spirituality. She is a published author, awarded with the "Premio Iberoamericano de Investigación Municipal Villa de Madrid" and "Premio Iberoamericano de Igualdad Cortez de Cadiz".Lina also works as a university professor.


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Q: How to call a method on an object in an arrayMap? I want to call a method of a object inside an arrayMap, but when I try to write the code it doesn't work.
   Object myObject = new Object();
   public ArrayMap arr = new ArrayMap();
   arr.put(0,myObject);
   arr.get(0).myMethod(); //this doesn't work
   //i have to do this:
   Object newObject = arr.get(0);

What can I do to be able to use the function on my object whitout having to declare another object?
Edit: corrected newObject.myFunction(); in newObject.myMethod();

A: Specify generic type parameters:
public ArrayMap<Integer,MyObject> arr = new ArrayMap<>();

// MyObject class has the method myMethod

then you can write:
arr.get(0).myMethod()

A: MyObject myObject = new MyObject();
public ArrayMap arr = new ArrayMap<MyObject>();
arr.put(0,myObject);
arr.get(0).myMethod();

if you try it like this I assume it should work.
I used the term MyObject instead of Object because it is bad practive to call your class Object as it is a very basic type of class in Java.


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Sean from Corbin Fisher passed away at age 21
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Tags: Corbin Fisher, Matthew, Sean
Corbin Fisher reports on its website that Matthew, aka "Sean" has passed away. It happens way to often in the porn business, that men die at a very young age.
From the Corbin Fisher website:
It is with the most profound sadness we share with you, his fans, news of Matthew's recent passing. The deep sorrow felt with his loss is matched only by the tremendous gratitude we all feel at having had the opportunity to get to know and work with this incredible young man. In his year at Corbin Fisher, "Sean" has had an enormous impact upon a great many of us – from the fans who knew him for this enthusiasm, charisma, and remarkable good looks, to his co-workers and fellow performers who knew him as a generous and selfless friend.
We have been in contact with his family since he unexpectedly passed, and they have shared with us that Matthew often eagerly expressed to them how much his fans and admirers meant to him. He took great pride in his work with Corbin Fisher, and strove to make an impression upon you and make you happy with every performance. You were all a constant source of inspiration and motivation for him.
Fans of Matthew, aka "Sean", who wish to express condolences may do so by e-mailing RememberingSean@corbinfisher.com. We will collect the messages and pass them on to his loving, supportive, and grieving family. Rest in Peace, Matthew, and thank you for giving us all the opportunity to know you.
– Your CF Family
Sources have been talking about a drug arrest of Sean in February 2012, but it is unsure if there is any connection between drug abuse and Sean's sudden death.
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Two of ETSI's most important projects, at least as far as advanced MNOs are concerned, are MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) and NFV (Network Functions Virtualization). Now the two efforts are coming closer together as the standards body releases its first tranche of specifications for MEC Phase 2, including a MEC-over-NFV reference architecture.
The focus of MEC has shifted considerably since it was originally established under the name of Mobile Edge Computing. Since then, ETSI has recognized that edge computing connectivity will not be confined to cellular, but that many edge cloud applications will rely on harnessing the best available compute resource and connection for a given location.
There has also been a more reluctant recognition that the operators' locations – central offices, cell sites and so on – will not necessarily be the basis of the edge computing grid, as the original MEC vision assumed. Telco locations will be very valuable, for enhancing their own services, such as video, by moving data processing closer to the end user; and to support third party applications such as content delivery, gaming or intelligent transport. But there are many other edge-focused developments that will need a very different set of locations – often indoors, where MNOs have been poor in delivering high quality connectivity; and with a far more dispersed edge than cell sites support (though convergence with small cell deployment will provide a new opportunity for MNOs to enhance their place in the value chain).
In recent times, ETSI MEC has shifted to providing APIs (application programming interfaces) rather than the whole architecture, and to acknowledging that many edge deployments will be delivered by enterprise players rather than operators. The standards body says that the first specs in Phase 2 reflect MEC's wider scope and greatly expand the addressable use cases by integrating with NFV.
ETSI GS MEC 002 summarizes the new requirements for the rest of Phase 2, to encourage the industry to support interoperability and focus on the same issues. It is centered on alignment with NFV so that edge applications can run in a standards-based virtualized environment to maximize flexibility and integration with the cloud. This spec also offers sample use cases and benefits.
ETSI GS MEC 003 focuses on the architecture and framework. It lays down a template for implementing MEC applications on top of a virtualized infrastructure near the edge. It includes the MEC-on-NFV reference architecture, which defines how MEC-compliant edge nodes can work as part of an overall NFV cloud architecture.
ETSI GS MEC 009 outlines general principles for service APIs.
Jason Hoffman, CEO of MobiledgeX, the Deutsche Telekom spin-off which is creating a MEC-based ecosystem, told TelecomTV that the first wave of edge applications will often be based on augmented reality, mixed reality, computer vision and machine learning – all of which "need an edge between all the devices and a cloud".


By rule, girls are allowed to "play up" to a higher-grade league but are not allowed to "play down" to a lower-grade league. For example: Any 6th grader is allowed to play on a U15 team but a 7th grader cannot (without a grade waiver) play on a 5th/6th grade team. Please note that girls may only play up one grade level. So, for example, a 5th grader cannot play on a U15 team. However, MBGLL strongly encourages all players to participate in their age and grade-based league according to the above guidelines.
A grade waiver is permission for a girl to "play down".
Grade waivers are not intended to allow Town Programs to move girls from an older team to a younger team strictly to balance team sizes. Towns should monitor registrations and use waiting lists to ensure that teams are not too large.
A brand new Town Program (entering its first year in MBGLL) has a total of 24 girls registered. 18 girls are 5th/6th graders and 6 are 7th/8th graders. None have played lacrosse before. The town has two choices: It could create one 7th/8th grade team (no waivers required) or it could request grade waivers for the six 7th/8th graders and create one 5th/6th grade team. MBGLL would grant these waivers if requested.
An established Town Program (entering its fifth year in MBGLL) has a total of 50 girls registered. 30 are 7th/8th graders and 20 are 5th/6th graders. The program might think it could get grade waivers for five of the 7th/8th graders, but MBGLL would likely deny this request.
The Town Program makes a written (email) request to their Division Director. If the Division Director believes the waiver request is merited, it is forwarded to the Sportsmanship and Compliance Committee for approval.
2. If the Sportsmanship and Compliance Committee approves, the Division Director and the Town Program are notified. If the Sportsmanship and Compliance Committee denies the request, the Town Program may, through the Division Director, appeal the decision to the full Board of Directors.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Http;
using System.Web.Http.Description;
using BdlIBMS.Models;
using BdlIBMS.Repositories;
using BdlIBMS.Utils;

namespace BdlIBMS.Controllers
{
    public class TrendGroupsController : ApiController
    {
        IRepository<int, TrendGroup> repository;

        public TrendGroupsController(IRepository<int, TrendGroup> repository)
        {
            this.repository = repository;
        }

        // GET: api/trendgroups
        public IHttpActionResult GetTrendGroups()
        {
            var errResult = TextHelper.CheckAuthorized(Request);
            if (errResult != null)
                return errResult;

            Pager pager = null;
            string strPageIndex = HttpContext.Current.Request.Params["PageIndex"];
            string strPageSize = HttpContext.Current.Request.Params["PageSize"];
            IEnumerable<TrendGroup> trendGroups;

            if (strPageIndex == null || strPageSize == null)
            {
                pager = new Pager();
                trendGroups = this.repository.GetAll();
            }
            else
            {
                // 获取分页数据
                int pageIndex = Convert.ToInt32(strPageIndex);
                int pageSize = Convert.ToInt32(strPageSize);
                pager = new Pager(pageIndex, pageSize, this.repository.GetCount());
                trendGroups = this.repository.GetPagerItems(pageIndex, pageSize, u => u.CreateTime);
            }

            var items = from item in trendGroups
                        select new
                        {
                            ID = item.ID,
                            Name = item.Name,
                            Description = item.Description,
                            CreateTime = item.CreateTime,
                            Remark = item.Remark
                        };
            pager.Items = items;

            return Ok(pager);
        }

        // GET: api/trendgroups/1
        [ResponseType(typeof(TrendGroup))]
        public async Task<IHttpActionResult> GetTrendGroup(int uuid)
        {
            var errResult = TextHelper.CheckAuthorized(Request);
            if (errResult != null)
                return errResult;

            TrendGroup item = await this.repository.GetByIdAsync(uuid);
            if (item == null)
                return NotFound();

            var result = new
            {
                ID = item.ID,
                Name = item.Name,
                Description = item.Description,
                CreateTime = item.CreateTime,
                Remark = item.Remark
            };

            return Ok(result);
        }

        // PUT: api/trendgroups/1
        [ResponseType(typeof(void))]
        public async Task<IHttpActionResult> PutTrendGroup(int uuid, [FromUri]TrendGroup trendGroup)
        {
            var errResult = TextHelper.CheckAuthorized(Request);
            if (errResult != null)
                return errResult;

            if (uuid != trendGroup.ID)
                return BadRequest();

            try
            {
                trendGroup.CreateTime = DateTime.Now;
                await this.repository.PutAsync(trendGroup);
            }
            catch (DbUpdateConcurrencyException)
            {
                if (!this.repository.IsExist(uuid))
                    return NotFound();
                else
                    throw;
            }

            return StatusCode(HttpStatusCode.NoContent);
        }

        // POST: api/trendgroups
        [ResponseType(typeof(TrendGroup))]
        public async Task<IHttpActionResult> PostTrendGroup([FromUri]TrendGroup trendGroup)
        {
            var errResult = TextHelper.CheckAuthorized(Request);
            if (errResult != null)
                return errResult;

            try
            {
                trendGroup.CreateTime = DateTime.Now;
                await this.repository.AddAsync(trendGroup);
            }
            catch (DbUpdateException)
            {
                if (this.repository.IsExist(trendGroup.ID))
                    return Conflict();
                else
                    throw;
            }

            return Ok();
        }

        // DELETE: api/trendgroups/1
        public async Task<IHttpActionResult> DeleteTrendGroup(int uuid)
        {
            var errResult = TextHelper.CheckAuthorized(Request);
            if (errResult != null)
                return errResult;

            TrendGroup trendGroup = await this.repository.GetByIdAsync(uuid);
            if (trendGroup == null)
                return NotFound();

            await this.repository.DeleteAsync(trendGroup);

            return Ok();
        }
    }
}

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The girl embodies the nightmare that won't let them live or sleep in peace for what they have done.
Eddie and co-curators Cesar Garcia and Nico Orozco-Valdivia discussed a solo exhibition, but when Garcia saw the grandmother's dolls and the father's wood-carved piece, "Los Milicianos Bajo Fuego" (The Militiamen Under Fire) in a corner of Eddie's studio, the direction changed.
Eddie's loudest piece is "Holbein en Crenshaw." He grew up near Pico and Crenshaw boulevards, so he takes the imprints of trees there or in places with large Central American communities like in Boyle Heights, City Terrace, Highland Park and Pico-Union. He renders the bark, with its natural and human-made marks, with rubber and wood glue. In one piece, a yellow mark across the middle reveals itself from one angle to be a skull, a reference to German painter Hans Holbein the Younger's 1533 piece "The Ambassadors," in which a black and white smudge near the bottom of the scene looks like a skull.
The bark is backed with fabric that Eddie finds on the street near his tree subjects or gets from his family members. The piece is draped with a comforter and black hoodie. On top, he drew logos for the Pollo Campero restaurants and Folgers coffee with house paint — more items carried across the border. You can see a faded FMLN logo, representing the party both of his parents supported, and a poem that he wrote, inspired by Nicaraguan priest and poet Ernesto Cardenal, about a person killed and buried in an unmarked grave.
Eddie's late grandmother is remembered not only through her own work but also in Juan's portraits, in which he captures the personalities and imagined lives of her handmade dolls. She's also seen more directly in the wood-carved piece "La Familia Salvadoreña," (The Salvadoran Family), in which she's depicted holding a photo of her disappeared son.
In the gallery conversation, Eddie recounted a moment from his MFA program at Yale. In a class critique, a professor told him that his work felt overburdened — that as an artist, these heavy topics weren't leaving space to make other things. Eddie couldn't remember if he responded to the professor's critique, but he wondered if the professor would have said the same thing to a white student or an African American student.


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Published on: June 17, 2020, 6:24 a.m.
Profiteers of the pandemic
Illustration by Panju Ganguli
Why you should care
The moratorium has permitted lenders to postpone loan repayment installments falling due between 1 March and 31 May. This was later extended by the RBI by a few more months
The country's apex Supreme Court is yet to decide on a waiver of interest charges on equated monthly instalments during a Reserve Bank of India announced moratorium scheme on almost all loan repayments, a direct fallout of disruptions caused due to the pandemic.
The RBI has submitted to the Court that waiver of interest during the moratorium could lead to loss of 1 per cent of the nation's gross domestic product. Bankers have argued that the courts must not intervene in matters of such specialisation, in which depositor interest is to be protected over that of a borrower. The Supreme Court has since indicated that it will pursue the waiver of a much smaller amount: the interest on interest charged on postponed repayments.
The moratorium has permitted lenders to postpone loan repayment instalments falling due between 1 March and 31 May. This was later extended by the RBI by another three months. There will be no impact on borrower credit ratings during this time, even if they were to technically default on loans. Bank balance sheets continue to be sound too, as they do not have to account for such defaults as non performing assets either.
This is the calm before the storm. The second largest public sector lender, Bank of Baroda, has already provided moratorium to 65 per cent of its customers by value. Bank of Baroda followed an opt-out policy, wherein every customer (barring NBFCs) was allowed to be part of the moratorium. Another private sector lender IDBI Bank has said that 68 per cent of its total loan book is under moratorium. In fact, the country's largest lender State Bank of India has moved an intervention in the Supreme Court, batting against even the allowance of interest waiver.
To have a bank take no risk in a pandemic, and the borrower bear the entire burden, is outrageous
The world, and the country as a part of it, is witnessing an unprecedented crisis at a scale that few were prepared for. Many businesses, with factories and offices shut in a lockdown but salaries to pay, are in no position to service debt. It will be a while before consumption picks up and demand recovers to cover supply; only then can growth take place.
The RBI's moratorium is largesse that has done the banker good. The regulator has not asked the banks to write off loans – which is the fallout of miscalculated and mispriced risk like it would be in the case of a pandemic. Instead at a time when demand for loans was hitting the bottom, from before the pandemic began, it has rescued the banker community.
By allowing the financial system to load excess debt, on the backs of a population that has yet to see it coming, instead of pursuing ways to reduce the burden of debt on the people in a crisis, the path chosen is preferable to the RBI as well as to banking profits.
Bankers argue that depositor interest is paramount, as it should be. But the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation has raised its deposit insurance coverage to R5 lakh per depositor. Most certainly, in the case of small depositors, the banks take little risk on their behalf, even while offering interest rates on such savings deposits that are at times lower than even the inflation rate. Current account deposits offer no interest.
Secondly, banks must accept that they are part of a risk distribution process. With unemployment levels at an all time high, business at an all time low, they cannot be the only ones to come out clean. By all means, it is individuals and businesses that take the primary risk for growth, and for whom returns are not constrained as they are for a bank. But to have a bank take no risk in a pandemic, and the borrower bear the entire burden, is outrageous. Surely the bank must account for its share of risk taking.
A rudimentary analysis of a 20-year home loan at 9 per cent interest taken a year ago with six new instalments from the moratorium would result in over 35 new EMIs. The amounts are higher for more recent loans and higher rates. A loan at 12 per cent would translate into 83 more instalments if six instalments were skipped.
The system is already infamous for not identifying a non-performing loan at Rs10, but to let it "evergreen" until it turns into a default of Rs100. It is important for the Court to decide if the bankers' arguments are less to protect financial stability and more to protect profits. For it is such recklessness that gives bankers the bad name that they manage to earn for themselves.


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Николай Фёдорович Пожитков () — российский политический деятель. Член Совета Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации от Оренбургской области.

Биография
С 1990 по 1997 год — заместитель министра связи РФ. С 1997 по 1999 год — заместитель председателя Госкомсвязи России. С 1999 по 2000 год — заместитель председателя Гостелекома России. С 2000 по 2003 год — статс-секретарь — заместитель министра РФ по связи и информатизации.

Награждён орденами «Знак Почета», Почета, Трудового Красного Знамени, медалями «За строительство Байкало-Амурской магистрали», «В память 850-летия Москвы». Присвоено почетное звание                 «Заслуженный строитель Российской Федерации». Лауреат премии Правительства Российской Федерации в области науки и техники. Имеет Почетную грамоту Президента РФ. Награждён Почетной грамотой СФ ФС РФ.

Брат
Есть брат-близнец Анатолий Фёдорович Пожитков, неоднократно избиравшийся муниципальным депутатом московского района Ростокино.

Совет Федерации
Впервые полномочия сенатора были признаны 30 декабря 2003 года, подтверждены 26 апреля 2006 года, ещё раз подтверждены 11 мая 2011 г., прекращены полномочия 28 сентября 2016 года.

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Balderdash on the Tiber
The new Vandals march under the banner of pastoral "accompaniment."
September 25, 2019 George Weigel The Dispatch 21 Print
Today's first reading is from an explication of the academic program of the reconfigured Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences by Msgr. Pierangelo Sequeri, the institute's rector (translation provided by the institute):
The recomposition of the thought and practice of faith with the global covenant of man and woman is now, with all evidence, a planetary theological space for the epochal remodeling of the Christian form; and for the reconciliation of the human creature with the beauty of faith. To put it in the simplest terms, by overcoming every intellectualistic separation between theology and pastoral care, spirituality and life, knowledge and love, this evidence must be rendered convincing for all: the knowledge of faith cares about the men and women of our time.
The Catholic blogosphere was in an uproar about these two sentences for days, the word "gnostic" appearing with some frequency. One commentator of a literary cast of mind compared Msgr. Sequeri's discourse to the speech patterns of the agents of N.I.C.E. in C.S. Lewis's novel, That Hideous Strength. My own thoughts turned to H.L. Mencken and the memorable autopsy he performed on President Warren G. Harding's inaugural address of March 4, 1921:
Setting aside a college professor or two and half a dozen dipsomaniacal newspaper reporters, [Harding] takes the first place in my Valhalla of literati. That is to say, he writes the worst English I have ever encountered. It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered washing on the line. It reminds me of stale bean-soup, of college yells, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It drags itself out of the dark abysm (I was about to write abscess!) of pish, and crawls insanely up to the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash.
(Some might imagine, in charity, that Msgr. Sequeri's word salad made more sense in the original Italian. Alas, it is equally bizarre when rendered in the good monsignor's native tongue.)
The John Paul II Institute was founded in 1982 to help reform Catholic moral theology. Over three decades, the institute has trained a new generation of Catholic scholars committed to the Gospel conviction that the truth sets us free in the deepest meaning of human freedom. Moreover, the institute's scholars, following the lead of their now-canonized patron, have helped put Catholic moral theology on a more firm foundation through a searching philosophical reflection on the nature of the human person, created male and female and made for communion in sharing the divine gift of life.
On the occasions when I had the honor of lecturing at the institute (which is based at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome), I found both faculty and students intellectually inquisitive and pastorally sensitive. They were fully aware of the difficulties of proposing the Church's ethic of human love in cultures dominated by a concept of the human person as a twitching bundle of desires, the satisfaction of which is a "human right." Yet they were also determined to make the Church's proposal in a winsome way, for they were persuaded that truth makes for happiness, that happiness leads to beatitude, and that beatitude is the point of the moral life.
Now the John Paul II Institute has been hijacked by a new pack of Vandals conducting a new sack of Rome. The new Vandals march under the banner of pastoral "accompaniment." But it has been clear for some time that their primary purpose is deconstructing John Paul II's encyclical on moral theology, Veritatis Splendor [The Splendor of Truth], and its teaching that some acts are simply wrong, period, such that no calculus of intentions and consequences can give them moral value. In aid of that destructive program, the Vandals have now fired tenured professors at the institute, remade the curriculum, and hired faculty whose grip on Catholic doctrine is tenuous at best. Now, they attempt to justify this vandalism with gobbledygook about the "planetary theological space for the epochal remodeling of the Christian form."
This is nonsense on steroids. It has nothing to do with either the New Evangelization or compassionate pastoral care, and everything to do with a craven surrender to the spirit of the age.
About George Weigel 428 Articles
George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of Washington's Ethics and Public Policy Center, where he holds the William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies. He is the author of over twenty books, including Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II (1999), The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II—The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy (2010), and The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform. His most recent books are The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission (2020), Not Forgotten: Elegies for, and Reminiscences of, a Diverse Cast of Characters, Most of Them Admirable (Ignatius, 2021), and To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II (Basic Books, 2022).
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Peter D. Beaulieu
Msgr. Segueri himself (!) best models "intellectualistic" isolation when he derides an alleged "intellectualistic separation between theology and pastoral care." The rhetorically-abused reader (before permanently vacating the back pew?) still seeks an epiphany moment when all the "balderdash" of the past six years might suddenly become coherent…
Apart from whatever good points another churchman makes, the newly elevated Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich turns the lights on a bit when he summarizes that we: "cannot isolate Christian hope in a metaphysical concept" (National Catholic Register, 9-15, p.8). A truth, yes, but a fluid half-truth…
At the John Paul II Institute, predictable exploitation of the tension between realities and concepts (the principle that "realities are more important than ideas", 2013 Evangelii Gaudium, EG, n. 233). Has the Church falsely believed all these years—for two millennia—that faith is not a metaphysical concept but, instead, a THEOLOGICAL VIRTUE?
And what, too, of VIRTUE? To "put it in the simplest terms" (to borrow Sequeri's wording), have we also falsely believed that virtue (as with chastity in all settings…) is more than a malleable and expendable idea now ripe for "epochal remodeling"?
When does "praxis" (EG, 232) cancel principle (or doctrine)? Stay tuned to Sequeri. . . Or is it SEGUE? Under the new dispensation or the segue "new paradigm"—"accompaniment" is not modeled by "men and women of our time," but rather the flux of "epochal" trends remodels these men and women. Lemmings accompanied into Segue's "planetary theological space."
The Rhine flows into the Tiber, and now into the sea of theological dilution and moral fluidity. And so too does the Amazon. The pygmies are in charge.
The new JP II institute is being officially billed as a "planetary theological space for the epochal remodeling of the Christian form." Therefore, I think we all owe Jack Chick a sincere apology and flowers for his lonely grave.
Fr Peter Morello
While the Pontiff warns German Hierarchy not to succumb to the Zeitgeist in their open ended Synod reform G Weigel says the new Vandals reforming the John Paul II Institute are guilty of "craven surrender to the spirit of the age". Which Zeitgeist will prevail or is the difference no different? Who then are these new Vandals spewing balderdash? Msgr Pierangelo Sequeri is named one. But then there's Cardinal Paglia, Fr Chiodi, and …. Someone else. Gobbledygook. Any difference from balderdash? Planetary theological space for the epochal remodeling of the Christian form – does indeed sound like quintessential gobbledygook. Balderdash sounds more like… Say what? Horsey poop. The bottom line [a perennial adage like at the end of the day] Vatican eradication of John Paul II's legacy seemed the agenda from the start [2013]. Will anything or anyone stand in the way of the predatory New Paradigm? Yes we can!
Of the "bottom line": "horsey poop," you say?
Of the "predatory New Paradigm," other than a "horsey," possibly might there be some other kind of bull in the China shop…think Gnu Pacyderm!
Or, maybe the "eradication of John Paul II's legacy" is less mystically "epochal" than totally of street-level, anthropogenic origin? That is to say, after all, might it simply be that in the world today there are more horses asses than there are horses?
As I did not find the level of intelligence of statements in question to rise above the level of Horsey poop, neither do I wish to downplay to the reader their significance. Furthermore it's not the kind of poop we're suffering rather it is its voluminous output.
My above comment is meant to be fully in step with your own, so to speak.
Thanks Peter I didn't think you were being critical.
Apart from our humor, witty aphorisms Cardinal Burke's recent declaration in conjunction with Bishop Schneider speaks directly without kid gloves without half heartedness to what George Weigel is seems to be concerned with, "No honest person can anymore deny the almost general doctrinal confusion which is reigning in the life of the Church in our days. This is particularly due to ambiguities regarding the indissolubility of marriage, which is being relativized through the practice of the admittance of persons cohabiting in irregular unions to Holy Communion, due to the increasing approval of homosexual acts, which are intrinsically contrary to nature and contrary to the revealed will of God, due to errors regarding the uniqueness of the Our Lord Jesus Christ and His redemptive work, which is being relativized through erroneous affirmations on the diversity of religions, and especially due to the recognition of diverse forms of paganism and their ritual practices through the 'Instrumentum Laboris' for the coming Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon" (Cardinal Raymond Burke). It's likely time for us all to start calling it precisely as it is.
Emmet Sweeney
The Pontiff's warning to the German Bishops is a red herring, intended to outflank traditionalist critics. The German bishops will ignore the Pope's 'warning', and they will have the full support of the Pope in doing so. Do not underestimate the deviousness of Bergoglio.
Unfortunately Emmet everything that's transpired to date indicate's a pattern, that you're correct.
Larry Northon
I think it's an excellent bet that the pope has conveyed private assurances to the German bishops that he is behind them and that his public admonitions are nothing but posturing for the record.
Mike McDermott
Matthew 11:25 "Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones. "
If our Pope and Vatican leaders really want to accompany people, they will return to the simple language of the Gospel. People need to be called to make a simple, straightforward decision: do they want to follow God manifested in Christ Jesus, of do they want to follow the spirit of this age (the devil)?
Msgr Sequeri's unintelligible obfuscations are the furthest thing from pastoral care. More like the administration of a gradual euthanasia of the soul.
richard ruesch
the words that i have just read, as provided hereupon, are now part of my library of info that describes some of the worst happenings being allowed by those in charge ??
i wish that they (newest vandals) would have had to come face to face with Saint JP2, to learn a thing or two about redoing what he did , whose results would have much different
God be merciful to all of us.
Ronald Sevenster
Many of the present Vandals were already elevated to high positions by JP II.
Johann du Toit
A Vandal, by the very definition of the term, cannot build, but only destroy. Instead of building on the legacy of his predecessors, Pope Francis has instead chosen to tear tear legacies down. But in doing so he only makes the likes of St John Paul II and Benedict XVI look even greater, and himself small and petty by comparison.
SouthCoast
"I once was lost, but now am accompanied." "He saw that they were like sheep without an accompanist…" "He accompanies me beside the still waters…" Feh.
And who is the big elephant dressed in white behind the purge at the JPII Institute?
AlmostAlwaysRight
If P. Francis wants to remake the whole Church in his own image and succeeds, then for some of us, he may be welcome to it .
Angel J Ortiz Jr.
Why is this happening? Saint Josemaria used to say: "The devil never takes vacations."
Society wants to accommodate tenets of the faith to todays sinful behavior…To feel good, not to feel guilty, not to be excluded. Thus a watering down of morals is the trend of the day and this trend is being imposed on Christianity who remains passive, silent. St. Josemaria also said that "Hell is full of closed mouths."
But St. Josemaria said something we know for certain: "God does not lose battles."
PLKrakauer
Watching the unravelling of the JPII Institute over the past several months, I've wondered why some competent orthodox Catholic institution doesn't simply reconstitute the faculty and mission in a new location. Maybe Cardinal Dziwisz would make room for it in his own JPII center in Krakow Łagiewniki.
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I'm A Star, Dammit
Posted on | October 25, 2010 | 3 Comments
I am angry.
Yesterday, my daughter (who's six years old) took part in a performance staged by the drama group she attends. This group is run by a stage school organisation that has a lot of members around the city. The ages of the kids that attend run from about four to mostly mid-teens. And there are a lot of them
The organisers arranged a relatively large production that included an hour of singing and dancing and then about an hour and a quarter of a panto-esque show. In the weeks before the show, I began having misgivings the more I heard of the scale of this. We had to shell out some money for tickets – more than you might expect as a reasonably large theatre had been organised for the show. OK, they're kids and it seemed overkill but, as long as they enjoy it, great.
The first, singing and dancing, part was fine. Lots of kids of lots of different ages all doing their thing. A few of the 'bigger' numbers and solos seemed to be handled by people I'd have estimated were in their thirties but, for the most part, everyone got a look-in.
After the interval however, there were mostly varying numbers of people in their late twenties and their thirties on stage. Most of them were (I understand) the organisers and teachers. The kids were shooed on a couple of times for token numbers (never with the main, older, cast). The whole thing stank massively of self-indulgance and really, really pissed me off.
I saw it coming. I had a nasty feeling as I learned more in the weeks before the show. It didn't make me feel better to be proved right though. It was an annoying vanity project. The organisers can happily pad their CVs with it but all it did to my daughter, and, at least, a couple of other kids I know, was piss them off by sidelining them and having them sit around backstage for hours while the grown-ups took in the limelight. She's six, and there were younger and sadder than her around.
They're kids. They'd be happy on stage in the local school hall. Don't drag them around as an excuse to get your lovie on with uninspired and poorly written, sub-panto entertainment. If the kids had performed it, it would have been fine – not so with the 'grown-ups'.
I'm annoyed. And my daughter's upset.
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Last reply was Monday November 1, 2010
View Monday October 25, 2010
From what you say I totally understand your anger and sympathise. Makes me very sad that adults could do that to children and con the parents .Shame on them .
Katie McCullough
View Tuesday October 26, 2010
Jeez, that's bad organisation and a really lax attitude. I'm a playwright-in-residence for a children's theatre company and we've got a show on this week. 150 kids of varying ages and levels from 5 up to 25. Every single one of them has their own scenes with their own age group for the very reason, as you expressed, so they can have their turn on the stage and impress their parents, do them proud.
It's been a nightmare to configure (and to write) but all in all it's for the kids involved and their parents. This smacks of nepotism. Fucktoids.
View Monday November 1, 2010
Thanks. I do feel ever so slightly conned (despite seeing it coming, I didn't really have a choice but to attend). Shame, indeed.
KatieMac:
As I'd expect, you are a beacon; a shining light in the world of theatre. Well, compared to this shower anyway. Your hard work was on behalf of the kids rather than a transparent attempt at self promotion. Fucktoids, indeed.
As an addition to the story, my daughter didn't want to go back for the new term. It's certainly ok with me. Will search out another group.