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93 of 98 Texas House Republicans Shamefully Sign Anti-Gay Letter Pledging to Defy SCOTUS on Marriage
May 16, 2015 by John Wright
The day after an anti-gay marriage bill died in the Texas House, 93 of the chamber's 98 Republicans signed a letter affirming the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.
The Texas Tribune reports:
The House Republican Caucus on Friday released a letter reaffirming its support of the state's long-standing ban on gay marriage, calling marriage between a man and woman a "principle that is so dearly held by Texans far and wide."
"This letter provides legislative support and a legal foundation for the Texas constitutional provision," Kelly Carnal, executive director of the caucus, said in a statement.
The letter was signed by 93 of the 98 House Republicans. Those who did not sign were: Sarah Davis of West University Place, Jason Villalba of Dallas, Matt Schaefer of Tyler, Larry Gonzales of Round Rock and Speaker Joe Straus.
Schaefer, a tea partier, told the Tribune he didn't sign the letter because he wanted action, not words, in opposition to same-sex marriage.
Even though his anti-gay marriage bill fell victim to Thursday night's deadline, GOP Rep. Cecil Bell Jr. says he hopes to re-introduce it as an amendment to other legislation. From The Dallas Morning News:
"We missed an opportunity tonight, but the session is still intact, the session still moves on," Bell told reporters. "No bill is dead, as long as there are other bills in front [further along in the process]. You just have to find something that's germane. … We will continue to look for places that it fits [and] work to get this effort … done."
Bell said that his bill easily would have passed if it had come up Thursday for a vote — and would have drawn some Democratic votes.
"I don't believe that standing up for sovereignty is a partisan issue," he said.
LGBT advocates are also warning that with two weeks left in the Texas legislative session, there is still a risk of anti-gay amendments. One could emerge Monday, when GOP Rep. Scott Sanford gets another chance to introduce a proposal that would give child welfare agencies a license to discriminate against LGBT people. However, Sanford's amendment would need a two-thirds majority to pass. There are 98 Republicans and 52 Democrats in the House. If some Democrats vote for Sanford's amendment or are absent, opposition from Republicans like Davis and Villalba — who declined to sign the anti-gay marriage letter — could be crucial.
While the vast majority of the record number of anti-LGBT proposals introduced in Texas this year are officially dead, the leader of the hate group Texas Values says his side is "#StillWinning":
It's interesting supporters of redefining marriage r counting down time to get to HB 4105, forgetting that TX Const still n effect. #txlege
— Jonathan Saenz (@jonathansaenzTX) May 15, 2015
Even if we don't get a vote on HB 4105, nearly 2/3 of TX House members signed on in support of it, enforcing #1man1woman #StillWinning
Read the anti-gay marriage letter signed by 93 House Republicans, AFTER THE JUMP …
Texas Marriage Letter
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Q: Rails: NameError uninitialized constant on Database Relationship I have a model called "cube," which represents a collection of trading cards:
app/models/cube.rb
class Cube < ApplicationRecord
  has_many :cubecards
  validates :name, length: { in: 3..30 }
end

As you can see, this model has a has_many relationship with cube_cards:
app/models/cube_card.rb
class CubeCard < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :cube
end

While following this rails guide for help creating this relationship, the code references this form style:
<%= form_with(model: [ @article, @article.comments.build ], local: true) do |form| %>

For testing purposes, I just want people to input a number that corresponds with the card ID, so I have the following form:
app/views/cubes/show.html.erb
<%= form_with(model: [ @cube, @cube.cubecards.build ], local: true) do |form| %>

    <%= number_field(:card, :id, in: 1.0..8000.0, step: 1) %>

    <%= form.submit %>

<% end %>

The problem is, @cube.cubecards.build is giving me trouble: rails throws an uninitialized constant error for Cube::CubeCard.
In other threads, I noticed that plurality has been a common issue, but I can't find anything that would be a problem here.
I also noticed that this fellow had a similar issue, but as far as I can tell the accepted solution does not apply to my code and the highly-voted solutions are about the controller. Here is my cube cards controller:
app/controllers/cube_cards_controller.rb
class CubeCardsController < ApplicationController
  def create
    @cube = Cube.find(params[:cube_id])
    @cubecard = @cube.cubecards.create(cubecard_params)
    redirect_to cube_path(@cube)
  end

  private
    def cubecard_params
      params.require(:cubecard).permit(:card)
    end
end

To clarify once more, a cube can have many cube_cards.
I have also tried changing the plurality of cubecard to cubecards, adding the underscore (cubecard -> cube_card and cube_cards), and even the capitalization cubecard -> CubeCard and CubeCards to no avail.
The tutorial I'm following seems to skip right on through to the form without a single issue, so I know that, being a newbie, I must be making some elementary mistake, but I've been working for about a day now with no apparent solution.
I'm running this locally on a Windows 7 machine, with plans to migrate it to a web host once complete.
If it's helpful, I've posted the code on github.
NameError in Cubes#show

Showing C:/Sites/pokecube/app/views/cubes/show.html.erb where line #25 raised:

uninitialized constant Cube::Cubecard

Extracted source (around line #25):

  Add a Card:
  <%= form_with(model: [ @cube, @cube.cubecards.build ], local: true) do |form| %>

    <%= number_field(:card, :id, in: 1.0..8000.0, step: 1) %>

Also, my console spits out the following error:
Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 69ms (ActiveRecord: 1.0ms)

ActionView::Template::Error (uninitialized constant Cube::Cubecard):
22:
23:

24:   Add a Card:
25:   <%= form_with(model: [ @cube, @cube.cubecards.build ], local: true) do |form| %>
26:

27:     <%= number_field(:card, :id, in: 1.0..8000.0, step: 1) %>
28:

app/views/cubes/show.html.erb:25:in `_app_views_cubes_show_html_erb___540381856_44810532'

A: I found a solution to this issue. Unfortunately, I've fallen into a lot of the same trappings as people who have asked similar questions before me: the issue here stems from improper naming of my variables.
I was able to fix the code by changing @cube.cubecards to @cube.cube_cards
Additionally, in the params, I changed :cubecard to :cube_card
As it turns out, the only time I should have used cubecard as all one word is in the Class declarations at the beginning of each file. Every thing else references the table cube_cards, and as such should be spelled exactly in that manner.

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participants, accomplished mountain bikers like Richie Lenehan and Enda Munnelly and the less skilful (including myself!) did a couple of laps together to find the best lines and which tree roots to avoid before the 'racing' was underway.
First to go off were the underage who completed two laps, they fought it out right till the end with fantastic rides from Shane Hughes, Evan Eivers, Ryan Sheridan, James Murphy and Brendan Keavaney all coming home very close together. The younger of the underage did a fantastic job of even getting over some of the tree roots, some determined cycling!
Next it was the turn of the 'big kids' who decided that 5 laps would be appropriate as we would be lapping in 9 minutes..ish!
Thank you to Conor Isdell who stood out in the cold to be our official starter and lap counter and of course the underage gang and spectators who cheered us on through the 40 or so minutes of riding.
There is no such thing as a fun race when this lot get going and the super strong cyclists showed their ability by pulling away from the word go. Well done to Damien Shaw, Peter Rimmer, Craig Sterrett, Dave Fagan and Paul Crowley (who rode a cyclocross bike making things a little more challenging for himself) making up the first five to finish. Oh and Damien thank you for your wise words 'keep her lit' as you lapped me with a big smile on your face coming to the finish although I don't think she was lit in the first place!
All a little tired but content with our cycle we headed into the warmth for tea and biscuits! Thank you to Damien and his family for hosting a Wheelers event and kindly allowing us complete with muddy cycling shoes into your home. I'm sure everyone will agree the course was fantastic and it was a fun day for everyone.


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Aboriginal Tent Embassy 40-year milestone
Wayne 'Coco' Wharton calls indigernous People to 40th Aboriginal Tent Embassy
January 14, 2012 Green Left Weekly<
Aboriginal activists launched the embassy in 1972 in response to then-prime minister Billy McMahon's refusal to grant Aboriginal land rights.
Few Australian political protests can claim to have made an impact as great or as lasting as the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. First set up on the lawns of Old Parliament House in January 1972, the embassy has been a focal point for the struggle for Aboriginal rights.
Four Aboriginal men, Michael Anderson, Billie Craigie, Tony Koorie and Bertie Williams, launched the embassy in response to then-prime minister Billy McMahon's refusal to grant Aboriginal land rights. Instead, McMahon had offered to lease stolen land back to Aboriginal people.
The protest swelled, capturing the imagination of Aboriginal activists and their supporters around the country. The Aboriginal Tent Embassy received wide media coverage in Australia and internationally. It threw the spotlight on the appalling conditions Aboriginal people faced and the refusal of the Australian government to respond to Aboriginal demands for justice.
The activists decided to make the tent embassy a permanent protest, while the government pursued legal avenues to evict the protesters.
In the March 1972 edition of Direct Action (the precursor to Green Left Weekly), Aboriginal rights activist and author Bobbi Sykes wrote from the embassy: "As a solid affront to the government, and a matter of great national embarrassment, the Embassy could not be more strategically placed — opposite Parliament House, where each day politicians and the public are forced to display either sympathy, ignorance or apathy in the face of those whom they continue to oppress, and who now fight back to win their rights to an independent and dignified existence."
In late July 1972, having exhausted its legal attempts to move on the embassy, the McMahon government sent in the federal police to evict the protest by force.
A report in the August 1972 Direct Action captured the police brutality: "Over 300 police emerged from beside Parliament House [on July 23] and punched and kicked demonstrators defending the tent. An 18-year-old girl had her head kicked, glasses broken and her stomach stood on and she was taken to hospital.
"Paul Coe, an Aboriginal law student, was beaten unconscious and taken to hospital. In all, eight people were taken to hospital and numerous others sustained cuts and bruises.
"Five police went to hospital — two for knuckle lacerations, assaulted by a demonstrator's teeth, one for a sprained shoulder, assaulted by a demonstrator's head. Altogether 18 people were arrested. A number were bashed by police in the cells."
Since then, the embassy has continued in various forms. In 1992, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was re-established as a permanent occupation. It has remained there ever since. In 1995, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was entered in the Register of the National Estate, Australia's official listing of natural and cultural heritage places.
Hundreds of Aboriginal people and their supporters will converge on the tent embassy for three days beginning January 26 to mark the embassy's 40th anniversary. For more details about the 40th anniversary events visit http://aboriginaltentembassy40th.com/.
The significance of the tent embassy's 40th anniversary
Green Left Weekly's Jim McIlroy spoke to Aboriginal leaders Michael Anderson, Sam Watson and Lara Pullin about the significance of the tent embassy's 40th anniversary and the struggle for Aboriginal sovereignty.
Lara Pullin: 'Embassy must continue until our people achieve self-determination'
The 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy represents a coming together of several generations of Aboriginal activists. The event has excited a lot of people around the country.
There is a feeling from the elders that now is the time for younger people to become more involved, in the face of the widespread health and mental health problems affecting our communities.
There is a sense of despair, worsened by having a Labor government that promised to repeal many of the worst aspects of the Howard era. Despite the Sorry statement by [former PM Kevin] Rudd, there is immense distress at the lack of improvement in the conditions of the people over the past few years.
There is now a process of passing the baton to a new layer of the Aboriginal people under way.
In the days following the January 26 commemoration, there will be a national consultation on changing the Australian Constitution to recognise Aboriginal sovereignty. But this process should not be counterpoised to the struggle for land rights and other key issues.
The important message of this anniversary is that we are doing it for ourselves, that we have the creativity and the solutions emerging from the communities themselves. We need to listen to and empower these communities.
It is very important that this Aboriginal Tent Embassy continues until all our people are out of poverty and have achieved self-determination.
Moreover, it is exciting to see essentially three generations of struggle taking part: the veterans of 1972; my generation, involved from 1988 until now; and our children, the teenagers, who are coming into action at present.
The program of the anniversary will include excellent cultural content, and workshops on many key topics. There will also be a focus on deaths in custody, including a national day of action, and presentations on the tragedy of Aboriginal youth suicide.
We have actually tried hard to be really inclusive, drawing in people from across the country. It is inspiring to see the results of a history of 40 years of our people sitting down at the embassy and identifying with it.
The anniversary is connecting people in a way not seen since 1988. We can also see the impact of the Canberra convergence of February 2008 [for the government apology to the Stolen Generations].
The more recent struggle to resist the NT intervention, and the connection to the current global Occupy movement, are both being felt.
There is a real feeling that Aboriginal people have no genuine political voice at present; that the National Congress of Australia's First People's is not a real voice, not representative of our people.
We encourage the growing movement of non-Aboriginal solidarity with the Aboriginal struggle, including the support of trade unions and community organisations.
Preparations for the big event are stepping up, notably with the involvement of a great women's collective. I'm sure that the 40th anniversary will be a tremendous landmark for the Aboriginal rights movement in Australia.
Sam Watson: 'We've defended the embassy through thick and thin'
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy has always been acknowledged as the most successful and significant protest in the entire history of our Aboriginal struggle. We have defended it through thick and thin.
After the embassy was established on January 26, 1972, the Liberal government tried to destroy it. When squads of police removed the tents in July that year, the people mobilised to put them back.
On the 40th anniversary this year, it is time for us to come together as a network of Aboriginal nations, to stand together with our supporters and salute the achievements of the magnificent men and women who have since passed on.
It will be an emotional time, to acknowledge the bonds formed on the Old Parliament lawns over the years of revolutionary struggle. I was invited to join the embassy in the first week of February 1972, as a co-founder of the Black Panther Party of Australia.
The Aboriginal struggle at that time was against the then McMahon government of the day, to demand uniform land rights across the nation. We needed to ramp up the campaign for justice and higher living standards for Aboriginal people.
The tent embassy became a national focus, with hundreds of tourists visiting every day. We handed out thousands of leaflets, raising international awareness of the plight of Aboriginal people in Australia.
The attempt to forcibly close down the embassy in July 1972 merely reignited the campaign to defend it. I was there from February to July that year, and remember and honour the brothers and sisters who fought to keep the embassy going.
We have to come together again as a national movement, and put into place a genuine national Aboriginal leadership team. We also need to welcome a new generation of young Aboriginal activists and encourage them to move forward with the next level of struggle.
Michael Anderson is preparing to launch a legal campaign to overturn the lie of peaceful British colonial settlement of Australia. This legal action will establish beyond dispute that Aboriginal people never ceded our sovereign rights over this land.
This legal challenge will be taken to the international community. We need to seek a binding treaty to fully recognise our rights.
This will recognise our demands for comprehensive land rights and an end to mining on our land.
We also stand in solidarity with all the families who have suffered over the years from deaths in custody arising from state violence. Police and prison officers who commit these crimes must be identified, charged and sentenced.
We need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to reveal the facts behind these criminal actions.
In addition, the Northern Territory intervention must cease, and local communities be given the rights and the funding to properly manage their own affairs.
These are among the key aims of our movement as we mark this historic 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy this month.
Michael Anderson: 'It will be a great day of Aboriginal unity'
The significance of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is that it has a history over 40 years, continuously for the past 20 years. This means it can be regarded as the longest running political demonstration in the world.
When I was in London last year, I addressed Occupy London, and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was described as one of the first Occupations in the world. Now, with the Occupy movement, there are tent gatherings everywhere.
The 40th anniversary will have great significance, as elders will be attending from all over Australia. From the Northern Territory, there will be delegations from Arnhem Land to Katherine.
The Central and Western Deserts will be sending representatives. Law men and women will be coming from all over the country, one of the first times this will have occurred.
We will begin to form a sovereign union of Aboriginal nations.
Young people are coming down from Queensland. It will be a great day of Aboriginal unity.
No law has ever been passed to abolish Aboriginal sovereignty. These issues are now being considered in the Australian Senate.
This is the beginning of a new movement, a new way. We will pursue all avenues, national and international, to ensure our rights are properly recognised.
We welcome support from the general community, from the multicultural community, from the unions and elsewhere. We want a united community, which fully recognises Aboriginal rights.
From GLW issue 907 - Website: Green Left

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Vodafone UK has announced a major network investment across Basingstoke and Swindon, bringing stronger indoor and outdoor coverage and mobile internet services across its 3G and 4G networks. The multi-million pound investment across the town will extend 3G and 4G mobile coverage to more than 98% of Swindon and Basingstoke's population.
O2 members get 48 hour exclusive access to top Channel 4 Shows before they air!
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Skype has been connecting people together from across the world since 2003 and yesterday Microsoft announced it will be bringing the revolutionary product to Office 365 with Skype for business.
Last week, in time for international women's day, Vodafone announced its ground breaking global maternity policy which saw them hailed as pioneers of new mothers worldwide. The company itself was swift to point out that a solid foundation of pragmatism lay at the bottom of the initiative.
Long favoured as a quick and expressive way of communicating, often to amusing effect, many people using have been caught unawares of the potential costs of sending emoji's and emoticons.
Northampton, Cambridge, Dundee amongst others now have 4G on O2!
O2 extends 4G coverage to Northampton, Cambridge and Dundee amongst others.
O2's 4G network now covers 357 towns and cities and currently has 47% indoor population coverage and over 58% outdoor population coverage.
Technology moves fast and updating handsets is an important part of enabling employees to do more and more of what makes your business tick without the need for them to be at a desk.
After celebrating 30 years since the first phone call, Vodafone review mobiles in business.
When the first mobile phone call was made on New Year's day 1985 the 'mobile' required its own battery pack and corded handset that weighed 5kg and cost the equivalent of £5,000, which was enough to start up a new business at the time! Now however, flexible working means many people are able to run their businesses from smartphones thinner than a pen and costing a fraction of the former price.
To create a truly mobile healthcare team, 245 nursing staff have been equipped with mobile devices that will enable greater care for people in the community. Accessing information using Vodafone's data network, the new system ensures that the most up-to-date patient information is displayed and provides a greater standard of care.
Vodafone has successfully implemented its first Rural Open Sure Signal programme in the idyllic Cotswold town of Minchinhampton in Gloucestershire.
Vodafone's 4G just got better with NowTV added to the entertainment packs.
NOW TV Entertainment is joining in with Sky Sports Mobile TV and Spotify Premium in Vodafone's entertainment options attached to their Red 4G tarriffs, giving anyone who signs up to Vodafone Red 4G access to 13 of the UK's best paid TV channels as well as a huge catalogue of TV box sets.
O2 partnered with Zayo Group to roll out nationwide fibre to support increasing demand for 4G services.
As part of their continued investment in their network services O2 have signed a 15 year deal with the Zayo Group to build and manage a fully resistant core fibre network throughout the UK.
In the first of a series of developments around its 4G services, Vodafone has announced that their customers can now take advantage of the largest ultrafast 4G roaming network. Customers that are on 4G tariffs with compatible devices will be able to experience faster connectivity in 23 countries worldwide, as listed below.
With the right business apps you can work anywhere, get more done, and make better use of your time. O2 have hand-picked a selection of apps that they think are the very best to help you work smarter and more effectively, with benefits you can see immediately. Here is why O2 thinks they are the best.
Evernote Premium. Remember everything. Always.
We like to offer our business customers extra value and things that make life easier. So with O2 we're giving all business customers one year's subscription to Evernote Premium for free, if you activate the offer by the 24th October.
The first handset designed and produced by Amazon with features unlike any other handsets in the market is coming to O2. The Telecomms giant has said that securing the Amazon Fire exclusively is a part of its continued commitment to being the home for connected devices.
Business has evolved and with it your productivity suit.
Vodafone UK is the first UK network to sell Google's Chromecast media-streaming device with a great offer that the Smartphone in the heart of the home.
Vodafone is launching a national campaign to tackle rural areas of poor signal known as "not spots" in a bid to provide long awaited network services to up to one million people.
Superfast mobile connectivity is now available in Belfast and Lisburn after a £15Million investment.
4G: The frontier for collaboration and productivity.
4G has expanded the horizons of workforces everywhere; enabling the discovery of new and dynamic ways of working that are more effective, responsive and collaborative, wherever your colleagues may be.
Google and the right to be forgotten.
Just like the proverbial elephant, the internet never forgets. With highly efficient search engines such as Google and Bing tracking data with complex algorithms, the wonders of the worldwide web are more accessible now than ever before.
Vodafone 4G Rolls out to another five towns.
Now, if your phone is 4G enabled, that little 4G symbol should be showing up more when you are out and about.
Vodafone 4G Rolls out to 18 further towns.
As Vodafone roll out their 4G coverage you may have noticed a little 4G symbol pop up on your phone.
Eurotunnel has successfully completed a project to install British mobile telephone systems inside the North Running Tunnel in time for the 20th anniversary of its completion.
With an estimated 20milion people travelling through the Channel Tunnel a year, up to 75 metres below sea level, the provisioning of mobile services was an exceptional undertaking. Following collaboration from Vodafone, O2 and EE and equipment from Alcatel-Lucent, the fibre optic system for 2G and 3G telephone services enables passengers to use the internet and make calls whilst in transit from the 6th of May. Not content with 3G, the British telecom's providers are looking to also roll out 4G in the near future.


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The Top Comedy Award - You Are Having A Laugh!
With baited breath, I waited well past 12pm for the first nominees under the new name, the Eddies (or Nica Burns presents the 29th Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2009). What came through was comedy of such a level that I feel naughty for not buying a ticket to read it! First off, Rhod Gilbert is not on the list and clearly is disqualified for being a star ("regularly selling out 500+ seat venue based on their name alone", i.e. three extra shows filled up the 700 seat Grand in less than a week). So this should be a battle between the Pajama Men and Dan Antopolski, plus a few other interesting names... But it's not. First off, the lack of Pajama Men *and* Dan Antopolski is outrageous. Yes they have both been around for a while but I am not aware of any regulations that would rule out either of them. Dan has won Best One Liner of the Festival and Pajama Men scoped the top award in Melbourne for last year's show (Versus vs Versus) whilst this year's show is a lot better (and nearly perfect). As I mention earlier, it seems like the panel just do not like agreeing in anyway with the Melbourne nominees (and I'm not counting Kristen Schaal last year as she co-won in Oz for her solo show and was nominated in Edinburgh for a double act play). Needless to say Celia Pacquloa doesn't get a look in as a newcomer, although she was invited to play at Edinburgh so maybe that rules her out.
So who does make the list? Tom Wrigglesworth (called it) and Jon Richardson (not a surprise but I though he might be eaked out) are both there plus four others (it's a six entry shortlist this year, making up for the shortened four entries last year). With six spaces any sane person would imagine Andrew Lawrence and probably Wehn & Kuhnle being in with a good shout of being on the list. Well you'd be a fool! John Bishop and perennial nominee Russell Kane both get nods a while both did good shows they weren't brilliant. Neither of these shows can hold a candle to any of the aforementioned acts and it is quite a shock for them to be on the list with the presence of such competition. The final two are Idiots of Ants (a sketch group, I guessed Adam Riches's show Rogue Males instead but you would expect a show like this) and Tim Key (a deadpan poet). The one positive is that everyone is a relative unknown so a star will be made (I was kind of hoping that Rhod would no longer be eligible as he is practically meteoric right now). The smart money will be on the smart material, Jon Richardson to follow up his newcomer nomination from two years ago to scoop the top award. You read it here first!
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The first Edinburgh Comedy Award (Eddies 2009) Nominees are out!
The first Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominees are out! Okay, for first 25 years it was the Perrier Awards, followed by 3 years as the IF.com Eddy Awards, but now we are just going to refer to them as the Eddies. My sure-fire shortlist is as follows:
• Rhod Gilbert - And The Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst (unless he is now deemed a Star by selling out the 700 seat Grand for three nights);
• Pajama Men - The Last Stand To Reason;
• Dan Antopolski - Silent But Deadly;
• Wehn & Kuhnle - German Humour Goes Global.
My list is lacking a fifth which could be either Tom Wrigglesworth or Adam Riches's Rogue Males, based on the reviews they have been getting. Due to the dates I've booked for them I'll only find out what they are like after the actual winner has been announced - it could be quite interesting! Andrew Lawrence is in with a shout but not Paul Sinha (not least of all because his show is not 80% new material).
The only newcomer I'm really aware of is Celia Pacquola and after going down a storm in Melbourne and winning The Age's Critics' Award she has to be a strong candidate (althought over the last few years both Sammy J & Heath McIvor and Lawrence Leung were over looked for the awards despite being brilliant and winning the aforementioned award).
How did I do? I'll update this after lunch when the official nominees are out...


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Emilia Phillips
poet, writer, & reviewer
Ears Roaring with Many Things: A Creative Writing Teaching Blog
Tag: Point of View
Christopher Castellani on Writing About Our Own Lives
—from The Art of Perspective (Graywolf, 2016)
Craft of Prose Reading and Writing Exercise: Beautiful Sentences
Here is the writing exercise my substitute will do with my Craft of Prose class on Thursday, when I am in Chicago. I have redacted my students' sentences, which are necessary to complete the writing exercise portion, in order to protect their creative work.
Beautiful Sentences
As a class, listen to each of these sentences and discuss in depth why they are — or might be considered to be — beautiful. Are there sounds you're reacting to, e.g. rhyme, similar consonant sounds (consonance), similar vowel sounds (assonance), etc.? Does the sentence contain repetition? How does the form of the sentence, the syntax, support or deny the content?
"How wild it was, to let it be."
—Cheryl Strayed, Wild
"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board."
—Zora Neale Hurston, opening of Their Eyes Were Watching God
"That great grand plosive second syllable. Quite the motherfucker, that."
—Colson Whitehead, Apex Hides the Hurt
"There, in front of us, where a broken row of houses stood between us and the harbour, and where the eye encountered all sorts of stratagems, such as pale-blue and pink underwear cakewalking on a clothesline, or a lady's bicycle and a striped cat oddly sharing a rudimentary balcony of cast iron, it was most satisfying to make out among the jumbled angles of roofs and walls, a splendid ship's funnel, showing from behind the clothesline as something in a scrambled picture — Find What the Sailor Has Hidden — that the finder cannot unsee once it has been seen."
—Vladimir Nabokov, ending of Speak, Memory
"I milked the cows, I churned the butter, I stored the cheese, I baked the bread, I brewed the tea, I washed the clothes, I dressed the children; the cat meowed, the dog barked, the horse neighed, the mouse squeaked, the fly buzzed, the goldfish living in a bowl stretched its jaws; the door banged shut, the stairs creaked, the fridge hummed, the curtains billowed up, the pot boiled, the gas hissed through the stove, the tree branches heavy with snow crashed against the roof; my heart beat loudly thud! thud!, tiny beads of water grew folds, I shed my skin…"
—Jamaica Kincaid, "The Letter from Home"
"Old lovers go the way of old photographs, bleaching out gradually as in a slow bath of acid: first the moles and pimples, then the shadings."
—Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
"It was a fine cry—loud and long—but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow."
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, ending of The Great Gatsby
"It sounded suddenly directly above his head and when he looked it was not there but went on tolling and with each passing moment he felt an urgent need to run and hide as though the bell were sounding a warning and he stood on a street corner in a red glare of light like that which came from the furnace and he had a big package in his arms so wet and slippery and heavy that he could scarcely hold onto it and he wanted to know what was in the package and he stopped near an alley corner and unwrapped in and the paper fell away and he saw—it was his own head—his own head lying with black face and half-closed eyes and lips parted with white teeth showing and hair wet with blood and the red glare grew brighter like light shining down from a red moon and red stars on a hot summer night and he was sweating and breathless from running and the bell clanged so loud that he could hear the iron tongue clapping against the metal sides each time it swung to and fro and he was running over a street paved with black coal and his shoes kicked tiny lumps rattling against tin cans and he knew that very soon he had to find some place to hide but there was no place and in front of him white people were coming to ask about the head from which the newspapers had fallen and which was now slippery with blood in his naked hands and he gave up and stood in the middle of the street in the red darkness and cursed the booming bell and the white people and felt that he did not give a damn what happened to him and when the people closed in he hurled the bloody head squarely into their faces dongdongdong…."
—Richard Wright, Native Son
"A legion of horribles, hundreds in number, half naked or clad in costumes attic or biblical or wardrobed out of a fevered dream with the skins of animals and silk finery and pieces of uniform still tracked with the blood of prior owners, coats of slain dragoons, frogged and braided cavalry jackets, one in a stovepipe hat and one with an umbrella and one in white stockings and a bloodstained weddingveil and some in headgear of cranefeathers or rawhide helmets that bore the horns of bull or buffalo and one in a pigeontailed coat worn backwards and otherwise naked and one in the armor of a spanish conquistador, the breastplate and pauldrons deeply dented with old blows of mace or saber done in another country by men whose very bones were dust and many with their braids spliced up with the hair of other beasts until they trailed upon the ground and their horses' ears and tails worked with bits of brightly colored cloth and one whose horse's whole head was painted crimson red and all the horsemen's faces gaudy and grotesque with daubings like a company of mounted clowns, death hilarious, all howling in a barbarous tongue and riding down upon them like a horde from a hell more horrible yet than the brimstone land of christian reckoning, screeching and yammering and clothed in smoke like those vaporous beings in regions beyond right knowing where the eye wanders and the lip jerks and drools."
"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead."
—James Joyce, ending of "The Dead"
"after that long kiss I near lost my breath yes he said I was a flower of the mountain yes so we are flowers all a womans body yes that was one true thing he said in his life and the sun shines for you today yes that was why I liked him because I saw he understood or felt what a woman is and I knew I could always get round him and I gave him all the pleasure I could leading him on till he asked me to say yes and I wouldnt answer first only looked out over the sea and the sky I was thinking of so many things he didnt know of Mulvey and Mr Stanhope and Hester and father and old captain Groves and the sailors playing all birds fly and I say stoop and washing up dishes they called it on the pier and the sentry in front of the governors house with the thing round his white helmet poor devil half roasted and the Spanish girls laughing in their shawls and their tall combs and the auctions in the morning the Greeks and the jews and the Arabs and the devil knows who else from all the ends of Europe and Duke street and the fowl market all clucking outside Larby Sharons and the poor donkeys slipping half asleep and the vague fellows in the cloaks asleep in the shade on the steps and the big wheels of the carts of the bulls and the old castle thousands of years old yes and those handsome Moors all in white and turbans like kings asking you to sit down in their little bit of a shop and Ronda with the old windows of the posadas 2 glancing eyes a lattice hid for her lover to kiss the iron and the wineshops half open at night and the castanets and the night we missed the boat at Algeciras the watchman going about serene with his lamp and O that awful deepdown torrent O and the sea the sea crimson sometimes like fire and the glorious sunsets and the figtrees in the Alameda gardens yes and all the queer little streets and the pink and blue and yellow houses and the rosegardens and the jessamine and geraniums and cactuses and Gibraltar as a girl where I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes."
—James Joyce, ending of Ulysses
"Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us. To gallop intemperately; fall on the sand tired out; to feel the earth spin; to have—positively—a rush of friendship for stones and grasses, as if humanity were over, and as for men and women, let them go hang"
—Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
More on Syntax, by Ellen Bryant Voigt
Syntax supplies language most of its…markers, and we've known many of them since childhood. A period marks a sentence as a discrete structure, composed primarily of moveable parts or chunks (noun phrase, verb phrase, etc.) that are processed by the brain sequentially. As soon as group of words makes tentative sense, we file it away temporarily, according to its relationship to the fundament, and look for the next one. In language as in music, repetition—whether lexical (the same words) or grammatical (the same function for the words) or syntactical (the same arrangement of the words)—also marks phrases or chunks. As in music, these units can also be grouped into even larger chunks, paragraphs or stanzas, to form astonishingly elaborate but comprehensible structures….Like the engine of a train, the fundament may appear almost anywhere in the sentence, pushing some of its boxcars and pulling others
Revision Exercise: Beautiful Sentences
Select one of the following sentences you wrote, offered to you anonymously in a hat, and begin the exercise.
Read the sentence you drew, and answer the following questions in your writing journal:
Is this sentence grammatically correct?
Is it clear? Do you know what's going on?
Read the sentence aloud. Is it a beautiful sentence? Why or why not?
Get your bearings on the sentence's style:
Is it in the active or passive voice? Would it work better if it was revised to address the voice?
Is it in the past, present, or future tense? What tense would make the sentence seem more immediate and exciting?
What is the point of view of the sentence?
Interrogate the sentence further:
Is there any cliche language here?
Is there any redundant, excess, and/or unnecessary language here? Example: "I successfully catch the ball" could be revised to "I catch the ball," and it would still mean the same thing.
Revise the sentence so that it is beautiful! (5–7 minutes.)
After everyone has finished revising the sentence, each person should write their revised version of the sentence on the board. Once all of the sentences are on the board, each person should read the original sentence they drew as well as their revised version. The class will vote on whether the original or the revised sentences is more "beautiful" and why it is so.
After everyone has shared, the class should vote on the top three revised sentences on the board and discuss why these, out of all of the sentences, are the most beautiful.
Writing Exercise for Craft of Prose: "Vampires in the Lemon Grove"
After the group presentation on Karen Russell's Vampires in the Lemon Grove, my Craft of Prose class participated in an exercise inspired by Russell's title story, in which they had to write from the point of view of mythological creatures who are rejecting their mythical powers, innate desires, or supernatural tendencies. Here are some of the creatures about which they wrote:
A Kelpie that doesn't drown people anymore
A reindeer that has stopped flying for Santa
The Boogeyman who's decided to open up a daycare
A suicidal phoenix
Vegan Werewolf
Speed-dating siren
God on Vacation
A magical healer who will no longer heal anyone
Presentation & Handouts for Lecture: "It's Alive: Why Poetry Still Matters"
On Wednesday, November 16, I gave the lecture "It's Alive: Why Poetry Still Matters" at Rutherford Hall in Allamuchy, New Jersey. Here are the materials for that talk:
Slide Presentation: "It's Alive: Why Poetry Still Matters"
Handout for Audience Discussion
This talk also transformed into my November 2016 blog post for Ploughshares, "Truth & Dread: Why Poetry Still Matters & The Risk of (Too Much) Empathy":
Can the act of empathy, learned from literature and poetry, become an act of appropriation when we take it to our lived lives? This is a question I haven't been able to answer. Each of us is not a sun around which others revolve; we cannot, like black holes, pull everything into us without risking erasure, of others, of ourselves. Perhaps more than the practice of empathy, poetry offers us the opportunity to listen, and not just in the way that it appeals to the same areas of the brain music stimulates, and not just in the way that we can hear the cadence and rhythm and sounds of poetry. Perhaps poetry offers us the opportunity to hear its many speakers, to not so much as internalize each of their voices and experiences as to confirm them, to say, you are you, you are a voice, I hear you.
"Film to Fiction" Writing Exercise for Craft of Prose
In the "Film to Fiction" exercise, students translate the visual content of a scene from classic film into a first- or limited third-person narrative in which they create the internal dialogue, establish the dramatic situation, and reveal what can be done in fiction that can't be translated to film.
"Spin" Reading and Writing Exercise for ENG 2031
For "Spin," students will be negotiating subtext, rumor, dramatic irony, subjectivity, objectivity, and context in our readings and their own work. Students will discuss the elements of reportage and rumor in their icebreaker text, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and then discern the difference between Rowling's subtext and the subtext, however erroneous, read into the actions of the protagonists by other characters. Students will likewise watch a clip from the 1966 film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and identify elements of dialogue, actions, body language, and gestures that reveal subtext, and then they will do a writing exercise in which they describe the innocent actions of a character in public and then re-describe them in the point of view of a law enforcement official, private investigator, reporter, or suspicious bystander who misconstrues, willfully or automatically, the actions of that innocent person.
"In Medias Res" Writing Exercise for Craft of Prose
In "In Medias Res," students write and re-write a scene in the three different points of view from a YouTube video of a man texting and running into a wild bear. They likewise create a character profile for their point of view character to navigate Anne Lamott's suggestion of an "emotional acre." In doing so, they negotiate the scope, immediacy, and language of each point of view, and consider how "in the middle of things" each point of view feels.


Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is releasing a brief summary of 20 years of tax returns on Friday, and his accountant says it will show he gave 13.45 percent of his adjusted gross income to charities.
That's nearly twice the rate of President Obama, who according to his tax returns from 2000 through 2011 donated just less than 7 percent of his adjusted gross income to charities.
Mr. Romney's campaign did not release his returns, but instead had his trustee, Brad Malt, write a blog post giving some details of returns from 1990 through 2009.
The campaign has released Mr. Romney's 2010 return and, later Friday, will release his 2011 return, which he filed with the IRS earlier in the day.
That return will show Mr. Romney and his wife Ann paid $1.9 million in taxes on income of $13.7 million, for a rate of 14.1 percent, Mr. Malt said. Most of that income is from investments, which are usually taxed at a lower rate than salary or wages.
When charitable contributions and federal and state taxes are combined, it amounted to 38.5 percent of the Romneys' income, the trustee said.
Mr. Malt said the Romneys have owed taxes in each of the years in question — which contradicts a charge Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, issued earlier this summer.


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Q: Cannot access classes in jar file that was imported by maven I want to use an external jar file. Since I use maven I've searched a bit and found a solution that looks like this:
pom.xml:
<repository>
    <id>ProjectRepo</id>
    <name>ProjectRepo</name>
    <url>file://${project.basedir}/lib</url>
</repository>

<dependency>
    <groupId>myGroupId</groupId>
    <artifactId>myArtifactId</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>

And on the FS I've placed the jar file under: ...\MyProject\lib\myGroupId\myArtifactId\myArtifactId-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
The pom.xml file looks fine ( no errors there ).
But the thing is I cannot access any class that is located inside this jar file.
I found this tutorial and executed what's in there, but I still cannot use any class...
What am I missing here?
Thanks.

A: You are missing the version number folder on your file system:
..\MyProject\lib\myGroupId\myArtifactId\1.0.0\myArtifactId-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
Note the 1.0.0 folder is the one that contains the jar file


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George Iulian Leață (born 5 June 2004) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga II club CSM Slatina, on loan from CFR Cluj.

Club career
Leață made his debut for CFR Cluj on 22 May 2022, in a 3–1 Liga I loss to FCSB.

Career statistics

Club

Honours
CFR Cluj
Liga I: 2021–22

References

External links

2004 births
Living people
People from Dâmbovița County
Romania youth international footballers
Romanian footballers
Association football midfielders
Liga I players
Liga II players
CFR Cluj players
CSM Slatina footballers

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How does Oticon's BrainHearing technology work?
How does Oticon's BrainHearing technology work?
It is truly remarkable how hearing aid technology has progressed over recent years. For the one in six Australians with some degree of hearing loss1, there is a wide range of options available to help restore lost sound and make everyday conversations all the more enjoyable.
In the evolution of the hearing aid, we've seen the transformation from the highly conspicuous, bulky form of yesteryear to a modern device that's discreet and in some cases, undetectable. Now, in a marriage of form and function, hearing aid manufacturer Oticon's BrainHearing is endeavouring to make the listening experience even better.
As you may be aware, one of the primary functions of a hearing aid is to amplify the sounds around us. However, much consideration must go into what sounds a hearing aid amplifies and what it doesn't – a key factor in separating speech from background noise.
In order to provide the brain with the clearest quality of audio possible, Oticon's BrainHearing carefully manages the compression and gain of incoming sounds, in order to preserve maximum sound detail and clarity for the user. This function truly shines in more complicated, challenging listening situations such as parties and busy restaurants.
Noise reduction is also important when it comes to being able to understand speech. BrainHearing's VoiceFinder functionality offers a second layer of processing, to determine whether speech is present in a certain environment. As a result, noise reduction is used when it needs to be while speech is preserved for greater clarity.
Furthermore, to create a better balance between two hearing devices, Oticon uses high-speed data sharing, enabling the wearer to more easily determine the source of a sound. By localising noise and speech, hearing aid users can better focus their attention and sort important sounds from irrelevant ones.
To find out if you could benefit from a hearing device, click here or call 1300 308 125 to request a no cost* appointment with your local HEARINGLife clinic.


This was a stupid waste of time. Luke is going to just go off with Aphra who has already betrayed them in the past issues? Han and Leia are going to jet off and try and rescue him like they have nothing better to do like save the galaxy? Sana is the new sidekick I guess who tags along and does not progress the story in any way what so ever. And is it just me or do the major characters that are depicted in frame seem to be a real picture that has been computerized to look like a drawing. One panel of Han actually looks like a real picture of Harrison Ford but computerized with cartoon like color. This is either amazing art which would be amazing, or laziness on Disney/Marvel to crank out comics easier by computerizing real pictures to look like art which to me ruins what a comic should be about.
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Originally from Fairfield Connecticut, Molly moved to Sarasota, FL in 2015 and immediately began her Real Estate Career in the Management Role. For 3 years she helped to interview, train and retain top agents to Keller Williams in downtown Sarasota before she started in Real Estate sales. Molly has a bachelor's degree in Business Management and Resort Tourism Management and has been in the business of helping people for many years.
Molly loves the Florida sunshine and taking her dogs for walks, enjoying the amazing beaches and outdoor activities that Sarasota has to offer. Molly would love to help you find your forever home here!


Gallery of emotions for alterations of cosmetic make-up.
If emotional expressions of female face have inconstant variations then respective alterations of cosmetic make-up are necessary, that discrepancies of emotions and physiognomic designs will be not appreciable in facial features.
Quiet eyebrows and open eyes seem cheerful as the mouth expresses joyful emotions.
The joyful mouth and quiet eyebrows seem outspoken as eyes express open emotions.
The joyful mouth and open eyes can seem calm as eyebrows express quiet emotions.
The open eyesight is cheerful as feelings are pleasant, but in quiet ideas there is no pleasure.
Desires of the person have satisfaction or gratification as sensations are happy, but mind keeps calm.
emotional alterations of cosmetic make-up in features of a face.


There are numerous ways to improve your singing voice. Here are 3 tips whose subjects are often overlooked.
1. Reduce the amount of talking you do before you sing or warm up.
If you are a person who talks a lot - (No, you are not alone, there are many of us like that in the singing world!) - you can noticeably improve your singing voice by talking less before you warm up and/or perform.
In our daily lives, when we talk casually, we do not tend to practice good breathing or good posture. We often speak too loudly and we strain to be heard over life´s constant noise.
This day to day wear and tear can easily ¨take the bloom off the voice.¨ Or in other words, those fragile vocal cords and the muscles that keep them vibrating can simply get tired.
When possible, do your warm ups early in the day. But if you must practice at night, try to stay quiet for an hour or so before singing so that your throat and breathing muscles have calmed down from the day´s work.
Then it will be easier to sing with a rested voice and a mind capable of quiet concentration. And remember! Have a cool head and a warm heart.
2. Imagine that your singing self is like this tree on the right.
Notice that all these powerful elements should be generated from a well-cared-for body. We singers often forget that without a reasonable amount of exercise, good nutrition, and a healthy out look on life, the body cannot be at its best and it is likely that the voice will suffer.
Care for your body and you will definitely improve your singing voice.
3. Watch how you think.
It is quite normal for we musicians and other artists to suffer doubts and to feel exasperated with the state of our art at times. When you find that you are in one of those energy-draining states of mind where you are wondering why you even bother trying to sing, do this... laugh at those thoughts.
Give those thoughts a few minutes (no more than 10) to circulate in your mind. Then laugh and let them go.
We singers can waste a huge amount of time and energy feeling bad about our work. These thoughts are going to arise in our minds. But put a limit on the negative feelings. And then get back to work.
A sense of humor about our own bad humor is one of the best ways to flush negative thinking. Just another simple way to indirectly improve your singing voice!


We offer two methods to whiten your natural teeth; the take home whitening kit where we first fabricate a soft tray that is made to fit your teeth, then we provide you with the whitening material and teach you how to apply it inside the tray and place it on your teeth during the day or during bed time. You should use the whitening according to the instructions to get the best results desired. You can do this in the comfort of your home, this normally would take between one to two weeks to finish.
The second method is the in office bleaching where the process is all done in the dental chair and the material is usually activated with a light or laser, thus achieving the desired results faster. We will discuss and recommend the best method that fits your needs.
People use this dental procedure to gain whiter teeth. There are many reasons why the teeth may lose natural whiteness and change color. These reasons may be due to aging, one's lifestyle (smoking, drinking of cola/tea/red wine/coffee etc.), or even drug reaction.
When these stains occur, people tend to lose their self-esteem and feel embarrassed to smile in public. Teeth whitening also known as bleaching, helps get one's beautiful smile back and boosts self-confidence. You must ensure you get your teeth whitened by qualified medical personnel, using tested methods. Do not engage quacks to perform this procedure on you because doing so has severe repercussions.
Below are the key points you must verify before carrying out teeth whitening procedure.
When compared to other teeth whitening methods, the LUMIBRITE Chairside Whitening System comes out tops. It is fast, gentle, and whitens better.


The distance to be covered is increased. All of the running and dribbling paths remain simple; but now concentration must be kept for longer. The pace can be increased even more on the outer lane.
Four groups spread out around the marked square. The first player in each group dribbles diagonally to the marker on the other side, goes around the cone and then returns to the starting group via the outer lane.


"In Sinai children in preparatory schools were arrested for years and then killed. The regime acts with no sense or logic. The state continues to detain children who do not know anything and to issue sentences against them."


We're swooning over this perfect garden party elopement inspo! KPD Photography and Hannah Belle Events found the perfect backdrop in Brittland Estates to make all of our golden hour + wildflower dreams come true. Beautiful blooms and a classic lace gown set the stage for romance, and we love the idea behind an intimate celebration among Brittland's sprawling gardens.
From KPD Photography: I was daydreaming of daisies! So I sat down with Hannah of Hannah Belle Events and Kelley and we all just poured our creativity into this shoot. Brittland Estates was the perfect setting with it quaint garden and stunning sunsets. It was just a dream chasing the light with the bride and groom and the options for shots were endless! We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day. The dress was probably one of my favorite parts! We went "shopping" at Jennifer's Bridal, and it was just magical. With all the gorgeous dresses, it was so hard to settle on just one–but it fit the model perfectly and really was the last piece to bring it all together. This was so much fun from start to finish and I look forward to collaborating with these incredible vendors again in the future!
Channeling Autumn On the Chesapeake with this Stunner of a Wedding!


Since the end of the Cold War, Western air power has dominated the skies, but that's rapidly changing.
Peer competitors and armed non-state groups alike have been seemingly so impressed by Western air power that they're developing their own. Our use of the skies is now contested, and we now need to be able to counter potential adversaries' use of the air.
Australia appears well placed for this emerging challenge, given our extensive air, maritime and land combat re-equipment plans. However, those plans, and the new major systems being acquired under them, originated more than a decade ago, when America was palpably the unipolar power.
Strategic circumstances, operational doctrines and technology are now considerably different from the early 2000s and are continuing to evolve in concerning directions.


But it is perhaps no accident that Mr. Putin has chosen to make an endangered feline the subject of the conference rather than a threatened canine — the wolf, for example, or the wild dog.
Throughout history, prominent men have identified with the majesty, power and machismo of large cats.
The heads of the military junta in Myanmar, a country not known for its concern about human rights, recently created the largest tiger preserve in the world. In Africa, some Maasai warriors who once killed lions as a rite of manhood work in lion guardian programs.
In contrast, predators in the dog family often not only lack admirers, but are despised. Wolves in Russia, for example, are commonly hunted with the state's blessing. Wild dogs in Africa are snared and killed by ranchers, despite being critically endangered. In the United States, coyotes are pursued as pests.
The dichotomy of attitudes toward wild cats and wild dogs is noticeable enough that psychologists and conservation workers have developed theories about it. One is that canids — a group that includes wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes and wild canines — are perceived as betraying the trusting relationship that humans have built with their domestic cousins. Another is that canid hunting patterns, which often include disembowelment and scavenging, are particularly offensive to humans.
Whatever the reason, the emotions are prominently on display in countries when conservation workers go from village to village and ranch to ranch.
The connection between leaders and large cats in particular has a long history. In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh was often represented as a sphinx — part lion, part human. In Europe and the Middle East, lions came to be associated with royalty — partly due to their fierceness and partly because the mane made them look the part — and they appear on official symbols for more than a dozen countries, from the coat of arms of England to the Lion of Judah in Jerusalem.
In Asia, tigers have similarly been aligned with royalty, so much so that the Chinese character for king is thought to resemble the markings on the tiger's forehead.


On the recent Southwest US trek, SECRETS OF THE SKY and Godhunter were mongering the limited-to-100 copies, tour-only, cassette-edition of a new split release between both acts. On this combined effort, entitled 'Ghosts', both bands supply brand new material, showcasing even further experimentation into each of their respective crafts, with forty minutes of material, including a crushing new opus from each band, as well as a haunting, thematic accompaniment bearing the 'Ghosts' theme. Through a joint effort between Godhunter's Battleground Records and the Earsplit Compound's label division, The Compound, 'Ghosts' will see a more substantial release on September 9th through a deluxe LP version. In construction now is a 180-gram black/white vinyl swirl vinyl edition — limited to three-hundred copies, each including a digital download coupon — in addition to digital release via both bands.
Following the official release of the 'Ghosts' split, both SECRETS OF THE SKY and Godhunter will take part in Southwest Terror Fest III: The Western Front. Conceived and organized by members of Godhunter and other local musicians and venues, the upcoming third incarnation of the fest sees the biggest lineup yet overtaking four days in Tucson, Arizona, and this year includes performances by Neurosis, Sunn O))), Goatsnake, Pelican, -16-, The Body, Baptists, Obliterations, Primitive Man and tons more.
Both bands are also performing regionally throughout the Summer months with new shows planned and more being devised. Additionally, both SECRETS OF THE SKY and Godhunter are forging new recordings and releases for late 2014/early 2015 release.
Audio from the 'Ghosts' split LP and more will be released in the coming weeks.


FOR THE first time since September 9 was listed the Memorial Day for Victims of the Holocaust and of Racial Violence, a high representative of the Catholic Church attended the official commemorative event held on Rybné Square, the site of a former Jewish synagogue.
Archbishop Stanislav Zvolenský, chair of the Conference of Bishops of Slovakia (KBS), called the World War II-era Nazi-allied Slovak state a painful part of the Catholic Church's history. Regarding the deportation of Jews to the death camps, he confessed that the Slovaks were often dragged away with the help of government officials, the Sme daily reported. For the church is it important "to also deepen the consciousness of wrongdoing, which in the past [caused] sons and daughters to move away from the spirit of Jesus Christ and the message of the Word of God", he said.
"With deep grief we remember the tragedy which the Shoah [Hebrew word for Holocaust - ed. note] represents for our homeland, and therefore we unequivocally refuse any hatred, racism, dishonour of human dignity of any human being," Zvolenský said, as quoted by the SITA newswire.
The Jewish community in Slovakia expressed satisfaction that Zvolenský came to the event.
"I consider it a message sent by the archbishop from the Holocaust Memorial to all, even lower-grade priests of the Catholic Church," Pavol Mešťan, head of the Slovak National Museum's Museum of Jewish Culture, told The Slovak Spectator.
Igor Rintel, chair of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Slovakia, said in his speech he hopes Zvolenský's presence will be a step towards strengthening the dialogue between Christians and Jews.
On September 9, 1941 the so-called Jewish Code, which enabled state representatives to strip Slovak Jews of their civil rights and property, came into force. Based on later regulation, all Jews older than six years of age had to wear a yellow star. The legislation cleared the way for the deportation of about 71,000 Jews to concentration camps in 1942 and 1944. Slovakia was the only country that paid 500 Reichmarks for every transported Jew, SITA wrote.
Parliament made September 9 an official day of remembrance in October 2001. The day is meant not only to commemorate Holocaust victims, but also to call on the public to fight against all forms of racism, intolerance, xenophobia, oppression and discrimination, SITA wrote.
September 9 became the day of remembrance also thanks to then independent MP Robert Fico, who supported the initiative of then president Rudolf Schuster. Rintel noted that while open anti-Semitism was common prior to 1989, none of the current parliamentary parties make anti-Semite statements, as reported by Sme.
Several other events were held on September 9. The City Theatre of P. O. Hviezdoslav hosted the reading of the names of 999 people transported to the Poland-based Nazi concentration camp Sobibór in March 1942. The event has taken place for the fourth time and is arranged by the B'nai B'rith Tolerancia non-governmental organisation.
Every year famous Slovaks read the list of people from one transport. It is necessary to commemorate this part of history as the victims were not only people deported to concentration camps, but the whole society, journalist Ľuba Lesná, one of the initiators of the event, told SITA.
Another event took place in the SNP Museum in Banská Bystrica, where they laid a founding stone for the Garden of Chaviva Reiková, named after a Slovak Jewish woman who helped people move from Slovakia to Palestine. The SNP Museum also arranged lectures held by museum head Stanislav Mičev and historian Eduard Nižňanský, the TASR newswire wrote.
There were also events in Sereď, where a work and concentration camp was once located, and Zvolen.
Remembering the Holocaust victims is an important tool to suppress the increasing expressions leading to its repudiation, the Foreign Affairs Ministry stated in a press release.
"Not to forget about the horrors of the Holocaust is an urgent challenge also today when in many regions of the world there is flagrant violation of basic human rights on the grounds of race, religion or ethnicity," the ministry said, as quoted in the release.
According to Rintel, there are two reasons for remembering the Holocaust. First, the personal memories of the survivors and their relatives, which do not let us forget about what happened.
Second, that people should remember what racial, religious, ethnical or national hatred might cause.
"The tragic events of the Holocaust are not only part of our history, but they left us many social and economic problems until these days," Rintel said in his speech.
Mešťan says that the Museum of Jewish Culture organises commemorative events not only in Bratislava, but also in Poprad (from which the first transport with girls and women left in March 1942) and Sereď.


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Plan to bring grieving mother's relatives to Halifax 'moving quickly'
Aly Thomson THE CANADIAN PRESS
Published Friday, February 22, 2019 10:46AM AST Last Updated Friday, February 22, 2019 9:36PM AST
HALIFAX -- Federal officials are closer to bringing as many as 10 relatives of a grieving Syrian refugee to Nova Scotia, as Halifax residents prepared to gather Saturday for the funeral of her seven children who died in a fast-moving house fire.
Halifax MP Andy Fillmore said Friday a number of applications were already being processed, and anonymous donors have offered to pay for expenses such as flights, lodging and groceries.
"It illustrates how incredibly warmly the community has come together to support this family. We can sense that the world is watching and is being reminded of what Canada's role in the world is with regard to refugees and openness to immigration," said Fillmore from Ottawa.
Kawthar Barho, whose badly burned husband's condition has improved slightly, has told local politicians and religious leaders in Halifax that she wants to be reunited with family members living overseas because she has no other relatives in Canada.
Fillmore said he has been working with the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia, the YMCA and the federal immigration minister to bring between five and 10 members of the family to the province.
"Everybody involved in this is moving just as quickly as possible," said Fillmore, hours before boarding a flight back to Halifax ahead of Saturday's funeral.
The service for the Barho children will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Cunard Centre on Halifax's waterfront.
Imam Abdallah Yousri said funeral proceedings will follow in the Islamic traditions, but will be open to people of all faiths and members of the public.
"We were amazed by the support and the sympathy from the community... so we were thinking to find a bigger venue to accommodate everybody and to let the wife, Kawthar, see the support and the sympathy from the community," said Yousri in an interview on Friday.
"We feel that this is the best thing we can do to support her right now."
He said traditional portions of the service will be followed by words from community members, including Fillmore and the Hants East Assisting Refugees Team, the group that sponsored the Barhos' refugee claim.
Following the funeral service, there will be a burial at a Muslim cemetery in Hammonds Plains.
Shuttles will be organized to and from the Cunard Centre to accommodate those who wish to attend, and ample parking is available at the centre.
Yousri said the children's father -- Ebraheim Barho -- remained in hospital Friday recovering from extensive burns. He was in critical, but stable condition.
Early Tuesday, the house fire on Quartz Drive killed all of the Barho children: Ahmad, 14; Rola, 12; Mohamad, 9; Ola, 8; Hala, 3; Rana, 2 and Abdullah, who was born in Canada on Nov. 9.
The cause of the fire remains unclear.
The scale of the tragedy for the young Syrian family who arrived in Nova Scotia in September 2017 as refugees has struck a chord with Canadians.
A GoFundMe campaign had raised more than $523,846 by late Friday afternoon, with a $1-million goal. As well, multiple businesses were donating proceeds of their sales to the family.
The Barho family lived in Elmsdale, a 30-minute drive north of Halifax, when they first arrived in Nova Scotia and were embraced by residents there.
Coun. Stephen King, who represents Elmsdale-Belnan, said a non-denominational vigil for the family was planned for Friday night at Riverview United Church.
"They were living right in historic centre of Elmsdale. It's where everyone passes through and everything is happening -- like our July 1st parade and tree-lighting ceremonies," said King.
"The neighbours around them really embraced the children."
King said they lived on a short street with about half-a-dozen houses, in an older home known locally as Miller House.
"The kids would got back and forth to those houses every day -- there was interaction every day," said King.
"You'd see the child out by the house, or by the church and the little general store -- or they would be walking up to the mall. Everybody got to know them... They seemed to be a real good fit with the community."
He said even the younger children seemed to be picking up English rather quickly.
"They were always polite and, everyone will tell you, they were always smiling," he said.
"I was always impressed with the oldest boy. He seemed to be mature beyond his years. Of course, you never know what they are shouldering."
The Barhos had moved to the Halifax suburb of Spryfield to take advantage of language training and other immigrant services. They had planned to return to Elmsdale next month.
The family was among 1,795 Syrian refugees who have come to Nova Scotia in recent years. The Trudeau government granted asylum to 40,000 Syrian refugees in 2015-16.
A brutal civil war has raged across Syria since 2011, claiming more than 400,000 lives.
-- With files from Michael MacDonald.
The Barho family moved from Syria to Canada in 2017. Their Halifax home caught fire on Feb. 19, 2019, resulting in the deaths of seven children. (Pat Healey/The Weekly Press)
Pictured from left to right, Rola Barho, Ahmad Barho, Ola Barho, Mohammed Barho, Rana Barho, Hala Barho, and Abdullah Barho, died in a tragic house fire in the Spryfield area of Halifax on Feb. 19, 2019. They were members of a Syrian refugee family that came to Canada in 2017. (HEART Society/Facebook)
A memorial of flowers and stuffed animal toys is seen outside the scene of a fatal house fire in the Spryfield community in Halifax on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. The early-morning fire claimed the lives of seven Syrian refugee children and left the surviving mother and father in hospital. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese)
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