I was looking forward to some good laughs at the movies when my husband bought us tickets to see "The Other Woman," starring Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann. We expected going in that it was going to be a light-hearted, romantic romp with not too much substance, but generous with the pratfalls, idiotic situations, and cleverly funny dialogue.
What we didn't expect was the irreverence and disregard the filmmakers had for farm animals who are turned into the meat on our plates, especially pigs who unfortunately are eaten by the billions every day by billions of people who insist on eating bacon for breakfast and barbecued ribs for dinner.
Already in the first key scene of the movie, the wife character chides the husband character on his preference for "real" bacon. She tries to get him to switch to turkey bacon since she claims (falsely…I might add) that it is healthier. When he replies in disdain at her suggestion, she caves in and agrees that pig bacon is the only kind of bacon "real" men eat.
I was fuming by the time this scene ended and frankly, while the rest of the movie had some funny moments, I found it hard to really enjoy the humor knowing that the writers, producers and directors found pig bacon to be funny.
Maybe they ought to go check out a pig slaughterhouse from which all pig bacon comes from and see if they still think it is so funny.
It's bad enough that consumers eat meat. Few meat eaters who go to the supermarket, KFC, Burger King, McDonalds or any other fast food outlet or restaurant ever contemplate the toll the meat industry places on the environment to grow and process those animals, not to mention the runoff and sewage of the billions of gallons of blood, guts, poop, vomit and other secretions that come out of the animals prior to slaughter and after slaughter. Nor do they imagine the suffering and pain of the animals' dismal lives who live less than a year in squalid conditions with nothing to do but eat and poop. To hold such disdain and disregard for what the environment must endure to produce meat and then to make light of the suffering and slaughter of a living, sentient creature is unconscionable.
I understand there are meat eaters who are very aware of the meat production process and who have witnessed the slaughter of these creatures. There are hunters who kill their own meat. There are people who work within the meat industry that confront the conditions daily. While they see the ugliness of the business, they see it as a necessary process for feeding the world. But, few of these people take the process lightly. I haven't come across anyone in the business who finds slaughtering pleasant. Even those workers who inflict torture and inhumane acts on the animals are acting out their own dissatisfaction and cognitive dissonance from the sordid act of slaughter. That doesn't excuse them from the acts, of course, but it does reflect how absolutely dehumanizing the whole process is.
I will never condone meat eating myself. But I at least can hold a modicum of respect for those meat eaters who understand, witness and take part in the process of placing that meat on their plate. What I can never understand are those people who eat meat readily but refuse to face the atrocities of the animal farm industry, and hide behind their skirts aghast at anyone talking about slaughter or showing them slaughter in action. If you can't, won't or even contemplate killing an animal, you have no business eating it.
And I can almost guarantee you that the "beautiful" people in the movie "The Other Woman," don't know the first thing about meat…and therefore should not be eating it, much less making fun of it.
People who eat meat have a responsibility to know where that meat comes from and what goes into getting that meat onto the dinner table. Being an "animal" lover and being environmentally conscious absolutely requires building a base of knowledge of the meat industry. Anything less than knowing what goes on in the meat industry is just empty words. Meat eaters who disregard where meat comes from may be pet lovers but they absolutely cannot be called animal lovers. They may recycle their trash and drive a prius but they will never be environmentally conscious until they sign up to reduce the demand on meat.
Filmmakers and other mass media marketers owe it to the public to ensure that a true message of what goes into processing meat is reported. They can do it with comedy, they can do it entertainingly, they can do it dramatically, but they shouldn't enforce the already imbedded attitudes that our meat-heavy society overwhelmingly feels—that of carelessness and irresponsibility.


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There are a multitude of reasons why night clubs have been in decline for the last decade, from a change in culture, the proliferation of festivals, to stricter regulations, all influencing the ability of a long standing club to continue to function. One of the most direct reasons is clubs being forced to close as their neighborhoods change. With inner cities becoming "up & coming" residential neighborhoods, suddenly clubs are being kicked out of the very communities they had formed for generations.
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"The parade is designed to help strengthen the positioning of Brisbane's thriving CBD as Queensland's premier shopping destination," Cr Quirk said.
"Our CBD has become a magnet for international retailers and we've seen an influx of high-end luxury brands, cementing our reputation as a New World City.
"For example, in the next couple of months we will see the opening of stores here by Burberry, Paspaley, Bulgari, Cartier, Dior and Forever 21."
Cr Quirk said during the past two years, Edward Street had attracted global brands including Chanel, Longchamp, Gucci, Beautifeel and TAG Heuer, while Topshop opened on the corner of Albert and Elizabeth Streets last December.
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"World Log" Saint Ferming Festival cattle culture, fast fashion exploitative labor, sports empowering girls
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Saint-Ferming, they bathe in the naked body of red powder: "The struggle will continue, not to let them die in silence." 」
According to the Noticiasdenavarra , animanaturalis and PETA, a member of the Animal protection organization, took to the streets in black shorts on July 5, the first two days before the Spanish tradition of the festival of Saint-Ferming. No men and women naked, in front of the chest and belly in various languages written: "stop Bull fights" (translation: Stop bullfighting) words. The protest, the participants wearing false horn, high hands, in the air of red powder, scattered powder will dye the whole square, as if full of blood.
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Every year before the San Ferming festival, there will always be a group of activists taking to the streets, protests in the activities of cattle and bullfighting, until today's protest activities, are to arouse public concern about the rights of animals, arouse the community to give basic respect for life. AnimaNaturalis in charge of the ancient tradition of bullfighting Aida Gascon issued a statement: "This city, starting tomorrow, will have more than 50 bulls died of torture." They will be persecuted and led by the crowd to the ring-the square full of shame, and the last few minutes of life will be filled with pain and torment. 」
"We know we will not be able to stop them from dying, but the struggle will continue and we will not let them die in silence," he said. 」
Silvia Rubio , an animal conservation organization AnimaNaturalis , also wrote a protest on the Web site, saying that many people still question their protest, saying they do not respect history and don't value tradition, But she still believed that she was doing the right thing, to liberate the animals in the future, let the world see the animal's dignity and the value of life, the struggle will continue, the article finally, she lightly said: After seven hours of rushing back home has been exhausted, but believe that the process of abolishing bullfighting, today than yesterday a little closer.
The Saint-Ferming Festival (San Fermín), which originated in 12th century and held every July 7, is a traditional celebration of the city of Pamplona, Spain,
The famous novelist Hemingway's book, "The Sun rises as usual". Festive celebrations include running cows, bullfighting, dance shows and concerts,
So far, a lot of people have died because of the accident.
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Choose the goodwill of your faith! A street experiment that allows you to see the exploited figure in fast fashion
In the 2016, a non-profit organization "Fashion revolution" launched a shocking social experiment, challenged people to rethink the day-to-day shopping behavior, let society see the rapid fashion behind the exploitation of the figure.
The social experiment also won the Red Dot Award in 2016 for the "Red Dots" design award, they set up vending machines on the streets of Berlin, selling only 2 euros (about 2.19 dollars) of T-shirts, and when consumers put in a coin, a video, only a 20-second clip, shows a real record of the labor force exploited behind the fashion industry. , they work around the clock, most of them poor women or child labourers, working at least 16 hours a day, but with very low wages.
After the film is finished, the screen will jump out a choice question: Will you buy a T-shirt, or choose to donate 2 euros just dropped?
The results of the experiment, more than 90% people will choose to donate. When the public understand the moral issues behind the rapid industry, see the social gap in the figure, most willing to press the donation button, to change the status of society to make some changes.
This video was released on April 24, 2016, the Fashion Revolution Day. The day commemorates the collapse of the country's Rana Plaza in 2013, creating a historic event that killed more than 1000 workers in unsafe conditions for American-branded clothing. Until 2017, the non-profit organization "Fashion Revolution" (fashionrevolution) still focused on the problem of labor exploitation behind the rapid fashion, expecting the public to further understand the industrial structure and join the ranks of the fashion revolution.
Rejoicing for the affirmative! Comrade London Parade, Taiwan Study Group: "Taiwan, the first through the marriage of Asian countries"
According to the "Taipeitimes ", July 8, British London held a grand gay parade (Pride in London), the Taiwanese Community London tour student Community "London platform", this year organized 100 people to participate in the march, and hold Aloft "first COUNTRY in asia"slogans, declaring that Taiwan is about to become Asia's first country to achieve marriage parity.
One of the members of the club said, because of the lack of significant progress in marriage equality during the march last year, the group took to the streets to appeal to the Government to enact legislation to make marriage affirmative, but this year it took a big leap forward, and this time they took to the streets, mainly celebrating the great achievements of Taiwan in the same marriage movement, Also produced a video that supports marital equality. A British man named Kay and his Taiwanese partner Ahan said they would return to Taiwan to register their marriage after the law came into effect.
The London gay Parade, which originated in 1972 and attracts more than hundreds of thousands of people each year, is London's biggest one-day parade, along the route of London's busiest Soho (Soho), Trafalgar Square and so on. More than 26,000 people attended this year, onlookers more, the whole of London for the affirmative movement contracted a hot atmosphere, along the way the store and many government agencies are hanging rainbow flag, even Google Maps parade path to mark the rainbow color.
The parade also attracted a wide range of British groups, companies and organizations, including Facebook, Walt Disney, the British Parliament, the London Police Service, the Muslim LGBT community, and the Post Office and Fire Department.
Girl, you can live yourself! Saudi Arabia opens women's physical education to empower women to exercise autonomy
According to the Arabnews , the Saudi Ministry of Education (MoE) has approved the women's School's physical education programme from the coming year.
Minister of Education Ahmed · Issa (emmed Al-issa) issued a decree of July 12, which will begin the gradual implementation of the course in the 2017 school year to the 2018 school year. The policy, a 2030 Vision reform program, launched in 2016 to improve the status of at least one per week for a population of only 13%, aims to raise it to 40%, increasing life expectancy from 74 to 80 and improving the National Health index.
"I am very pleased with this decree, which is a historic day for all the girls in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," said Lina Almaeena, a member of the Shoura Council. "In the past, Saudi women had to cover their hair and body in public and not be exposed to public nudity because of the social and Islamic teachings of Saudi Arabia," he said.
These restrictions have also led some conservatives to object to women's sport, thinking that sport violates the "nature" of women, and that engaging in sports makes girls develop muscles that look like men. Hatoon Al-fassi, a Saudi Arabian scholar who studies women's history, said: "These traditional ideas and patriarchal limitations come from the idea of protecting women's femininity." "She and other women's rights activists also praised this policy, new possibilities for girls in Saudi Arabia, Ms. Fassi said:" This decision is particularly important for public schools, giving girls the opportunity to build up their physical autonomy, to regain their own body, to learn to live healthily and to engage in the sport they love. " 」
The introduction of a physical education course at a women's school in Saudi Arabia also empowers girls to have more opportunities to explore their bodies, take back their physical autonomy and develop the imagination of girls to engage in sports.
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Bardings - Barewell
This section is from "The American Cyclopaedia", by George Ripley And Charles A. Dana. Also available from Amazon: The New American Cyclopædia. 16 volumes complete..
Bardings
Bardings, horse armor of the middle ages. See Aemoe, vol. i., p. 734.
Bardstown, Or Bairdstown
Bardstown, Or Bairdstown, a post town and the capital of Nelson county, Ky., situated on an elevated plain near the Beech fork of Salt river, 40 m. by rail S. E. of Louisville, on a branch of the Louisville and Nashville railroad; pop. in 1870, 1,835. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic theological seminary, and preparatory seminary. It contains several churches, and has factories of cotton, woollen, and other fabrics.
Barefooted Friars And Nuns
Barefooted Friars And Nuns, religious orders in the Roman Catholic church, which discard the use of coverings for the feet, either at all times or at special seasons. Thus the nuns of our Dear Lady of Calvary go unshod from May 1 to Sept. 14. Some wear sandals of wood, leather, or platted rope, fastened to the feet by thongs. About 25 different orders of barefooted friars and nuns are enumerated, the most prominent of which are: The barefooted monks of St. Augustine, who spread over France and the Indies; the barefooted nuns of St. Augustine; the barefooted Carmelites of Avila, male and female, in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany, and India; the barefooted Trinitarians, in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Bohemia; nuns of St. Francis of the stricter observance, established in France in 1593, and afterward endowed with the convent of Picpus in Paris, whence they are often called les Picpus, and the Passionists.
Bareily
Bareily, a city of the Northwest Provinces of Hindostan, capital of a district of the same name, in the region of Rohilcund, on a branch of the Ganges, in lat. 28° 23' N. and lon. 79° 26' E., 122 m. E. by S. of Delhi; pop. 92,000, two thirds of whom are Hindoos. It was ceded to the British in 1801. The officials live in a citadel outside the town. The inhabitants are engaged in the manufacture of swords, daggers, carpets, saddles, housings, embroidery, jewelry, brass wares, and cabinet work. In the last two of these branches of manufacture they particularly excel. The sepoy garrison mutinied May 31, 1857, and killed every European that fell in their way. The place was recovered by Sir Colin Campbell in the following year.
Barewell
Barewell, a market town of Derbyshire, England, situated on the river Wye, near its junction with the Derwent, 20 m. N. N. W. of Derby; pop. in 1871, 10,727. It is the property of the duke of Rutland, whose seat, Had-don Hall, is two miles from the town. It has a spacious cruciform church founded in Saxon times, showing specimens of Gothic architecture of different periods, and on the opposite bank of the Wye are traces of a castle built by Edward the Elder in 924. Cotton mills were first established here by Arkwright, and there are coal and lead mines in the vicinity. There are also chalybeate springs and warm baths, formerly much resorted to. Chatsworth house, the splendid residence of the duke of Devonshire, is three miles distant.
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Q: Laravel 5.3 set second attribute name in custom validation rule I have the following custom validation rule...
Validator::extend('empty_with', function ($attribute, $value, $parameters, $validator) {
   $other = array_get($validator->getData(), $parameters[0], null);
   return ($value != '' && $other != '') ? false : true;
}, "The :attribute field is not required with the :other field.");

And am using it like...
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
    'officer' => 'sometimes|integer',
    'station' => 'empty_with:officer,|integer',
]);

The current error message am getting is
The station field is not required with the:otherfield.
Versus what I would like to have;
The station field is not required with the officer field.
How do I set a the second parameter 'officer' in the error message, the same way :attribute is...??

A: You'll need to add in a custom replacer to go with your custom validation rule. See 'Defining the error message' here.
\Validator::replacer('empty_with', function ($message, $attribute, $rule, $parameters) {
    return str_replace(':other', $parameters[0], $message);
});

This code tells Laravel that when the empty_with rule fails, the message should be run through that closure before being passed back to the user. The closure performs a simple string replacement and returns the amended error message.
For the most part, each validation rule has its own replacement rules for messages since it's dependent on the specific attributes and their order. Although :other being replaced with the first parameter happens for a few rules, it's not automatic and is defined explicitly for each rule that uses it. It's worth looking in the Illuminate\Validation\Concerns\ReplacesAttributes trait to get an idea of how Laravel deals with replacement for its built-in rules.

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Marlina didn't giggle or fall all over herself to get his attention. She wouldn't wear short skirts and low-cut blouses, hoping he'd look her way. But she would watch him. He'd caught her a few times, and she would quickly look away, her cheeks turning pink. The women he was used to never blushed. They weren't shy about anything. He couldn't explain it, but he liked the fact that he could embarrass Marlina. It was refreshing, and it turned him on a lot.
After their kiss under the tree that summer afternoon, he'd been hoping to do more than kiss later that night; a horny teenage boy and all that. Sadly, her mother took her back to America that very evening. As time passed, he lost hope of ever seeing her again. After she married he was certain he'd never see her again, but he was wrong. She was back, and his destiny was now. No one seemed to be sure of how long she was going to stay, but he was going to do his best to convince her Italy was her new home.
Gabriel couldn't help but wonder what sort of man was stupid enough to let a rare gem such as Marlina get away. Not that he wasn't happy that her dumb ass husband let her go, he was. The way he saw it, her ex's loss was his gain. He just knew an idiot like that would've done some substantial damage to her self-esteem because men like that always did. He just didn't just how bad that damage was.
Over the years, he wondered about the woman she'd grown into, and he wished he were there to see it. He always imagined what she looked like as a grown woman, but his imagination paled in comparison to the sexy woman sitting in front of him. As his eyes roved over her beautiful body, he eyed the neckline of her dress, which dropped low, showcasing her large, supple breasts. As his gaze lowered, he sucked in a sharp breath at the sight of her puckered nipples pressing against the tight material. He imagined himself pushing down the neckline of her dress until her perfect peaks came into view, allowing him to skim his teeth over those hard nipples before sucking them into his mouth. His cock twitched, and he had to force himself to get a grip on himself before he groaned out loud.
"Gabriel? Gabriel?" Marlina said, snapping her fingers in front of his face.
He jerked his gaze up to her face. "Che cosa?"
She laughed. "Did you hear anything I just said?"
Laughing himself, he shook his head and reached across the table to take her hand in his. "Mi dispiace, no."
She arched a brow and smirked but didn't pull her hand from his. "No?"
He shook his head, running the callused pad of his thumb back and forth over her knuckles. "I got lost in my thoughts."
Her smile slipped and her gaze dropped from his. "Oh."
She didn't have to tell him what she thought he was thinking about because her face told him plenty. The look on her face was disappointment. She tried to smile, tried to keep up the illusion that she was still happy.
"I was thinking about the last summer I saw you," he admitted.
She didn't look at him, only stared down at her plate and attempted to pull her hand from his. "It was a beautiful summer," she said in a low voice.
Tightening his grip on her hand, he held it firmly, letting her know that he wasn't letting her go anywhere. "Our first kiss in particular." He kept his voice low and seductive knowing he'd get her attention.
Her gaze jerked up to his and he grinned. "W-what?" she stammered as red spread up her neck and across her cheeks.
She was embarrassed. Interesting. He liked it.
"Our first kiss," he repeated.
"Our only kiss," she whispered.
He shook his head, lifting her hand to his mouth. "No, I don't think so," he muttered, stretching out her fingers but still holding her hand firmly.
She nodded. "It was."
"Maybe back then." Lowering his head, he kept his gaze locked on her and brushed his lips across the tips of her fingers. "I intend for there to be many more in our future." Gabriel watched as her chest rose and fell more rapidly, her pupils dilating. Oh yeah, she wanted him, she's just unsure of herself, he thought to himself in excitement.
"You do?" she asked, the shock evident in her voice.
Seductively, he sucked the tip of her index finger into his mouth. Lust hit his gut hard causing his pants to tighten against his swollen cock. He watched her as he wrapped his tongue around the slender digit, flicking the tip of his tongue across the pad. Slowly, he slipped her finger out of his mouth. "Many more," he whispered.
Taking a deep, shaky breath, she glanced away from him and cleared her throat. "Gabriel," she said, bringing her gaze back to his, "are you trying to seduce me?"
He laughed. She had more nerve than he thought. Hmm, just thinking about her extremes of shy and audacious behavior turned him on even more. Everything about her intrigued him, which also meant he needed to step up this little seduction dance he'd been doing. "Do you want me to seduce you?"
Laughing, she pulled her hand from his grasp. "Maybe that's a question best answered at a later date."
At that moment, the waiter returned with the appetizers he'd ordered. He could've kicked the guy; of all the times to be interrupted it had to be right then––when she was finally flirting back. Maybe it was a good thing. Anticipation could go a long way in building the sexual tension between them.
"Grazie," he told the waiter as he began to plate out their appetizers. Gabriel stared at her as he laid his napkin across his lap. She smiled brightly up at the waiter as he placed some cheese, prosciutto, and tomatoes drizzled with olive oil onto the small serving plate in front of her.
Gabriel couldn't help but smile as he watched the man soak up the attention Marlina was giving him. She was completely oblivious to the power of her beauty when he offered to bring her a taste of the house specials to help her decide what she wanted for dinner. He knew many women who could do the same thing, but they'd always known what they were doing. Marlina on the other hand, she had the man eating out of her hand and didn't even know it.
The girl he'd known grew into a beautiful woman who was a contradiction on every level. Which only made him want her more. After having lost her so many years ago, Gabriel was determined to have her, not just for a night, but forever. She may be leery, but he was a patient man, who knew all about seduction. In the end, he always got what she wanted. And he wanted Marlina more than he'd wanted anything in his life.
© 2018 by M.A Gonzales. Supported by Melinda Gonzales.


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Ghost (Track #1) (Paperback)
By Jason Reynolds
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A National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read
Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of the acclaimed Track series from Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award–winning author Jason Reynolds.
Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.
Running. That's all Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons—it all started with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. Since then, Ghost has been the one causing problems—and running away from them—until he meets Coach, an ex-Olympic Medalist who sees something in Ghost: crazy natural talent. If Ghost can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. Can Ghost harness his raw talent for speed, or will his past finally catch up to him?
Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, a two-time Odyssey Award Honoree, the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors, and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. He was also the 2020–2022 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His many books include All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely); When I Was the Greatest; The Boy in the Black Suit; Stamped; As Brave as You; For Every One; the Track series (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu); Look Both Ways; Stuntboy, in the Meantime; Ain't Burned All the Bright, and My Name Is Jason. Mine Too. (both cowritten with Jason Griffin); and Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.
Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Series: Track
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Adolescence & Coming of Age
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