I have two forthcoming books. Both are full-length poetry collections from university presses. There's Black Arcadia, a perverted little sister to Lifeboat (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2015), and it will soon be released by the University of the Philippines Press. This note explains how I envisioned Lifeboat and Black Arcadia together.
Then there's Meditations of a Beast from Cornerstone Press, a student-run publishing house in the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Expected release schedule is December 9, 2016. Meditations of a Beast explores the nature of reality, the psychological terrain of the uncanny valley, morality/ethics as prerequisite for sentience, and a fabulist carnival featuring, among other some such homely creatures, a spontaneous combustion victim, the loneliest kettle in the world, and the wretched god of broken things.
LONTAR is still going strong in its relatively long haul and is set to release its eighth issue! We'll soon be publishing poems from promising Filipino writers like Tilde Acuña and Lakan Umali.
Lightspeed Magazine's People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction, whose original fiction section I co-edited with Nalo Hopkinson, is brimming with full color and great writing by POC creatives.
DF Lewis reviewed my short story collection, Butterfly Dream, as well as the anthology Marked to Die: A Tribute to Mark Samuels (edited by Justin Isis) in which my story, "The Early Signs of Blight," appeared.
While passing time during the sixth extinction, I wrote several stories and poems that found home in these publications.
A story called "The Island" (which was the beginning of a book-length manuscript I've been working on) was published in Maximum Volume: Best New Philippine Fiction 2 (edited by Dean Francis Alfar and Angelo R. Lacuesta). You can buy the book from the publisher. Alternatively, a Kindle edition is available.
A poem called "Impossible Forms," which was collected in Meditations of a Beast, appeared in the third issue of Wolves Magazine.
Two Black Arcadia poems, "The Waiting Room" and "Minotaur," were published in Meniscus, a literary journal backed by the Australian Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
Two more poems from Black Arcadia--"The Fugitive" and "Scarecrow"--were included in Flapperhouse's annual anthology, which is available here.
"The Burn Unit" is another poem collected in Black Arcadia. It is included in the 77th issue of Hiram Poetry Review.
Three oldish poems, reprinted from an earlier issue of Big Pulp, were included in this handsome volume. You can pick up a copy of M: Murder & the Macabre here.
I also have had stories featured in some fine places. "Day of the Builders" and "Beautiful Curse"--both from my short story collection Age of Blight--were reprinted in Weird Fiction Review. An interview by Jeff VanderMeer accompanied the two stories. Arcturus published my story, "B is for Body," while The Collagist featured "Genesis," whose accompanying author interview by William Hoffacker can be found here.
Future publications include the story, "Boltzmann Brain," in the anthology Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk & Eco-Speculation (edited by Phoebe Wagner and Brontë Wieland and to be released by Upper Rubber Boot Books in 2017), as well as a long essay in an anthology edited by John Reppion.
I met this little creature on November 1 and took him off the streets. He was thin then, malnourished, fur matted with dirt and dried-up pus, lots of ear mites, pus behind the right ear from infected superficial wounds, pus and encrustations covering almost half his head. I already fattened him up from 7.5 to 8.9 kgs. The vet estimated his age to be slightly less than a year old. He has sarcoptic mange, which is readily treatable. His name is Moymoy. He's going to be fine and has a long happy life ahead of him.
Onward to 2017.... and to a couple more years before everything goes downhill.


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For 10 years, Matt McGill contentedly pounded out dents and replaced body panels as owner of a collision repair business in Brewerton, N.Y. Customers were steady, business was good. But something began to bother him. Each year, the number of wrecked vehicles attributable to teenage drinking and drug abuse began to grow.
In McGill's mind, each damaged vehicle represented a shattered dream and unfulfilled promise.
"I knew I had to do something," McGill said. "But what? How could I make a difference in my community? I had only two things to offer: my time and my God-given talents in the automotive industry."
McGill came up with what seemed a simple and worthwhile community project. He would pick one high school — initially his alma mater — and make a deal with the seniors. If they would pledge not to drink or use drugs for just one day, he and his pals would chauffeur them to the prom in a classic car.
He christened his project the Crystal Ball Cruise after the hanging mirror ball that projects thousands of rays of light down upon the dance floor. "That's what I wanted this project to be," he said, "a ray of bright light to the youth of my hometown."
Three recently released national studies confirm that alcohol and drug abuse among teenagers is substantially higher today than it was 10 years ago. The reason for this increase is the subject of presidential debate.
McGill had big fun as a kid attending stock car races with his father, racing go-carts and building street hot rods. "My idea of fun was working on cars," he said. "I went to car shows, met mechanics and absorbed everything I could about cars simply because it was fun.
"Unfortunately, kids today don't have a hobby or a passion. Many of them think drinking or using drugs is fun. I want to help change that, even if it's just for one day."
Looking back, he wishes he had a real crystal ball when he conceived the project. "No one disputed the need for such a program," he said. "Everyone agreed it was a great idea." But as the project transformed from dream into reality, hundreds of what McGill charitably labels "challenges" began to appear.
His first roadblock entailed convincing educators of the worthiness of the project.
"Most of the school counselors said this project wasn't going to make a difference because the kids were pledging not to drink or use drugsuseuseuseuse yii\helpers\Html; yii\helpers\Html; yii\helpers\Html; yii\helpers\Html; for just one day, " McGill said. "I know it's just one day. But it's a start. Maybe one kid who pledges not to abuse alcohol or drugs for just one day will go two days, then a week, a month or a year. We have to start somewhere."
Certain educators then complained that the Crystal Ball Cruise did nothing for the "at-risk" kids who wouldn't be interested in attending the prom. In response, McGill formed the "Purple Gang," a program designed specifically for at-risk kids that allowed them to build, assemble, paint and race a dragster at a local track.
"Forming the Purple Gang presented another set of obstacles," McGill said. "Bottom line, we put together a very rewarding program in order to further the Crystal Ball Cruise and overcame the 'nothing for the at-risk kids' objection."
McGill's next challenge was to convince dozens of antique automobile owners to contribute their time and vehicle for a worthwhile cause. "These guys are extremely proud of their cars and have a lot of money invested in them," McGill said. "Some were wary of donating their time and vehicle. But in the end, almost all saw the value in the program and wanted to contribute."
The biggest hurdle, however, came from a familiar small business adversary: the issuers of liability insurance.
"You wouldn't believe the hoops we had to jump through to get insurance," McGill said. "The schools wanted legal protection in case someone slipped getting out of the car. The drivers wanted protection in case someone fell. The costs were outrageous."
The liability issue eventually forced McGill's high school alma mater to withdraw from the Crystal Ball Cruise.
"Don't get me started on the insurance," McGill said. "The liability monster will consume us all if we don't do something about it. There's something wrong in this country when a community has to take playground equipment out of a park because of insurance costs. The less I say here the better."
Once those obstacles were overcome, McGill restored a 1937 Ford "Paddywagon" for the event and hosted a reception for the students at his shop. A total of 63 antique cars then paraded around the city and drove the kids to the prom.
After the inaugural Crystal Ball Cruise in 1991, McGill took a year off to recover from the experience but has organized the event annually ever since. The 1997 Crystal Ball Cruise promises to be the biggest one ever.
McGill dreams that one day the Crystal Ball Cruise will be a nationwide event, like the Great American Smoke Out. He can envision local and state competitions.
"Imagine," he said, "one night a year when high school students across America pledge not to drink or do drugs and cruise to the prom in a classic car!"
Some individuals accused McGill of creating the event to garner free publicity. "I wasn't looking to make a name for myself," McGill said. "I was looking to contribute, to get off my duff and do something positive. Guys who get their hands dirty for a living aren't always held in high esteem. But we can make a difference in our community."
Rather than garnering free publicity, McGill's involvement in the Crystal Ball Cruise cut his shop revenues in half.
"We hired a full-time coordinator this year because it was simply taking too much time to organize," McGill said. "I didn't have a family when I started this and now I do. I had to start concentrating on the shop again."
Was it worth it? There's a plaque that McGill proudly displays on the wall of his shop, given to him by the senior class at a local high school."Matt McGill," it reads, "leader by example."
You bet it was worth it, he says.


The candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for tomorrow's bye-election for Bauchi South Senatorial district, Hon. Lawal Yahaya Gumau, has denied being anointed by the state governor, Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari.
Gumau, who spoke while reacting to allegations that the governor endorsed his candidature while inviting the President to anoint him, stressed that his emergence during the APC primary election was the will of God and appreciation of his antecedents by his constituents.
Gumau, who is currently representing Toro federal constituency in the House of Representatives, said he has never believed in godfather politics, but had always put his trust in God, even as he thanked Governor Abubakar for providing a level playing ground for all aspirants to the APC ticket.
Narrating his journey to emergence as the APC senatorial flag bearer, he said: "Governor Abubakar demonstrated that he is a man of justice by ensuring that the primary was free and fair. I met him few weeks to the primary and asked him if he had any candidate and he told me plainly no because he was a victim of anointing in the past when he contested for Bauchi South Senatorial district.
"With that I went into the race and I wasn't even the most popular among the eight contestants, one of who willingly step down based on our meeting with the committee from the national leadership of our party but the delegates, especially from Toro believe in me.
"Since 2003 they first elected me to represent them in the Bauchi State House of Assembly to represent Lame constituency, they elected me again in 2011 to represent Toro federal constituency and reelected me in 2015. I am the only politician elected three times by the people of Toro.
Gumau said his major achievement as a federal lawmaker includes being accountable, contending that the achievements of a legislator should not be measured by the number of motions moved or the number of bills sponsored.
However, he said he always made sure that at least 50 per cent of constituency allowances were channeled for projects in his constituency as well as performing his oversight functions.
He said that he is running for the senate in order to scale up what he is presently doing in Toro federal constituency in all the seven local government councils in Bauchi South senatorial district.


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WHATAREYOUDOINGHERE: Unexpected Guest Stars of Arrested Development
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If you're an Arrested Development fan, chances are you've already seen the new season in its entirety. And although creator Mitch Hurwitz warned AD fans to try to calm their excitement and spread out the viewings, it'll be difficult to not watch all 15 episodes after waiting for seven years. Not to mention, this reincarnation of the series will bring the likes of Kristen Wiig, Seth Rogen, John Krasinski, Conan O'Brien, Ben Schwartz, John Slattery, and more to the Bluth family. So to help you heed Mitch Hurwitz's request, take a break from your binge watching and get a refresher on some of the stars who you may have forgotten (or never even knew) appeared on this iconic show.
Well, this is kind of a no-brainer, since Queen Amy appeared in 5 eps as Gob's wife (ugh, RIP Will/Amy), who Gob kept forgetting he was even married to. So much so she didn't even have a name.
Playing one of my personal favorite AD characters, Julia played Maggie Lizer, a 'blind' attorney who was also Michael's on and off girlfriend. This scene where Tobias sneaks into her house trying to be stealth but the fact she is fully aware he is there is one of the greatest things I've ever seen.
The Scrubs/Kickstarter star played Phillip Litt, a man who showed that Tobias was not alone in his Never Nude world.
The Oscar winner played Rita Leeds who was briefly engaged to Michael, and although she may not have been the sharpest tool in the shed, she was wealthy – as the heiress to Wee Britain.
Long before she terrorized kids at McKinley High School, Jane played Cyndi Lightballoon who was an undercover agent investigating Pop Pop. Except she eventually falls in love with him. It happens to the best of us.
In a career-defining role, the Winklevoss twin(s) played 'student number 2' in one episode – he calls George Michael 'star dork'.
Jack McBrayer
Kenneth the Page was still tending to people's needs (and encountering Devon Banks) before helping Tracy at TGS – he played a waiter at the local country club in two episodes.
Ed Begley Jr.
Ok, but Ed Begley Jr. LITERALLY is in everything. He shows up in almsot every movie or TV show I watch (Office finale, much?), and it's even a running joke with my friend Suzanne because she sees him everywhere in LA. So naturally, his off Stan Sitwell character has to be on this list.
Speaking of The Office, rit-it-it-itdoo, the Nard Dog played realtor James in "The One Where Michael Leaves" episode, whom Lindsay thought was hitting on her. And maybe a minor spoiler alert? He'll be back in the new season too.
Before Phyllis was a saleswoman at Dunder-Mifflin, she was a board member at the Bluth Company. Incidentally, just weeks after this episode (The Immaculate Election) aired, she made her debut on The Office.
Dink and flicka. Tobias has an audition at Tantamount Studios, and Craig Robinson is there to guard the gate. Except he probs should've been keeping an eye on Maeby instead.
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St. Thomas College of Engineering and Technology, Sivapuram, Kannur - facilities, courses and contact address are given here. St. Thomas College of Engineering and Technology, Sivapuram, Kannur is one among the sprouting colleges in the long list of institutions in Kerala which is under the auspices of St. Thomas Educational Society. Read this article to know more about St. Thomas College of Engineering and Technology.
St. Thomas College of Engineering and Technology, Sivapuram, Kannur is one among the sprouting colleges in the long list of institutions in Kerala which is under the auspices of St. Thomas Educational Society. It is established in the academic year 2014-15 with the affiliation of Kannur university and approval by government of Kerala. The college spreads over 15 acres of land and is situated at Sivapuram, 25Km from Thalassery Railway station, 7Km from mattannur and 10Km from the proposed Kannur Airport which can be reached on road with ease.
Their vision elaborates mainly to add value to education by providing better opportunities to utilize modern technologies and inventive along with high quality education for students. Being a newly affiliated college, they strives hard in creating a holistic educational institution by implanting all the necessary facilities and being fully equiped. Their mission describes to develop the students upto a level of excellence in engineering fields and rush up to attain heights in quality education. The present world which is considered to be the educational era is facing tremendous competitions and everyone waits for an opportunity to stab another.
Pervasive research culture, personal development, following value based system, empowerment, will all bring a sparkle in college life. Students can express their ideas and point of view about some sophisticated matter which can benefit the institution to step ahead. The college now with less facilities and infrastructures gear up to become one among the top engineering colleges within few years.
Admissions to the college is strictly based on merit. The students should qualify in 'All Kerala Entrance Examination' along with an aggregate of 50% for physics, chemistry and mathematics. Half of the seats are allotted by the entrance commissioner while the rest of the seats are categorized under management quotas. NRI students can join any course here with appreciable deposits. The college may even provide fee waver scheme and scholarships for freshers. Students of St. Thomas College of Engineering and technology hails from in and across the state.
Mechanical engineering is the branch with huge demand and students rush to the college for experiencing some serious mechanical works. College provides 60 seats and the faculties of this department focuses mainly in academics as well as practical issues in order to develop a talented engineer. Mechanical branch is one among the oldest core branches which still offers better job opportunities. This branch deals with the designing and production of machines and tools along with production management of mechanical as well as heat energy through varied sources.
Civil engineering is the first branch of Engineering which deals with designing, construction activities and maintenance of all the structures built across the globe in small or large scale. College provides 60 seats and the major aim of this department is to generate a vigilant group of students with highly creative mind and practical view of the world. Students will love to contribute a part of their excellence for the development of society. The college guarantees a better future through this branch.
Books are the key source to informations and developing reading habit is essential for professionals. St. Thomas college provides a fully active library with proper computerized systems. The college library with books and journals as sufficient as possible. Students can borrow the desired books and have return or renew them within the allowed time duration. All the books available here is an asset for the students which will help them to clarify their academic doubts and improve their vocabulary.
College provides separate hostels facilities for boys and girls in the responsibility of the college. The hostel and locations nearby give a delightful and calm environment rapped by the beauty of nature. Students will love to stay here with homely feeling and care from the staffs.
For the convenience of the students, buses are arranged to possible roots nearby with least expenditure. There are a total of five college buses running actively having good facilities for comfortable trips. Highly trained and punctual drivers are appointed in every buses. It is manageable and effective to make use of this facility and for rest concession cards are provided so that students could travel economically.
Other facilities include nature friendly campus, trainings given to boost career, Seminars and innovative projects. More than that the college has a descent canteen and store. But there is no facility or area for physical trainings but it is believed to be launched as early as possible. Well spacious class rooms provided with sufficient ventilation and pleasant climate all round. There are many more facilities which can guide the students along with their career.


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Airbus successfully tests firefighting kit on A400M
Airbus has successfully tested a removable firefighting demonstrator kit on the A400M new generation airlifter during a flight test campaign in Spain.
The test campaign took place in daylight conditions with a minimum operating height of 150ft, flight speeds as low as 125 knots and drops involving up to 20 tonnes of water from the current tank in less than 10 seconds. The main objective of the campaign is to validate the drop water quantity and time as well as the ability of the A400M to carry out this new role with the kit.
The development of this prototype and the tests have been carried out in close collaboration with the 43rd Group of the Spanish Air Force, as well as European authorities in Firefighting operations and the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO).
The development of this firefighting kit is an intrinsic part of our journey towards helping to create a more sustainable and safer world, not only by our actions but also through our products. We strongly believe the A400M can play a vital role in the fight against the ever increasing threat posed by wildfires and support the restoration of social and environmental systems.
Mike Schoellhorn, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space
The Airbus firefighting solution created for the A400M is a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) kit that requires no modification to the aircraft and therefore is interchangeable to any aircraft in the A400M fleet. The water is stored in a fixed tank in the cargo hold, and retained by two independent doors. These doors are connected to two flood pipes, so when the discharge is triggered, the water is expelled through two sections at the end of the ramp. The introduction of this RORO solution allows a rapid reaction to unforeseen fires and reconfiguration of the aircraft to any of its other roles.
Due to its low level flight capability and maneuverability at low speeds, the A400M can accurately drop payloads of water at very low heights, down to 150ft. In the future, in addition to the development of the production version of this kit, Airbus will analyze this operation also in night time conditions, reinforcing the efficiency and effectiveness of the mission.
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Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat a 8x8 inch baking pan with coconut oil and line the bottom with parchment paper.
Place oats, pumpkin seeds, pecans and coconut on a large rimmed baking sheet and toast about 8 minutes.
Mix cherries, hemp seeds, cinnamon, salt in a large bowl. Add toasted mixture and mix together.
Combine honey, almond butter, coconut oil and vanilla in small microwaveable bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir together and pour over the dry ingredients. Stir all ingredients together until uniformly coated with the wet ingredients.
Spread the mixture in the baking pan and bake for 20 minutes, or until the bars are lightly golden on top.
Cool completely in pan, at least 30 minutes. Then cut into 10 rectangular bars.


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SAXE-WEIMAR-EISENACH
BURIAL PLACES OF SOVEREIGNS OF SAXE-WEIMAR FROM A TO Z
BAD KROZINGEN (GERMANY)
BURIED IN THE CEMETERY (Bad Krozingen, Friedhof, Mittweg):
Grand Duchess FEODORA OF SAXE-MEININGEN (+1972), consort of Grand Duke William Ernest.
The grave has not been preserved.
HENRYKÓW (POLAND)
BURIED IN THE PARK OF THE PALACE
(Henryków, park pałacowy, ul. Kolejowa):
Grand Duke WILLIAM ERNEST (+1923)
ILMENAU (GERMANY)
BURIED IN THE TOWN CHURCH OF ST JACOB
(Ilmenau, Stadtkirche St. Jakobus, Kirchplatz):
Duchess SOPHIA CHARLOTTE OF BRANDENBURG-BAYREUTH (+1747), consort of Duke Ernest Augustus I.
The tomb is in a sealed vault under the church. There is no epitaph inside the church.
WEIMAR (GERMANY)
BURIED IN THE DUCAL MAUSOLEUM
(Weimar, Fürstengruft, Am Poseckschen Garten):
01. Duke ERNEST AUGUSTUS I (+1748)
02. Duchess ELEONORA WILHELMINA OF ANHALT-KÖTHEN (+1726), consort of Duke Ernest Augustus I
03. Duke ERNEST AUGUSTUS II (+1758)
04. Grand Duke CHARLES AUGUSTUS (+1828)
05. Grand Duchess LOUISE OF HESSE-DARMSTADT (+1830), consort of Grand Duke Charles Augustus
06. Grand Duke CHARLES FREDERICK (+1853)
07. Grand Duchess MARIA OF RUSSIA (+1859), consort of Grand Duke Charles Frederick
08. Grand Duke CHARLES ALEXANDER (+1901)
09. Grand Duchess SOPHIA OF THE NETHERLANDS (+1897), consort of Grand Duke Charles Alexander
10. Grand Duchess CAROLINE OF REUSS-GREIZ (+1905), consort of Gr. Duke William Ernest
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
(Weimar, Stadtkirche St. Peter und Paul, Herderplatz):
Duchess ANNA AMALIA OF BRUNSWICK (+1807), consort of Duke Ernest Augustus II
LIST OF SOVEREIGNS OF SAXE-WEIMAR 1741-1918
DUCHY OF SAXE-WEIMAR-EISENACH UNTIL 1815:
HOUSE OF WETTIN (Haus Wettin)
1741-1748: ERNEST AUGUSTUS I
(Ernst August I.; 1707/28-1741 Duke of Saxe-Weimar only)
Born in 1688 at Weimar.
Father: Duke John Ernest III of Saxe-Weimar. Mother: Duchess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst.
Married firstly in 1716 at Nienburg Princess ELEONORA WILHELMINA of Anhalt-Köthen (*1696,+1726).
Married secondly in 1734 at Bayreuth SOPHIE CHARLOTTE of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (*1713,+1747).
-ERNEST AUGUSTUS II (*1737,+1758; son of Sophie Charlotte),
-Ernestine Auguste (*1740,+1786; Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen; daughter of Sophie Charlotte).
Died in 1748 at Eisenach.
Buried with his first consort Duchess Eleonore Wilhelmine in the Ducal Mausoleum at Weimar.
His second consort Duchess Sophie Charlotte was buried in St Jacob's Church at Ilmenau (no tomb).
1748-1758: ERNEST AUGUSTUS II (Ernst August II.)
Father: Duke Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Mother: Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
Married in 1756 in Brunswick Princess ANNA AMALIA of Brunswick (*1739 Wolfenbüttel,+1807 Weimar).
His issue who reigned: CHARLES AUGUSTUS (*1757,+1828).
Died in 1758 at Weimar.
Buried in the Ducal Mausoleum at Weimar.
His consort Duchess Anna Amalia was buried in the Town Church in Weimar.
1758-1815: CHARLES AUGUSTUS
(Carl August; Grand Duke from 1815)
GRAND DUCHY OF SAXE-WEIMAR-EISENACH 1815-1918:
1815-1828: CHARLES AUGUSTUS (Carl August)
Father: Duke Ernest Augustus II of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Mother: Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick.
Married in 1775 at Karlsruhe LOUISE of Hesse-Darmstadt (*1757 Berlin,+1830 Weimar).
His issue who reigned: CHARLES FREDERICK (*1783,+1853).
Died in 1828 at Graditz.
Buried with his consort Grand Duchess Louise of Hesse in the Ducal Mausoleum at Weimar.
1828-1853: CHARLES FREDERICK (Carl Friedrich)
Father: Grand Duke Charles Augustus of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Mother: Grand Duchess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Married in 1804 in St Petersburg Grand Duchess MARIA of Russia (*1786 St Petersburg,+1859 Belvedere near Weimar).
-Augusta (*1811,+1890; Queen of Prussia and Empress of Germany),
-CHARLES ALEXANDER (*1818,+1901).
Died in 1853 at Belvedere near Weimar.
Buried with his consort Grand Duchess Maria of Russia in the Ducal Mausoleum at Weimar.
1853-1901: CHARLES ALEXANDER (Carl Alexander)
Father: Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Mother: Grand Duchess Maria of Russia.
Married in 1842 at The Hague Princess SOPHIA of the Netherlands (*1824 The Hague,+1897 Weimar).
Buried with his consort Grand Duchess Sophia of the Netherlands in the Ducal Mausoleum at Weimar.
1901-1918: WILLIAM ERNEST (Wilhelm Ernst)
Father: Crown Prince Carl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Mother: Crown Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar.
Married firstly in 1903 at Bückeburg Princess CAROLINE of Reuss-Greiz (*1884 Greiz,+1905 Weimar).
Married secondly in 1910 at Meiningen Princess FEODORA of Saxe-Meiningen (*1890 Hanover,+1972 Freiburg im Breisgau).
Abdicated in 1918 and settled down in Lower Silesia.
Died in 1923 at Henryków in Lower Silesia.
Buried in the park of the palace at Henryków/Heinrichau (now Poland).
His first consort Grand Duchess Caroline of Reuss was buried in the Ducal Mausoleum at Weimar.
His second consort Grand Duchess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen was buried in the cemetery in Bad Krozingen, Germany (no tomb).
REPUBLIC OF GERMANY SINCE 1918.
TOMBS OF SOVEREIGNS OF SAXE-WEIMAR
Tombs in the Ducal Mausoleum in Weimar (Germany):
01. Duke ERNEST AUGUSTUS I.
02. Duchess ELEONORA WILHELMINA OF ANHALT, consort of Duke Ernest Augustus I.
01. The tomb of Duke ERNEST AUGUSTUS II in the Ducal Mausoleum in Weimar (Germany).
02. The tomb of Duchess ANNA AMALIA OF BRUNSWICK, consort of Duke Ernest Augustus II in the Town Church in Weimar (Germany).
03. The epitaph to Duchess ANNA AMALIA OF BRUNSWICK, consort of Duke Ernest Augustus II in the Town Church in Weimar (Germany).
The tomb of Grand Duke CHARLES AUGUSTUS (left) and his consort Grand Duchess LOUISE OF HESSE (right), in the Ducal Mausoleum in Weimar (Germany)
The tombs of Grand Duke CHARLES FREDERICK (2nd from the right) and his consort Grand Duchess MARIA OF RUSSIA (1st from the right), in the Ducal Mausoleum in Weimar (Germany)
01. The tomb of Grand Duke CHARLES ALEXANDER, behind it is the coffin of his consort Grand Duchess SOPHIA OF THE NETHERLANDS and far behind it (hardly visible here) is that of Grand Duchess CAROLINE OF REUSS-GREIZ, consort of Grand Duke William Ernest, in the Ducal Mausoleum in Weimar (Germany).
02. The grave of Grand Duke WILLIAM ERNEST in the park of the palace in Henryków (Poland).
03. The inscription on the grave of Grand Duke WILLIAM ERNEST.
01. Grand ducal standard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 2nd half of the 19th c.
02. Grand ducal standard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1897-1903.
Klein S. M.: Das Haus Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Werl 2008


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Q: Laravel - Authentication trait error exception I am doing an ajax login in my Laravel application. It worked fine on my local environment, but I moved the site to Production, on login I see this exception

ErrorException in User.php line 29: Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User
  and Illuminate\Auth\Authenticatable define the same property
  ($rememberTokenName) in the composition of App\User. This might be
  incompatible, to improve maintainability consider using accessor
  methods in traits instead. Class was composed

My User model is as
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Notifiable, \Illuminate\Auth\Authenticatable;

    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'email', 'password', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'hospital_id', 'census_id', 'employee_id'
    ];

    /**
     * The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $hidden = [
        'password', 'remember_token',
    ];
}

A: Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User already uses use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable, so you basically applying the trait twice which causes that error.
Here's the code to Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User.php
<?php

namespace Illuminate\Foundation\Auth;

use Illuminate\Auth\Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Auth\Passwords\CanResetPassword;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\Access\Authorizable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable as AuthenticatableContract;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Access\Authorizable as AuthorizableContract;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\CanResetPassword as CanResetPasswordContract;

class User extends Model implements
    AuthenticatableContract,
    AuthorizableContract,
    CanResetPasswordContract
{
    use Authenticatable, Authorizable, CanResetPassword;
}

Also a side suggestion rename your alias bit as Authenticable maybe to something more clear like AuthUser / BaseUser so it's clear you are extending a User class.

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Reflections from the Lantern Society, Hastings' Candlelit Acoustic Club, by Trevor Moss.
At the beginning of each Lantern Society, after darkness descends and the flickering flame is ignited, my wife Hannah-Lou and I play a few songs to open proceedings. 'Welcome to The Lantern Society, home of The Lantern Society Radio Hour,' has been my habitual introduction, until this month. Since establishing the Hastings club, in January 2017, I have recorded the performances then produced and presented a monthly show featuring, 'The very best live performances fresh from the stage,' for broadcast online and on Conquest Hospital Radio.
I passionately believe in radio as a medium. I am from the last generation to have grown up sneaking the radio under the bedcovers. Regrettably, the long hours sitting alone in my darkened basement, speaking into the mic to fewer and fewer people, doing my best John Peel meets Bob Harris meets Alan Lomax impersonation are simply no longer justifiable.
It's a difficult time for curated content radio and indeed printed press, trying to resist the inexorable stomping jackboot of progress. The streaming and playlist culture, with every song in the world at your fingertips, accessible for free at any moment, is formidable competition for ear-time for a niche music show made up of unknown players.
Whilst announcing the sad demise of the radio show on stage, I was distracted by a member of the audience in the front row. His face illuminated bright blue by his smartphone, which he persisted to dementedly swipe away at like a hypnotised chimp all night long, while singers but feet away from his glowing nose attempted to ignore him. He was oblivious to all around, looking up only to loudly share whatever hilarity he had discovered with those beside him.
As the club commenced the field recordist in me was sweating with guilt. What if I miss something great? What if tonight is the night the next Bob Dylan shows up and I haven't got my recorder?
This month's club did indeed seem to be among the best I can remember. Or was it that I was, for the first time, present. Not thinking about the show, the recording levels, how I am going to edit together a presentation of what's going on, but just in the room, listening to music for no reason other than to just listen.
I don't know what crucial social admin my blue-faced friend was engaged in, but like me, his fear of missing out on something was distracting him from what he was really missing out on: everything.


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Founded in 2004, S&P Foundation Pvt. Ltd. is a real estate development company that focuses on the larger picture, creating living spaces instead of just building apartments. Transforming lives instead of just designing buildings. Always innovating and exploring new avenues to give customers a better home with a better lifestyle. It is precisely this vision that has helped S&P to develop close to 1.5 million square feet of residential space within a decade.
Drawing from one of the largest land banks of approximately 350 acres in and around Chennai city valued at Rs. 2500 crores, S&P started its journey by implementing projects such as S&P Garden, S&P Residency and S&P Lakeview which were very successful and serve as testimonies to the company's commitment to innovation and quality. Subsequent to developing S&P Lakeview, the company with its new branding and professional team launched its then flagship project, an 80-acre township beginning with S&P Living Spaces (Phase 1).
Today, over 3.8 million square feet of all-encompassing townships are in the pipeline, with the flagship project, a stilt + 18, 1.1 million sq. ft. development coming up in Nolambur. This project will be followed by township projects in West Mogappair, Nedunkundram (Tambaram) and Oragadam. S&P is steadfast in its commitment to becoming the premier real estate developer in the country providing unrivaled value to all of its stakeholders.
Every project S&P has developed so far has contributed to the company's progress in realizing its inherent potential: to deliver outcomes beyond expectations in everything we do. Not because we have to, but because we want to.
This is not just a credo but a passion that drives the S&P engine forward. It is the very foundation upon which every initiative in the company is built on. In every action we take, whether in the design and development of future projects, or in providing customer service or in developing and nurturing talent within the organization or in delivering ROI to its investors, S&P will strive to go beyond expectations.
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S&P is committed to delivering a customer value proposition that is unmatched by other real estate developers in and around Chennai city. Specifically, here's why you should choose S&P:
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While oth er real estate developers simply build buildings, S&P creates townships. S&P's townships contain all that you need to live comfortably. With massive open spaces, beautiful roads, modern stormwater drains, ample street lighting, play areas for children, S&P's townships exclusivity and world class infrastructure unlike stand-alone apartments built in the city. Life is convenient, with grocery stores, pharmacies, schools and well-equipped clubhouses among other amenities within the premises.
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S&P's locations are easily accessible to the ciy's core yet tucked away from the hustle and bustle, making your S&P home your quiet family sanctuary. Built with the needs of the 21st century family in mind, the homes are contemporary and built with efficient use of available space, giving you all of the comfort you deserve.
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S&P's management takes great pains to ensure every square inch of your home is designed and built to provide you with much more value than any other real estate developer provides. With some of the best architects and specialists from around the world working with us, every detail of your S&P home has been planned and built thoughtfully so you get the best of everything – without burning a hole in your pocket.
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While Aarambhaya means Origin/Beginning in Sinhala, Ayati means Hope in Sanskrit. Living up to its meaning, the Aarambhaya for Ayati was established to improve the quality of life and provide opportunities for development to children with disabilities.
Ayati Trust Sri Lanka is a charitable trust. It is incorporated between the University of Kelaniya – Sri Lanka, Hemas Holdings and MAS Holdings. Ensuring equal access to education, healthcare, social participation and future employment for children with disabilities in Sri Lanka is the mission that drives the Trust.
Following are the triad of objectives empowering Ayati.
At present, a small facility in Kelaniya is functioning to bring hope to these children. Following are some testimonies of those who have benefited from the facility (Ayati.lk).
"I brought my child to this clinic since my child couldn't speak and she has difficulties in walking. I would like to give my sincere thanks to this clinic since my child can talk now and now she walks without support".
"My child had a poor academic performance. I received proper guidance to assist my child. After attending this clinic I observed a significant improvement in my child. At the school test, my child scored more than 70% for most of the subjects".
In 2016 on World Disability Day, the University of Kelaniya along with Hemas Holdings laid the foundation stone for the first National Centre of excellence at Ragama. The approximate cost for the Centre is 450 Million Sri Lankan Rupees. The establishment will be 42,000 sq.ft. of floor area spreading across 2 acres in the University of Kelaniya Medical Faculty grounds at Ragama.
The Summer Internship programme for Ayati began in 2015 with the aim of raising funds for the Trust and creating awareness among the society. This year's goal is to raise £5, 000 for the Trust. As a result, the MAS-Dialog-Hemas Summer Internship programme for this year focuses on fulfilling this objective.
The main fundraiser event for Ayati will be held on 03rd August 2018 at Waters Edge, Sri Lanka at 8.30 p.m.
You can make your donations through the official website of Ayati. The Trust will utilize the donations to facilitate the construction and running of the Centre. Also, you can extend your support by spreading the word across by liking the official Ayati Facebook page.


The President of Austria (German: Bundespräsident der Republik Österreich, lit. 'Federal President of the Republic of Austria') is the head of state of the Austrian Republic. Though theoretically entrusted with great power by the constitution, in practice the president is mainly a ceremonial and symbolic figurehead.
The president is directly elected by universal suffrage every six years and can continuously remain in office for twelve years. The president is a supreme executive organ alongside with the ministers, state secretaries and members of state governments. One of the most important presidential tasks is the appointment of the chancellor and, upon his advice, the other members of the government.
The president ranks first in Austria's order of precedence, being above the President of the National Council and the chancellor. The president's workplaces are located in the Leopoldine Wing of the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna.
The office of president was created by the constitution on 1 October 1920. According to the constitutional amendment of 1929, the president was to be directly elected by the people. Nevertheless, the re-election of president Wilhelm Miklas in 1931 was performed by the Federal Assembly. Miklas remained under the dictatorial federal state until his resignation in 1938. Even Karl Renner was still elected by the Federal Assembly as of 20 December 1945. Only in 1951, Theodor Körner became the first president to be elected by the people.
Many presidents have gained tremendous popularity while in office, and no president has ever lost a bid for re-election, although Kurt Waldheim did not run for a second term. Five presidents have died in office. From 2004 to 2016, the office was occupied by social democrat Heinz Fischer. Since the establishment of the popular vote in 1951, only members and nominees of the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party had been elected president, until the election of the Green-endorsed incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen in 2016.
Prior to the collapse of the multinational Austro-Hungarian Empire towards the end of World War I, what now is the Republic of Austria had been part of a monarchy with an emperor as its head of state and chief executive. The empire noticeably began to fracture in late 1917 and manifestly disintegrated into a number of independent states over the course of the following year.
Effective 21 October 1918, the Imperial Council parliamentarians representing the empire's ethnically German provinces formed a Provisional National Assembly for their paralyzed rump state and appointed veteran party leader Karl Seitz as one of their three largely coequal chairmen (21 October 1918 – 16 February 1919). As chairman, he became an ex officio member of the State Council (Deutschösterreichischer Staatsrat). On 12 November 1918, the State Council collectively assumed the functions of head of state according to a resolution of the National Assembly.
On 11 November, Emperor Charles I announced "I relinquish every participation in the administration of the State. Likewise I have released the members of the Austrian Government from their offices". The next day, parliament proclaimed the Republic of German-Austria. The assembly presidents (Seitz, Franz Dinghofer and Johann Nepomuk Hauser) continued to serve as acting heads of state until 4 March 1919, when the Constituent National Assembly collectively assumed these functions. Seitz (5 March 1919 – 10 November 1920) was the only President of the Constituent National Assembly.
Karl Seitz performed the duties of head of state according to a law of 1 October 1920, which transferred these duties to the "former president of the National Constituent Assembly" for the period from 10 November 1920, to the day of inaugurating the first president (9 December 1920). Since Austria had not finalized its decision to structure itself as a federation prior to the formal promulgation of the Constitution of Austria on 1 October 1920, referring to Seitz as president would have been inaccurate. Austria's first Bundespräsident proper thus was Michael Hainisch, Karl Seitz' immediate successor. In a related note, many popular sources quote some more or less random date between October 1918 and March 1919 as the beginning of Seitz' tenure. While most of them are merely misleading, others are plainly wrong: even though Seitz was appointed president of the Provisional National Assembly in October 1918, it would have been impossible for him to serve as Bundespräsident, since the republic has not even been proclaimed back-then.
The constitution originally defined Austria to be a parliamentary republic. Originally, the constitution was radically parliamentarian in character. The bicameral parliament, called the Federal Assembly, not only possessed legislative power, but also a good deal of executive power as well. The government was appointed by the National Council rather than the president, who in turn was elected by both houses of the Federal Assembly rather than the people. The president's term of office was four rather than six years. The president was answerable to the Federal Assembly and, in particular, had no authority to dissolve the National Council. Not even having much actual influence on the appointment of Constitutional Court justices, the president was confined to a nearly exclusively ceremonial role.
The role and nature of the president was the result of a compromise reached during the drafting of the constitution. The Social Democrats would have preferred that the president of the National Council serves as head of state, while the Christian Socials wanted a president with executive powers similar to those of the president of Germany. In the end, the framers enacted a compromise – while a separate presidency was created in accordance with the wishes of the Christian Socials, his role was almost entirely ceremonial to appease the Social Democrats. It was under this constitutional framework that Michael Hainisch and Wilhelm Miklas assumed office on 9 December 1920 and 10 December 1928, respectively.
The parliamentary system prescribed by the constitution was highly unpopular, however, with the authoritarian Heimwehr movement evolving during the 1920s. The Heimwehr was in favor of a system granting more powers to the president. On 7 December 1929, under growing pressure from the Heimwehr, the constitution was amended to give the president the sweeping executive and legislative authority he formally still has. It also called for the office to be filled by popular vote for a term of six years. The first election was scheduled for 1934. However, owing to the growing worldwide financial crisis, all parties agreed to suspend the election in favour of having Miklas reelected by parliament.
Only three years later, however, the Fatherland Front – an alliance of the Heimwehr and the Christian Social Party – tore down Austrian parliamentarism altogether, formally annulling the constitution on 1 May 1934. Though Austria now was a dictatorship in all but name, power was concentrated in the hands of the Chancellor, not those of the president. Wilhelm Miklas was stripped of the powers he'd gained in 1929, but agreed to act as a figurehead of institutional continuity anyway. He was not entirely powerless, however – during the Anschluss crisis, he provided some of the stiffest resistance to the Nazi demands. He technically remained in office until 13 March 1938, the day Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany and thus lost sovereignty.
When Austria re-established itself as an independent state on 27 April 1945, the party leaders forming the provisional government decided not to frame a new constitution, reverting instead to that of 1920, as amended in 1929. Even though this revision was still somewhat controversial at that point, it was part of Austria's most recent constitutional framework, giving it at least some much-needed form of democratic legitimacy, and the party chairs were afraid that lengthy discussion might provoke the Red Army then in control of Vienna to barge in. The constitution thus reenacted effective 1 May therefore still included the provision calling for a president elected by popular vote. Following the November 1945 National Council elections, however, the National Assembly temporarily suspended this provision and installed Karl Renner as the president of Austria as of 20 December. The suspension in question seems to have been motivated mainly by lack of cash: no attempt was ever made to prolong it, and the benign septuagenarian Renner had been the universally respected provisional head of state anyway. Starting with the 1951 election of Renner's successor Theodor Körner, all presidents have in fact been elected by the people.
Until 1 October 2011, with the exception of members of any ruling or formerly ruling dynastic houses (a measure of precaution against monarchist subversion, and primarily aimed at members of the House of Habsburg), anyone entitled to vote in elections to the National Council who is at least 35 years of age is eligible for the office of president. The exception of ruling or formerly ruling dynasties has been abolished meanwhile within the Wahlrechtsänderungsgesetz 2011 (Amendment of the law on the right to vote 2011) due to an initiative by Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen.
The president is elected under the two-round system. This means that if no candidate receives an absolute majority (i.e. more than 50%) of votes cast in the first round, then a second ballot occurs in which only those two candidates who received the greatest number of votes in the first round may stand. However the constitution also provides that the group that nominates one of these two candidates may instead nominate an alternative candidate in the second round. If there is only one candidate standing in a presidential election then the electorate is granted the opportunity to either accept or reject the candidate in a referendum.
While in office the president cannot belong to an elected body or hold any other position.
"I solemnly promise that I shall faithfully observe the Constitution and all the laws of the Republic and shall fulfill my duty to the best of my knowledge and belief."
Acts of the president are referred to as resolutions. Most of them require countersignature. While so-called appointment certificates are issued when appointing a new government, the dismissal of the government does not require a written form, but merely has to be brought to the attention of the persons concerned. The government can therefore also be dismissed against its will.
Although the constitution vests the president with great power, his acts are bound to proposals and countersignatures, if the constitution doesn't say otherwise. This means that the president can only become active on advice of the Government (or a Minister). In addition, most acts of the president are only valid if they are countersigned by the Chancellor or by the Minister responsible. This considerably restricts the possibilities of the president to act on his own.
This however, also means that the president does not have to accept a proposal from the government either. He could even replace the Chancellor, to receive proposals such at will, and dissolve the National Council before it can initiate a vote of no confidence against the new Chancellor. So far – although this would not be unconstitutional – this has never been done for real-political reasons.
The president appoints the chancellor and, upon his advice, the other members of the government and the state secretaries. The president is not bound to any legal specifications when appointing the chancellor. However, since the National Council is empowered to remove any individual member of the government or even the entire government at any time through a vote of no confidence, the president is de facto obliged to respect majority situations within the National Council.
Until the year 2000, it has been an unwritten law that the president charges the top candidate of the largest party with the formation of a new government. As the government formation of 2000 has shown, the president cannot force the existence of a minority government. The initiative of forming a government can therefore entirely rely on interested parties. Since individual members of the government are appointed by the president, on advice of the chancellor, the president is still able to decline the appointment of a proposed minister or state secretary.
So far, only three cases have been known in which the president refused to appoint proposed government candidates. Karl Renner rejected a Minister – suspected of corruption – for a re-appointment. Thomas Klestil refused to appoint two ministers; one of the them was involved in a criminal case and the other had been frequently noticed for extreme and xenophobic statements during the election campaign. In 1953, president Theodor Körner bluntly declined the demands of ÖVP-chancellor Leopold Figl to appoint a concentration government with the participation of the Federation of Independents.
The president is not bound to an advice when dismissing the chancellor or the entire government. He can therefore dismiss them at his own discretion. Only the dismissal of individual members of the government are bound to an advice of the chancellor. So far, a dismissal of the entire government against its will has never occurred. president Wilhelm Miklas did not make use of his dismissal right when chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß terminated the constitution to proclaim the Austrian Federal State.
The president can dissolve the National Council at the request of the government, but only once for the same reason. The legal consequences of a parliamentary dissolution by the president differentiates to those of a self-dissolution of the National Council. If the president ends the legislative period, the National Council is immediately dissolved and thus incapacitated. However, the standing subcommittee of the principal committee remains as emergency committee until the newly elected National Council convenes. Prior to that, the president may issue emergency decrees on request of the government and with the consent of the standing subcommittee of the principal committee. In case of self-dissolution, the old National Council meets until a new one is elected.
So far only Wilhelm Miklas has made use of the dissolution right, after the Christian Social Party had lost its coalition partner and thus the majority in parliament. Since the following legislative election was not in the interest of the government, the instrument of presidential dissolution of parliament was not applied.
The president can dissolve every Landtag (state legislature) at the request of the government and with the consent of the Federal Council. However, he may only do so once for the same reason – as with the dissolution of the National Council. The Federal Council must agree to the dissolution with a two-thirds majority. The representatives of the state whose Landtag is to be dissolved may not take part at the vote.
The dissolution of a Landtag is regarded as a direct intervention of the federal government in the autonomy of the states. As in the case of the dissolution of the National Council by the president, a dissolved Landtag is considered incapable of action until its newly elected successor meets. This power has never been used by any president yet.
As "state notary" and in the course of the constitutional formation of laws, the president signs bills into law. If this is the case, he must sign. Whether and to what extent the president has a substantive examination competence with regard to the constitutional conformity of a law is controversial. The prevailing opinion assumes in case of severe and obvious unconstitutionality of the submitted act that the president has to deny the validation. This has happened only once, when Heinz Fischer refused to sign a law containing a retrospective criminal provision. A refusal to sign, despite of the law being constitutional, could lead to an indictment at the Constitutional Court.
The president represents the Austria Republic and concludes international treaties, of which some require the approval of the National Council. When Austria joined the EU, there was a disagreement between president Thomas Klestil and chancellor Franz Vranitzky, who may represent Austria in the European Council. Materially, the legal view of the chancellor has prevailed, the president however, was of the opinion that he had only delegated this right to the chancellor.
The president is plenipotentiary authorized to rule by emergency decree in times of crisis. The constitution states: "to defend obvious, irreparable damages to the general public, at a time where the National Council is not assembled and cannot be assembled in time, at the request of the Government, and with consent of the standing subcommittee of the principal committee of the National Council, the president is entitled to adopt provisional regulations amending the law". Such emergency decrees do not change constitutional law and other important provisions. As soon as the National Council is able to convene again, active emergency decrees are to be confirmed by the latter in law, and if the National Council declares these invalid, they are to be repealed immediately. The power to pass emergency decrees has never been used yet.
The president is entrusted with the execution of findings of the Constitutional Court in cases that are not subject to ordinary courts. The request for execution is lodged by the Constitutional Court itself. The constitution provides the head of state with extensive enforcement rights. Execution jurisdiction can encompass state and federal authorities as well as a state or the republic in its entirety. Therefore the president can issue direct orders to all federal and state authorities, including the armed forces and the police. If a federal organ or the republic as a whole are affected, the president's directives do not require countersignature.
The president appoints the federal officials, including military officers, judges and other functionaries. These powers can be, and usually are, delegated to the ministers. Supreme organs, however, are appointed by the president himself.
The president also appoints the justices of the Constitutional Court – the Constitutional Court's president, Vice president, six further members and three substitute members on advice of the government; three members and two substitute members on advice of the National Council; three members and one substitute member are nominated by the Federal Council.
The President is the commander-in-chief (Oberbefehlshaber) of the Austrian Armed Forces (Bundesheer) and thus its (de jure) ultimate authority, theoretically outranking every other military authority (including the Minister of Defense). While the role's detailed powers remain unclear, it could be regarded as a very powerful reserve right. A presidential military command is not bound to a proposal or countersignature.
No President has ever made use of this power. Day-to-day military affairs are overseen and administered by the Minister of Defense, who is simply termed "commander" (Befehlshaber) of the armed forces and considered its de facto highest authority. Key decisions on the use of the armed forces are usually made by the Government.
As commander-in-chief the President succeeds the Emperor in his capacity as Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Military. After the fall of the monarchy in 1918 the Principal Committee of the National Council functioned as paramount decision-making authority of the then-newly established Bundesheer. In 1929, the Christian Social Party transferred supreme command over the armed forces from the Principal Committee to the President through a constitutional amendment, in order to advance authoritarianism in Austria.
The President can definitely issue exceptional recruitment measures and possesses an extensive right to be informed.
The president also holds many other rights, which are typically part of the duties of a head of state. These include, for example, the creation and awarding of honorary and professional titles, and the de facto meaningless right to declare illegitimate children to legitimate children at the request of the parents. Among the presidential rights, which were formed from simple federal laws, is the "Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae", in which PhD students with extraordinary credentials receive a ring of honor from the president. In addition, the president has the right to shut down criminal proceedings (right of abolition) or to pardon prisoners. According to the case law of the Constitutional Court, pardon acts of the president do not only undo the punishment itself, but also the associated blame. Accordingly, a disciplinary process may no longer rely on such a conviction: "The repayment of a conviction granted by the grace of the president has the consequence that this conviction may no longer be considered in case of disciplinary proceedings".
The president is enjoys full immunity from judicial or any type of official prosecution during his incumbency. The president may only be prosecuted with the explicit assent of the Federal Assembly. If an authority intends to prosecute the president, it must address a "request for extradition" before the National Council. If the National Council consents a prosecution, the chancellor shall convene the Federal Assembly, which will then decide over the extradition.
The president can be sued at the Constitutional Court for "violating the constitution". This process requires a resolution by either the National Council or the Federal Council; upon such a decision, the chancellor shall convene the Federal Assembly, which will thereupon decide over the indictment. The vote of the Federal Assembly shall take place in the presence of at least half of the members of the National Council and Federal Council; a two-thirds majority is required.
The president can only be deposed by the people through a plebiscite. This requires an application of the National Council to convene the Federal Assembly – such a resolution is formed with the same quorums as when changing constitutional law, which means it requires the presence of at least half of the deputies and a two-thirds majority. If the National Council has concluded such a resolution, the chancellor shall convene the Federal Assembly, which then decides over the request. Already from the National Council's request to convene the Federal Assembly on, the president is "prevented from exercising his office" and is represented by the three Presidents of the National Council. If the people reject the president to be deposed, the referendum is treated as new election and causes the immediate dissolution of the National Council; even in such a case, the president's term of office may not exceed twelve years in total.
The constitution makes no provision for an office of vice president. Should the president fall ill, or for some other reason be temporarily incapacitated, presidential powers and responsibilities devolve upon the chancellor. Should the president die, be impeached, be removed from office as a result of impeachment or recall, or for some other reason to be unable to fulfill the duties of office for a period of more than twenty days, presidential powers and responsibilities devolve upon the Presidium of the National Council (consisting of the three Presidents of the National Council).
The Constitution does not state any rules on resignation, which is why it is debatable whether a resignation is de jure possible.
"Anyone who attempts to depose the president by force or by dangerous threats, or to coerce or prevent him from exercising his powers in general or in a certain way, is to be punished with one to ten years imprisonment."
The insult of the president in contrast to most offenses is not a private prosecution, but an authorization offense. Hence, the president does not have to act as a prosecutor in person, but delegate the right to prosecute to the prosecutor's office. An example of this is the so-called "Hump-Dump affair". The title "Bundespräsident" (=president) may – even with additions or in context with other designations – not be used by anyone other than the incumbent president, because of him being protected by law.
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Gerhard Riecker (* 2. Februar 1926 in Karlsruhe; † 29. Juli 2022 in Pullach bei München) war ein deutscher Kardiologe und leitete vom 1. September 1974 bis zum 31. März 1994 als Direktor die I. Medizinische Klinik am Klinikum Großhadern der Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München.

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Gerhard Riecker absolvierte seine Schulzeit in Mannheim. 1944 machte er das Abitur und wurde nach dem Reichsarbeitsdienst zum Militärdienst (in der Flakabwehr) einberufen. Er geriet mit Kriegsende in amerikanische Gefangenschaft. Während dieser Zeit konnte er (nach der Genfer Konvention als angehender Offizier) in den USA 1946 sein Medizinstudium beginnen. Von 1947 bis 1951 studierte er dann an der Universität Heidelberg und schloss im Sommer 1951 das Studium mit Staatsexamen und Promotion ab. Schon in Heidelberg lernte er den damaligen dortigen Oberarzt Herbert Schwiegk kennen.

Von Juli 1951 bis August 1952 begann er seine berufliche Tätigkeit im Pharmakologisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg (Fritz Eichholtz). Im August 1952 wechselte er an das Physiologisches Institut der Universität Marburg (Kurt Kramer), um sich dann ab Januar 1954 in der Medizinischen Poliklinik der Universität Marburg (Herbert Schwiegk) endgültig der Inneren Medizin zuzuwenden.

Schwiegk wurde im Herbst 1958 als Direktor der 1. Medizinischen Klinik an die Universität München berufen. Gerhard Riecker folgte ihm nach München, erfuhr am 7. März 1960 seine Anerkennung als Facharzt für Innere Medizin und am 6. September 1960 seine Ernennung zum Privatdozenten für Innere Medizin. Von 1963 bis 1968 war er Leitender Oberarzt an der 1. Medizinischen Klinik der Universität München unter Herbert Schwiegk. Am 4. Januar 1966 erfolgte die Ernennung zum außerplanmäßigen Professor.

Im Sommer 1968 wurde Riecker als Direktor und zum ordentlichen Professor auf den Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin II an die Universität Göttingen berufen und folgt diesem Ruf. Als er allerdings 1972 auf den Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin und als Direktor der Medizinischen Poliklinik an die Universität Bonn (Nachfolge Walter Siegenthaler) berufen wurde, nahm er den Ruf nicht an. Stattdessen erhielt er am 11. Oktober 1972 den Facharzt für Kardiologie und bewarb sich in München.

Er wurde auf den Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin und als Direktor der Medizinischen Klinik I im neu errichteten Klinikum Großhadern der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München berufen und begann am 1. September 1974 seine neue Tätigkeit.

Zwischen 1974 und dem Tag seiner Emeritierung am 31. März 1994 baute er, unterstützt von einem großen Mitarbeiterstab, die neue Klinik auf.

Gerhard Riecker lebte mit seiner Frau Brigitte Riecker († 2018), geb. Bender (Eheschließung 1952), in Pullach bei München. Er starb am 29. Juli 2022 im Alter von 96 Jahren in Pullach bei München.

Forschungsschwerpunkte der Medizinischen Klinik I, Universität München (1974–1994)
Kardiologie

 Cardiomyopathien, Herzinsuffizienz, einschl. molekular-biochemische Untersuchungen
 Viruskarditis, einschl. gentechnologischer Verfahren
 Herzrhythmusstörungen, Antitachykardie-Systeme, einschl. Ablationstechniken
 Koronare Herzkrankheit, einschl. Atherektomietechnik
 Immunerkrankungen des Herzens

Nephrologie

 Nierentransplantation
 Immunerkrankungen der Niere
 Dialysetechniken, einschl. Biophysik technischer Membranen

Pneumologie

 Immunerkrankungen der Bronchien und Lungen, einschl. molekular-biolog.Verfahren
 Arbeitsmedizin

Tätigkeiten als Herausgeber, Mitherausgeber und Fachgutachter

Herausgeber

 "Schock" im "Handbuch der inneren Medizin", Springer-Verlag, 9. Band in der 4. und 5. Auflage
 "Therapie Innerer Krankheiten", 1. – 8. Auflage, Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1973 ff.
 "Klinische Kardiologie", 1. – 4. Auflage, Springer-Verlag

Mitherausgeber
 "Klinische Wochenschrift", Springer-Verlag
 "Der Internist", Springer-Verlag

Fachgutachter

 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
 Sonderforschungsbereiche
 Heisenberg-Wahlausschuss
 verschiedene Bundesministerien

Mitgliedschaft in wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften

 European Society for Clinical Investigation
 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin
 Ärztlicher Verein, München
 Collegium für Therapieforschung, München
 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herz- und Kreislaufforschung
 deren Präsident im Jahre 1983
 New York Academy of Sciences
 International Fellow der American Heart Association
 Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte
 Ethikkommission der Medizinischen Fakultät (Universität München)
 Vorsitzender von 1978 bis 1984
 Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Gesellschaft für Fortschritte in der Inneren Medizin

Gastprofessuren

 1970 Hammersmith-Hospital, London (Prof. Shillingford) + National Heart Institute, London (Prof. Olson) (auf Einladung der British Heart Foundation)
 1972 Hospital for Clinical Investigation, Buenos Aires (Prof. Lanari)
 1974 Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris
 1994 Medizinische Akademie Kaunas (Litauen)
 1994 Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Prag

Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen

 1957 Fraenkel-Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Herz- und Kreislaufforschung
 1974 Friedrich-von-Mueller-Medaille, Ärztlicher Verein München
 1985 Paul-Morawitz-Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Herz- und Kreislaufforschung
 1992 Wahl zum Mitglied der Leopoldina
 1993 Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Verdienstkreuz am Bande)
 1995 Ernennung zum Ehrenmitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin
 2000 Goldmedaille der Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Gesellschaft

Publikationen (Auswahl)
Mehr als 300 Schriften in fachmedizinischen Journalen auf dem Gebiet der Physiologie, Inneren Medizin und Kardiologie.

 Die Wertigkeit von Meßmethoden in der klinischen Diagnostik von Herzerkrankungen (invasive Verfahren). In: Christa Habrich, Frank Marguth, Jörn Henning Wolf (Hrsg.) unter Mitarbeit von Renate Wittern: Medizinische Diagnostik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Festschrift für Heinz Goerke zum sechzigsten Geburtstag. München 1978 (= Neue Münchner Beiträge zur Geschichte der Medizin und Naturwissenschaften: Medizinhistorische Reihe. Band 7/8), ISBN 3-87239-046-5, S. 377–392.
 Grundlagen ärztlicher Entscheidungsfindung. In: Medizinische Klinik. 88, 263 (1993), Nr. 4.
 Der Arzt – Mittler zwischen einem mechanistischen und einem humanistisch-philosophischen Weltbild.
 Ärztliche Entscheidungen in der Inneren Medizin : Grundlagen, Testfragen, Kasuistiken Band I und II. MedWork-Verlag, Pullach 1996, ISBN  978-3-9805-2970-9.
 mit Erland Erdmann (Hrsg.): Chronic Heart Failure. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1998.
 CARDIOCONSULT. Kardiologisches Second-Opinion-Programm (CD-ROM) Ullstein Medical Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Wiesbaden, 1998
 Fragen und Antworten zur Inneren Medizin, Verlag Hans Huber, Bern, 2000
 Wissen und Gewissen. – Über die Ambivalenz und die Grenzen der modernen Medizin, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg / New York, 2000
 Fortschritte in der Medizin und ethische Verantwortung, Münchner Ärztliche Anzeigen 51/52, 23. Dezember 2000
 Der Mensch in der modernen Medizin: Empirisches Objekt oder moralisches Subjekt? In: Zur Debatte. Themen der Katholischen Akademie in Bayern, , Jg. 31, 2001, Heft 3, S. 16–17.
 Das Labyrinth – der zerrissene Faden der Ariadne, R. G. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., 2006
 mit Scheidt, v. W. Fragen und Antworten zur Inneren Medizin, Verlag Hans Huber, Bern, 2. Auflage, 2007

Literatur

Weblinks
 https://www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/6545

Einzelnachweise

Kardiologe
Hochschullehrer (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Hochschullehrer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Mitglied der Leopoldina (20. Jahrhundert)
Träger des Bundesverdienstkreuzes am Bande
Mediziner (20. Jahrhundert)
Absolvent der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Deutscher
Geboren 1926
Gestorben 2022
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Three-time national ploughing champion and Cape Otway resident Shayne Neal will be at Bungador this weekend with ploughers from across Victoria competing for a spot in next month's National Championship at Warncoort.
THE state's best ploughers will travel to Colac district this weekend for the Victorian Ploughing Championships.
The ploughers will travel to Speedway Road, Bungador, to compete in the championships on Saturday and Sunday.
And they will return next month for the National Championships at Warncoort homestead Tarndwarncoort.
Three-time national champion and Cape Otway resident Shayne Neal said hosting the event was great for the region and he was looking forward to showcasing the event to residents.
Mr Neal said Victoria hosted the nationals every three years and the Colac district, Gippsland and Ballarat ploughing associations rotated hosting duties.
Ploughers from the three areas will compete in this weekend's state competition to receive one of seven spots in the national event.
Competition ploughers use tractors to plough a 100-metre-by-20-metre section of paddock over three hours, and judges score the plots based on straightness, uniformity and neatness of the ploughing and whether there is any weed showing.
Mr Neal said this year could be challenging with dry weather playing a part in ploughing difficulty.
big part in that," Mr Neal said.
"A fairly large downpour should mean the water is soaked in enough and make a very nice area to plough," he said.
Mr Neal travelled to Denmark last year for the World Ploughing Championships and will travel to England in September for this year's competition after winning the past three Australian national titles.
He said the weekend's competition would feature a traditional ploughing method, mouldboard ploughing and the Len Clark Vintage Challenge.
Mr Neal said the vintage challenge would showcase "beautiful traditional machines".
Competition will start on Saturday at 11am and 10.30am on Sunday and ploughing should be complete at 2.30pm on both days.


SPPED METAL PARTY was way cool! What an awesome night, THANK YOU!
Voi, olis tultu, mutta ku Kujiksessa oli samaan aikaan niin kaihoisa mandoliinimies.
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Great concert, and many thanks for signing us on the albums and tape!!!!!!


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Deep Rooted Tree Rating Breaks 20% as Garion is Revealed as Jung Ki Joon
The ratings of SBS's Wednesday and Thursday drama Deep Rooted Tree successfully breaks through the 20% mark on episode 10. In the same episode, Ga Ri On (played by Yoon Je Moon) is revealed to be the Jung Ki Joon.
According to AGB Nielson, the tenth episode of Deep Rooted Tree aired on November 3rd, 2011, recorded the nationwide rating of 20.2%. The rating is an increase of 2.8% comparing with rating of previous episode a day before, which was 17.4%. This is also the first time the drama managed to record a rating above 20% since its debut.
In the episode of the day, the real identity of Ga Ri On was revealed by Do Dam Dek (played by Seong Ok Sook) to Sim Jong Soo (played by Hang Sang Jin), "Ga Ri On is the original. Jung Ki Joon is Ga Ri On."
The dramas that aired at the same time on the night of November 3rd, KBS2's Glory Jane and MBC special family drama rated 14.1% and 4.0% respectively.


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Over the Edge Café provides a breath of fresh ocean air
Bryan Morales
Fresh Menu & Ocean Air Dining
Situated in Old Man's Bay on the Northside of Cayman, Over the Edge Café is a welcoming and charming waterfront Cayman restaurant, where guests are guaranteed a relaxing dining experience while enjoying the soft ocean breeze and breathtaking views.
It is the perfect place to unwind and absorb the true spirit of Island living, while enjoying freshly prepared Cayman inspired cuisine.
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week, the menu features a selection of freshly caught seafood that is prepared with locally grown produce for mouthwatering results.
From The Edge to Over the Edge with Philippe Gros
With a character as warm as his restaurant and a twinkle in his eye like the morning sun reflecting off the surrounding ocean, Philippe Gros, manager and owner of Over the Edge charmed me with engaging stories of his younger years including an intriguing adventure crossing the Sahara Desert when he was in his 20s.
Originally from Burgundy in France, Philippe arrived in Cayman in 1986 to work as the executive chef at Grand Pavilion. Having fallen in love with Island life, Philippe was inspired to open The Edge restaurant in Bodden Town in the late 1990s, followed by Over the Edge Café in 2001, taking over the old Apollo II bar in Northside. He is well known in the community and a popular face at the restaurant!
Philippe personally developed the restaurants' Cayman inspired menu, adding some international favourites, with something for everyone, appealing to both local and international guests. Philippe even provides fresh produce to the restaurant from his small farm in the Lookout area in Bodden Town.
Local fisherman, Douglas Ebanks has been providing the restaurant with fresh fish since it first opened, pulling up his boat, Blue Moon, on the neighbouring dock to drop off his catch, fresh out of the ocean.
Popular with locals and a must visit for tourists, Over the Edge will keep you coming back for more! My personal favourite and a must try, if you have not already, is their Fish and Fritters combo… absolutely delicious!
Over the Edge offers seating inside by the bar, in the covered terrace and on the ocean front deck.
Opening hours: 7 days a week from 8:30am 8:00pm.
Food delivery will be available soon through Grab It. (Lookout for updates early 2022).
By Juliette Heath
Juliette Heath is a Caymanian foodie, weddings and events planner, and author of childrens' books.


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