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United States Government To Insist On Love Of Sodomy
by BriggsPosted on February 20, 2019 February 21, 2019
"The Trump administration," says The Hill, "is planning to launch a worldwide effort to end the criminalization of homosexuality."
U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, the highest-profile openly gay person in the administration, will reportedly lead the effort, which will be kicked off in Berlin Tuesday night.
"It is concerning that, in the 21st century, some 70 countries continue to have laws that criminalize LGBTI status or conduct," a U.S. official involved in organizing the event told NBC News…
"This really is not a big policy departure," Palladino told reporters. "This is longstanding and it's bipartisan."
When asked whether he would describe the meetings as a "new initiative," Palladino replied: "I would say that this is a good opportunity to listen and to discuss ideas about how the United States can advance decriminalization of homosexuality around the world. And that's been our policy."…
The plan is reportedly aimed at denouncing Iran over its human rights record.
Grenell has been a public critic of Iran, but has struggled to convince European nations to reimpose sanctions on the Middle Eastern nation following President Trump's removal of the U.S. from the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal.
With this, the USA has declared cultural war on Singapore.
And India. And Papua New Guinea, Jamaica, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Barbados, Nigeria, Namibia, Cameroon, Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, and some sixty other countries that still hue to Reality. Including, at least in this way, Iran.
That the deep state and various Benjamin-gifting lobbying groups (which, as we learned last week, have no influence over our politicians) are deeply interested in Iran is well known. But most of us can't, and shouldn't, care about that country. Iran is no threat to anybody here; it is not going to launch an invasion against our shores.
But we are sure going to splash upon theirs, perhaps littering their streets with airdropped pervert pennants or in giving them free subscriptions to the Disney Channel.
Hey. We're the United States of America! And if we insist everybody should believe exactly as we do, why, darn it, they had sure better. If they don't, we'll unleash Bill Kristol and Max Boot editorials explaining why they should be bombed.
What if they think differently than we, and they try to impose their beliefs on us? No, no. That would be collusion.
Now the reaction among reactionaries (who are by definition skilled at reacting) is uniform horror, but mixed with resignation. It's not like we didn't see this coming, though we did hope it would come a little slower. As I have said many times, Trump "is a respite, a brief interlude before we continue our descent. Unless something unforeseen happens, and a hero arises, or the Great Chastisement occurs, we are doomed."
The left loves the move, though, right? No. Here's Out, a magazine supportive of sodomy: "Trump's Plan to Decriminalize Homosexuality Is an Old Racist Tactic: Here's why we shouldn't be cheering the Trump administration." Independent: "As Trump administration announces campaign to decriminalise homosexuality – here are eight anti-LGBT things the president has done." Et cetera.
Well, we can put this down to the anti-Trump mania which consumes progressives, who have convinced themselves Trump is not Hitler, but something worse than Hitler. Or, rather, Global-Warming-Hitler, in the sense that he's not "literally" Hitler at this moment, just like global warming hasn't caused any doom yet, but Trump, like global warming, will one sunny morning emerge from the Oval Office with a little black moustache and start Holocaust 2.0. (Global warming with a moustache?)
Anyway, in a mere fifty years, sodomy has gone from something criticized, seen as abnormal and a perversion of the natural order, which it is, to being accepted, to being a matter of Pride, to being championed. This is among conservatives. Proving, again, conservatives are tomorrow's progressives today.
Instead of decriminalizing sodomy, we ought to recriminalize it. Think of the benefits! None of us would be forced to say sodomy is good, which is now the case. If you think not, try quoting God-Jesus-Holy Spirit to your colleagues, "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination", and see what HR says. Or see if you even have colleagues.
Punishments need not be harsh for malefactors; we can adopt Singapore's methods, for instance. If sodomy is illegal, as it once was, then so would be pornography focusing on it, and all that flows from that, including gender and tranny madness, the fiction of same-sex "marriage". Or we could go the way of Russia and outlaw pro-sodomy propaganda. Let people do whatever they will, within limits, but leave the rest of us out of it.
But no. That is not how puritanism works. Puritans are not satisfied with doing what they will. Puritans do not demand mere obedience. They insist on your open conversion. This is why universities, the hottest beds of puritanism, require Diversity Oaths (which includes sexual desire). Once again I predict the expansion of these oaths for employment everywhere.
Update From a new article at American Sun (which I wish I read first!):
Unlike his secular, sodomitical counterparts, the Christian bugman yet adheres to Christian teaching. But this teaching does not engage his personality; it cannot, no more than an object can rest upon air. The Christian bugman still nominally opposes, say, sodomy, but he does not hate them with the kind of fiery hatred such a grotesque sin deserves. The Christian bugman shrugs de gustibus non disputandum about sins once recognized as calling out to heaven for vengeance, which even infidels like Jefferson saw as deserving of castration. To the bugman, the objective gruesomeness of such acts is palliated by their popularity, and thus God's will is not a sin striking at his heart, but a mere regulatory matter between the administrative God and his vassals. The sodomite is no longer recognized as the moral monster he is, but as someone akin to a jaywalker or litterbug—an offender, sure, but not one whose offense stabs at the heart.
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Hoyos says:
South Korea only recently decriminalized adultery, another severe mistake. In the OT I remember several kings being criticized for not taking away the high places or the sodomites among Israel. As a purely practical matter, I see why.
What was "supposed to be" two consenting adults in private and how dare I criticize something that doesn't affect me seems to inevitably lead to restrictions on speech, restrictions on commerce, and the direct open victimization of children through the trans movement.
George Gilder says:
Homosexuality is an effect of polygyny. The Murdock anthropological tables show full correlation between societies with polygyny and societies with conspicuous homosexuality. Polygyny can be simultaneous or serial; it can mean many wives and concubines or serial monogamy interspersed by divorces. The key is whether the powerful men, best endowed financially, politically or sexually, are permitted to dominate the nubile years of many young women. (Lesbianism is a trivial behavior pattern and has no relationship to male homosexuality). Since by definition the powerful men, not gays, rule the society, the incidence of homosexuality reflects the decisions of the powerful men who benefit from polygyny. As I explain in "Men and Marriage," polygyny is the breakdown mode of a monogamous society, and it is marked by large numbers of unmarriageable (and often unemployable and violent) young men, aggrieved women, and abandoned older women. Welcome to the sexual suicide society.
McChuck says:
That which is not forbidden is mandatory.
That which is not mandatory is forbidden.
MiniTru has spoken. So let it be written. So let it be done.
The Left LOVES Islam and Sharia Law. This will be self-correcting. In a decade or less, Sharia law will rule the USA and the sodomites will be thrown off buildings. The Left doesn't care. In fact, they encourage this.
As for decriminalization, it may not be good but it is hard to criminalize sin. We would have to criminalize adultry, fornication, failure to attend church services (in some churches), mixed-race marriage (because some churches object), etc. We would have to criminalize and jail people for the exact same reason Sharia law does. I'm sure I do not want to go there. I disagree with gay "marriage" and the glorification of gays, but it's up to religion and logic and knowledge to stop this, not laws. It's a sin, not a crime. Murder is a crime. Theft is a crime. Bring back SHAME AND GUILT.
That being said, the SAME THING IS TRUE of pedophilia, beastiality, necrophilia and all other such perversions. Either sin is legal or it isn't. You don't get to pick which sins you want to make illegal. Same for "sexual assault" in the case of mere touching (rape is assault, pure and simple, and should be treated as such, NOTHING more however), so-called "hate speech" etc—these are sins, not crimes. WE EITHER CRIMINALIZE ALL SIN OR NONE OF IT. NO WEASELING OUT OF THIS. (You know who you are, weasels.)
Bob Mounger says:
I think it is worth pointing out the public health implications of homosexual behaviour.
I'm a 12 gallon blood donor. Every time I go to give blood, I am asked at least five times if I have ever had sex with a man.
My dentist tells me there is an avalanche of teenagers coming in for a cleaning & walking out with a stage 3 oral cancer diagnosis due to oral sex.
Anal sex -> anal cancer…GI tract diseases, etc.
Federal expenditures on AIDS patients in 2017 was 32 Billion.
Simply add to the standard health insurance questions:
1) county of residence?
2) tobacco use?
3) over 300 lbs?
4) oral or anal sex?
Gary-in-Erko says:
"That the deep state and various Benjamin-gifting lobbying groups (which, as we learned last week, have no influence over our politicians) are deeply interested in Iran is well known."
It's always a shock to see tinges of antisemitism on this blog.
Really, Gary? How many more times will you have to see it before it ceases to be shocking?
The thing about Jew-hatred is that there's never anything original about its expression. It always, always rehashes tropes copied from more influential people of the past; the same forms are recycled every generation.
Mactoul says:
No conflict with India at least which carried out the required decriminalization last year.
Stating "That the deep state and pro-Israel groups are deeply interested in Iran is well known." is not antisemitic. Phrasing it in sneaky terms, nudge, nudge, wink, wink – you know what I mean – is.
Actually, the deep state's interest and pro-Israel groups have almost completely opposite interests in Iran, and it's drawing a long bow to relate either to an international project about sexual politics. Even Matt Briggs, who I greatly respect, sometimes goes off the deep end.
Sylvain Allard says:
Really that's where you draw a line on the Trump administration. You are obfuscated that he might (might because he doesn't do much and his word are meaningless) treat gays with decency.
Your such a bunch of closet sissy's. Real men are not afraid how other chose to live there life. They just stand by their own principle. Which I realize you have none.
Let's use plain words and not mince about like a bunch of Kansas City faggots, shall we?
"The homosexual is in the closet or in your face."
The homosexual life style is very unhealthy. Homosexual life expectancy for men is 8 to 20 years less than for men in general.
RB says:
I'm not sure I understand your crime-sin distinction. Is a "crime" something to which there is an aggrieved party who could bring suit (or, in the case of a murder, could bring suit if he weren't dead)?
McChuck,
How's your plan to become a mass murderer coming along?
Have you noticed they catch your friend yesterday who wanted to do the same.
DEEBEE says:
Sylvain, it is obvious, your English writing skills need some sanding. But why would you conflate McChuck with Smollet /sarc. Are you a racist?
swordfishtrombone says:
"sixty other countries that still hue to Reality. Including, at least in this way, Iran."
Yeah, sixty countries you wouldn't want to live in. And the reality is that there have always been gay people – including in biblical times.
"Iran is no threat to anybody here; it is not going to launch an invasion against our shores."
Except for their nuke program.
"We're the United States of America! And if we insist everybody should believe exactly as we do"
No one is telling anyone what they should believe, just suggesting that it's unreasonable to criminalise behaviour which doesn't harm anyone.
"Well, we can put this down to the anti-Trump mania which consumes progressives"
"Anyway, in a mere fifty years, sodomy has gone from something criticized, seen as abnormal and a perversion of the natural order, which it is"
There is no "natural order" other than what happens in nature, and homosexual behaviour happens in nature.
"Punishments need not be harsh for malefactors;"
So you think the death penalty is too harsh? But that is what your God advocates according to the Bible.
@ Bob Mounger,
@ Ray,
Perhaps it's also worth pointing out the public health implications of heterosexual behaviour, such as the life-threatening condition called pregnancy. While we're at it, what about the public health implications of skiing holidays, driving, or horse riding?
But it's heartwarming to see that you're both motivated by concern for your fellow men, not just grasping at any irrelevant reason you can find to back up your prejudices.
Deebee,
I am not conflating McChuck to Smollet. Smollet is an idiot that killed no one.
I am conflating McChuck (you could add Dav, and several others to the list) with mass murderer like the one they caught this week (Christopher Paul Hasson) which didn't have time to put his plan to execution, the Parkland shooter or or the Vegas shoother etc. It is just a matter of time before he snaps.
The sad thing is that my English is better than your president.
Adam Gallon says:
Ah, the God-botherers' favourite fall-back. Homosexuality, 'cos the Bible forbids it (& wanking, IIRC).
So, what's your stance on the other prohibitions?
Could we have a post on the evils of drinking wine, in holy places? (That must cause a few problems for Catholics)
I do so hope that you're also not mixing your fabrics and if you're a farmer, reaping up to the edge of your fields, or horror of horrors, planting mixed seed crops in the same field & cross-breeding animals! You'll be in big trouble.
You'd better not be enjoying a nice Lincolnshire pork sausage or a bowl of rabbit stew.
You'd better not be working tomorrow either!
I also trust that your beards are nice & bushy, whilst your hair's been well brushed, but not trimmed at the sides. (Must've been to keep your ears warm?)
However, it seems that you can count virgin women as war booty & keep them, whilst murdering any other captives.
Let's face it, this religious junk, complete with whatever deity you happen to imagine is real, needs consigning to the realm of fairy tales.
The monotheistic religions that stem from the Middle East are a pain in the arse. All a minor variation of the other, with the same biases.
Rules which kept a tribal society together, who lived on the very edge of starvation & mutual murder, should be placed into the history books & left there.
The World would be a much better place without them.


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The live system uses GNOME 2 desktop environment and is available for i686 machines. It is shipped with a standard set of GNOME applications with addition of a set of specialist tools, such as: KeePassX password manager, Vidalia Tor GUI, Zenmap and Wireshark network scanners, etc.
The system developer is Scott Mortimer.
The project changed its name in 2012 to Mandragora Linux.


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Q: How to directly add and call a brief unit test in Solution class of LeetCode I was training myself to write brief unit tests while solving leetcode questions. However, I couldn't call the unit test I wrote in the notepad on Leetcode website directly.(I understand the most formal way to write unit tests is to create another test class in a test file. However, I just want to quickly warm up on this, so I put it in the same class as Solution.) I'm wondering whether I messed something wrong with the syntax of creating an object or it's due to some hidden structure in the Leetcode?
For example, for Leetcode question 2400, I tried to invoke my testNumberofWays
as:
class Solution {
public:
    int numberOfWays(int startPos, int endPos, int k) {
        int waysTable[2000][1001] = {{0}};
        if((k - abs(endPos-startPos))%2 != 0){
            return 0;
        }
        waysTable[1000][0]=1;
        // omit some implementation for simplicity
        return waysTable[abs(endPos-startPos+1000)][k];
    }

    void testNumberOfWays(){
        Solution solu = Solution();
        assert(solu.numberOfWays(1, 2, 3) == 3);
    }
};

Solution *s = new Solution();
s->testNumberofWays();

However I got the error message as
Line 33: Char 1: error: unknown type name 's'
s->testNumberofWays();
^

And I've also tried to write a static function out of Solution class directly like this
class Solution {
public:
    int numberOfWays(int startPos, int endPos, int k) {
        int waysTable[2000][1001] = {{0}};
        //omit some implementation for simplicity
        return waysTable[abs(endPos-startPos+1000)][k];
    }
};

static void testNumberOfWays(){
    Solution solu = Solution();
    assert(solu.numberOfWays(1, 2, 3) == 3);
    return;
}

testNumberOfWays();

But I got error message as this:
Line 39: Char 1: error: C++ requires a type specifier for all declarations
testNumberOfWays();
^
1 error generated.

Please let me know if the ways above may be achievable on Leetcode. Any help on how to write and run some quick unit tests on the notepad of Leetcode would be super helpful!

A: I'm not sure what you mean by on the notepad of Leetcode.
if you want to test Leetcode in a local environment, you may want try this.
it can translate test cases into corresponding data structures, and you only need to execute Solution().func() in the main function. .

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At first, you may try managing all of this internally. Overtime, content can become a good beast though, and even good beasts need regular feeding. Consider outsourcing your content needs to an agency with expertise in the content realm in general as well as your vertical in particular. Vet content providers carefully. The one you ultimately select should be well versed in SEO, social strategy, and engaging copywriting.
Content needs a home. Your website is the obvious answer. But there are additional right answers too.
Your blog will live on your website. WordPress has one of the best blog publishing platforms, with Blogger, Tumblr and SquareSpace serving as viable alternatives. Post e-books, but create a landing page for each, so that prospects offer their contact information before downloading and convert into leads. Post infographics throughout your blog and on your website to hopefully drive loads of referral and social traffic.
Or, consider publishing content exclusively on social media. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Google Plus all make it easy for you to publish freely and reach and audience.
Here is where the wheels can come off your content bus. You have planned, produced and published great content, but you still need exposure for it. The mantra "If we build it they will come" does not work for content marketing. You must promote your content to get additional eyeballs on it – not just the same old eyeballs that happen to be on or find your website.
Content amplification is one tool you can use to reach and engage your target audience and bring them back to your website. Amplification pushes articles, web pages, blogs and infographics out to a new audience.
Put someone in charge of social media and use that channel to drive more traffic and leads. Engage in public discussions, make everything easy to share, keep conversations going.
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When I look around my home, I realize that many of my decor choices are inspired by nostalgia almost as much as taste.
Many of the things around my house – from the pictures on the wall to the dishes we use at the dinner table – are things that have been passed down through my family. They bring back sweet memories and help me feel connected to the ones I love. Even this winter, when we hung a giant map in our downstairs hallway, it was driven by nostalgia for my grandparents' farmhouse, a place that left a big impression on me as a child.
The same feelings held true over the years as I put together a nursery for each of my daughters. It was always important to me to begin with a few new things for each baby, something unique and special just for her. It was part of the joy and celebration of welcoming a new baby into our family.
I like to find ways to be creative with the items I add to my nursery. My preparation usually begins with a trip to Target, of course. I start in the baby aisle to purchase items with the style, theme, and color I want in my nursery design. Then, I find myself shopping outside the baby aisles – grabbing a fun pillow or wall-hanging that complements the items I've selected for the baby's room.
Not only do they add fun elements to my nursery design, I know these items can grow with my daughter as her nursery changes to a toddler or little girl's bedroom. By starting in the baby aisle, with colors and patterns that are all part of the same theme, I'm able to set a foundation for all the other pieces I add to my decor.
After that comes one of my favorite parts: adding items to the nursery that belong to our family's story. A stack of books from childhood, a wooden statue from a favorite trip, prints and pictures that hung in my bedroom when I was a little girl; it is this mixing of old and new that adds so much style and meaning to a special space.
Take a peek at a few more of the fun items in Target's new Cloud Island Adventure Awaits line that were the foundation for my nursery design. Links and sources below.


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The Machinery of Whiteness: Studies in the Structures of Racialization -book release party
Date Friday October 08
Expressions [Arts & Cultural] Gallery
A community arts & cultural center
2035 Ashby Ave.
Just east of the NE corner of Ashby & Adeline;
diagonally across from the Ashby BART station!
Street and off-street parking, including BART parking lot in the evening, widely available.
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Event Type Speaker
Organizer/Author Expressions Gallery
FRIDAY, OCT 8TH, 7PM! : Another great book release party!! By Steve Martinot: "The Machinery of Whiteness: Studies in the Structures of Racialization"
[Also, if you think there are people on your email/group list who would be interested, who missed the very successful first book party, or, perhaps, you or they would even like a 2nd chance at being at such a book lecture & discussion, please invite them to intellectually contribute, and feel free to copy & FWD this invitation, even if you are not able to attend.]
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You are invited to a(nother!) great book party, book lecture, and very generous Q&A/discussion on the occasion of the recent publication of:
" The Machinery of Whiteness: Studies in the Structures of Racialization "
by Steve Martinot
Temple University Press
Friday, October 8, 2010, 7:00pm
(just east of the NE corner of Ashby & Adeline;
diagonally across from the Asby BART station!)
A study of how the structures of racialization in the US produce and reconstruct white hegemony and white racialized identity whenever those cultural structures are called into question by pro-democracy movements, such as the civil rights movements.
Other topics are how class is racialized, the relation of the corporate structure to the invention of the modern concept of race, the relation of white populism to the state, and to US interventionism in the world.
There will be a generous discussion of some of the issues the book raises, for both our present political situation and a proactive future.
http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/2045_reg.html
There will be refreshments.
Please bring friends and feel free to forward this invitation.
Expressions Gallery:
The Expressions director, Rinna Flohr, throws some really nice parties!
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http://expressionsgallery.org/
Location details: In the newly designated Berkeley Arts District, a half-block and diagonally across from the Ashby Bart Station -- near Adeline & Ashby (NE corner), next to the parking lot, in the 2-story, reddish- /dark peach-colored building with the large picture windows on the ground level and the bay windows on the 2nd level:
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In The Machinery of Whiteness, Martinot examines how race and racism are produced in the United States, analyzing the politics of racialization and the racial segregation and racial deprivation that have kept the United States a white-dominated society throughout its history. Martinot dedicates this work to expunging white supremacy from the earth.
The Machinery of Whiteness investigates how "whiteness" came to be foundational to the process that then produced the modern concept of race. Martinot addresses the instrumentalization of women as a necessary step in the formation of the concept, furthering the debates regarding the relationships of race and gender. He also addresses U.S. international interventionism, the anti-immigrant movements, and white racist populism to describe the political forms that white supremacy takes.
Martinot brings together these ideas to analyze the underlying cultural structures of racialization that have driven and conditioned the resurgence of white supremacy and white entitlement in the wake of the civil rights movements. This book is a call to transform the cultural structures of the United States to make justice and democracy—which depend on inclusion and not segregation—possible. This is a book release seminar and book signing event. Seminars will follow in July and August on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays.
Steve Martinot's previous book under this general topic,
"The Rules of Racialization: Class, Identity, Governance",
Temple University Press, 2003
-- was excellent and I (J.A.) highly recommend it!:
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Brandon covered his face with his hands. "Don't tell me I talked in my sleep." Brandon groaned.
"Yeah, you kinda did. Something about Me, Spiderman, Jello, and Stan Lee. Please don't explain that one, I really don't want to know."
Brandon began to get out of the van,but stopped. (Yep I'm wearing pants this time) Brandon got out of the van. "Kat, before we go through the portal there are somethings I need to know. What exactly did you do before the world broke? I get you were sort of a free spirit, but how did you get involved with a guy like Rocket?"
Colgate turned her head away from Doctor G. "I think she is out taking a walk if you need her. I'll be fine till one of you comes by to carry me."
Kat frowned and shrugged. "I don't know, how did you get involved with Derpy? I meet him in a bar and he offered me work on a job he needed a lighter touch with. The guy might be a dick, but he was sorta of a gentlemen as well and working with him beat the hell out of some of the people I had in the past." She sighed. "We made a pretty good team, but everyone has there codes of conduct and ours didn't really mesh all that well. We would get into fights and eventually he took up work as an bouncer. Offered me a job at the same place, but we both knew that was just his way of saying good bey."
She took a side long look at Brandon. "If your wondering if I am holding a candle for him or anything, your fine. I meant what I said about you and I am trying to make a habit out of being honest with you." She shook her head. "And I am sorry for sorta opening up to you like that, I get your sorta sketch about all of this, but you don't need to be." She smiled a little. "I don't bite."
"Speaking of bite,let's get something to eat I'm starving!" Said Brandon.
Derpy woke up and saw Brandon and Kat walking off together. "C'mon Dinky, let's get some Breakfast. We've got a long journey ahead of us today." Derpy knew that once they went through the portal she needed to make her intentions of saving The Doctor known. That may lead to her having to make some awkward explainations no one would believe, but The Doctor's life could be at steak and she couldn't let that happen.
As the small family, Brandon and Kat all sat down to eat, Kat stretched her legs. "God, I am not looking forward to marching today. I am sure you ponies are looking forward to getting back home, but all I can think about is spending all day with Colgate hanging off of my back."
"Why is miss Colgate riding on miss Cat's back?" Dinky asked.
"Same reason I carried you, silly." Kat laughed, tickling Dinky under her jaw and making the filly laugh as well. "Because she can't walk right now and I promised to carrier her until she is feeling better."
Dr. G opened his mouth to say something to Colgate but as he did Rarity walked into the Van looking like she'd had just been told her best friend died.
"Ummm I'm going to get some breakfast maybe bring you two back something." Dr. G said leaving awkwardly. (Well another crisis to deal with.) As he walked he ran into Twilight. "Hey I wanted to ask you something over breakfast if you don't mind." Dr. G said. Twilight seemed at least piqued in the Doctor's inquiry.
Back in the Van.
Rarity took a deep breath and walked over to Colgate. She reached out a hoof to Colgate and asked "Hey Love, How are you feeling?" Colgate just stared at Rarity silently.
"Ok Stupid question, how about this I wanted to talk about what happened last night and say I'm sorry." Rarity said pausing to allow Colgate a chance to let her words sink in.
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Twilight nodded. "Of coarse." She paused then added, "I know we don't see eye to eye on everything, Doctor Gibson, but I just wanted to say that I respect what you have done so far. I am not sure if that whole... situation honestly could have been handled much better then it was." She followed Doc to the food. "But what did you want to ask?"
Colgate looked away, sniffling. "You don't need to apologize Rarity. I... I am sorry about last night." She sniffed. "I didn't mean to hurt you."
Dr. G thought pensively. "Thanks Twilight I really appreciate the vote of confidence." Dr. G said.
He then continued. "It's true we don't always see eye to eye on things but I do respect you as the impromptu leader of the ponies." She looked at Dr. G intrigued as he continued.
"Well I wanted to consult with you about something." He said as they approached the food.
"I wanted to include you ponies more in our decisions maybe even address your concerns I mean like have you be the leader of the ponies loosely like I am of the humans and Brandon's like my lieutenant I guess Rarity would be like yours. I feel we should be on equal footing it less about us and you and more about all of us saving both worlds. We should be united since we all are in this together." Dr. G finished as he sat down eating a Granola Bar next to Twilight who was munching on an apple as she thought.
"Sorry for what Darling?" Rarity asked confused. "You didn't do anything wrong to hurt me. On the contrary I pushed you too far in my trying to "fix" everything." Rarity said looking ashamed.
"I forgot how you were feeling and what you have been through in my desperation to make everything better." Colgate listened intently her eyes locked on Rarity.
"I Love you and I understand what all this means to you. I will however not tolerate you taking revenge on Dash no matter how upset you are and I would really really like for you to try to forgive her. But, I am understanding enough to know that it will take some time and patience and love and support." Rarity paused sighing.
"And I hope you can forgive my short shortsightedness enough to not hate me. I honestly do love you Colgate and I'd do anything for you. I'm sorry I pushed you over the edge and if I hurt you too much I understand. Just know I am here for the long run. I do love you and I want to help you heal no matter how long it takes. You have never failed me by loving me Darling." Rarity finished reaching out for Colgate's hoof.
Twilight nodded slowly. "I don't really feel like I need a second..." She sighed. "But if I did at this point it would have to be Apple Jack. Rainbow has been though to much already, Pinkie and Flutershy are not cut out for all of this and Rarity..." She gave D a side long glace. "I think she is a little to preoccupied with other things right now. Apple Jack should be able to handle things well enough and if I put her in charge of supplies that should suit her just fine."
She looked at the camp. "Honestly I am glade I didn't have to bring this up with you before you came to me. I know some of the girls have been a little on edge with how much you seem to have focused on your own people first and us as more of a group to be protected and coddled rather then as equals." She turned her gaze to Rarity and Colgate's van. "As well as other concerns."
Colgate took it and smiled sadly. "Thank you Rarity. I don't know what I would do without you." She suddenly looked pained and turned her head away. "Sorry, I just... just had more bad dreams last night. Nothing worth talking about, but..." She laughed nervously. "Nothing, I am just being dumb."
She looked back at Rarity and beckoned her forward. As Rarity did so Colgate lent forward and gave her a short, light kiss and laid back down. "I promise to try my best and I swear I will not hurt Dash. I might not be able to forgive her instantly, but I don't want her dead." She looked down at her fail body. "Not that I could even if I wanted to. So don't fret about it."
"And I guess as long as we are being up front..." Colgate took a breath and seemed about to speak when she hesitated and let the breath out. "I have been still feeling pretty weak since I woke up, so just... you know, I love your kisses, but I feel like breathing has to take priority over passionate... you know." Colgate blushed a little and looked away. "Just for a little while."
TheZombiecam Date: Wednesday, 2014-10-01, 12:03 PM | Message # 939
Octavia, Cameron and Twilight had stayed out for the night to keep watch, Twilight had walked around and collected some of the car mats and other soft mats or pillows. They then set them up around the fire place to keep them cozy. After a little while Octavia and Twilight had drifted off to sleep and Cameron watched Rarity talking to herself, "Maybe I shouldn't be the one everyone is worried about" he whispered. After a couple of minutes he watched Rarity walk back into the van "I hope that everything works out for them" Cameron said to the sleeping Octavia
Octavia walked through the abandoned school trying to find the rift that she had come through, it had only been a few days since everything happened but she needed to get back to Vinyl. She walked into the science labs hoping to find something useful, when she stumbled upon a male who's hands were tied to a piece of metal railing. "Hello?" she asked cautiously, he took a sharp intake of breath as his eyes shot open
"Y- Who are you?" he looked over at her
"I'm just looking around" she answered "Why are you here?"
"There are people in the school who don't like intruders, four of them go scavenging each day but there are three here still"
"Oh" she drifted off "Well I better go then"
"I know I look like a criminal but if you'd be so kind" he looked at his restraints
"I-Uh-Well why are you tied up?"
"They think I did some dark magic and started this whole mess" he sighed "They haven't let me eat anything" footsteps started echoing from the stairway down the hall. His demeanor changed completely, he looked to her again with pleading eyes "Please! Go hide and when they leave cut me out"
She ran and hide in the nearby chemical closet, careful not to knock anything over. After a few minutes the sounds from outside stopped and she slowly opened the door with a scalpel that she found in hoof. Blood and vomit dripped from the boys face. "Oh my Celestia!" Octavia called as she rushed over "What did they do?"
"Untie me." he wheezed, she quickly started sawing through the binds. "Thankyou" He shifted into a much more comfortable position "They wont be coming back up here for awhile, they went to go clean up their latest orgy" he spat "Except for Sam, he went in the bathroom" Cameron stood and held out his hand to Octavia
"Hmm?" she asked with a questioning look
"Could I please borrow the pen knife?" he asked, she very cautiously dropped the knife into his hands "Thankyou again" he said, turning toward the bathroom "I need to use the little boys room"
Duhad Date: Wednesday, 2014-10-01, 8:13 PM | Message # 940
*Edge of my seat right now.*
GMoney24 Date: Wednesday, 2014-10-01, 8:49 PM | Message # 941
Dr. G listened to Twilight intently. "It's an instinct at least in my case to want to protect animals actually people too. But it's kind of an adjustment to make going from creatures that completely rely on you to creatures with their own personalities. So I'm sorry for making you girls feel like children or in your case fillies." Dr. G admitted frowning.
"And I wasn't saying that you needed a second in command was just suggesting it may be helpful to help manage the task of being a leader. I do consider you my equal Twilight so I know it's not easy being a leader and a little support helps." Dr. G said then looked up at Twilight.
"Other concerns?" Dr. G asked nervously. "What kind of concerns anything I can hep with?" Dr. G asked still nervous.
Rarity smiled softly at Colgate. "I'm sorry I wasn't more help in your dreams but just call me and I'll be there for you." Rarity said softly. She stroked Colgate's mane and kissed her cheek softly. She let a little magic flow into Colgate to allow her more healing.
"I understand Darling. How about I get us some breakfast?" Rarity asked as Colgate reclined back smiling softly.
"That would be nice." Colgate admitted. "Thank you."
Twilight shook her head. "No its nothing like that. Don't worry yourself about its more about... well you know how rough the last few weeks have been and as close as my friends and I are, we spent most of that time separated and lost. Add on Mac's death at Colgate's hooves, right after Fluttershy's friend died, then Dash and D, our... disagreements, the torture..." She sighed. "Its just been a very rough couple of days and its strained things between us a little, but its all starting to work itself out."
She looked over at Kat and Brandon who where prepping Colgate's bag. "We should be getting ready to go soon. Daylight is wasting and as much as I want to believe the tear will bring us right back to Ponyville or Canterlot, it could just as easily drop us in the middle of Saddle Arabia for all we know. So it will be better to have time to go back trough before nightfall if its to far out of the way."
Rarity approached Dr. G and the others. "Hello every pony!" She said cheerfully. Dr. G gave her look which she just ignored.
"Good Morning How's Colgate?" Dr. G asked still giving Rarity an odd look.
"She's doing better hungry though Rarity said collecting a few fruits for herself and Colgate.
"She should be ready to move soon." Rarity said going back to Colgate.
"Hmmm that's interesting. We should move soon." Dr. G agreed. "I'll change this dressing and be ready!" Dr. G said.
"I brought you some food darling!" Rarity said kissing Rarity on the lips lightly so as to not wear her out. "Eat up Darling!" Rarity said helping Colgate eat.
Brandon decided maybe he needed to be a little more specific with his questions to Kat. "Hey, can I ask you another thing?" he asked handing Kat more items to put in Colgate's bag.
"Sure." said Kat.
It was at that moment Brandon's mind went completely blank. Whether it was Kat's radient beauty or the buzzing of the flies swarming D's corpse several yards away, something distracted Brandon to such a degree that he completely forgot what he was going to say. In an attempt to avoid looking foolish Brandon spouted out the first thing that came to mind. "What is your oppinion on Jello?" Obviously Brandon failed.
Duhad Date: Thursday, 2014-10-02, 6:10 AM | Message # 945
*Top lel!*
Kat looked confused as she paused, hand halfway in the sack. "I, uh," She shrugged. "Its alright, I guess. I had lime jello once and it was pretty OK." She raised and eyebrow as she shoved the blade of the knife she held though the pack, starting to cut leg holes for its soon to be occupant. "Why?"
Colgate thanked Rarity and began eating the fruit. "Do they know how far it is to the tear?" Colgate swallowed. "I came through one out in the woods, but I guess that was out north, since this one seems to be in the town itself."


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Shippensburg, Clarion seeking redemption for last week
Andy Sandrik
For Public Opinion
When the Shippensburg and Clarion University football teams collide at Seth Grove Stadium on Saturday afternoon, it will be a battle of two teams seeking one thing: Redemption.
The Red Raiders (1-1) are looking to right the ship after a game against Gannon which saw the offense build a 17-0 lead, but sputter down the stretch in a 24-20 loss. The Golden Eagles (1-1) also have plenty to prove after showing some pop against perennial PSAC power Bloomsburg, but committing four turnovers in a 35-20 loss.
This is the last PSAC crossover game before the teams move on to divisional play and neither squad wants to embark on that journey with a losing record.
"What we did last Saturday is hurt ourselves. Shippensburg beat Shippensburg on that day," Red Raiders coach Mark Maciejewski said. "When you watch the film on Clarion, you'll see that they hurt themselves. When things are rocking and rolling, they're a good football team."
The Golden Eagles are led by senior QB Connor Simmons, who is among the school's all-time greats. He's thrown for 53 TDs in his career and is just four yards away from becoming only the second QB in school history to throw for 6,000 yards.
Simmons, who through two games is 42 of 79 for 606 yards, six TDs and two INTs, will be matched up against a Shippensburg defense that allows 211.5 pass yards per game.
Simmons is the signal-caller for Clarion's run-pass-option (RPO) offense, which also features Delrece Williams (38 carries, 178 yards, 2 TDs) and WR Matt Lehman (12 catches, 164 yards, 2 TDs).
"(Simmons) knows the offense very well. He's able to check things at the line and do things to get them in good position," Maciejewski said. "He's a smart QB with a good arm. He can throw the ball well and has nice targets to hit.
"It comes down to being disciplined, taking caring of your responsibility first and then going to find the football."
Shippensburg's offense -- led by QB Ryan Zapoticky (55 of 82, 621 yards, 0 TDs, 2 INTs), RB Justin Pyle (25 carries, 80 yards, 2 TDs; 13 catches, 149 yards) and WR Erik Kerns (14 catches, 155 yards) -- will lock horns with a Clarion defense that allows 29.5 points per game.
The Red Raiders have a few capable weapons, but the results have been hard to come by as the team ranks 14th out of 16 PSAC teams with 18 points per game. This struggle was apparent last week, when Ship went through a span of nearly 20 minutes from the second quarter and into the third where the team managed just 66 yards of offense.
"(Clarion) is aggressive and is going to come after us in different ways. Their guys play hard," Maciejewski said. "It comes down to us not hurting ourselves, finishing plays and competing on every play."
GAME BALL
After back-to-back weeks of being named the PSAC Eastern Division Special Teams Player of the Week, it's high time for us to give K/P Billy Deane the "Game Ball" that he deserves.
Deane, a junior, was 2 of 2 in field goals against Gannon last week, including a 43-yard field goal into the wind during the second quarter. He also booted a 33-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.
In two games, Deane is 5 of 6 on field goal attempts. No other kicker in the PSAC has more than two field goals.
"Billy's leg is strong and he's accurate right now. He's not afraid to try long field goals," Maciejewski said. "That 43-yarder had room to go. It was a strong kick into a strong wind."
Deane is pulling double-duty for the Red Raiders, as he also serves as the team's punter. Three of Deane's six punts on Saturday found their way inside the 20-yard line, including one that was downed at the Gannon 1-yard line.
"Listen, all college kickers were once very good high school kickers, but they have to continue to get leg strength in college," Maciejewski said. "As they mature and work, you see the results, especially with Billy. He continues to get better every year."
Free-lance writer Andy Sandrik can be reached at big_andy76@yahoo.com and @AndySandrik.
Golden Eagles-Raiders at a glance
Game data: Clarion Golden Eagles at Shippensburg Red Raiders ... 1 p.m. at Seth Grove Stadium ... PSAC crossover game.
Media: Radio - WSYC.org; Video - ship.edu/goraiders.
Teams: Clarion (1-1) showed some pop against Bloomsburg last week, but ultimately lost by a 35-20 score ... Shippensburg (1-1) built a three-score lead against Gannon, but couldn't hang on in a 24-20 loss.
Series: Clarion leads the series 32-21-1, but the Red Raiders have won 12 of the last 13 meetings, including a 54-24 win over the Eagles when the teams last met in 2011.
P.O. pick: Red Raiders by 3. Ship blowing a 17-0 lead last week was a red flag for me. Need a better effort this Saturday.


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Agra is an Indian city resting on the banks of the river Yamuna. It is home to the world famous Taj Mahal, a white marble mausoleum which attracts thousands of visitors every year. The luxury hotels in this region attempt to mirror the splendour of the Taj Mahal in their architectural designs, meaning stunningly beautiful interiors and exteriors contain beautiful and comfortable luxury accommodation. The food here is no disappointment, as you can experience authentic Indian cuisine – real treat for the taste buds. Agra really is worth a visit, as the best of Indian culture and architecture is displayed proudly here, meaning you can get a real taste of India.
It may be said that every living soul hankers for a glimpse of paradise. The Mughals in particular sought 'Jannat' or Paradise by ensuring perfection and balance in all facets of their lifestyle. ITC Mughal's Kaya Kalp – The Royal Spa, is where rejuvenation comes through an experience of unmatched luxury and total well-being.


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Q: Numpy image processing: sub-matrix extraction I have 500 images with a dimension of 800x600 so in one batched numpy array I get a shape of (500, 800, 600). I reshape this to (500, 800*600) for flattening, so I get an array of shape (500, 480000).
Let's assume I want to process something on sub-regions of the image. I could easily extract a 100x100 pixel sub-region out of one image, let's say the first, with array[0][0:100*100] getting array[0][0:10000]...but how do I do this for a whole batch?
When I try to array[0:50][0:100*100] for getting sub-regions of the first 50 pictures in a whole I always get wrong results.
array[0][0:10000] for a sub-region of one single image has the right shape of (10000,) but
array[0:50][0:100*100] for a batch of 50 images has a shape of (50, 480000) instead of (50, 10000) what I really want to get the first sub-region of 50 images at once.


Today I celebrate (if you want to call it that) the anniversary from when I surrendered myself to federal government in Atlanta, Ga to serve my three months of prison time.
Unfortunately not a lot has changed since that time. I've gained about 20 pounds, I'm way too informed on all the comings and goings within the national and local news, and I haven't left the house for longer than 1 hour in over a year. All a small price to pay for what could've been.
As I reflect on that day in which I embarked on my journey I remember all the fear, anxiety, and raw emotion I had during that three-hour car ride. My main thought was on the unknown. What was I going to face? Would I be able to survive? Am I strong enough emotionally to get through this? There were all kinds of thoughts racing through my mind.
I still have a good number fears…will I be able to find work? Will I be able to live with this stigma of being a felon?
I know I'm a strong person and my brief interlude in Federal Prison was just a small glitch while making a better life for myself. But it's not going to be easy. I'll get there…someway, somehow.


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SWOON is a Brooklyn-based artist and is widely known as the first woman to gain large-scale recognition in the male-dominated world of street art. In a moment when contemporary art often holds a conflicted relationship to beauty, Callie's work carries with it an earnestness, treating the beautiful as sublime even as she explores the darker sides of her subjects. Her work has become known for marrying the whimsical to the grounded, often weaving in slivers of fairy-tales, scraps of myth, and a recurring motif of the sacred feminine. Today, her work can be found on the sides of buildings worldwide and has been given both permanent and transient homes in more classical institutions, including New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the Tate Modern, and the São Paulo Museum of Art. Most recently, she has begun using film animation to explore the boundaries of visual storytelling.
Known for her delicate kirigami (paper-cutting craft) works, the Brooklyn-based SWOON is the first widely recognized female artist in the male-dominated street art scene. While her work treats beauty as sublime, it also embodies the sincerity of exploring the darker side of a object and incorporates fragments from fairy tales and mythology as well as motifs of the sacred female. Using the kirigami that she made, SWOON here exhibits a poetic and beautiful animated film about human beings and nature, birth and death, and trauma and its release.
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Self es una banda norteamericana de pop/rock alternativo de Murfreesboro, Tennessee y en gran parte una creación del escritor, cantante, productor, y multinstrumentista Matt Mahaffey.

Historia

Self empezó su carrera con los fundadores Matt y Mike Mahaffey grabando canciones en su casa. El debut de la banda Subliminal Plastic Motives fue lanzado en 1995 en Spongebath Records. En ese periodo la banda consistía en Matt en las voces/guitarra, su hermano Mike en la guitarra líder, el bajista Tim Nobles, el tecladísta Chris James, y el baterista Jason Rawlings. El álbum fue seguido por The Half-Baked Serenade en 1996 y un álbum lanzado grátis en internet en 1997 llamado Feels Like Breakin' Shit. Por ahora, el bajista Nobles fue reemplazado por Mac Burrus (antes en la banda de Murfreesboro The Plain). Un EP titulado Brunch (1998) y el álbum Breakfast with Girls (1999) fueron colanzados por los sello Spongebath y Dreamworks. Volviendo a Spongebath, Self lanzó Gizmodgery en el 2000, un álbum creado completamente con instrumentos de juguete. El mismo año, Self lanzó dos álbumes más grátis en internet,  Self Goes Shopping y Selfafornia.

En 2005, Self nuevamente lanzó una álbum grátis en internet, Porno, Mint & Grime consistía en demos grabadas durante 2001-2004.

Self también grabó un cover de "Ana Ng," para el álbum tributo a They Might Be Giants Hello Radio: The Songs of They Might Be Giants, lanzado en julio de 2006.

Actividad Reciente (2005-presente)

Debido a la dificultad de tener música lanzada y el bajo interés de los sellos y el público, el futuro de Self es incierto. El guitarrista líder Mike murió en mayo del 2005 y su rol en la banda aún no se llenó pero los miembros restantes tocaron un show en su honor el 9 de octubre de 2005. Ellos han tocado desde entonces como una banda completa y Matt ha aparecido en actuaciones en solitario.

Los miembros de la banda han estado trabajando en otros proyectos, Jasonha ha estado en la batería en la banda Suburban tragedy, y Matt formó una nueva banda Wired All Wrong con el miembro de God Lives Underwater Jeff Turzo. Wired All Wrong lanzó su primer álbum Break Out The Battle Tapes el 12 de septiembre de 2006.

El 13 de enero de 2007, Matt anunció en el blog de su MySpace, que un nuevo álbum titulado tentativamente Super Fake Nice, estaba trabajando. A finales de 2008 muchas de las canciones aparecieron en el MySpace de Matt. En mayo del 2010, Self lanzó el sencillo "Could You Love Me Now?" en descarga digital.

Discografía

Álbumes

EP
Brunch (1998)
Super Fake Nice (2014)

Singles
"Cannon" (1995) Spongebath Records
"So Low" (1996) BMG
"KiDdies"/"Suzie Q Sailaway" (1999) DreamWorks Records
"Meg Ryan" (1999) DreamWorks Records
"Could You Love Me Now?" (2010) Self Digital
"Looks and Money" (2011) Fresh Imperial

Enlaces externos
Matt Mahaffey / Self MySpace

Grupos de rock alternativo de Estados Unidos
Artistas de Fat Possum Records
Grupos de música de Tennessee
Grupos de música formados en 1993

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Mr Andrew Clarke MBChB, BSc, FRCS, MD.
Consultant General, Colorectal and Laparoscopic Surgeon.
Poole, Bournemouth, Wimborne
Tel 07501 150298, Fax 01202 886319,
Fiona@medicaladmin.co.uk
What are Hernias and how are they treated
Andrew Clarke currently lives in Wimborne, Dorset with his wife and three children.
Andrew trained in the North West. A year in gynaecology fuelled a sub-specialist interest in pelvic floor surgery. In 1992 he joined the professorial unit at Hope Hospital in Manchester and gained the FRCS in 1993. He rotated through many of the major centres in the region in higher surgical training including the Christie Hospital Cancer Institute. An MD thesis for work on tumour blood flow in bowel cancer was awarded in 2000. After a brief period working in America he took up the position of consultant surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary in January 2002.
MD Thesis (January 1996 – March 1998)
'Tumour angiogenesis in colorectal cancer' Synopsis
Travelling Fellowship – U.S.A (2001)
Awards received from The Ethicon Travelling Fellowship and The Kenneth Bloor Memorial Fellowship (Manchester Medical Society) sponsored the three month sabbatical. I worked with Professor Goldberg in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the first month. This prestigious unit is regarded as the founder of modern colorectal surgery in America. The second month I spent working at Professor Wexner's unit in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Cleveland Clinic was exceptionally useful in particular for understanding the evaluation and treatment of faecal incontinence / evacuatory disorders and for laparoscopic procedures in colorectal surgery.
2004 - present Consultant Surgeon, at Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
2002 - 2004Consultant Surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester


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We are deeply saddened to report the death of Sarah Ansell the Party's publications and social media editor.
Our heartfelt condolences go to Bob, Sarah's lifelong soul mate and comrade, and their children Rosie and Tom and all of their family and friends.
Sarah fought a long and uncomplaining battle against cancer for many years. She was selfless and thoughtful to the end, always worried she may be letting someone down, but never, ever doing so.
Sarah dedicated her life to the cause of others in her family, her union and her party; all of these commitments were part of the wider, deeper cause of the struggle for socialism and communism.
She entered every political debate and expressed her mind clearly and honestly, seeking always the firmest, most uniting and honest position for the situation in hand, and the overall benefit of our class.
She encouraged many other workers to write down their experiences and views in the clear English plain style that has its origins in the pamphlets of the Levellers and Diggers in the seventeenth century and the miners in their great dispute of 1984/85.
Her contribution to socialism in Britain was immense. It was always offered with modesty and an infectious smile. It will endure in the unions she gave so much to, NUT and PCS, Northamptonshire Trade Union Council and this party, which she played a key role in founding.


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With regret the final copy of HD Hospital Development was printed in September 2007 and the Harefield Hospital report was my last article for the magazine. I would like to thank three excellent editors Ann Dix, James Parker and Marc Samson for their support and encouragement over the past 17 years.


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As we've previously mentioned, we have an extensive list of tutorials for setting up an OpenVPN server on a variety of platforms. However the point where many users get stuck has always been generating the files needed by the OpenVPN server. Generating files, such as the configuration file, Diffie-Hellman parameters file, server certificate and key, and certificate and key files for clients, can be complex and confusing. Tools like EasyRSA sadly don't make it particularly easy, and on macOS and Windows require downloading large external frameworks just to run.
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Mayall Press Art Studies
Posted by Simon Wintle • March 22, 2017 at 09:02pm
Country of Origin: UK Keywords: pin-up erotic photography wartime
Photographic playing cards - each face having an "art study" of a female nude, published by Mayall Press, Stockwell, London. Intended for the discriminating artist and connoisseur of art, demonstrating modern photography at its finest. The box is clearly from the paper-rationing era, so presumably produced during or soon after the Second World War, when service men were returning home to their families and loved ones. The style of the cards anticipates the Playboy Club which opened in 1960.
Above: Photographic playing cards - each face having an "art study" of a female nude, Mayall Press, Stockwell, London, c.1946. This edition has square corners and over the years different editions were published with different models. Images courtesy Matt Probert.
Last Updated April 22, 2017 at 09:02pm


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Here's one that I subscribe to that you may like, it's a bit more lifestyle than just guns and sport but my wife loves it too, as any southerner would I think. There's usually at least one hunting and or gun article and almost always a great dog story in each edition. The food articles and recipes are pure decadence and are alone worth the price imho!! I like it so much and think you would that I'll even spring for the first years subscription if you'd like! Let me know your address and I'll do the rest if you'd like.