Taking time off and going away helps me rest, relax, regroup and remember how much I love my bed! Sleeping at home last night was a delight. Especially with my little stomach issue. From what I can tell I did have a very mild form of food poisoning.
This morning I did sleep in a bit and was still feeling cramps in my stomach. I ate an energy bar for breakfast and wanted to get a ride in. My concerns with riding on the road were two – if I get sick while riding and I am miles from home it would not be good and with the hills in my neighborhood was I strong enough to ride them with very little nutrition over the past 36 hours. After hemming and hawing over it, as much as I prefer riding outside, I decided to ride on my trainer. I did chose a challenging course and road 18.5 miles. It felt good and I held up well. After a week off of riding I was happy to be "back in the saddle".
As the day progressed I was able to eat a bit more. I am feeling like I am returning more to normal. As I have been writing on flexibility, I am also questioning "normal". I remember thinking after my mother passed away that life was returning to a new normal. Sometimes events cause changes that alter forever what normal was once known to be. I know this week I will return to my regular training schedule which is normal for me. Five years ago – getting up at 4:30 in the morning and working out over 10 hours a week was far from normal. Three to five hours a week seemed very acceptable and what "normal" people do.
One thing is certain, things change. Sometimes by choice – my workout habits, and sometimes as a result of things that are out of my control. Sometimes choices are a result of something out of my control. As a result of my latest food malfunction I am beginning to do a bit of research in the realm of nutrition. This may impact how I chose my meal plan. Call it karma, coincidence, or Divine intervention – but in the past six months I have come across several people, unrelated, who have been impacted by a movie. The most recent nudge was just yesterday when I read a friend's Facebook status that she just watched Forks over Knives. I have not seen it yet and plan to this week. I have not made a judgement yet since I haven't seen it, but I do know that most of my food run ins have been with meats. So I am willing to explore and research. Change sometimes causes anxiety or trepidation, but I know I want to improve as much as I am able to make life all the more enjoyable. And enjoying every day is what makes life grand.
A friend of mine just reccomended the movie as we were talking about food choices. Let me know what you think.
I will let you know. The swim finals on tv every night this week is delaying my ability to watch it. Update soon.
I have lost all desire to turn on my television, so that is what is holding me back. If you tell me it is worth watching then I will make a little time for it.
The actual swim races are thrilling. Of course NBC fills time with athlete profiles. Some is interesting. Tonight is the 200 freestyle final. Phelps came in second last night in the semi by 0.02 of a second to Ryan Lochte. Should be exiting to watch tonight.


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from __future__ import print_function

from random import randint, shuffle

from rapidtest import Test, Case, randints, unordered
from solutions.find_all_numbers_disappeared_in_an_array import Solution

with Test(Solution, post_proc=unordered) as test:
    Case([], result=[])
    Case([1], result=[])
    Case([1, 2], result=[])
    Case([1, 2, 1], result=[3])
    Case([2, 2, 1, 1], result=[3, 4])

    @test
    def r(i):
        cnt_twice = randint(0, i)
        cnt_nums = cnt_twice + i
        nums = randints(i, unique=True, max_num=cnt_nums, min_num=1)
        twice_nums = nums[:cnt_twice]
        once_nums = nums[cnt_twice:]
        nums = twice_nums * 2 + once_nums
        shuffle(nums)
        missing = list(set(range(1, cnt_nums + 1)) - set(nums))
        return Case(nums, result=missing)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The Secret Science Club: Winners!
Congratulations to all the winners and oddly wonderful contestants at our 2014 Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest! And a ferocious thanks to our judges Robert Marbury, Joanna Ebenstein, and Tony Rodgers; our volunteers; the owners and staff of the Bell House; and everyone who came out to support. The night was immortalized by the Village Voice in a slideshow. How beastly!
First prize—Grand master, Takeshi Yamada, fearsome multiheaded monster, eek!
Best in Bones Award—Tanis Meyer Thornton, "Resurrection of the Lamb"


The FIX Trading Community™ Australia FIX Conference 2018 is an annual industry gather which will cover the most pressing issues facing the institutional trading community and provide a neutral platform for buy-side, sell-side, exchanges, vendors and regulators to share their ideas on how the community can continue to collaborate.
Adhering to the spirit of "Created by the industry, for the industry", this "must attend" full-day event has been created by a dedicated team of industry practitioners, including senior representatives from leading member firms in the region. Designed for both traders and technologists, the agenda will maintain a great balance of both business and technical discussions.
This year's conference will be attended by over 400 industry participants from the leading buy- and sell-side firms, regulators, exchanges and solution providers. Not only does it provide an excellent overview of relevant developments in the sector, it provides an opportunity to network with thought leaders in the industry.
The event will continue to feature an exhibition zone for FIX Trading Community members to showcase their latest technology solutions and a post-event networking cocktail reception. We will continue to host a buy-side only closed-door roundtable at this year's event.


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Golf Commission
The Freemans Grill
The Captains' Captains
1000 Freemans Way, Brewster, MA 02631
Brewster, MA 75 °F
Meeting Minutes / May 9, 2017
Commissioners Present: Anne O'Connell (Chair), Carl Blanchard (Vice-Chair), Wyn Morton, Jeff Odell, Ed Pavlu, John Piemontese, and Judy McCarthy.
Others Present: Mark O'Brien (Director of Operations), Pete Ervin (Superintendent), Jerri Carlin (Women's 9-Hole Assn.), Chris Hardy (Women's 18-Hole Assn.), Ray DiPietro (CCMGA), Jackie Ferraguto, Cindy Bingham (Selectmen liaison), and Chuck DeVito (Finance Committee Liaison).
This meeting was held at the Brewster Town Hall and may be viewed at http://view.earthchannel.com/PlayerFlex.aspx?PGD=brewsterma&eID=1294
Call to Order: Anne O'Connell called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
Jerri Carlin reported the sign-up sheets for the Friends Tournament on June 4 are at the clubhouse. It will be a shotgun at 12 noon on the Starboard course. The fees are $50 for members and $90 for guests which includes golf, cart, hearty hors d'oeuvres, prizes and donations to the Friends. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres only will be $30. There will also be a silent auction and a 50/50 raffle.
The 9-holers have been getting new members; there are 64 or 65 members now. Opening day was good, and everyone is looking forward to the new season.
Chris Hardy from the 18-holers reported they now have over 60 members and are working hard to sign up two flights for the Captains member/member on the weekend of May 20.
The women's league helped fund a water well in Zambia, Africa. Chris Hardy has gone to Africa and seen the well with Captains name on it. The women's leagues will be attending a fund-raising dinner at the Ridge Club on June 6 which hopefully will raise money for several more wells.
Chris Hardy thanked those involved in the work on the bathrooms, a good part of which was funded by donations in memory of her husband, Bill Howe.
Correspondence and Suggestion Box:
Judy Miller submitted a request for an update on the directional signs. Mark O'Brien reported that 5 signs were replaced. The remainder will be replaced in the next fiscal year.
Superintendent's Report:
Pete Ervin thanked the voting public for approving the budget at Town Meeting last week.
In the past 30 days there has been 4 to 5 inches of rain causing the Martha White Tournament to be cancelled.
The crew continues to groom the course. Some of the holes are being expanded due to shrinkage which has occurred since the holes were originally built in 1985. The roughs have been aerated to provide more green surface; those hitting from the roughs will have more opportunity to hit from grass.
Pete Ervin gave an overview of ongoing projects.
Director's Report:
April has been a nice month with memberships and greens fees up. May has not started out well due to all the rain, but a strong month is lined up. Memberships are up $3,000 for the calendar year and $10,000 for the fiscal year. Mark O'Brien gave a run-down of memberships in the various categories through April this year totaling 729 as compared to 756 members for the same period last year. There are 50 new members so far this year to date—29 residents and 21 non-residents. Discussion followed.
Mark O'Brien reported the course looks fantastic. He's getting rave reviews from the players.
Wyn Morton reported the Dennis golf app is very impressive and is being used for their website making their website look weaker. Our website is mobile functional. Charlie Heller indicated an app is expensive and is generally used by members; daily fee players don't usually download apps. Discussion followed.
Electrical Efficiency Reports:
Ed Pavlu reported meeting with T. J. Turner of Rise Engineering and referred the matter to Mark O'Brien who reported recommended lighting upgrades including fixtures and light bulbs etc. throughout the entire property total of $58,000 will be provided and installed at no cost to the golf course. Jeff Odell indicated that there would be a savings to the golf course of approximately $12,000. Discussion followed. There will be further evaluations in the fall.
Restaurant Issues:
Anne O'Connell reported that the RFP is in good shape; needed updates will be done by Mark O'Brien.
The architect should have the first draft sometime next week. Discussion followed.
Back 9 Tee Times/Chelsea System: the back 9 tee times are on the tee sheet and available through the month of May. Discussion followed.
Appreciation Item: Mark O'Brien will email information to the commission.
Future Agenda Items:
Allocations.
Review and Approve 4/11/17 minutes:
Judy McCarthy made a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting of 4/11/17 as amended, seconded by Carl Blanchard. Motion passed 7-0-0.
Topics the Chair did not reasonably anticipate:
The golf course will offer a memorial bench to be placed on Port 12 tee in memory of Don Marino.
Jeff Odell made a motion, seconded by Carl Blanchard to approve the placement of a bench in memory of Don Marino on 12 Port tee. Motion was approved unanimously.
Adjourn:
John Piemontese made a motion, seconded by Judy McCarthy, to adjourn the meeting. The motion was approved 6-0-1. Meeting adjourned at 5:18 p.m.
The next meeting of the Brewster Golf Commission will be held on June 13, 2017 at 4 p.m.
Dorothy Vesperman
1000 Freemans Way,
Brewster, MA 02631
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9-Hole green fee rates are available for early morning back-9 play (first come, first served) from 6:00am to 7:30am on Saturdays & Sundays and from 6:30am to 8:00am on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (No Thursdays). 9-Hole green fee rates are also available after 12:00 noon everyday. All reserved tee times before 12:00 noon are for 18-Hole play ONLY.

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Do objects have languages? It's probably not a question that you've really thought about before (or at all!) but Spanish artist Beatriz Olabarrieta is fascinated by the concept. Born in Bilbao, Olabarrieta's work explores objects in their environments and is often site-specific, but, unusually for someone who has a Master's in Fine Art from the Royal College of Art, she's never had a solo show in Britain. That's about to change as she brings her inventive work to Sunderland in her exhibition Plot Bunny.
The show's intention is to explore how language lives both in and around objects, both as what they are and the words and gestures we use to describe and interact with them. Working with writers, the sculptures in the room are designed to shift the architecture of the space inside the NGCA and operate either as furniture or platforms where the writers are transformed into performers. Towards the end of the exhibition in July, the objects in the space will begin to converge and become an ensemble, transforming the apparently disparate works into a unified stage. It's fascinating work from the young contemporary artist, and a huge step on the way to becoming more recognised in the artistic world.
Beatriz Olabarrieta's Plot Bunny comes to NGCA, Sunderland from Friday 29th May until Saturday 11th July 2015.


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Having struggled with major depression since childhood, Wendy Rea has been in and out of treatment programs and services for many years. She has limited connections with many family members and gone through traumatic events. The colorful butterfly prominently tattooed on her right wrist signifies the change and recovery she continues to make daily.
Wendy first started working with staff from Rise in the mid-1990s when she worked as a co-coordinator for the Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Network (CSN).
Wendy often shared her story with others who have mental health issues as well as the general public and service providers. She also served on local committees and state councils in an effort to help expand the public's awareness and community resources.
"Those experiences really increased my self-confidence and gave me so many great opportunities to work on issues I believed in and was passionate about," said Wendy.
She moved to Phoenix with her son for two years to start her own business offering peer support services, but when things didn't work out, Wendy returned to St. Cloud.
In September 2014, Wendy returned to Rise's Central Minnesota Works office in St. Cloud and met with Lea Engnell, a housing support specialist and ARMHS (Adult Rehabilitation Mental Health Services) practitioner. Together, they wrote a new WRAP, or Wellness Recovery Action Plan, to help guide Wendy through challenging times.
Lea assisted Wendy with accessing a number of community services for transportation and food, as well as fitness and recreational activities. Wendy also achieved her goal to eliminate her personal debt, and by making sacrifices, live within a budget.
Wendy realized she needed more structure in her days and looked for something that would give her a feeling of meaning and purpose.
Currently, she volunteers 15 hours a week as a foster grandparent working with girls 12 to 18 years old who reside at the St. Cloud Children's Home operated by Catholic Charities.
Wendy rents a basement apartment from her daughter. Her son, mother and sister all live close by and she enjoys spending time with them. With a degree in American Studies that she earned with honors in 1996 at the age of 42, Wendy is keeping her eyes open to employment opportunities.


In this day and age, we often find ourselves immersed in the day-to-day. There is much that demands our attention and, amidst the details of getting things done, we sometimes forget about our own wellbeing.
Gradually, we have come to realize that one must slow down, breathe and focus on the self. We feel the urge to connect with nature, to silence the noise of everyday living, and to simply fade.
This profound realization has given rise to what is known as the modern nomadic culture; an attitude towards life that balances between our dynamic lifestyles and our longing for peace. It is where harmony between the mind, body and soul is attained, and it is the philosophy that inspired the concept behind Fade Hotel Ras Sudr.
This lifestyle hotel is the place where you only need to belong to yourself. Fade Hotel Ras Sudr is your retreat; your escapade. The warm ambient lanterns sprawled across the pathways, the private nature-connected bungalows and the earthy-colored elements all come together to make room for your soul to grow.
In this day and age, we are always told that we should shine, but sometimes we just need to fade.


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Destiny Magazine Issues
Destiny Magazine Issue 9
Articles from Destiny
Destiny Magazine
Destiny - a magazine for Australian nationalists
Middle Eastern crime in Australia
9 December, 2008 Leave a Comment
An exposé of the problems our nation is experiencing with crime from certain elements of those of Middle Eastern (predominantly Muslim) ethnicity.
For some time now a handful of ex police officers, like Tim Priest who was a Detective Sergeant in the NSW Police Force, have been writing and lecturing to any one who wishes to listen on the rise of Middle Eastern Crime (MEC) in this country.
Most 'aware' officers working in and around Sydney during the mid to late 1990s became familiar with the type of crime that Middle Eastern gangs were starting to concentrate on such as vehicle theft, armed robbery and smash and grab raids.
Any police force is only as good as the information its intelligence services can gather on organized crime or criminals in general. The downside, of course, when collating reliable information for which police act on, is the amount of time taken to gather that information.
While there was an awareness at Senior Police level, of the rise of crime related incidents involving Middle Eastern gangs before the Royal Commission of 1996 was convened, it was the advent of that Commission that put the investigation of these gangs onto the back burner.
Senior Police decided that until the fallout from the Commission had been fully assessed nothing further was to be done.
This action on the part of Senior Police was a huge mistake, as the squad that would have been tasked with combating MEC was disbanded on the recommendation of Justice Wood, who headed the Commission. This recommendation by Wood has since, had far reaching consequences for the performance of the NSW Police. The loss of this squad very effectively nobbled any investigative knowledge that the police had at this time on criminals of all 'colors'.
This ill thought out action of dismantling the states foremost crime fighting unit gave rise to MEC throughout Sydney and wherever these gangs chose to commit crimes, or for the fun of it, just generally harass the non-Muslim population.
During the latter part of the 1990s a tactic of the MEC gangs was to taunt and intimidate lone police officers, usually Highway Patrol officers who normally work as 'Alpha' units (Alone).
I found it was not uncommon to be working a shift and have to respond to an 'officer backup' call, where earlier, a Highway Patrol officer may have pulled over a lone driver for a minor traffic offence, only to find within minutes that he/she would be surrounded by several vehicles carrying groups of young Middle Eastern men who would begin to hurl abusive and offensive remarks aimed at that officer in order to intimidate them into retreating.
While police at that time had no power to move groups of persons on, who were deemed to be causing trouble, and the younger police, some fresh out of the College of Knowledge, would stand around and be intimidated by these would-be thugs, my favorite trick with these people, was to retrieve the Traffic Infringement Notice book from the police vehicle and begin defecting the trouble makers cars. This action usually had the desired effect and the trouble makers would soon disperse leaving the highway officer to do his job.
Another tactic the MEC gangs took up, was breaking into police vehicles while the officers were attending to 'jobs' away from the vehicle.
Police equipment stolen over several thefts included body armour, hand-held radios and even a Glock 9mm pistol from a detective's car. Some officers had shirts stolen from their clothes line.
None of these items has ever been recovered.
During mid 1999 a McDonalds Restaurant located in Southern Sydney came under siege by a group of young Arabic speaking men who, just prior to closing time, entered the restaurant and began to intimidate the restaurant's last-minute diners by pushing and shoving them or by knocking their food onto the floor.
When staff tried to intervene, the Muslims began to pelt them with the diners' discarded food which forced the staff, mostly female, to retreat into a back room and call police.
Meanwhile, the aggressive Muslims set about trashing the restaurant doing hundreds of dollars worth of damage.
A large contingent of police arrived, including the Dog Squad, who set about arresting those offenders that still remained on the premises.
Several scuffles broke out between police and Muslims, and several officers suffered minor injuries. Those that were arrested were conveyed back to Sutherland Police station and charged with numerous offences.
You may be thinking, that's great they got the bad guys! But wait, there's more!
Following the Wood Royal Commission the NSW Government put in place a very complex and intrusive complaint system within the NSW Police. In short, anyone could call in anonymously and complain about a police officer.
All complaints had to be acted on by a Duty Officer and let me add here, that the Duty Officer position was so new at this time, that some of these officers weren't even aware of their responsibilities. Even complaints from an offender recently arrested, had to be dealt with. This most ridiculous system led to a very dangerous situation following the siege at McDonalds.
While Sutherland police were busily processing the offending Muslims the station came under a barrage of phone calls from family members of those being charged. As anyone knows who has dealt with these people, they know how to 'utilize' any system to their advantage.
Complaints of police mistreatment at the hands of the arresting officers were so numerous that calls had to be diverted to other stations.
But to really underscore this silly complaint system, some of the Muslim family members began to call the emergency number 000 which then effectively tied up Southern Sydney's Emergency Network for more than two hours.
Any REAL emergency calls, that were lucky enough to get through, had to be dealt with by either mobile phone or portable radio. It was just plain luck that no-one lost their life waiting for an ambulance.
But, to really add insult to injury to a police officer's job, on their day in Court, the Counsel for the offenders accused the arresting officers of police brutality against his clients — even citing one offender, who had allegedly been bitten by the police dog.
The offenders now became the victims as the sitting Magistrate dismissed the police case against them, then ordered an investigation into police conduct at the McDonalds incident. This spineless keeper of our laws refused to even read the evidence.
One can only imagine the dismay of those police officers who, having sworn to uphold the law and protect the people and their property in the State of New South Wales, and had done so on the night in question, were now being singled out for investigation which could lead to possible charges. Buster Keaton couldn't have written a better comedy!
The NSW Police Association (Police Union) now became involved in this matter and vowed to fight the Magistrate's decision all the way to the Supreme Court. The Secretary of the Police Association promised industrial action if any of the officers involved in the McDonalds incident were to face charges.
After an Internal Affairs investigation all police involved in this now farcical stand-off between the Police Force and the Judiciary and Government, were cleared of any wrongdoing.
Although that silly complaint system was soon after modified to exclude anonymous complaints, which now have to be made in person, in my opinion it was not modified enough!
In 2000, an unprecedented intimidatory act was committed by a member of a MEC gang who shot nine rounds from a handgun, thought to be a police issue Glock 9mm, into Lakemba police station which narrowly missed the desk officer and two other officers near him.
The person thought to be responsible for that incident fled the country to Lebanon, on his dual citizenship passport, when he thought that police were getting too close to him. However, he was soon arrested by authorities there for another unrelated matter and is currently serving time in that country's prison system.
In 2002, a series of rapes were perpetrated on several young women in the Sydney area. Police soon picked up on the 'modus operandi', as with most crimes of this nature there is a common thread which links them all together.
These rapes were being committed by members of a gang of young Muslim men who would pack rape and taunt their victims and force them into degrading acts whilst uttering racial slurs, such as 'Aussie Pig'.
The offenders readily identified themselves as Lebanese to their victims. In fact, they were proud of it! All members of this gang have now been locked up and are serving very lengthy prison sentences. Some would say not long enough!
In December 2005, following many years of intimidation and taunts by young Muslim men aimed at young Australian men and women, whose only crime was to enjoy themselves on a warm sunny day as countless generations have done before them at the beach, a crowd of local young people gathered to protest this recurrent problem and voice their concern to the authorities.
Unfortunately, some people began to consume alcoholic beverages and began to take their frustrations out on anyone who looked to be Lebanese. While I don't personally condone this type of protest and subsequent behaviour, it has to be understood, that this problem had been ongoing for years and regardless of the locals' concerns, the authorities, including the police, did absolutely nothing about it.
While the large crowd, assembled on that day, hurled empty beer bottles and other handy weapons at police and ambulance officers out of sheer frustration, another group of young men were being primed in their local Mosque for some retaliation against those who lived in the suburb of Cronulla and surrounding areas.
Over the next three nights, people living in those areas were the victims of, or witness to, some of the most violent and destructive actions by any group of individuals that has been witnessed in this country since the Second World War.
The police and the authorities to their everlasting shame stood back and let it happen! As an ex cop and a proud Australian I have never felt so ashamed in all my life as I did at this time.
One young male nearly lost his life and was left with a large knife embedded in his back while trying to defend two females from these gutless monsters.
A father of three young children was beaten senseless with a baseball bat and now has brain damage, just because he was putting out his garbage for collection.
There was thousands of dollars worth of damage done to motor vehicles and other personal and public property.
Then these Muslim thugs just melted back into their own community and have never been brought to justice!
While the media and the authorities have named and shamed those young Australian men who were caught up in the so-called "Cronulla Riot", not one Muslim has been dealt with who was involved in the payback raids, which for sheer violence, went far beyond that which had originally occurred on the actual riot day.
This is the society that we now live in where individuals have more rights than society in general and minorities like the Muslims are protected and can do no wrong according to our governments.
The MEC gangs of today are involved in every kind of crime imaginable. In society they are over represented in crime statistics and in the jails.
The crimes they are involved in cost this state and this nation billions of dollars annually and it is only now that a squad has been put in place to combat them.
Young Muslim men are notorious for creating incidents against non-Muslim men and women who on reacting to taunts from the Muslim suddenly find themselves confronting several armed and very aggressive males.
Young Australian men have been murdered simply because they have reacted to insults aimed at them by young Muslim males.
Off-duty police have been assaulted and even murdered simply because they felt it their duty to intervene in a crime in progress that they inadvertently stumbled upon.
Never before in our history have we been witness to the viciousness and wanton violence that the young Muslim is prepared to deal out to unsuspecting Australians, regardless of age or sex.
We are now witness to the future of this country, unless we can halt all Muslim immigration — and we need to do this now.
Having given you all the bad news, I now wish to present you with some good news.
"Masked robbery Kaled Dib shot dead by guard had criminal past". (Source: Daily Telegraph).
It appears that a gang of three armed and masked men were about to hold up an Armaguard Armored Van on Tuesday 19 August 2008 at a Sydney location. But one of the robbers got the shock of his life — or would have got the shock of his life when he passed on to the afterlife to meet his maker and find out that those 72 virgins and young boys had all been taken by numerous other martyrs who had preceded him!
This boofhead made towards one of the guards who was standing outside the van. On approaching the guard the robber was challenged and in response raised the shotgun he was carrying, aiming it at the guard.
I guess he thought that this act of intimidation would cower the guard. The guard however, maintained his composure and retaliated by placing a well aimed shot from his Smith and Wesson .38 revolver into the would-be robber's chest, killing him almost instantly.
Following this reversal of fortune, the remaining robbers picked up their mortally-wounded comrade and bundled him into their getaway truck and headed for Auburn hospital (for those who are not in the know, Auburn is Muslim territory).
There they quickly shoved their now-dead comrade onto the Emergency Department of the hospital, whose staff called police when they noticed the bullet hole in the lifeless body before them.
Police were quickly on the scene and cordoned off the entrance, because they knew what was coming next. A crowd of around 50 Muslims descended on the hospital demanding that police release the body of their 'the best bloke' for a Muslim funeral.
I personally believe that they should have all been locked up for having known this scumbag. But I guess "innocent until proven guilty" and all that, wink, wink, nudge, nudge!
It appeared that police at the door were having little effect trying to move the crowd on until the police dogs arrived. Now, we all know how much the Muslims hate dogs. Watch the video, it's good!
Who's for signing a petition for that guard? He deserves a medal!
Suggested further reading:
The Rise of Middle Eastern Crime in Australia by Tim Priest
www.australian-news.com.au/Tim_Priest.htm
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