Today I'm excited to introduce a new collection to the Rosery family - the December collection. This collection has been over a month in the making and includes two new items (the Lily dress + the Daisy jumpsuit) and two of my favourite and most loved items (the Betty dress + the June jumpsuit).
As always this collection is handmade by me from 100% recycled fabric which makes each item limited (in some cases one of a kind) so if you see something you love, you'd better be quick!
Thank you to every one who has already bought something in the first 24 hours. The fact that people love what I make so much to purchase still blows my mind and I'm very grateful!


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Love Made Me Do It is the second studio album by Swedish singer Elin Lanto. The album was released as a digital download 3 May 2010, followed by a physical release on 5 May 2010. The album demonstrates Lanto's move from her previous pop work, most notably from her debut album One which was released in 2005, to rock-influenced synthpop. The album contains four Swedish Top 40 hits on the Swedish Singles Chart. The album, however, failed to enter the Swedish Albums Chart, while Lanto's debut album One peaked at number 25 on the chart.

Track list

Bonus tracks

Singles
Since 2008, Lanto has released 3 singles which are not included on her debut album One and it is currently unknown whether or not these singles, namely: "Speak 'n Spell"; "My Favourite Pair of Jeans" and "Discotheque", will feature on her second album. Lanto said of these tracks "We haven't really decided yet if they ["Speak 'n Spell"; "Discotheque"] will be on there. When I recorded 'Discotheque' and 'Speak N Spell', we were doing songs that were more disco. But the new songs are more pop and rock, with a bit of punk in there. So we'll have to record them again if we want them on the album."

 "Love Made Me Stupid" - Lanto uploaded the song onto her official website and myspace on 9 November 2009 then the official music video was released to YouTube on 19 November 2009. The video was directed by Robinovich. The single was released as a promo to showcase her musical genre shift. The song is expected to be released in the UK and France shortly.
 "Doctor, Doctor" - This song was Lanto's Melodifestivalen 2010 entry. Lanto performed the song on 20 February 2010 in Scandinavium, Gothenburg. Her song came 7th out of 8 and was therefore eliminated from the competition.
 "Tickles" - Lanto's third song was released on 19 April 2010 along with a music video which, produced by the same director to work on the Love Made Me Stupid video.
 "Funeral" was supposed to be the last song to be released from the album. The Scandinavian single release was postponed and then cancelled, however a 7th Heaven Remix was commissioned for the clubs in January 2011. Lanto signed on the Belgian dance label ARS records ; "Funeral" was set to be eventually released commercially during the Summer 2011, but it was once again cancelled.

Release history

References

External links

2010 albums
Elin Lanto albums

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Are you planning for a holiday party? Do you want to impress your guest with delicious foods? If yes, then you will have to plan everything before. Cooking for a holiday party is not an easy job. If you are not a good cook, then cooking might be the last thing you can consider for a holiday event. To arrange it properly, it is better to hire a holiday party catering company. A holiday party catering can impress your guests with a high-quality meal. Once you have hired holiday caterers, you do not need to worry about the food. They will take care of everything. And you can fully concentrate on other things of the party such as the entertainment and decoration.
There are many benefits of hiring holiday party catering and thanksgiving catering. First of all, freshly prepared meals will be delivered to your home before the time for your event. Even if you want help from them in the kitchen, some caterers will be happy to provide you the staff to accomplish this job.
They can help you to prepare your meals of any type. You can select everything that you need for your holiday parties that might be vegetarian, non-vegetarian, and vegan. The caterers will be able to offer you any type of the food on your demand. You can select anything from the herbs to the veggies to ensure that the meal is appreciated by the guests. And the best thing about the holiday party catering is that they can give a personal touch to your party.
Caterers can help you in many ways. They can deliver you your desired foods. In addition to that, If you have any doubt about the preparation and do not know what to include on the menu and how to satisfy the guest with some best foods, then caterers can come to your rescue. They have experience in this industry and they know how to satisfy the guest with varieties of the food. They can offer you a menu and you can choose to depend on your preference.
A thanksgiving party will be incomplete without proper selection of the cakes and pies for the dessert. You need to take care of the interests of all the guests while selecting the desserts. And if you hire a thanksgiving catering service for your event, then you will not have to depend on pumpkin pies of the grocery stores. Instead, you will get the homemade whipped cream, ice cream, and fresh pie with a genuine crust that will certainly be appreciated by all the guests.
If you want to get all the above benefits, then you will have to hire a holiday catering service for your party. To get the best service, you just need to do a prior research about the available services, their offered facilities, prices, menu, and the accessibility. You should consult two to three services to know which one is the best and who can offer you an affordable service. And choose the one who meets your demands.


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Partly inspired by the body language of the young life model we had a few weeks back I am looking to further explore youth and modern culture. Our model didnt have tattoos and I am not particularly keen on them but they are everywhere these days. This was painted from a photo, I was trying to capture something of her defiant attitude and interestingly I felt it wasnt until I added the tattoos that it emerged - which says it all about me and my own prejudices.
I'd like to revisit steampunk again, I am intrigued by the concept and the costumes and it continues to gather popularity. Then there are the Gothic Lolittas, punks are on a comeback and I must get to a Dr Sketchys ..the list goes on. I'm too old to get participate in any of this personally although I always felt I had the soul of a punk in the seventies if not the safety pins, but I do find these various tribes intriguing subjects. I'd like to think I look below the surface and dont judge people by their clothes and outer appearances but of course like everyone I do to a certain extent. I am quite fired up with all the possibilites, I always wanted to do more than paint pretty pictures and I like something with a bit of an edge. Just to contradict myself though I have a pregnant painting to finish next and I hope that will be very beautiful, she of course belongs to the oldest and biggest tribe of all.


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package api

import (
	"database/sql"
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"time"

	database "github.com/ansible-semaphore/semaphore/db"
	"github.com/ansible-semaphore/semaphore/models"
	"github.com/ansible-semaphore/semaphore/util"
	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)

func authentication(c *gin.Context) {
	var userID int

	if authHeader := strings.ToLower(c.Request.Header.Get("authorization")); len(authHeader) > 0 && strings.Contains(authHeader, "bearer") {
		var token models.APIToken
		if err := database.Mysql.SelectOne(&token, "select * from user__token where id=? and expired=0", strings.Replace(authHeader, "bearer ", "", 1)); err != nil {
			if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
				c.AbortWithStatus(403)
				return
			}

			panic(err)
		}

		userID = token.UserID
	} else {
		// fetch session from cookie
		cookie, err := c.Request.Cookie("semaphore")
		if err != nil {
			c.AbortWithStatus(403)
			return
		}

		value := make(map[string]interface{})
		if err = util.Cookie.Decode("semaphore", cookie.Value, &value); err != nil {
			c.AbortWithStatus(403)
			return
		}

		user, ok := value["user"]
		sessionVal, okSession := value["session"]
		if !ok || !okSession {
			c.AbortWithStatus(403)
			return
		}

		userID = user.(int)
		sessionID := sessionVal.(int)

		// fetch session
		var session models.Session
		if err := database.Mysql.SelectOne(&session, "select * from session where id=? and user_id=? and expired=0", sessionID, userID); err != nil {
			c.AbortWithStatus(403)
			return
		}

		if time.Now().Sub(session.LastActive).Hours() > 7*24 {
			// more than week old unused session
			// destroy.
			if _, err := database.Mysql.Exec("update session set expired=1 where id=?", sessionID); err != nil {
				panic(err)
			}

			c.AbortWithStatus(403)
			return
		}

		if _, err := database.Mysql.Exec("update session set last_active=UTC_TIMESTAMP() where id=?", sessionID); err != nil {
			panic(err)
		}
	}

	user, err := models.FetchUser(userID)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println("Can't find user", err)
		c.AbortWithStatus(403)
		return
	}

	c.Set("user", user)
}

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Q: Как получить адреса инструкций IL (IL_xxxx) Хочу на консоль вывести IL код, который генерируется при выполнении тела метода. Я делаю это, но результат меня не до конца устраивает. Проблема состоит в том, что я не знаю как выводить строку вместе с адресами IL_xxxx.
Вот мой код:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var mi = typeof(Program).GetMethod("Method");

    byte[] msil = mi.GetMethodBody().GetILAsByteArray();

    FieldInfo[] opCodesInstructions = typeof(OpCodes).GetFields();
    for (int i = 0; i < opCodesInstructions.Length; i++)
    {
        if (i == msil.Length)
            break;
        var instruction = (OpCode)opCodesInstructions[i].GetValue(null);
        var member = opCodesInstructions.FirstOrDefault(x => ((OpCode)x.GetValue(null)).Value == msil[i]);
        var currentIL = (OpCode)member.GetValue(null);
        Console.WriteLine($"{currentIL.Name}");
    }
}

public void Method()
{
    int a = 5;
    int b = 9;
    string str = (a + b).ToString();
}

На вывод я получаю
nop
ldc.i4.5
stloc.0
...

А получать хочу вот в таком формате (не знаю где мне взять эти адреса):
IL_0000: nop
IL_0001: ldc.i4.5
IL_0002: stloc.0
...

A: В общем дело обстоит не так просто как предпологалось мне до этого, так что я взял библиотеку Mono.Reflection, И все получилось:
namespace ori;

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Mono.Reflection;

static class Application {
    static void Main() {
        typeof(Application)
            .GetMethod(nameof(Method))
            .GetInstructions()
            .ForEach(Console.WriteLine);
    }

    public static void Method() {
        int a = 5;
        int b = 9;
        string str = (a + b).ToString();
    }

    public static void ForEach<T>(this IEnumerable<T> e, Action<T> a) {
        foreach(T item in e) {
            a(item);
        }
    }
}

Вывод:
IL_0000: nop
IL_0001: ldc.i4.5
IL_0002: stloc.0
IL_0003: ldc.i4.s 9
IL_0005: stloc.1
IL_0006: ldloc.0
IL_0007: ldloc.1
IL_0008: add
IL_0009: stloc.3
IL_000a: ldloca.s System.Int32 (3)
IL_000c: call System.String ToString()
IL_0011: stloc.2
IL_0012: ret

Для понимания почему я использовал библиотеку, прошу взглянуть на исходный: https://github.com/jbevain/mono.reflection/

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Chromosome fragmentation after induction of a double-strand break is an active process prevented by the RMX repair complex
Kirill Lobachev, Eric Vitriol, Jennifer Stemple, Michael A. Resnick, Kerry Bloom
Chromosome aberrations are common outcomes of exposure to DNA-damaging agents or altered replication events and are associated with various diseases and a variety of carcinomas, including leukemias, lymphomas, sarcomas, and epithelial tumors [1, 2]. The incidence of aberrations can be greatly increased as a result of defects in DNA repair pathways [3]. Although there is considerable information about the molecular events associated with the induction and repair of a double-strand break (DSB), little is known about the events that ultimately lead to translocations or deletions through the formation of chromosome breaks or the dissociation of broken ends. We describe a system for visualizing DNA ends at the site of a DSB in living cells. After induction of the break, DNA ends flanking the DSB site in wild-type cells remained adjacent. Loss of a functional RMX complex (Rad50/Mre11/Xrs2) or a mutation in the Rad50 Zn-hook structure resulted in DNA ends being dispersed in approximately 10%-20% of cells. Thus, the RMX complex holds broken ends together and counteracts mitotic spindle forces that can be destructive to damaged chromosomes.
10.1016/j.cub.2004.11.051
Dive into the research topics of 'Chromosome fragmentation after induction of a double-strand break is an active process prevented by the RMX repair complex'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Mutation Chemical Compounds 100%
Fragmentation Chemical Compounds 97%
Chromosomes Medicine & Life Sciences 93%
Dissociation Chemical Compounds 84%
Force Chemical Compounds 79%
chromosomes Agriculture & Biology 75%
DNA Medicine & Life Sciences 66%
Chromosome Breakage Medicine & Life Sciences 52%
Lobachev, K., Vitriol, E., Stemple, J., Resnick, M. A., & Bloom, K. (2004). Chromosome fragmentation after induction of a double-strand break is an active process prevented by the RMX repair complex. Current Biology, 14(23), 2107-2112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.11.051
Chromosome fragmentation after induction of a double-strand break is an active process prevented by the RMX repair complex. / Lobachev, Kirill; Vitriol, Eric; Stemple, Jennifer et al.
In: Current Biology, Vol. 14, No. 23, 14.12.2004, p. 2107-2112.
Lobachev, K, Vitriol, E, Stemple, J, Resnick, MA & Bloom, K 2004, 'Chromosome fragmentation after induction of a double-strand break is an active process prevented by the RMX repair complex', Current Biology, vol. 14, no. 23, pp. 2107-2112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.11.051
Lobachev K, Vitriol E, Stemple J, Resnick MA, Bloom K. Chromosome fragmentation after induction of a double-strand break is an active process prevented by the RMX repair complex. Current Biology. 2004 Dec 14;14(23):2107-2112. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.11.051
Lobachev, Kirill ; Vitriol, Eric ; Stemple, Jennifer et al. / Chromosome fragmentation after induction of a double-strand break is an active process prevented by the RMX repair complex. In: Current Biology. 2004 ; Vol. 14, No. 23. pp. 2107-2112.
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It is the position of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) that the Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) is recognized in the rehabilitation setting as a valuable and contributing member of the rehabilitation team. Licensed practical nurses (LPNs), called Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) in Texas and California, (Seago & Ash, 2002), have been working with physicians and registered nurses in many settings for years. Most LPN/LVN's work in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, home health, rehabilitation, or an ambulatory setting with a growing number in the private sector.
The licensing requirements for the Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse (LPN/LPN) vary by state in accordance with their state Nurse Practice Act. ARN supports each state's individual scope of practice while realizing the valuable role of the LPN/LVN on the rehabilitation nursing team.
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses represent the entry level into the nursing profession and are integrated into many areas of care. One of the broadest descriptions of LPN scope of practice comes from the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook: "Licensed practical nurses… care for the sick, injured, convalescent, and disabled under the direction of physicians and registered nurses" (US Department of Labor, 2004).
While LPN/LVN's do not have the same depth of knowledge as registered nurses, they participate in many different settings to the extent of their basic knowledge and continuing education under the supervision of an RN including direct and indirect nursing care, health maintenance, teaching, counseling, collaborative planning, and rehabilitation (Jacelon, 2011). The National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN) recognizes that opportunities exist to utilize the skills of the LPN in "a team effort: to preserve and improve an individual patient's functioning" (NFLPN, 2003).
Many tasks are performed regardless of the job environment and the LPN/LVN will usually be the first medical professional to work with a patient (Licensed Practical Nurse, 2013).
In general, individual state practice acts require that the LPN/LVN must work under the supervision of a registered nurse, advanced practice nurse, physician, or in some states, pharmacists, podiatrists, or others. Refer to your state's individual practice act for current information.
Jacelon, C.S. (Ed.). (2011). The Specialty Practice of Rehabilitation Nursing: A Core Curriculum (6th ed). Glenview, IL: Association of Rehabilitation Nurses.
Lehman. C. (Ed.). (2015). The Specialty Practice of Rehabilitation Nursing: A Core Curriculum (7th ed). Glenview, IL: Association of Rehabilitation Nurses.
Licensed Practical Nurse (2013). Job description of an LPN. Retrieved from http://www.licensedpracticalnurse.net/lpn-job-description/.
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse. Retrieved from http://lpntraininglocations.com/%e2%80%a2national-federation-of-licensed-practical-nurses-nflpn/.
Seago, J. A., & Ash, M. (2002). Registered Nurse Unions and Patient Outcomes. Journal of Nursing Administration, 32(3), 143-151.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. (2004). Supply, Demand, and Use of Licensed Practical Nurses. Retrieved from http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/supplydemanduselpn.pdf.
Vocational Nurses. In Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010–2011 edition. Retrieved July 28, 2010, from www.bls.gov/oco/ocos102.htm.
Approved by the ARN Board of Directors July 2010, revised March 2014, revised February 2018.


This drill (Makita 6337D...made in America!) is one of our favourite and most used tools. Its achievements include furniture, sculptures, follies, fences, cars, trucks, boats, a motorbike and, best of all, our last house.
The latest renovation job demonstrated that there was, however, an issue. The keyless chuck was not operating freely but worse still...there was a wobble in the driveline.
A quick squiz at an exploded diagram of the drill showed a simple tool. It also suggested that the gear assembly was 'worn out'.
Some googling and a phone call later...new parts! Genuine Makita gear assembly plus a generic Metabo metal keyless 13mm chuck and a chuck retaining screw. AU$150...which is much cheaper than a new trade grade cordless drill.
It would have been easier to reassemble if I'd quickly remembered that the motor was very specifically housed into the case...for example.
Regardless...it is now repaired. It runs straight, true and (surprisingly) quieter. It took longer to clean 15 years worth of sawdust and grit from the casing and the motor that it did to refit the gear assembly!


text:
Trump attempting to block niece's tell-all book
by Lauren Campbell
Trump has dramatically lost favor in the wake of his mishandling COVID-19 testing and Black Lives Matter protests, but now even his family is intent on lifting the veil and showing his true nature before the next Presidential election. Mary Trump, clinical psychologist and the President's niece, has written the book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man, and it is scheduled to be released July 28.
Publisher Simon & Schuster describes the book:
[A] revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him … She describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships, and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse. She explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who currently occupies the Oval Office, including the strange and harmful relationship between Fred Trump and his two oldest sons, Fred Jr. and Donald.
Simon & Schuster has garnered attention for other Trump-related nonfiction texts, such as Mary Jordan's unauthorized biography of Melania Trump, The Art of Her Deal, and John Bolton's The Room Where It Happened. (You can read the Associated Press article "Melania Trump's unauthorized biography, 'The Art of Her Deal,' out in June" in USA Today and Peter Baker's "Five Takeaways from John Bolton's Memoir" in the New York Times for more information).
Trump's family went to court to block the publication of Mary Trump's book, claiming that his niece signed a non-disclosure agreement in a previous legal dispute over her grandfather's estate in 2000, according to Geoff Bennett and Dareh Gregorian at USA Today. The non-disclosure agreement would prohibit any public statements on Trump from the niece.
Mary Trump's lawyer Ted Boutros has stated that the book is "of utmost political importance" and its termination would be a "brazen violation of the First Amendment" in a statement on Tuesday, according to Nick Visser at the HuffPost. And Simon & Schuster, who fought a previous attempt to block the publication of John Bolton's novel, has stated that they are confident that this attempt will meet the same fate.
Author Spotlight: Ron Fein, John Bonifaz and Ben Clements at Need to Impeach Summit
Anti-Antifa book protested at Powell's Books; free speech confusion continues
Poet's prize prompts pettiness: rights plight cited
Bad Sex in Fiction Award is canceled
Nobel Nabobs Named; Swedes Suffer Rep Wreckage
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Faithful Ruslan Georgi Vladimov
The Union Jack Imre Kertész


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The White Horse of Uffington
"Beneath my hands the planes
Of his bleached shoulders move,
And the bow of his neck bends to the flint-shaped head.
I ride the chalk-white horse
That moves over bone-bare hills,
And from his streaming mane time falls away.
Between the thighs of kings
Who are now chalk-bare bones
His ancestors, the stallion-herds once strode,
Who, bending their bird-beaked heads,
Are now a shrinking scar
Across the downs from which time ebbs away."
~ Margaret Stanley-Wrench, 1958
About 20 miles southwest of Oxford, England, on a line of rolling green hills, an ancient 360-foot long white horse strides across the landscape. For nearly 3,000 years, the highly stylized chalk-cut horse has guarded the Vale of the White Horse and the Iron Age hillfort just beyond it on the top of the hill. The White Horse of Uffington is one of many figures cut into the hillsides of England, but it is by far the oldest of them all.
The White Horse of Uffington from the air via Google Maps
The White Horse of Uffington has long been a source of mystery and wonder for locals and travelers alike. Its origin and meaning have remained shrouded in mystery for centuries with various theories about its creation put forth by succeeding generations. The earliest know mention of it can be found in a medieval Welsh text which referenced only the fact of its existence, and that in passing. Seventeenth and eighteenth century gentlemen scholars speculated that Hengist and Horsa, the brothers who led the invasion of England by the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes in the fifth century AD, had carved the horse to commemorate their victory.Others claimed that King Alfred the Great had dug out the horse four centuries later to celebrate his own victory over Viking invaders. A few later scholars, aware of similar equine designs found on Celtic coins, correctly surmised that the horse likely predated the presence of the Romans in England in the first century BC at the very least.
Modern archeological methods however have proven that the horse is far older than Alfred or Hengist and Horsa or even the Romans. Unlike other chalk figures in Britain which were created by just scraping off the turf and lining the soil with chalk, the White Horse of Uffington was deliberately dug about three feet deep, and the resulting trenches were filled with crushed chalk. Using optimal stimulated luminescence, a method of measuring when soil was last exposed to sunlight, archaeologists have thus dated the horse to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, somewhere between about 1300 and 600 BC. The hill figure is therefore usually attributed to the Celts, though interestingly, it is situated in a landscape littered with earlier Neolithic and Bronze Age sites. Uffington Castle, a classic Iron Age bank and ditch hillfort, sits just out of frame to the right in the photo above. Neolithic long barrows, sarsen stones, and prehistoric trackways can be found scattered throughout the area within a mile or two of the horse as well. It seems likely that the site may have been chosen because it already held great cultural significance to the people who lived there before the arrival of the Celts.
Celtic horse coin from the Henley Hoard in the collection of the
Ashmolean Museum (photo by Ashmolean)
The figure of the horse has been scoured by locals for almost thirty centuries to keep it from becoming overgrown. Stratigraphy of the area immediately around the horse has shown that while its beak-like mouth has shifted in position a bit over the millennia, the general outline of the horse has remained true. It has always been a highly-stylized image of a horse rather than the remains of a more realistic figure.
As I mentioned above, it is located a short distance from Uffington Castle, and while hillforts absolutely served a defensive, militaristic purpose, they were also active centers of farming, storage, and trade. Excavations of hillforts have revealed dwellings, granaries, and animal pens within the ramparts. With that in mind, the notion that the White Horse symbolized some great victory in battle in the past may have some credence, but given the multi-purpose function of hillforts and the role of the horse in Celtic life and mythology, it seems much more likely that there may have been a religious or spiritual purpose behind the creation of the White Horse.
The Celts revered horses, considering them a symbol of high status and wealth. Horses were used as riding animals for hunting, as draft animals to pull carts, as war horses to pull chariots, and sometimes as sacrificial animals as well. The earliest princely Celtic cart burials date to around the seventh century BC and chariot burials appear a few centuries later. Classical writers like Caesar mentioned the great skill with which the Celts drove their chariots and rode their horses in cavalry charges. Images of horses abound in Celtic art adorning coins, sculpture, jewelry, drinking vessels, sacred objects, and more.
A section of the Aylesford bucket featuring stylized horses,
circa first century BC © The Trustees of the British Museum
Likewise, Celtic religion and mythology is full of horses, often white horses. Epona, the "Great Mare," whose very name is derived from the Celtic word for horse, was a goddess of horses and fertility and the cycle of life. She was usually depicted as a woman riding sidesaddle on a mare with a foal at their side, a symbol of fecundity. Worship of Epona sometimes included an aspect of death as well, portrayed in sculpture as the goddess leading a horse and departed souls into the afterlife. Epona was originally a deity of the Celts of Gaul, but so great was her popularity that her worship spread to various Celtic tribes along trade routes into Britain, Germany, and elsewhere. The Roman cavalry even claimed her as their patroness, and the cult of Epona was spread across the length and breadth of the empire.
The Welsh goddess Rhiannon and the Irish goddess Macha bear strong similarities to Epona though their stories in the Mabinogian and the Táin Bó Cuailnge must be interpreted through a veneer of Christianity. (The Celts had no written language, so most of their stories were not put to the page until monks did so in the early medieval period.) Both however have strong associations with horses, fertility, and the cycle of birth and death. The Welsh and Irish myth cycles are rife with tales of horse races, magical horses, shape-shifters who become horses, and so on. Celtic life, both in reality and mythologically, revolved around horses to a great degree.
As I wrote in anticipation of the Celtic-themed BreyerFest last year, I've been fascinated by Celtic mythology and culture since I was a kid. As a lifelong horse girl to boot, I long ago took the White Horse of Uffington as a kind of personal totem. It's the perfect representation of my main passions in life, hence my studio name and logo. So you can imagine my intense nerdy delight when Breyer announced Uffington as a special run this year. He is a lovely shaded iridescent cremello on the new Altynai mold, and he is magnificent. His striking pearly finish perfectly captures the unique metallic sheen so often seen on Akhal-Tekes.
This handsome Teke has been making the internet rounds as
the world's "most beautiful horse." He absolutely glows!
I ordered two Uffingtons, planning to keep the better of the two and repaint the other. Breyer however had sneaky plans afoot, and the first Uffington I received was actually this incredible holographic pewtery-black model. All of the special runs this year had secret variations, this one being a run of 200 pieces made in addition to the 1800 cremello Uffingtons. He's the first rare variation BreyerFest special run I've ever pulled, and I am beyond thrilled with him.
I can't get over how gorgeous these two are together. All of the surprise variations this year were stunning, but this one is definitely my favorite.
Seeing this pair of Uffingtons galloping together puts me in mind of two of the most famous horses from Irish mythology, those that pulled the chariot of the great hero Cúchulainn. Legend says that he found the two horses in a mountain pool, a gift to him from the goddess Macha. Cúchulainn rode the horses around Ireland for a day until they were tame, and then they became his prized chariot horses who were loyal to him until the bitter end. The horses, Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend, were grey and black respectively in the tale, and they of course would have been much closer akin to ponies than Akhal-Tekes, but I'd like to think Breyer had those two in mind when they dreamt up these magnificent models.
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Green, Miranda. Celtic Goddesses: Warriors, Virgins, and Mothers. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1995.
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Newman, Paul. Lost Gods of Albion: The Chalk Hill-Figures of Britain. Stroud, UK: The History Press, 1997.
Rees-Jones, Julie, and M. S. Tite. "Optical Dating of the Uffington White Horse." Archaeological Sciences: Proceedings of a Conference on the Application of Scientific Techniques to the Study of Archaeology 64 (1995), 159-162.
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Ultimately, receiving God's mercy and compassion is contingent upon our forgiving treatment of others. The word "torturers" or "tormentors" (KJV) probably means "keepers of the prison." Torture by various cruel and painful methods was usually inflicted on criminals, not on debtors. Jesus probably does not intend to suggest torture but only that the servant would be imprisoned until he paid his debt.
Is it not odd that this man could have his fellow servant thrown into prison for a relatively small debt (as little as $20 in today's money)? We should be thankful to live in a more forgiving culture!
Today, however, there is another way that a fellow-servant can be cast into prison regardless of the laws of the culture. We can easily incarcerate someone within the confines of our own hearts and even throw away the key. It is likely that each of us has someone confined within our own heart's prison even today.
When we imprison someone in this manner, we subject ourselves to the burdensome duty of keeping him there. So instead of one, we now have two prisoners that keep each other imprisoned day in and day out, but only one of them has the key.
We have the offender as well as the offended. Assuming that most people do not purposefully look to offend, particularly within the church, the offender was probably clumsy or foolishly inconsiderate in his approach to the offended. Or perhaps he possesses, or has displayed, a character flaw that the offended feels is completely unacceptable (e.g., a betrayal of some sort).
Or maybe the offender disregarded the direction given in Galatians 6:1: "Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted" (emphasis ours).
To avoid offense, we must remember our humility and our place whenever we are inclined to point out a fault to a brother or sister. The same advice holds for the giver as well as the receiver of a rebuke. Criticism is always difficult to give without offending or to receive without taking offense. Be always mindful that our Creator received rebuke without retaliating. No one has ever been imprisoned in His heart!
This is why God should be the very first from whom we ask forgiveness. We can ask Him to help us understand the severity of the damage we have caused and for the proper level of contrition, humility, and patience to help repair and restore the relationship. We can ask God to open the heart of our offended brother so that he willingly accept our apology and readily extend his forgiveness.
We can liken this request for the opening of our brother's heart to a request for the opening of his heart's prison doors, too easily slammed shut by an unforgiving attitude. Instead of having two (or even more) persons confined behind the doors of an intractable grudge, we experience the joy and the freedom of reconciliation. The relationship is restored, a good witness has been made, growth has occurred, and God is glorified.
On the other hand, if we have been offended, instead of giving into the temptation to strike immediately back—to seek vindication—we should also begin by going to God in prayer for humility, empathy, and mercy. We can ask God to help us understand why the unfortunate deed was done and how we can find a pathway to forgiveness. We can ask for clarity of thought, which is so often missing when anger and offense are present.
If a rebuke was the cause of offense, we should consider Solomon's words in Proverbs 27:5-6: "Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful." We should always ask God to enable us to give our offending brother the benefit of the doubt at a time when it would be easy to doubt his loyalty. Chances are, the offender feels as pained as the offended.
In these troubled and emotionally charged times, a true friend may feel a need to risk a special friendship for the good of the other. We should always be mindful that God may send us a vital message of correction or rebuke through someone other than our minister or someone we regard as having legitimate authority. We should be prepared to accept criticism, legitimate or not, from any person that God sends across our path. And perhaps, only a true friend would, could, or should point out to us a weakness or fault that no one else might even see or care about.
Whenever we are wronged, especially by a brother, we should strive to avoid becoming so inflexible that we slam shut the doors of animosity against him. The consequences of such a decision—to withhold forgiveness—particularly from a brother who sincerely asks for absolution and reconciliation, can be both devastating and eternal in scope for us. The wrong mindset can lead to a sinful attitude that is in opposition to God, keeping us locked inside a bitter prison of enmity and preventing our entrance into His Kingdom.
Therefore, regardless of whether we are the offender or the offended, let us never forget our constant need to first be forgiven and reconciled with God.
In the New Testament, the Greek word eleeo occurs only once (Matthew 18:33, "pity"), and it means "to be kind," "tender." In contrast, self-pity is the opposite—not tenderness to oneself but an abusiveness that causes great stress and harm. It shows faithlessness by breaking the first commandment in placing oneself higher in importance than the Creator God. This obsession with self interferes with God's development of righteous character in us.
In essence, self-pity is excessive love of oneself. Thus, a simple cure for self-pity is caring for someone else's welfare more than self—in a word, selflessness. Outgoing concern, love toward others is outlined by the Ten Commandments, for they show love toward God and love toward neighbor. The saints who overcome Satan and the world are known by the trait that "they did not love their lives to the death." They are willing to lay down their lives for their friends (John 15:13).
Jesus, really wanting to drive home the importance of being forgiving (Matthew 18:21), tells the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant. The story relates how a king, settling accounts with his servants, finds that one owed him 10,000 talents. Barnes' Notes, written in the late 1800s, estimates the value at $15.8 million! Christ's point, of course, is that no one could ever repay this huge amount. Spiritually, we owe Him far more than we could ever repay.
Normally, the servant would be cast into prison and his family sold into slavery until all was paid. But when the servant entreated the king to have mercy on him, the king, "moved with compassion," forgave the entire debt!
The forgiven servant then found one who owed him 100 denarii or about $15. This petty debtor begged for additional time to pay off the debt, but the servant, without mercy, had him jailed until all was paid. The king's other servants heard of this and told the king.
1. Our sins are very great.
2. God has forgiven them all.
3. By comparison to the offenses we have committed against God, our brethren's offenses against us are small.
4. We should be so appreciative of being forgiven that we freely forgive others.
5. We must forgive from the heart, not merely in words. When we truly forgive from the heart, it is as if no offense had ever occurred.
6. If we do not forgive, God is justified in not forgiving us.
We desire others—especially God—to be patient and forgiving toward us in our faults, but do we practice the same attitude and conduct toward those whose faults offend us? Patience is a two-way street, and God clearly demands reciprocity. He expects us to pass His patience and forgiveness toward us on to others even as Christ did.


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Kelly Cervantes, Section Editor|June 2, 2019
Many have been waiting on who will challenge Donald Trump for the 2020 election. Typically, candidates state that they are running later in the year but due to the eagerness of the public, it has become much earlier. While there are many contenders, only one from each party can win the primaries to be endorsed by their party to become a candidate for the presidency. Here is a list of the names and policies of each candidate running so far.
Michael Bennett: (D) Bennett is a moderate Democrat, but he is willing to compromise for both sides. His major campaign goals are to increase infrastructure spending and modernize the economy.
Joe Biden: (D) Biden's goals are to strengthen economic protections for low-income workers and to restore America's position.
Cory Booker: (D) Booker is from New Jersey has been one of the main pushers for criminal justice reform and to unite our currently divided country.
Pete Buttigieg: (D) Buttgieg supports the Green New Deal, Medicare for all, and the legalization of marijuana. His stance on vaccinations is that it should be optional for medical reasons.
Julian Castro: (D) Castro advocates for universal pre-kindergarten, Medicare for all and immigration reform.
John Delany: (D) Delany is more moderate since he wants to become a bipartisan solver but he is an advocate for universal health care.
Tulsi Gabbard: (D) Gabbard's main goal in her campaign is to limit the US intervention overseas.
Kirsten Gillibrand: (D) Gillibrand's agenda is to mainly focus on women's rights and advocate for moms in America.
Kamala Harris: (D) Harris proposes tax cuts for the middle class and she is liberal when it comes to civil rights.
John Hickenlooper: (D) Hickenlooper has emphasized that there should be an expansion of gay rights, Medicaid and gun control.
Jay Inslee: (D) Inslee considers that climate change has to be America's number 1 focus to fix and he plans to create renewable energy jobs.
Amy Klobuchar: (D) Klobuchar plans to combat the opioid crisis and to fix the costs of prescription drugs.
Wayne Messam: (D) Messam has proposed canceling the more than $1.5 trillion in student debt.
Seth Moulton: (D) Moulton is a war veteran has proposed to make a new approach for foreign policy, national security and defense.
Beto O'Rourke: (D) O'Rourke plans to focus on immigration reform, marijuana legalization and rural hospital access.
Tim Ryan: (D) Ryan mostly focuses on foreign policy and jobs such as negotiating or enforcing trade deals, punishing Chinese currency manipulation, unions rights, and workforce development.
Bernie Sanders: (D) Sanders is one of the most famous candidates, Sanders advocates for Medicare for all, free college tuition, and cutting off the influence of the billionaires that influence government.
Eric Swalwell: (D) Swalwell proposes funding for innovation in medical research and for a national ban on assault weapons.
Elizabeth Warren: (D) Warren is a huge advocate for free college tuition and also to protect the middle class from big corporations and political corruption.
Marianne Williamson: (D) Williamson is proposing for $100 billion in reparations for slavery since she believes that America needs a moral and spiritual awakening.
Andrew Yang: (D) Yang wants to establish a universal basic income of $1,000 per month for all Americans.
Donald Trump: (R) Trump wants to finish on what he has not been able to which is restricting immigration and building a wall at the Mexican border, renegotiating international deals on trade, arms control, climate change, and withdrawing American troops from overseas.
William F. Weld: (R) Weld wants to legalize marijuana, regulate free trade and immigration and favors fiscal restraint.
With no immediately obvious winners, it will be an extremely contentious primary season. With only one spot on each ticket for one of the most important elections in our country's history it's vital for everyone of voting age to rock the vote. This is our country and our future.
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Pentagon Jr. addresses WWE rumors and status with AAA
It's been noted this week that Pentagon Jr. and his brother Fenix have been contacted by WWE about possibly coming into the company in the future. It wouldn't be too soon, even if true, as the former Impact Wrestling Heavyweight Champion still has three seasons left with Lucha Underground.
Pentagon Jr. further put the rumors to rest in a recent interview with Fightful.com.
I still remain 100 percent independent in Mexico and everywhere else in the world while respecting my obligations with Lucha Underground and Impact, and I still have a contract with Lucha Underground. For AAA, I wouldn't really say I'm back [just yet], but more so I'll return at TripleMania on August 25. That's when I'll return to wrestle for AAA.
Admittedly, there had been negotiations between me and them, and we talked about how to further expand the lucha business and take it global. We've come to an agreement that I'll come in and help that global growth and help AAA have a worldwide reach, just like I've been doing with Lucha Underground and Impact.
It all comes down to the wrestling promotions giving opportunities and the wrestlers making the most of the opportunities and help make companies grow alongside with the necessary support. AAA approached me, we negotiated and came to an agreement, and I'll keep wrestling for them and other companies.
So, for now, Pentagon Jr. isn't planning on jumping to the WWE, as he would rather help promote the Lucha style across the world.