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mybeautifulchristianjourney · 2 years ago

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Today in Christian History

Today is Friday, July 7th, it is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 177 days remain until the end of the year.

303: Procopius of Sycthopolis is martyred as the first of the Palestine victims in the Diocletian persecutions.

1438: The Pragmatic Sanctions of Bourges, issued by King Charles VII of France, asserts Gallican liberties against the papacy.

1522: The Zurich council summons Conrad Grebel and three of his friends and forbids them to speak out against monks during their sermons.

1755: John Berridge is admitted to the vicarage of Everton, an obscure village on the edge of Bedfordshire, England. He will retain the position for the rest of his life, even after he becomes a famous evangelist.

1818: Walter Scott arrives in New York from Scotland, and soon will become a leader and educator in the growing Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement.

1821: Moravians at Okkak, Labrador, report that the sky toward the west becomes black at 7 AM and soon their settlement is plunged into darkness. They are forced to use candles until about 10 AM after which the sky becomes fiery red. Some Eskimos at sea will report afterward that something like ash fell upon their boat.

1859: Episcopalian bishop William Jones Boone the elder consecrates Samuel Schereschewsky with deacon’s orders in St. George’s Church, New York. Schereschewsky will become a notable missionary to China and a bishop.

1873: Lottie Moon is appointed to China by the Foreign Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention.

1878: Francis J. Grimké is ordained a Presbyterian minister. He will emphasize honesty, hard work, thrift, and eternal values. “It is only what is written upon the soul of man that will survive the wreck of time,” he declares. He will also join in organizing the American Negro Academy in 1897.

1896: The Gospel Missionary Union becomes the first “faith mission” to enter Ecuador in the persons of J. A. Strain, F. W. Farnol, and George Fisher.

1907: Death of Anna Louisa Walker Coghill at Bath, England. She had authored many poems and the popular hymn “Work, for the Night Is Coming.”

1935: Death in Alexandria, Egypt, of Orthodox patriarch Meletius Metaxakis, a zealous reformer who had also taken steps to create a Greek Archdiocese in North America. He was the only man successively to lead three autocephalous (independent) Orthodox Churches. He had also sought to bridge the gap between Orthodoxy and the Anglican Church.

1944: Death of George Washington Truett, who had pastored the largest Baptist church in the world—the First Baptist Church of Dallas.

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docrotten · 23 days ago

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A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS (1968, 1973, 1976) – Episode 231 – Decades of Horror 1970s

“Ghosts? That’s a rather sticky one, isn’t it? I’m not quite certain what you mean, I mean, I’m never quite certain what we are invited to believe, I mean, when anybody asks me a question like that. I’m not even quite certain what I’m being invited to disbelieve.” Ah, yes. British ghost stories. And on Christmas. What could be better? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they create a makeshift anthology from the 1970s BBC series, A Ghost Story for Christmas!

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 231 – A Ghost Story for Christmas (1970s)

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A Ghost Story for Christmas

“Whistle and I’ll Come to You,” Omnibus S1.E17 ( May 7, 1968)

Synopsis: A skeptical professor on vacation in Norfolk finds a cursed whistle.

Directed by: Jonathan Miller

Writing Credits: M.R. James (story “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad,” ); Jonathan Miller (adaptation)

Selected Cast:

Michael Hordern as Professor Parkins

Ambrose Coghill as Colonel

George Woodbridge as Hotel Proprietor

Nora Gordon as Proprietress

Freda Dowie as Maid

“Lost Hearts” (Dec 25, 1973)

Synopsis: A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy.

Directed by: Lawrence Gordon Clark

Writing Credits: M.R. James (story); Robin Chapman (dramatization)

Selected Cast:

Simon Gipps-Kent as Stephen

Joseph O’Conor as Mr. Abney

James Mellor as Parkes

Susan Richards as Mrs. Bunch

Christopher Davis as Boy

Michelle Foster as Girl

Roger Milner as Vicar

Carina Wyeth as Girl – Flashback Scenes (uncredited)

“The Signalman” (Dec 22, 1976)

Synopsis. A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.

Directed by: Lawrence Gordon Clark

Writing Credits: Charles Dickens (story); Andrew Davies (adaptation)

Selected Cast:

Denholm Elliott as The Signalman

Bernard Lloyd as The Traveller

Reginald Jessup as The Engine Driver

Carina Wyeth as The Bride

The Grue-Crew assembled their own anthology for this holiday episode and cheated a bit on the decade. They discuss three ghost stories from the United Kingdom. Two are based on stories by M.R. James and one by Charles Dickens; two tales are taken from the 1970s BBC series A Ghost Story for Christmas and the third is the 1968 inspiration for the series. The subjects of this episode are:

“Whistle and I’ll Come to You,” Omnibus S1.E17, M.R. James ( May 7, 1968)

“Lost Hearts,” A Ghost Story for Christmas, M.R. James (Dec 25, 1973)

“The Signalman” A Ghost Story for Christmas, Charles Dickens (Dec 22, 1976)

The 70s crew are divided on one of the shorts but unanimously enthusiastic on the other two. The Brits do ghost stories very well, don’t they?

At the time of this writing, all episodes of A Ghost Story for Christmas (1970s) are available to stream from Shudder. They are also available on physical media on six Blu-ray formatted discs contained in Ghost Stories for Christmas, Volumes 1 & 2, from BFI (may not play on most DVD/Blu-Ray players sold in the US due to region encoding incompatibility).

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Chad, will be Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), with a script co-written by John Carpenter and starring Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Auberjonois, Brad Dourif, and Raul Julia. Hmmm. What will they think?

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at [email protected].

Check out this episode!

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unexplainedthings · 7 years ago

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mereinkling · 3 years ago

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Looking Toward the New Year with the Inklings

If we were to ask C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the rest of the Inklings for insights about a New Year, what wisdom might they share? Read on. Mere Inkling answers that question with a few select quotations from their writings. We also include comments from several other writers associated, in spirit, with the Oxford Inklings. While some of the pithiest of the quotations below are well…

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santoschristos · 2 years ago

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greatpumpkincult · 6 years ago

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Just One Day Left to Back George Coghill’s “Sons of Samhain” Back Patch on Kickstarter! A couple of years back George Coghill created a wonderful series of Halloween-themed patches that looked miniature versions of something you might see on the back of a biker's vest.

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chadsavage · 6 years ago

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Just One Day Left to Back George Coghill’s “Sons of Samhain” Back Patch on Kickstarter!

A couple of years back George Coghill created a wonderful series of Halloween-themed patches that looked like miniature versions of something you might see on the back of a biker’s vest. So much so, in fact, that he’s trying to crowdfund just that – a full back patch of the Sons of Samhain design. As of this writing, there are 30 hours left to fund this insanely cool product, so waste no time clicking over to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/georgecoghill/sons-of-samhain-back-patch/ and entering your pledge to make it happen! There are pledge options for every budget and a really great lineup of rewards. The post Just One Day Left to Back George Coghill’s “Sons of Samhain” Back Patch on Kickstarter! appeared first on Cult of the Great Pumpkin . - https://www.pumpkincult.com/2019/05/just-one-day-left-to-back-george-coghills-sons-of-samhain-back-patch-on-kickstarter/

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quoteoftheweekblog · 2 years ago

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 29/8/22 - ANNE BRONTE

' "It is summer yet ... " ' (Bronte, 1979, p.118).

REFERENCE

Bronte, A. (1979 [1848] ) ‘The tenant of Wildfell Hall’. Harmondsworth: Penguin.

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HAPPY SUMMER BANK HOLIDAY

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‘ ... the sun was high in heaven, though obscurred by rolling masses of autumnal vapour.’ (Bronte, 1979, p.397).

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THE LATE AUGUST HOLIDAY

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FOR BOOK GROUP

‘ “Have you been reading novels?” ‘ (Bronte, 1979, p.307).

THIS MONTH OUR MEMBERS HAVE ALSO READ (OR ARE READING) …

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-inimitable-jeeves/p-g-wodehouse/9780099513681

‘I found them light and refreshing, much appreciated just now.’

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https://www.waterstones.com/book/swallows-and-amazons/arthur-ransome/9780099503910

’Holiday reading in location in the Lake District.’

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‘I'm going to read it when I'm not reading our club book, it will take me ages!’

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’Circe by Madeline Miller but just 10 pages read!’

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https://www.waterstones.com/book/sanditon/kate-riordan/9781409192879

‘The novel of the first series after having just watched series 2.’

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AND FROM OUR LEADER

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-light-years/elizabeth-jane-howard/9781529049442

‘The Light Years is an easy read with characters which engage my interest and are convincing. It also gives a picture of the lives of middle class families in the late thirties.’

PLUS

‘ … occasionally The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.’

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-canterbury-tales/geoffrey-chaucer/nevill-coghill/9780140424386 I THOUGHT I WAS THE GIRLIE SWOT

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THINKING OF GIRLIE SWOTS AND CHAUCER

TAYLOR ALERT!!!!

HOT OFF THE PRESS LAST WEEK

'The songwriting of Taylor Swift will be the subject of a new literature course at a Texas university this autumn.

The pop megastar’s songs will be “read” alongside other UK and US literary giants such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Coleridge, Keats and Plath.' (Bedigan, 2022).

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Bedigan, M. (2022) 'Texas university offers new course on the songwriting of Taylor Swift', The Independent 24 August [Online]. Available at: https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/texas-university-offers-new-course-on-the-songwriting-of-taylor-swift-41933419.html (Accessed 29 August 2022).

HOT OFF THE PRESS THIS MORNING

SURPRISE NEW TAYLOR SWIFT ALBUM TO BE RELEASED 21 OCTOBER

‘MIDNIGHTS’

https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1564100815069106176?s=21&t=KLEu_kUOhpzeJiC9Qhlrbg

HOORAH

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TO MY SON FOR THE GOOD NEWS

AND TO MY HUSBAND FOR THE IDEA AS TO HOW TO WANGLE IT IN THIS QUOTE OF THE WEEK

AND TO BOOK GROUP FOR YOUR BOOKS AND COMMENTS

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FOR BOOK GROUP 2022

JANUARY - ELIZABETH GEORGE - ‘A GREAT DELIVERANCE’

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FEBRUARY - ELIZABETH GASKELL - ‘MARY BARTON’

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MARCH - RUMAAN ALAM - ‘LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND’

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APRIL - JOHN GALSWORTHY - ‘THE MAN OF PROPERTY’

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MAY - DOUGLAS STUART - ‘SHUGGIE BAIN’

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JUNE - MARK BOSTRIDGE - ‘FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE - THE WOMAN AND HER LEGEND’

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JULY - IRIS MURDOCH - ‘A SEVERED HEAD’ (SHOULD HAVE BEEN ‘THE SEA, THE SEA’)

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AUGUST - ANNE BRONTE - ‘THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL’ OR ‘AGNES GREY’

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***** AND THIS IS WHAT WE READ EARLIER

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 2011 - 2022

11 EPIC YEARS

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FROM THE ARCHIVE

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xtruss · 5 years ago

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U.S. embassy in Seoul displays Black Lives Matter banner in support of anti-racism protests

The U.S. embassy in Seoul draped a huge Black Lives Matter banner on its mission building and tweeted a picture of it in support of an anti-racism campaign across America.

Cynthia Kim

A huge Black Lives Matter banner is seen at the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, June 14, 2020. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) — The U.S. embassy in Seoul draped a huge Black Lives Matter banner on its mission building and tweeted a picture of it in support of an anti-racism campaign across America.

“The U.S. Embassy stands in solidarity with fellow Americans grieving and peacefully protesting to demand positive change. Our #BlackLivesMatter banner shows our support for the fight against racial injustice and police brutality as we strive to be a more inclusive & just society,” the embassy tweeted on Saturday, along with the picture of the banner in black and white.

U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris retweeted the message, adding “USA is a free and diverse nation... from that diversity we gain our strength.”

Black Lives Matter protests are being held across the globe as part of campaigns focusing on social injustice following the death of George Floyd in police custody, but the banner is seen as a rare, open support for the protest by an appointee of President Donald Trump after Trump linked violent protests to “thugs.”

No comment was immediately available from the embassy on Sunday.

The embassy also made some waves last year when it displayed a rainbow banner in support of the LGBTQ community.

Harris, a 40-year veteran of the U.S. Navy who started in Seoul in 2018 after Trump appointed him, has privately said that he is planning on exiting his position before the end of the year.

— Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Additional reporting by Josh Smit; Editing by Kim Coghill / June 14, 2020

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treaup · 5 years ago

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percyashcraft · 6 years ago

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Good News This Time Came in 3's

Things good and bad do always seem to come in threes. For Prince George County, three pieces of good news has been received in the last few days.

Nominations for Social Worker of the Year

Two Prince George County Department of Social Services' employees have been nominated for 'Social Worker of the Year in the Community.'

Amanda Binford and Theaster Smith will be in the audience when the winner is announced on May 3 at an awards dinner hosted by the American Heart Association at the Hotel Jefferson in Richmond.

The two PG employees will compete against two other nominees. Both were nominated by their peers and have an excellent chance of winning.

DEQ Awards Large Grant to Prince George County for Stream Restoration at Birchett Estates

Prince George joined with 14 other localities to receive a grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and its Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (SLAF).

An award of $655,109 was granted to Prince George County for its stormwater project at Birchett Estates subdivision. Prince George was one of 59 applications received.

Congratulations to Community Development & Code Compliance Director Julie Walton for her role in obtaining the grant and spearheading the projects.

More Emphasis on Picking Up Litter

A major topic this spring has been the tons of litter that has been tossed to pollute the landscape of Prince George County.

That subject has driven a team of Prince George County employees, with help from the judiciary, to get some bodies out there to help clean up the ongoing mess.

Commonwealth Attorney Susan Fierro has announced a new 'Litter Reduction Program' that will involve offenders in Drug Court, or as a sentencing option or a jail diversion option. It will also aim to increase the number of offenders participating in the fine/cost option.

This all leads to sentences to pick up litter by those appearing in court. Additional folks along the road picking up trash should help address many of the major litter problems.

Along with Fierro, assistance for the project has been given by Sheriff Bucky Allin,��Police Chief Keith Early, Criminal Justice Director Bettina Coghill and Director of General Services Mike Purvis. The buy-in from the judges was critical according to Fierro and all have agreed to make sentencing to the litter pickup program as a priority.

April has been really good to Prince George County so far. And it is not over!

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sacramentocadentist · 6 years ago

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dani-qrt · 7 years ago

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'Loner' student shoots and kills 10 at Texas school

SANTA FE, Texas (Reuters) – A 17-year-old student dressed in a trench coat and armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire at his high school outside Houston on Friday, killing nine students and a teacher, before surrendering to officers, authorities said.

Santa Fe High School, southeast of Houston, joined a long list of U.S. campuses where students and faculty have been killed in a spray of gunfire.

The Texas shooting stoked the nation’s long-running debate over firearms ownership and came about three months after 17 teens and educators were fatally shot in Parkland, Florida.

Students said the gunman, identified by law enforcement as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, opened fire in an art class shortly before 8 a.m. Students and staff fled and a fire alarm triggered a full evacuation.

Classmates described Pagourtzis as a quiet loner who played on the football team. On Friday, they said, he wore the trench coat to school in Santa Fe, about 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Houston, on a day when temperatures topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius).

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Pagourtzis obtained firearms from his father, who had likely acquired them legally, and also left behind explosive devices.

“Not only did he want to commit the shooting, but he wanted to commit suicide after the shooting,” Abbott told reporters, citing a police review of the suspect’s journals. “He didn’t have the courage to commit suicide.”

Ten people were wounded, Abbott said.

Pagourtzis was charged with capital murder and denied bail at a brief court hearing later on Friday, where he appeared in handcuffs and wearing a green prison jumpsuit. He spoke in a soft voice and said “Yes, sir” when asked if he wanted a court-appointed attorney, along with other questions.

WANTED STORY TOLD

Pagourtzis spared people he liked so he could have his story told, a charging document obtained by Reuters showed.

Abbott said investigators had seen a T-shirt on the suspect’s Facebook page that read “Born to Kill,” and authorities were examining his journal. But there were no outward signs he had been planning an attack, he said.

“Here, the red flag warnings were either non-existent or very imperceptible,” Abbott said.

Some aspects of Friday’s shooting had echoes of the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999. The two teenaged killers in that incident wore trenchcoats, used shotguns and planted improvised explosives, killing 10 before committing suicide themselves.

It was the second mass shooting in Texas in less than a year. A man armed with an assault rifle shot dead 26 people during Sunday prayers at a rural church last November.

Flags in Texas and in many other parts of the United States flew at half-staff on Friday to mourn the victims of the fourth-deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. public school in modern history.

A vigil was held Friday night for the victims, who have not been officially identified. Local reports said those killed included a substitute art teacher and a Pakistani exchange student.

Courtney Marshall, 15, said the gunman came into her art class shooting.

Two young girls pray during a vigil held at the Texas First Bank after a shooting left several people dead at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, U.S., May 18, 2018. REUTERS/Trish Badger

“I wanted to take care of my friends, but I knew I had to get out of there,” Marshall said, adding that she saw at least one person hit. “I knew the guy behind me was dead.”

‘ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC

Two school officers engaged the shooter, including school district police officer John Barnes, who was in critical condition after a gunshot wound to his elbow that almost caused him to bleed out, hospital officials said.

Two others among the injured were also in critical condition.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told CNN authorities were investigating whether anyone else helped in the attack.

The school, which has some 1,460 students, will be closed on Monday and Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump called the latest school massacre “absolutely horrific.”

Days after the Parkland massacre, Trump said elected officials should be ready to “fight” the powerful National Rifle Association lobby group, which argues that any gun control contradicts the constitutional right to bear arms.

But no major federal gun controls have been imposed since Parkland, and early this month Trump embraced the NRA, telling its annual meeting in Dallas, “Your Second Amendment rights are under siege. But they will never, ever be under siege as long as I’m your president.”

At the vigil in Texas, many sought solace with friends and classmates.

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“This will bring us closer together – hopefully, a positive impact from something negative,” said Clayton George, 16, who played football with the suspect.

Reporting by Liz Hampton and Erwin Seba; Additional reporting by Ernest Scheyder in Houston, Gina Cherelus and Peter Szekely in New York, Mark Hosenball and Ian Simpson in Washington and Bernie Woodall in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Writing by Daniel Wallis, Scott Malone and Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Bill Tarrant, Leslie Adler & Kim Coghill

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cleopatrarps · 7 years ago