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13 activities that you can do naked in public without breaking the law


Over 40,000 people have signed up to get a seat at London's first ever naked restaurant, but don't panic if you didn't snag a ticket.
There are plenty of other public venues where taking your clothes off is completely appropriate, and even encouraged.

We've compiled a list of activities, including world-renowned festivals, exercise classes, holiday attractions, and protests, where it's absolutely OK to be fully nude.

Below, 13 things you can do undressed:

Naked yoga has become a huge trend in the exercise world, but it's actually an ancient Indian practice known as "nagna" yoga, according to The Independent.

While many studios offer nude yoga to men or women-only, at Naked Yoga London, men and women take off their clothes to pull difficult stretches and take deep breaths in the same room.

Other studios like Bold and Naked in New York City and Naked Yoga in Los Angeles also offer mixed classes.


Partially clothed cyclists wearing body paint participate in the World Naked Bike Ride in New York City in June, 2009. ASSOCIATED PRESS
The clothing-optional World Naked Bike Ride is held annually in 70 cities across 20 countries, including the UK, US, Brazil, Mexico, France, and Germany, according to its website.

The mass protest ride is designed to protest "the unique dangers faced by cyclists and pedestrians" thanks to cars and "the negative consequences we all face due to the dependence on oil, and other forms of non-renewable energy," the WNBR website explains.

Many participants make the event more personal by covering their body in paint or body art.


Get naked for a good cause.

Let's go!!! #streakfortigers

A photo posted by Stuart Amory (@stuartamorypt) on Aug 13, 2015 at 10:35am PDTAug 13, 2015 at 10:35am PDT

At London Zoo, those who care about tigers can help contribute to their care by going on a naked sponsored run called "Streak for Tigers," a clever play on the plural "streak of tigers."

The popular event, which starts after the zoo has closed to day visitors, encourages participants to do the run fully nude, though most runners cover their bodies with tiger stripes created by body paint. The zoo — which asks those involved to pledge a sponsored donation of £150 ($217) — also provides tiger masks to help participants get into the spirit.

Runners complete a 350-metre loop around the zoo, though a number of participants often do more than one lap, to the cheers of a crowd of spectators.

Read in the buff.
Read in the buff.
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In the UK, Naked Boys Reading invites men "with an exhibitionist streak" to take the stage and read to an audience at London's Ace Hotel and Dalston Superstore as well as Brighton's Marlborough Pub & Theatre.

The project's all-female counterpart, Naked Girls Reading, follows the same concept with readings across the US, Australia, and Europe with readings in London, Rome, Warsaw, and more.

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Better yet, join a topless book club.
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The Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society is a book club that meets in outdoor spaces, often in parks and sometimes on rooftops, around New York City.

But unlike most other book clubs, when the literary group meets to read and talk about the books, they do it topless, and sometimes in the nude when the group meets privately.

"Happily, in New York City, the law allows toplessness by both men and women. So that's the way we do our al fresco reading," the About page on the club's website reads. "If you're in New York and the weather's good, won't you join us sometime…?"

Wear nothing but paint at the World Bodypainting Festival.
Wear nothing but paint at the World Bodypainting Festival.
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Austria's World Bodypainting Festival takes place annually in a village in the nation's southern Corinthia region on the Lake Wörthersee, according to the event's website.

Artists from more than 50 countries attend the festival, first held in 1998. They demonstrate their body-painting skills on models in the hopes of winning the World Bodypainting championship.

There are also music zones for reggae, hip hop, and electronica fans, yoga, and other arts and craft activities, the festival website says.


Become a human sushi table.
Become a human sushi table.
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Or, eat sushi that's served on a naked person.

The US-based sushi catering company SOYO Sushi specialises in nyotaimori ("adorned woman") sushi, which serves sushi off nude women all over the country from New York to San Francisco.

More commonly known as body sushi, this serving method originated in Japan during the reign of the country's last emperor, according to SOYO Sushi's website.

Go on a nude cruise.
Go on a nude cruise.
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If being naked with other naked people in the middle of the sea is your idea of a fun holiday, the US-based company Bare Necessities offers a number of nude cruises all over the world including tours of the Mediterranean and French Polynesia.

The company's most popular cruise is Big Nude Boat, a 10-day party cruise that involves themed events with names like "FantaSea Fest" and "Nudapalooza," according to Thrillist.

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Holiday at a clothing-optional resort.
Holiday at a clothing-optional resort.
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Though many clothing-optional resorts are for couples only or have adult themes, there are plenty of more platonic places to get naked.

The five-star, adults-only Hidden Beach Resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico, allows guests to swim in and lounge around the pools in the nude and even lets them dine naked at the resort's restaurants, according to an article on the travel website Islands.

Go for a naked swim.
Go for a naked swim.
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Forget surreptitious skinny dipping — there are a number of pools where you can swim completely naked with no problem.

The nudist group Naturist London hosts a popular Sunday Swim event at the pool of the University of London's Energybase gym, where swimmers can do laps without their swimsuits.


Exercise au naturel.
Exercise au naturel.
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For a more energetic workout, the London-based company NKD Training offers nude group fitness classes, and personal training sessions with a trainer out of a private gym in West London.

"NKD Training is all about being free from the restrictions of clothes while we train and enables us to be more in tune with our bodies," the website explains. "We aim to provide a friendly and unintimidating environment to get fit and feel free."

Relax at a nudist spa.
Relax at a nudist spa.
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The spa is perhaps one of the most ordinary places to get naked — at least, in a treatment room, under a towel — but there are some spas where being unclothed all the time isn't just allowed but encouraged.

In north London, Rio's, which describes itself as the city's leading health naturist spa on its website, offers nude massages and other spa treatments. You can even enjoy a drink naked in the bar.

[Fife]

Everybody is doing everything wrong. No wonder you all suck so much.

[K@th]

Here’s the thing when it comes to the Dark Lord’s followers: There aren’t that many of them. When I was watching Deathly Hallows Part Two during its midnight premiere, my groan was probably heard by everyone in the theater when, behind Voldemort, appeared (what seemed to be) a hundred thousand Death Eaters. There aren’t even that many wizards in Britain.

I have done multiple readings of the books, intended solely on obtaining any and all information about the Death Eaters. Because of this, I have been able to accommodate for where every known Death Eaters is at all points in the series. It has taken some minor and not-so-minor leaps of faith to compose this guide. So it probably isn’t completely accurate. But alas, stay with me as I try to sort this all out.

Note: I am not going to include Snape in these lists because he was a spy and not a real Death Eater in the second wizarding war. Don’t like that? Fight me.

Voldemort’s Rebirth

The first time we see the Death Eaters formally converge is during their master’s rebirthing ceremony in the Little Hangleton graveyard. To understand which Death Eaters were present during this event I started with the ones known to definitely be there (e.g. Lucius Malfoy, Walden Macnair, Avery, Crabbe, Goyle, Nott, and Peter Pettigrew).

Additionally, in Half-Blood Prince chapter ‘Spinner’s End’ we learn from Snape that he was among the many Death Eaters who did not go to Azkaban for their crimes. The three examples he gives were Lucius Malfoy, the Carrows, and Yaxley. Save for Lucius, that adds three more Death Eaters that, since they weren’t in Azkaban, would likely have Apparated to the Dark Lord’s side on that summer night; the Carrow siblings, Alecto and Amycus, and Corban Yaxley (we recently learned his first name in the new Slughorn writing from the Pottermore Presents eBooks).

Now here’s where my speculation may be inaccurate. There is one more Death Eater that I believe was also there that night: Selwyn. This male Death Eater accompanied Travers to Xenophilius Lovegood’s house when he turned in Harry Potter to the Ministry. And according to Umbridge, the Selwyn family is an old pure-blood one. I strongly suspect that he did not go to Azkaban. We know that ten high security prisoners escaped from Azkaban in January of 1996 (more on them in a moment). Of these ten, I am certain of eight. And based on my guesses, the two left were Gibbon and Jugson, whom we know very little about.

Now, Selwyn could have easily been switched with either of these two. However, I think Gibbon went to Azkaban after the first wizarding war because Remus Lupin recognized him during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower. I could be wrong, but Lupin probably recalled his face from the wanted posters of the Azkaban escapees more than a year before.

For Jugson, he is only mentioned in passing when Lucius (very helpfully) yells out every Death Eaters’ name when splitting up to chase Harry and his friends in the Department of Mysteries. Here I take even more of a leap; I think that Voldemort made a conscious effort to assign most of the Azkaban escapees into that retrieval group for the Ministry (probably as a means to get them back in the action). Dolohov, the Lestranges, Mulciber, and Rookwood all escaped from Azkaban and were members of the retrieval group. Taking my theories of Gibbon and Jugson to be truth, this would leave Selwyn the only other known Death Eater not to have gone to Azkaban and therefore available for Voldemort’s rebirth. As you can see, I took many shots in the dark. Or at least near dark.

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Everybody is doing everything wrong. No wonder you all suck so much.

Thanks! I like you too!

[Speaker to Animals]

Everybody is doing everything wrong. No wonder you all suck so much.

They took away my naked cooking videos, Five. WTF?

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I think if we are going to delete posts or threads, we better have a some rules posted so everyone knows what's out of bounds. Or is it just the Stazi, they arrest you and sentence you, maybe tell you what you did wrong, maybe not.

[Montegriffo]

1967 English cricket season
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1967 English cricket season
← 19661968 →
The 1967 English cricket season saw India and Pakistan tour England to compete in a test series with England. Pakistan lost 2-0 and India lost 3-0.[1] [2]

Yorkshire won their second consecutive County Championship title.[3] [4]

Contents [hide]
1 Honours
2 Test series
2.1 India tour
2.2 Pakistan tour
3 County Championship
4 Gillette Cup
5 Leading batsmen
6 Leading bowlers
7 References
8 Annual reviews
9 External links
Honours[edit]
County Championship – Yorkshire
Gillette Cup – Kent
Minor Counties Championship – Cheshire
Second XI Championship – Hampshire II
Wisden – Asif Iqbal, Hanif Mohammad, Ken Higgs, Jim Parks junior, Nawab of Pataudi, junior
Test series[edit]
India tour[edit]
Main article: Indian cricket team in England in 1967
Pakistan tour[edit]
Main article: Pakistani cricket team in England in 1967
England played two series in 1967 and were very successful, beating India 3–0 and Pakistan 2–0. Ken Barrington scored a century in each of the three matches against Pakistan.

County Championship[edit]
Main article: 1967 County Championship
Gillette Cup[edit]
Main article: 1967 Gillette Cup
Leading batsmen[edit]
Ken Barrington topped the averages with 2059 runs at 68.63.

Leading bowlers[edit]
Derek Underwood topped the averages with 136 wickets at 12.39.

References[edit]
Jump up ^ "India in England, 1967". ESPN Cricinfo.
Jump up ^ "Pakistan in England, 1967". ESPN Cricinfo.
Jump up ^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
Jump up ^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.
Annual reviews[edit]
Playfair Cricket Annual 1968
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1968
External links[edit]
CricketArchive – season summary

Great post. Fascinating stuff.

[StCapps]

I think if we are going to delete posts or threads, we better have a some rules posted so everyone knows what's out of bounds. Or is it just the Stazi, they arrest you and sentence you, maybe tell you what you did wrong, maybe not.

That is clearly way too much to ask for, hence the crickets in response.