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1 Y E A R 1 3, I S S U E 8 A U G U S T Developing indigenous holiness theology and practice ARMENIA: CHURCHES BRING HOPE TO STRUGGLING FAMILIES By Arthur Snijders Eurasia Regional Director In the fourth of four columns by the Eurasia Regional Director Arthur Snijders on the region s four priorities, he explains how important it is for holiness theology and its practical expressions to be rooted in indigenous culture and understanding. During the first M+Power training, I watched participants do a role-play on cross-cultural misunderstanding. One group portrayed missionaries in a tribe. The missionaries used hand-sanitizer before every meal. But when the people saw this, they assumed this was a cleansing ritual because the missionaries considered the tribal people filthy. A clear breakdown of trust was communicated in the role-play. I caught myself thinking: I use hand-sanitizer, and I never think about it, but I can see how easy it is to mistake its meaning. How difficult cross-cultural communication is. How do we find words to explain the Gospel and to speak to the hearts and lives? What does it mean in this culture to become holy and Christlike? Many mission books about successful cultural entry I have read seem to contain an example of finding a concept or a ritual in the host culture which really could be used to explain the heart of the Gospel. Do you remember the book Peace Child by Don Richardson? Our fourth regional priority is to develop indigenous holiness theology and practice. Holiness becomes a life-transforming message when it uses homemade words, concepts, examples, see HOLINESS page 5 Local churches in Armenia, in partnership with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, are providing sheep and poultry to families who have struggled with unemployment since an earthquake devastated areas of the economy in The projects will last four years. sheep and poultry ministry that A has been operating in Armenia for the last three years is making great strides to improve the lives of families and the surrounding communities of Maralik and Akhuryan. These four-year projects, which were created in response to a growing need that stemmed from a major earthquake in Armenia in 1988, have helped over 60 families since their implementation and have also helped to grow the church through this process. [After the earthquake] most lost By Melissa Dalton After the earthquake, most lost everything they had and were left homeless. - Anna Jara everything they had and were left homeless, program director Anna Jara said. This has created a huge rate of unemployment, and the result of which finds that people have [had] to leave their homes and country. Local churches and the Nazarene Compassionate Ministries committee then decided to create these outreach programs to help people in these areas who were simply trying to make ends meet. Families involved in these programs were selected by local church and community leaders with the help of see ARMENIA page 3
2 NAZARENES EVACUATE FROM MIDDLE EAST More than 150 persecuted Christians from the Middle East have found safety, thanks in part to the generosity of Nazarenes around the world. Numerous Christian families, including Nazarenes and others associated with the Nazarene church from the Middle East were stranded after fleeing their homes for fear of being killed. A European country agreed to accept them, but they were stuck in transit due to complications with obtaining their visas. During this time, the local Nazarene church reached out to care for them, and the global Church of How to Help Pray Pray for the families who are in transit, that they would make it safely to their destination. Pray for the families still living in places of violence. Pray for the churches in the Middle East as they seek to meet the needs of children and families who are living as refugees in their communities. Give Churches and individuals around the world can help persecuted families in the Middle East by giving to the Help for Persecuted Christians fund. Donations will be used to get families to safety and to meet other urgent needs. To send donations by mail, use these instructions: In Germany, send your donation to Helping Hands Germany: Helping Hands e.v. - Gelnhausen, Germany IBAN DE SWIFT-BIC HELADEF1GEL MEMO: MID-EAST REFUGEES the Nazarene, through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, raised money to provide for their lodging, meals and other immediate needs. Of the individuals who were in transit, all but seven have made it safely to their destination country. Another organization has arranged to provide support for the families for a year, and various churches from different denominations, including the Church of the Nazarene, are receiving the families into their congregations. The remaining seven individuals will travel to the destination country as soon as their visas are processed. q For any other country in Eurasia, give through your local church or district, designating your gift to the Help for Persecuted Christians fund. In the U.S., make checks payable to General Treasurer and send them to: Global Treasury Services Church of the Nazarene P.O. Box Kansas City, MO Be sure to put ACM1832 in the Memo area. In Canada, make checks payable to Church of the Nazarene Canada and send them to: Church of the Nazarene Canada 20 Regan Road, Unit 9 Brampton, Ontario L7A 1C3 Be sure to put ACM1832 in the Memo area. Flooding hits South Asia Widespread flooding from intense monsoon rains in August have swept across Pakistan, India and Myanmar, reportedly killing more than 100 people and displacing more than a million, according to The Guardian. In India, West Bengal was particularly hard hit.relief camps have been set up for hundreds of thousands of people who have lost homes in the deluge. In Pakistan, 73 have been reported killed, more than 1,000 homes damaged, and an additional 437 homes totally destroyed, according to Heavy rains also triggered landslides in Nepal, which buried two villages and washed away two bridges, has so far killed 15 people. The hardest hit country is Myanmar, which lies within the Church of the Nazarene s Asia-Pacific Region. Conditions are expected to worsen as the flooding continues. As with other disasters, children, pregnant women, and senior adults are most vulnerable. Rural communities that depend on agriculture for survival are especially devastated as hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland have been inundated by flood waters. In a village in Myanmar where many Nazarenes live, more than 100 homes were swept away and at least 750 acres of rice were completely destroyed. A local Nazarene pastor and congregation members rescued a widow who attends the church after her home was swept away. As rains subside, local leaders will work to establish contact with isolated areas. A church leader in Myanmar sent a report stating, Schools are closed, prisons are evacuated, hospitals are flooded. Many of the bridges have been destroyed. Thousands from the flooding areas are homeless and have moved for shelter. Some villages were completely submerged and destroyed in the flood. Many lives have been lost. According to the latest weather forecasts, the heavy rains are expected to continue. The leader continued, Please pray for our local, field, and regional leadership as they look at the needs and assess how the church can best respond to this monumental crisis. To contribute to the relief efforts, give to Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Asia Flooding project: project-page.php?project= q
3 ARMENIA: EMPOWERING FAMILIES Encouraging hope continued from page 1 the NCM committee. Non-church families and individuals were paired with people already involved in the churches, and they raised the sheep and chickens together. Some areas noticed immediate changes and improvements as a result of these programs. The families were more empowered and encouraged to look to the future and to make their projects successful, Jara said. These ministries have also had longterm effects on the communities. As the projects grow, people are able to gain more income, and produce and sell eggs, wool, cheese and milk. They have even begun using manure as a source for heating and cooking. Although the areas where these programs are active are very sensitive and discourage any types of direct evangelism, the families who are involved with these ministries are being drawn to the church. About 70 percent of the program beneficiaries have been non-churched families, and local congregations are growing as a result. The projects themselves are showing the love and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ; that is making people come to church, Jara explained. Anna Hakobyan is one of the sheep project beneficiaries. There are seven people in her family, including three children. Her family is unemployed, and her husband often travels to Russia for seasonal work. The family has been given eight sheep through this ministry and have also received wool and manure. They have already seen six lambs born from their sheep and are hoping to start getting milk from the sheep for family consumption soon. They are very happy with and grateful for these projects. Anna s youngest child, her only son, is 5 years old. During her pregnancy, Anna had health problems and was required to have surgery with full anesthesia. It was a miracle that her boy was born healthy. This incident helped her come to believe in God and that He can work all kinds of miracles. Anna s family is planning to increase the number of the sheep they have and Anna Hakobyan s seven-member family received eight sheep from a compassionate ministries program run by local churches in Armenia. improve their living conditions for the future. Gevorg Serobyan is another beneficiary of the sheep project. He is a war veteran, and there are nine people in his family three of them children. One of Gevorg s children is only three months old. Gevorg s mother, Lusine, has recently undergone surgery to resolve some problems with her back. The members of this family are also unemployed, so they don t have a stable source of income to satisfy their daily needs or receive governmental support. The family has a small plot of land in front of their house, and they grow potatoes, greens, and beans. They also have experience in raising cattle and pigs. They take credit from the bank against their land that they are cultivating. Gevorg s family has been given eight sheep through this ministry and have already seen four lambs born. They are very grateful for the project and are planning to continue it. They also have plans to develop their own small business to improve their living conditions by increasing the number of the sheep they raise. The project is a hope for a better future. Their only concern is their lack of grass and the price to buy more: it is expensive and hard to find in Maralik. They have also received wool and manure. Anna Jara and her team are now working to design the second phase of this project, which will involve different components of planting churches. The new churches will select and begin projects in two new communities to help support local families in need. One positive aspect is that some of the families in actual churches have relatives in those possible communities that can be contacts for us, Jara said. She also encouraged anyone interested in becoming involved with or supporting these ministries to contact Nazarene Compassionate Ministries International (www.ncm. org) and ask them about supporting the economic development projects in Armenia.q
4 Ambassadors for Christ Eurasia Regional Conference October - 4 November Profound preaching. speakers Renewing worship. Invigorating workshops. Revitalizing fellowship. Rev V.K. Daniel District Superintendent: Sri Lanka Verne Ward Nazarene Global Mission Director Annemarie Snijders M+Power Coordinator Arthur Snijders Eurasia Region Director Sukamal Biswas Field Strategy Coordinator: South Asia Khalil Halaseh Field Strategy Coordinator: Eastern Mediterranean Daniel Fink District Superintendent: Italy J.K. Warrick General Superintendent Register soon to reserve your place. Contact your district superintendent or field strategy coordinator for more details.
5 MISSION PRAYER REQUESTS NOW IN PORTUGUESE Portuguese-speaking Nazarenes will have a new prayer resource from Nazarene Missions International (NMI), as a Portuguese version of NMI s Prayer Mobilization Line (PML) is scheduled to release this month. To subscribe, those who are interested should send an to providing the name, country, and address of the recipient. The weekly publication focuses on the prayer needs and praise reports for the global ministries and missionaries of the Church of the Nazarene. Anyone may subscribe to the prayer newsletter and view it online; however, until now, it has only been available to those who speak English or Spanish. NMI Director Lola Brickey says, We are grateful to hear reports of how the Prayer Mobilization Line has been used to connect mission needs and a praying church. NMI is pleased to be able to facilitate this resource for our Portuguese speaking brothers and sisters. Prayer Mobilization Line was introduced in At that time, a designated telephone line to the Global NMI Office served as a link between the missionaries on the field and local church constituents. Although the phone line is no longer available, PML has since expanded to include a page on the NMI website (nazarenemissions.org), as well as the weekly newsletter. In 2012, a Spanish translation of the intercessory tool began, and NMI is excited about providing the Portuguese version for Nazarenes in virtually every region of the denomination. Linha de Mobilização de Oração da MNI Inclui tradução para o Português em sua programação O público que fala português terá um novo recurso de oração da MNI Missões Nazarenas Internacionais, com a versão em português da Linha de Mobilização de Oração (LMO) que está prevista para ser publicada este mês. Para se cadastrar e receber o boletim, é necessário enviar um para contendo o nome, país e de quem receberá. A publicação semanal terá como foco as necessidades de oração e testemunhos de ministros globais e missionários da Igreja do Nazareno. Qualquer pessoa poderá efetuar o cadastro para receber por o boletim de oração e visualiza-lo online; lembrando que as versões anteriores só estão disponíveis em Inglês e Espanhol. O Diretor de MNI, Lola Brickey disse, Somos gratos em saber que a Linha de Mobilização de Oração tem servido como um canal de comunicação conectando as necessidades de nossos missionários à igreja. MNI tem o prazer de disponibilizar este recurso para os irmãos e irmãs que falam o português. Linha de Mobilização de Oração surgiu em Naquele tempo, havia uma linha telefônica do Escritório Global de Missões servindo como um canal de comunicação entre os missionários em campo e a igreja local. Embora a linha telefônica não esteja mais disponível, LMO, desde então, expandiu-se e foi incluída na página da MNI (nazarenemissions.org) e no boletim semanal que é enviado por . Em 2012, iniciaram as traduções para o espanhol como uma ferramenta de intercessão e agora a MNI está entusiasmada com o fornecimento da versão em português para os Nazarenos, atingindo praticamente todas as regiões da denominação. q HOLINESS: Comes alive in our own language continued from page 1 illustrations and stories. During the last Global Theology Conference (GTC), I listened with awe to African Nazarenes speaking about healing, prosperity Gospel and the deliverance from evil spirits. Why? Because they wanted to address the hot issues of their continent: diseases and suffering; deep poverty and the ever present spiritual world and ancestors. It was clear holiness theology and practice because it was touching both the church and the society exactly where it was hurting and damaged by sin. How very different from four years earlier when one South African presenter admitted great sadness that the holiness tradition did not speak to the evil of apartheid. Africa is finding its holiness voice for Jesus. During the 2014 GTC conference someone from our own Eurasia Region stood up and asked our group, When are we going to address the militant fundamentalism in my area of the region? Six weeks later there was a massive eruption of terrible violence and war in one of these countries. The holiness testimony of several churches was shown in counter-cultural acts of mercy and care. A very powerful example of indigenous holiness practice. The Holy Spirit wants to speak to the church about the strongholds of unholiness and the powers of evil in its culture. He does this in order that we as the church in turn can speak to people in their own language. Indigenous means as much as from the native soil. My experience is that true holiness requires that native element in order to acquire that radical dimension that we see in Christ. How piercing were His words, You have heard that...but I tell you... He knew exactly what to address, but also knew how to address the key issues. Entire sanctification can become a very dogmatic word and concept, which can take a very long time to explain. But once we have heard it in our own language, it comes alive. I still remember a South African who had lived and worked in the Netherlands for several years. I asked him how he looked at Dutch culture. He shared, You are a very tolerant people, but you lack strong convictions. Too easily you become lukewarm in your principles. How it wounded my heart to hear these words in my own language, revealing the unholiness in my own culture. But there is no entire sanctification without it. So, how can we develop an indigenous holiness theology and practice? By pushing ourselves to speak clearly and plainly about Christ changing our hearts and lives. Let us practice to speak out! We can teach one another to talk unencumbered and freely about our life in Christ. Ask for clarification when words amass. Affirm one another when the sharing of the Christ-life has been easy to understand. Theology and practice go together. Good sermons can be ruined by lack of hospitality in the congregation. A culture of reconciliation and genuine forgiveness easily makes up for limited doctrinal vocabulary. Words alone are never enough for holiness. Let us be eager and good learners. In this ever-changing world, there is not room for know-it-alls. Listen fresh to the Bible and one another; how does it speak about practical holy living? Sit again at the feet of Jesus. Being radical and humble go together. The Church of the Nazarene requires a course of study for its ministers; it has invested 100 years in higher education. Let us support these ways of being shaped. For those of us who have a chance: join the theology day and the theology workshops at the Regional Conference in November Found in the museum On the seam in Israel: True wisdom is calling things by their right name - very true, very holy. q
6 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. Mark 11:25 (NIV) Follow us on Facebook Search Church of the Nazarene Eurasia Do you have a story from your church or district or other ministry in the Eurasia Region? Contact us at: eurasiaregion.org. We would love to feature your pictures and stories in a newsletter of Snapshot. Prayer Requests Please pray for churches in Armenia who are reaching out to struggling families through a compassionate ministry program. Pray that God would bring many people to relationship with Him through this practical demonstration of love. Please pray for the church in the Eurasia Region to find ways to implement indigenous holiness theology and practice. Please pray for the families who have been evacuated from the Middle East, to save their lives. Ask God to help them as they try to assimilate into new cultures and new languages. Pray that all their needs will be provided. Please pray the thousands who have been displaced or affected by the flooding in South Asia. Ask God to help our Nazarenes to find ways to assist their communities during this difficult time. Christ commands us to pray for more workers for the harvest in Luke 10:2: The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field (NIV). Pray that God would raise up and equip new workers across the region. Where Worlds Meet is the monthly newsletter for the Eurasia Region of the Church of the Nazarene. To subscribe, org or visit We welcome stories, photos and prayer requests. submissions to Gina Pottenger, Communications Coordinator Zarah Miller, Videographer Randolf Wolst, Website manager Arthur Snijders Regional Director Transforming Our World: In Christ Like Christ For Christ E u r a s i a R e g i o n a l O f f i c e P o s t f a c h S c h a f f h a u s e n, S w i t z e r l a n d Phone (+49) Fax (+49) wherewor asiaregion.or g
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The people who live in Birchy Brook are getting their wish and will be connected to the water well that services Flat Bay West a kilometre away.
That news was confirmed by Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dan Crummell during provincial cabinet meetings in Corner Brook Thursday.
The 15 homes in Birchy Brook have been without water for the past couple of weeks. They had bought a new pump for the community well in Birchy Brook, but the well has caved in and it has become too difficult to draw water from.
Flat Bay West, which is administered by the same committee as Birchy Brook, was recently given $150,000 to upgrade its well. The residents of Birchy Brook want to connct to that well and met with Crummell earlier this week to see if additional funding could be provided to connect them to the water system in Flat Bay West.
Crummell said Thursday he has notifed the folks of Birchy Brook that a plan is in place to make the permanent connection they need. His department later confirmed that the cost of the project will be require another $125,000, to be cost-shared with the community paying 10 per cent and the province covering the remaining 90 per cent.
Crummell had no details of when the work would be done, saying that has been left with the community to work out with the contractor hired to carry out the upgrading of the Flat Bay West well.

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Postal workers near Liverpool are threatening to strike if they are made to deliver free promotional copies of the Sun tomorrow.
The paper had supposedly agreed not to distribute the special issues in the city of Liverpool. It has been largely boycotted on Merseyside for 25 years due to the paper's malicious reporting of the 1989 Hillsborough atrocity.
But, according to the BBC, six postal workers in Skelmersdale – around 12 miles north of Liverpool – who were at Hillsborough, and other colleagues of the 50-strong staff at the Royal Mail branch have had to refuse to deliver the issue.
One quoted in the Liverpool Echo, said: "I felt sick to be honest that I would have to handle it. We would be delivering it to people that were at Hillsborough and to people that lost a loved one or knew someone that died at Hillsborough."
The Sun is planning distribute more than 20m copies of a free mini-issue across England on Thursday, the opening day of the World Cup.
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Messi Goals Help Barcelona Down Real Madrid as Mourinho Rails at 'Scandal'
Lionel Messi kept his cool to swing the Champions League semifinal Barcelona's way.
The World Player of the Year scored both goals as Barcelona won 2-0 after Real Madrid had Pepe red-carded at its Santiago Bernabeu stadium last night. Real coach Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands for ironically applauding a decision that he later called a "scandal."
"Sometimes it disgusts me to live in this world of soccer," Mourinho said in a news conference.
Barcelona's backup goalkeeper Jose Pinto was also ejected for his part in a halftime fracas. The return match is at the Camp Nou in Barcelona on May 3 and the winner of the two-game series advances to play Manchester United or Schalke at Wembley Stadium in London on May 28. United also leads 2-0.
Messi took his goal tally to 52 this season -- 11 of them in the Champions League -- and became Barcelona's third-highest scorer of all time at age 23 with 179 goals. Only Cesar Rodriguez and Ladislao Kubala, with 235 and 194 respectively, have scored more times for Barcelona.
"It's frightening," Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola told reporters. "At 23, to be the third-highest goal-scorer of a club that's a century old."
Messi's double came after Pepe was ejected for a foot-first challenge on Daniel Alves, Real Madrid's fourth red card in four matches against Barcelona this season.
'Changed Everything'
"It was a key decision that changed the direction of the game," Real midfielder Xabi Alonso told reporters. "We are frustrated. It changed everything."
There were other flashpoints last night. Barcelona substitutes rushed off the bench to complain when Pedro Rodriguez was injured in a tussle with Alvaro Arbeloa.
Arbeloa argued with Seydou Keita as they left the field at halftime, leading to a fracas involving players and officials of both teams that resulted in Pinto getting red-carded.
Barcelona had 74 percent of the possession, and made 712 passes -- almost four times as many as Real -- although the Catalan team only scored after Real was reduced to 10 men.
Messi pounced to prod Ibrahim Afellay's cross into the net after 76 minutes. He made it 2-0 with three minutes remaining, finishing past goalkeeper Iker Casillas after slaloming by four defenders in a 20-yard run.
"We stayed true to our game," Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes told reporters. "We're not to blame for anything" to do with Pepe's red card, he added.
'Mission Impossible'
Mourinho said the game had been heading for a scoreless draw before Pepe's ejection and German referee Wolfgang Stark's decision had ended Real's chances of reaching the final. Real will also be without Sergio Ramos in Barcelona after the right back got a yellow card early in the second half.
"We were already talking about a difficult game, now it is mission impossible," Mourinho said.
The Real coach said he didn't know whether Stark had wanted to give publicity to UNICEF, the children's charity whose name Barcelona wears on its jerseys or to please UEFA, European soccer's ruling body.
Barcelona said on its website it's considering complaining about Mourinho's comments to UEFA's disciplinary committee.
It was the third game in 12 days between the archrivals. They drew 1-1 in the Spanish league on April 16 before Real Madrid won 1-0 to take the Copa del Rey last week. Barcelona won the European Cup for the third time in 2009, seven years after Real took the last of its record nine European soccer titles.
Guardiola said the semifinal isn't over yet even if Mourinho says it is.
"A team with nine European Cups never gives up," Guardiola said. "I have seen that many times, as a boy, as a player and as a coach."
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Amazing Modern Scandinavian Apartment
Living in an apartment offers you some advantages. You will get the safety, the comfort and also the privation. This Scandinavian apartment gives you all of them. Besides the modern design, this apartment also offers you great view from your veranda. You can enjoy the other unique building surrounded your apartment from the veranda. The floor made from laminate flooring and completed with tempered glass fence. The bead-board of the veranda also used Mahogany wood. This veranda fitted with unique wooden bench and table completed with colorful cushions. There are some green flowers near the table.
Inside this room, there is a living room. This room has comfortable grey sofa with assorted color of cushions. The sofa completed with assorted color of cushions. The white square table perfectly mated with the grey sofa. Under the sofa, the floor covered with grey fur rug. There is a beautiful painting hanging on the wall behind the sofa. The wall lights make this white living room brighter. This room also has a wooden cabinet. It is used to safe and display the books and picture frames.
The dining room and the kitchen are in one room near the living room. The dining table is unique and completed with some bar stools. There is also beautiful flower on the dining table. The pendant lamp is hanging upside the table. The fireplace is on the right side of the dining table with the wooden storage is on its left side. The floor finished in high gloss. The bead-board of this room used tempered glass too.
The bathroom completed with wide mirror hanging on the wall. This room also has high quality standard furniture. All of them arranged neatly and perfectly. The shower and the washbasin are side by side. This bath room also fitted with a fur doormat. Mostly this room is finished in white.
The bed room looks simple but nice. The bed room is quite wide and it has red quilt. There are white closets on the left and right side of the bed. The same with the other room, this room is also painted in white. Moreover, there is also a beautiful fur rug in this room.


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Country Demographics:
• Size of Country: 338,424 (sq km land)
• Population: 5.4 million
• Population concentration: 64% urban. About 1.25 million people live in the Helsinki metropolitan area in Southern Finland.
• Commute needs: Finland, with a population of 5.4 million, had a total of about 2.9 million passenger cars in 2010. Finland has a very effective public transportation system. All the cities and towns have been designed so that you can get anywhere using public transportation or walking.
Transportation Overview:
• Motorization: 0.99 vehicles per capita; 0.63 personal cars per capita
• Status of mass transit: Finland has a reliable, well functioning public transportation system throughout the whole country.
Activities in the electric automobile area:
Electric Vehicle Action Group (EVAG) is a joint effort of the key Finnish companies in the business to create an infrastructure for electric traffic in the major Finnish cities. The goal is to build the prerequisites for electric cars and other electric vehicles by means of high level state, municipal and business collaboration.
The objective of the EVAG consortium is to enable the proliferation of EV use by developing urban structures, infrastructure and services to be favorable to and compatible with various types of electric vehicles, as well as advancing the sales and adoption of electric vehicles. The concrete target of the project starting fall 2011 is to find ways to increase the number of electric cars in the Finnish urban landscape for the "World Design Capital" 2012. EVAG is actively seeking partners both in Finland and abroad. For further information, please contact Mr. Elias Poyry, EVAG coordinator, e-mail: email@example.com.
A Finnish company, Valmet Automotive is an experienced service provider for the automotive industry and a forerunner in the field of electric vehicles. The company provides engineering and consulting services for various companies in the automotive industry.
In 40 years, over one million high-quality and premium cars have been produced by Valmet Automotive in Uusikaupunki, western Finland. In Uusikaupunki, the company manufactures models for Fisker Automotive Inc. and Garia A/S. Due to recent changes in the ownership of THINK Global AS, the production of THINK City EVs is currently on hold. For more information, please visit http://www.valmet-automotive.com/automotive/cms.nsf
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How do you add content to your core website? If you wanted to post properties you have for sale, and wanted to direct your buyers to that page?
Your help is appreciated!!
Welcome to the first post in our "Featured Tool of the Month" series on Real Estate Websites! Follow us as we break down our software, pixel by pixel. Today's post focuses on setting up a real estate website using Realeflow's Website Builder.
Last month we focused on using Realeflow for real estate lead generation. Those posts talked about the different lead types that Realeflow offers and the importance of each one for a growing real estate investing business.
This month we are focusing on Realeflow's Real Estate Website Builder and how easy it is to set up a custom real estate website in under 3 minutes using Realeflow.
I'm sure you already know that establishing a web-presence is a must-have in today's business market. Without a website, your business is practically non-existent, especially to those who need your services most. Having a website is non-negotiable. You've got to have one and it's got to be good.
Whether you're interested in setting up a main business website or multiple sites to target specific audiences, we've got your back.
You can think of a Core Site as the main website for your business that talks about the services your company offers, business hours, location, team members, and may even list properties you have for sale.
Squeeze Pages are websites that are designed to target a specific audience type and only has one call to action, which is typically for the visitor to enter their information in exchange for something of value.
Core sites are valuable because they inform potential leads about the services your business provides and portray the overall image of your business. Your company's Core Site should be considered the home base of your web presence.
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How do you add content to your core website? If you wanted to post properties you have for sale, and wanted to direct your buyers to that page?
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Basically, a core site that functions like WordPress but keeping the ease of use and ease of setup as the current core sites. Setting up all the keyword content seems a bit wasted without all the other SEO functionality of a WordPress site.
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An omnibus of fourteen carefully selected illustrations depicting eleven years in the life of a white guy who kept finding a way to wash up on the polluted shores of Japan during this time. An epic odyssey from wide-eyed optimism to eventual hope-crushing cynicism. Descriptive passages for the first time ever accompany these works and shed new light on some of their more cryptic natures. Also rife with various photographs and images from both Japan and America that inspired many of the illustrations.
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A/N: This is my first Batman fic. I do have an OC, but there shall be no romance with her. I like romance fine, but I suck at writing it. Angsty darkness is more my thing. Oh yes, this will be dark, very dark…
Disclaimer: I disclaim (did I use that right?) that I have absolutely no connection to Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan, DC, or any of those other people. Now, on with the show…
Chapter 1: Joker's First Trick
October 31
11:28 pm. Bruce felt numb as he stared at the body on the ground before him. Her brunette hair was matted with her own blood and the filth of the street. He couldn't bring himself to look past her face, past her staring eyes and shocked 'O' of a mouth, to her ripped blouse and splayed legs. Rage, coupled with sorrow, was building a steady knot in his chest; the pain was physical and worse than any blow he'd taken yet as Batman. But he forced it down, into the back of his mind, and replaced it with a cold logic as he knelt and picked up the playing card that rested on her neck. He studied the laughing joker on it briefly before putting it into one of the pockets of his utility belt.
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2:57 am. Jim Gordon felt sick as he looked at the body on the stretcher before him. She had been one of the best assets to Gotham's judicial system, and here she was, unable to defend herself when she needed to most. It was an irony that he'd rather not have to realize. The coroner zipped the body bag closed and pushed the stretcher into his van, then turned to Gordon.
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"Thanks Art," Gordon ran a hand through his graying hair, "I'm sorry you had to stay out for so long. You can take her in and go home now."
Art nodded, smiled grimly, and got into his van to drive away. Gordon sighed as he watched the retreating headlights, then walked over to his own car, thinking of his wife and daughter. He'd missed reading Barbara a story tonight. Again. He guessed that he'd be missing a lot of stories in the next few weeks, and his little girl was growing up so fast. He wondered if it would be her reading to him at the next story time. He pulled his keys from his pocket and unlocked his door, then turned at a sound behind him. Batman materialized from the darkness, silent and forbidding as always.
"We found her, just like you said," Gordon looked at the masked man, who continued to stand silent and unmoving, "I, uh, I have to get home. My wife, you know…" he stopped, watching for some sign, some indication. Batman nodded, almost imperceptibly, and Gordon breathed a sigh of relief. He felt like he should say something else, something worthy, but nothing came to mind. He only remembered the visit from two hours earlier, remembered how Batman, the symbol that drove fear into the hearts of criminals, had stopped by and told him about the dead body of Rachel Dawes. And his voice had cracked, pitching up from the normal deep rumble that characterized him and sounding, just for a moment, like someone else entirely.
Gordon pulled himself back to the present and met Batman's eyes. He was still unmoving, gazing impassively at the tired lieutenant. Gordon nodded curtly and got into his car. He watched the unnerving stare even as he drove away. Then a column of steam and the cloak of darkness obscured him from view. But Gordon had the feeling that Batman was still watching him, even through the darkness.
4:03 am. Leah Bowden was lying on the couch when her parents came home from their shift at the hospital. They both smiled tiredly at one another at the sight of her. She was still wearing jeans and a sweatshirt from school, her long brown hair in its usual braid. A large book rested on her chest as it rose and fell evenly, and she'd fallen asleep with her glasses still on. Mrs. Bowden removed the book and glasses, setting them on the small coffee table as her husband covered their daughter with a blanket. She stirred slightly, then sat up and put a hand to her face. Her mother handed the glasses back to her and she put them on thankfully.
"Morning, sleepyhead," her dad said softly. He patted her head gently and went to take a shower while mother and daughter talked.
"'S morning?" Leah slurred, glancing at her watch, the uttered a soft, "Oh."
"How long did you wait up for us?" her mom asked.
"Not too long, a few hours maybe…"
"Liar," a smile touched Mrs. Bowden's lips, "I'm sorry we worked so late. This is always a busy night."
"I know. Don't worry about it.
"Alex said to stop by tomorrow, or he'll start spreading rumors about you."
"Tell him I'll drop by after school. I don't want the orderlies getting any ideas."
"No, I don't think your father would like that either," she laughed, but her face grew serious after a moment, "Did you take your medicine today?"
"Yep," she nodded to a small black case on the coffee table. Inside was a line of syringes, each filled with a pale gold liquid. One was missing from the far end, "All properly disposed of."
"Good," Mrs. Bowden bent and kissed her daughter on the forehead, "You have school in a little while. I'll let you get some sleep."
Leah nodded and sunk into the couch, "Sleep sounds like a good idea."
"Glasses," her mother reminded her, reaching for them.
"That sounds like a good idea, too. G'night," she murmured, surrendering the black frames.
"Good night, sweetheart."
Hello, I'm back. Now, if she seems too Mary Sue, tell me, I'll kill her and replace her with someone else. No, I'm just kidding. But seriously, I've got a backup Leah all ready to go. You just have to let me know. Thanks for bearing with me this far, and please tell me how you feel. If you liked it, review, if you didn't, tell me what you didn't like.


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CEPIC Congress
, the premier international event for those who license rights to stock photography is only a little more than a month away.
This year it will take place at The Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane in London from May 16th through May 18th. The traditional Opening Reception will launch the Congress on the evening of May 15, 2012 and the Annual Industry Party will be held on Friday the 18th.
So far more than 500 people from 34 different countries have signed up to attend. This is a 20% increase over the numbers who were signed up a month before the last two congresses held in Istanbul (2011) and Dublin (2010). This would appear to indicate that business is improving and there is a more positive attitude about the future than was the case in the past two years.
One of the main reasons stock agency representatives attend the Congress is the chance to meet other agents from around the world and make arrangements for wider distribution of their imagery. Ninety tables have been set aside for this purpose.
In addition there will be three days of seminars on important issues facing the stock photo industry. May 16th has been designated as The Photocentric Day. This program has been organized by the
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The sessions will include an update by Nancy Wolff, David Wood and Charles Swan on Legal and Legislative Copyright Issues in the United States and Europe. Allen Murabayashi of
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In addition there will be a panel discussion featuring Anthony Harris, Eugene Mopsik and Chris Shain on how "Content Creators and Distributors Can Partner for Mutual Benefit."
The 6th edition of the Metadata/IPTC Conference will be held on May 17th and will have the theme of "Not Just Searching: Finding is the Key to Effective Business." There will be discussions about visual search, orphan works, automated licensing and what search should look like in the future.
The general program title for May 18th is Industry Day, a full interactive program that will examine how the industry has evolved in the last year, and take a look at trends that are around the corner. For more details click
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