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Honor One Another
Gene Getz has a friend-a worship leader and a pianist extraordinaire. His name is Brent Tallent, which brings a lot of interesting comments in view of his musical accomplishments.
Brent tells a rather humorous story about himself-which sets the stage beautifully for our study on this "one another" that states-"Honor one another above yourselves" (Rom. 12:I0).
When Brent was just a young man, a very well-known soloist came to his church, and he had the privilege of serving as her accompanist. He was excited, seeing this as an opportunity to demonstrate his skills at the keyboard. During the rehearsal, he proceeded to run his fingers up and down the keyboard in Liberace style while she sang the first stanza of her song.
Following this initial verse, she stopped, I looked at my friend, and said with a smile-"You know, Brent, I really make a wonderful accompanist for you" The light went on! Suddenly Brent saw what he had done! He was to be the accompanist! He was to support a soloist-never overshadowing and calling attention to his own skills. In short, he was to do everything he could to make her look and sound good.
Hearing this story helps you recognize a powerful metaphor that illustrates what it really means to honor others above ourselves. You see every Christian is to be "an accompanist" to every other Christian. We're all to make one another "look and sound good"!
My responsibility as a Christian-and yours too-is to look at others as more important than you at yourself. When we do, we'll be honoring others above ourselves!
- Jesus Christ, when He walked on earth, set the supreme example in honoring others above Himself.
- On one occasion, a short time before His death, He taught the disciples a powerful truth, which is also a great metaphor.
- At an evening meal together, Jesus-knowing full well that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God,-filled a basin with water and stooped to wash His disciples' feet. After He had finished the task, He shared with them a lesson I'm sure they never forgot.
"Do you understand," He asked, "what I have done for you?,'
Then He went on to answer His own question.
You call me 'Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you" (John 13:12-I5).
- Is the command to serve or to wash others feet?
- Is this a Pattern or a Principle?
- It's common (although not universal) opinion that some Christians confuse principle and pattern in this story and believe that Jesus is teaching us to actually wash one another's feet in today's culture.
- We certainly respect and admire Christians who practice this ancient custom as well as their desire to be obedient to Christ.
- There is certainly freedom in Christ for any Christian to wash another Christian's feet. In fact it can be a powerful example.
A Mark of True Humility
Getz tells of attending the pastors' conference in Atlanta, Georgia, sponsored by Promise Keepers. Over forty thousand ministers gathered to worship together and to be challenged to be faithful to our calling in Christ. Bishop Wellington Boone was preaching. Suddenly he stopped and turned to Tony Evans--a fellow pastor-who was seated on the platform. "Tony" he said, "I'm willing to wash your feet in order to serve you."
In a matter of minutes, something very spontaneous happened. Several men in the audience placed a makeshift container on the platform and filled it with a few bottles of water. They gave Wellington Boone a piece of cloth-probably some kind of T-shirt. He knelt before Tony Evans, removed his shoes and sock, and began washing his feet-all the time telling this brother in Christ that he loved him and wanted to serve him as a fellow pastor. I'll never forget that example. This was a true mark of humility-and captured what Jesus had in mind when He told his disciples to serve and love one another (John 13:12-15, 34-35).
1John 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Whatever your view on foot washing, we must never forget the message and principle Jesus was teaching. Though cultures change, though modes of transportation have evolved. and though most of us usually walk on sidewalks with shoes on our feet rather than sandals on dirty, dusty roads-there is one thing that has not changed!
Paul confirmed this when he said that we as Christians are to "honor one another above ourselves." This is what Jesus was illustrating in the foot-washing episode.
On another occasion, Jesus spelled out this truth even more clearly He took the religious leaders to task for their pride and arrogance.
Everything they do is done for men to see,
He said.
They love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.
Then Jesus turned to His disciples and drove home the lesson they had to learn if they were to be mature men of God who could be used in His service.
The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted (Matt. 23:5-12).
- Jesus was speaking prophetically of himself when He said, "The greatest among you will be your servant!"
- Notice also that whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
The Apostle Paul, though he never sat at the feet of Christ while He taught on earth, learned to honor others.
He applied this truth in his own life, and he taught others to do the same. Thus he wrote to the Philippians: "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 2:5)
- What was that attitude?
- Paul carefully spelled it out Christ demonstrated toward all humankind the greatest act of unselfishness, humility, and self-sacrifice ever known in the universe.
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled himself and became obedient to death-even death on a cross! (Phil. 2:6-8)
The result of Christ's act of love and submission brought to Himself in essence the very same result He promised His disciples (in Mt. 25) if they would "honor others above themselves"-exaltation! This is what God did for Jesus Christ:
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of, of God the Father (Phi]. 2:9-11).
- Our personal exaltation will always be different from that of Christ's.
- Nevertheless, God will exalt Christians who truly honor others above themselves. It may not be immediate, but it will happen- if not on earth, throughout all eternity, where it will really count.
Jesus Himself taught that
"many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first" (Matt. 19:30).
To make sure the Philippians understood what he meant by imitating Christ's attitudes and actions, he introduced this whole paragraph about Christ's act of humility and unselfishness by saying:
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others (Phil. 2:3-4).
- Don't misunderstand! The Bible doesn't teach that we should not have our own interests. That would be impossible.
- The very nature of life-rearing a family, making a living, competing in the workplace, and taking time for ourselves-demands that we look after our own interests.
- However, the Bible does teach that we should "look not only" to our" own interests, but also to the interests of others."
- It teaches us that we should "consider others better than ourselves."
- We should not be motivated by self-centered motives and pride ("vain conceit").
- Our goal should be to honor Jesus Christ first, others second, and ourselves third.
- If we do, we will be honored in due time. As Jesus said, we cannot lose our lives without finding them again.
Matthew 10:39 "He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.
Step 1
Take a careful look at your "honoring others" quotient!
The following questions will help you:
- How many situations can you recall where you purposely attempted to honor someone above yourself
What about yesterday? Last week? Last month?
- In what ways did you reflect sincere appreciation for the other person?
At this point, be careful! We've all met "backslappers." They're opportunists-using the opportunity to exalt other as a means to exalt themselves. This is their ultimate goal. They're willing to "scratch our backs" if we'll "scratch theirs." Someone has said that they've revised the "Golden Rule"-to "Do unto others so they will do for you." This is definitely not what Paul had in mind when he told us to "honor one another above ourselves."
Step 2
Don't forget to honor those who have helped you become what you are
Often times those of who have attained position have conveniently "forgotten" who helped them, who believed in them, and who opened the doors of opportunity.
- The facts are that all of us have gotten where we are with the help of others.
The Praying Hands
Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen!
In order merely to keep food on the table for this big family, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore he could find in the neighborhood.
Despite their seemingly hopeless condition, two of Albrecht Durer the Elder's children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, but they knew full well that their father would never be financially able to send either of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy.
After many long discussions at night in their crowded bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact. They would toss a coin. The loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother while he attended the academy. Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academy, either with sales of his artwork or, if necessary, also by laboring in the mines.
They tossed a coin on a Sunday morning after church. Albrecht Durer won the toss and went off to Nuremberg.
Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, financed his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation. Albrecht's etchings, his woodcuts, and his oils were far better than those of most of his professors, and by the time he graduated, he was beginning to earn considerable fees for his commissioned works.
When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held a festive dinner on their lawn to celebrate Albrecht's triumphant homecoming. After a long and memorable meal, punctuated with music and laughter, Albrecht rose from his honored position at the head of the table to drink a toast to his beloved brother for the years of sacrifice that had enabled Albrecht to fulfill his ambition. His closing words were, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your turn. Now you can go to Nuremberg to pursue your dream, and I will take care of you."
All heads turned in eager expectation to the far end of the table where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, shaking his lowered head from side to side while he sobbed and repeated, over and over, "No ...no ...no ...no."
Finally, Albert rose and wiped the tears from his cheeks. He glanced down the long table at the faces he loved, and then, holding his hands close to his right cheek, he said softly, "No, brother. I cannot go to Nuremberg. It is too late for me. Look ... look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed at least once, and lately I have been suffering from arthritis so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast, much less make delicate lines on parchment or canvas with a pen or a brush. No, brother ... for me it is too late."
More than 450 years have passed. By now, Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits, pen and silver point sketches, water-colors, charcoals, woodcuts, and copper engravings hang in every great museum in the world, but the odds are great that you, like most people, are familiar with only one of Albrecht Durer's works. More than merely being familiar with it, you very well may have a reproduction hanging in your home or office.
One day, to pay homage to Albert for all that he had sacrificed, Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brother's abused hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward. He called his powerful drawing simply "Hands," but the entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and renamed his tribute of love "The Praying Hands."
The next time you see a copy of that touching creation, take a second look. Let it be your reminder, if you still need one, that no one - no one - - ever makes it alone!
Let me say it again! Don't forget those who have helped you become what you are! When was the last time you thanked them?
Step 3
If it is difficult for you to compliment others and to enjoy their successes, take a close look at your walk with Christ.
The following check points will help:
- Some people cannot compliment others and enjoy their successes because they have always been the center of attention themselves.
For example, Jane is an only child and always had everything she wanted. Over the years she became self-centered. Now as an adult, she resorts back to that same pattern of getting everything she wants; this (sinful) attitude causes her to find it very difficult to ever compliment her husband. Rather, she tends to "compete" with him. Unfortunately, the problem is about to destroy her marriage.
This, of course, represents a serious spiritual problem and reflects immaturity and selfishness. This was the problem with the Corinthians. If this is your problem, confess your sin and reprogram your life. Memorize Philippians 2:3-4, and meditate on, his exhortations every day
Every time you're tempted to, hog the show, quote those verses to yourself. Ask God to bring them to your memory when you find yourself being tempted.
Closing Thoughts
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love-
Where there is injury pardon-
Where there is doubt, faith-
Where there is despair, hope-
Where there is darkness, light-
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled-as to console,
To be understood-as to understand,
To be loved-as to love
It is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
It is in doing that we are born to eternal life.
St. Francis of Assisi
This Week
Take some time to honor and affirm someone this week:
- Memorize Philippians 2:3-4.
- Choose one way you are going to honor someone this week. Come prepared to share what you have done.


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My sincerest appreciation to 2018 Indiana Youth Art Month Co-Chairs Carrie Billman and Shayla Fish along with AEAI President Mary Sorrels, our fabulous YAM Volunteers, the hardworking events coordinators Terry and Ned at the Indiana State Capitol, AMACO-Brent's receiving specialists Dale and J.C. and our keynotes, Indianapolis WFYI Radio Host Matthew Socey and Nashville, Tennessee based singer-songwriter Caroline McKinney!
Here are some pics of the event and my remarks to the audience:
Art class is the best way for children to experience creativity at school.
Fine Arts experience can excite the child's emotional realm and strengthen neurological systems while providing opportunities for creative self expression!.
Inside the body's nervous system, myelin..a fatty protein that covers connecting axons between nerve cells, expands during these special learning events.
What does this mean? It means memory systems and action impulses work faster inside your brain, improving the mind's capacity to learn and think.
There is an immense amount of historical and biological evidence that reveals learning through the visual arts is vital to children's cognitive development.
Five years ago, I remember speaking with a 7 year old child.
She was stretching packing tape over her wet tempera painting.
I asked her what she was doing.
She said, "I'm making shiny surface art."
I said, that's fascinating!
She wrote in her journal, " Art is a part of being creative. When you're creative, you're doing better than you are when you're not."
I thought to myself, "Why is she doing better when she is creative in school, than when she is not being creative in school?"
Think about this.
During critical phases of cognitive development, mental operations are realized primarily as a result of a child's interactions with the World around them.
There is a biological reason human beings are endowed with hands.
The hands are the key to intellectual growth!
Sadly, many children in the United States don't attend schools where fine arts exist.
Compounding matters, there are scary trends in education today.
Among certain policy makers, there is this idea that tethering young children to digital screens and tasking them to select answers on multiple choice questions... is somehow a quality education.
I am here to tell you that finger taps on a flat, two dimensional screen, hardly passes as multi-sensory experience.
A school day consisting of screen-based learning is great for collecting numerical data but blunts participation in an abundant curricula. The worst case scenario? Excessive use of digital media introduced by the state during a child's formative development will increase the likelihood that child may become addicted to digital screens.
Seven years ago the Art Education Association of Indiana surveyed its members. We found 60 instances where arts programs were cut.
In 2010, Purdue University art education professor Robert Sabol surveyed over 3400 art teachers from across the United States.
A summary of the findings?
Children's visual arts and creative learning experiences are being sacrificed on the altar of data collection and standardized testing.
I was admiring this years Youth Art Month exhibition earlier and I have to tell you it is a spectacular visual experience.
The children's art reveals they are developing special powers of creativity.
These children are fortunate to have families, teachers, administrators and communities who support their creative development and school art experiences.
As a parent or citizen advocate you have a powerful voice! I urge you to advocate for children's art programs when you can. Send local, state or federal policy makers a loud and clear message either face to face, by telephone, snail mail or email to adequately fund and preserve fine arts programs for all children!
We cannot afford future failures of imagination!
I thank you!
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First of all, I was so excited to find cropped flare maternity jeans. As soon as I saw them I immediately clicked 'Add To Cart.' ASOS Maternity really does have so many great pieces.
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Because I had a whole black motif going on aside from the denim, I decided to wear my new favorite ankle boots from ZARA, my everyday bag and matte black watch. I was feeling quirky so I added the glasses just to make a small statement. With all black ensembles, I like to make a pop with color. Since I didn't do that in this instance, I decided to go with an interesting accessory – oversized glasses. (If I would've done sunglasses instead, I would've gone with something like this.)
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New Jersey Middle School Instructs Students Islam Is the "True Faith" – Thomas More Law Center Files Federal Lawsuit [Must See Video]January 24, 2018 ANN ARBOR, MI – The Thomas More Law Center ("TMLC"), a national nonprofit public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, filed a federal lawsuit yesterday evening in the New Jersey District Court against several officials and teachers of the Chatham Middle School and the School District of the Chathams, located in New Jersey.The lawsuit, claiming several violations of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, was filed on behalf of Libby Hilsenrath and her minor son. Seventh-grade students at Chatham Middle School were forced to endure Islamic propaganda and an explicit call to convert to Islam through a disturbing set of videos in their World Cultures and Geography class. TMLC's affiliated New Jersey attorney, Michael Hrycak, filed the lawsuit. TMLC staff attorney, Kate Oliveri, the principle drafter of the federal complaint, observed: "The Board of Education and other Defendants are waging a war against the religious protections afforded by the First Amendment. They attack religious liberty by enticing young school children with a direct call to convert to Islam and providing a step-by-step guide on how to effect that conversion." One of the videos, linked in this press release, seeks to convert students to Islam and is filled with the Islamic religious beliefs presented as facts, as well as pure Islamic propaganda. This five-minute video ends with the prayer "May God help us all find the true faith, Islam. Ameen." This video includes the following phrases as facts: "Allah is the one God who created the heavens and the earth, who has no equal and is all powerful." "Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is the last & final Messenger of God. God gave him the Noble Quran." "Lo, We have sent thee (O Muhammad) with the truth, a bringer of glad tidings and a warner." "What is the Noble Quran? Divine Revelation sent to Muhammad (S) last Prophet of Allah. A Perfect guide for Humanity." "The Noble Quran: Guidance, Mercy and Blessing for all Mankind." "The Noble Quran: Without any doubt and an eloquent guide from Allah." "The Beautiful Quran: Guidance for the wise & sensible." "Islam: A shining beacon against the darkness of repression, segregation, intolerance and racism . . ." This propaganda video also contains excerpts from the Quran stating that Islam is "perfected" religion and the only religion for mankind. And it ends with a call to conversion: "May God help us all find the true faith, Islam." However, just as shocking is the background music which includes the poem "Qaseedah Burdah" in Arabic, describing Christians and Jews as "infidels" and praising Muhammad in gruesome detail for slaughtering them: "He [Muhammad] kept on encountering with them (infidels) in every battle until they looked like meat put on butcher's bench (they were the lesson for those who were willing to encounter with the Muslims)" (parenthetical in original). "It is as though the religion of Islam was a guest that visited every house of those (infidels and was) extremely desirous for the flesh of enemy. . ." (parenthetical in original). "(The Muslims made their) white shining swords red (with the blood of infidels) after they were plunged; (and the majority of) enemies were having black hair (i.e., most of them were young)." (parenthetical in original). See 5-minute video here
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How can you resist? Awe Grandma, could you please…….. . Well, it is extremely hard, let me tell you!
Being a needlecraft enthusiast, I am always working on several needlework projects. Cross stitching and crocheting are my personal favorites. Over the years, I have cross stitched 6 Christmas stockings for my family. It usually takes about a year to complete one. The bulk of the work was always done on our camping vacations. I would sit and cross stitch, while the kids were playing in the water all day.
My grandson, Donovan, is the only member of his family that doesn't have a Grandma/Mom stitched stocking. It is not that I haven't wanted to do one, it is that we couldn't find a pattern that he approved. He is nine now and we have been looking for a "train" pattern for ever. While I was laid up with my broken wrist, I came across two patterns for Donovan to choose from. Donovan chose the Stoney Creek pattern.
He was so excited to finally have a stocking for himself! Problem was, I couldn't get started, I am right-handed and I broke my right wrist. So, as soon as I finished my rehab and some projects that were half way done when I fell, I promised I would get to work.
In July, I finally got this puppy going! Every time Donovan stops, he has been checking my progress, lol.
Here we go, almost 4 months of work and I am a third of the way done. It has now become my mission to get this done before Christmas Eve. Every free minute I have has been spent stitching. Steven's not sure if there is enough time. As November approaches, I get closer to working full-time hours till January.
I tell yah though, I can see the hope and excitement in Donovan's face as I make his train come to life! The race is on……… Cyn


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Moleskin wrote:Oscar wrote:Moleskin wrote:The new Cowboy Junkies and Jayhawks records are well worth your while.
New Cowboy Junkies, you say?
Oh yes. Only listened twice but am liking it. All That Reckoning came out on Friday.
I enjoyed most of it but some of it just fell too far into the background and I forgot it was playing. Like their other albums I guess.


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Hellas Planitia is a plain located within the huge, roughly circular impact basin Hellas[1] located in the southern hemisphere of the planet Mars.[3] Hellas is the second or third largest impact crater and the largest visible impact crater known in the Solar System. The basin floor is about 7,152 m (23,465 ft) deep, 3,000 m (9,800 ft) deeper than the Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin, and extends about 2,300 km (1,400 mi) east to west.[4][5] It is centered at .[3] Hellas Planitia is in the Hellas quadrangle and the Noachis quadrangle.
With a diameter of about 2,300 km (1,400 mi),[6] it is the largest unambiguous impact structure on the planet, though a distant second if the Borealis Basin proves to be an impact crater. Hellas Planitia is thought to have been formed during the Late Heavy Bombardment period of the Solar System, approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago, when a large asteroid hit the surface.[7]
The altitude difference between the rim and the bottom is 9,000 m (30,000 ft). The depth of the crater (7,152 m (23,465 ft)[1] ( 7,000 m (23,000 ft)) below the standard topographic datum of Mars) explains the atmospheric pressure at the bottom: 12.4 mbar (0.012 bar) during the northern summer .[8] This is 103% higher than the pressure at the topographical datum (610 Pa, or 6.1 mbar or 0.09 psi) and above the triple point of water, suggesting that the liquid phase could be present under certain conditions of temperature, pressure, and dissolved salt content.[9] It has been theorized that a combination of glacial action and explosive boiling may be responsible for gully features in the crater.
Some of the low elevation outflow channels extend into Hellas from the volcanic Hadriacus Mons complex to the northeast, two of which Mars Orbiter Camera images show contain gullies: Dao Vallis and Reull Vallis. These gullies are also low enough for liquid water to be transient around Martian noon, if the temperature would rise above 0 Celsius.[10]
Hellas Planitia is antipodal to Alba Patera.[11][12][13] It and the somewhat smaller Isidis Planitia together are roughly antipodal to the Tharsis Bulge, with its enormous shield volcanoes, while Argyre Planitia is roughly antipodal to Elysium, the other major uplifted region of shield volcanoes on Mars. Whether the shield volcanoes were caused by antipodal impacts like that which produced Hellas, or if it is mere coincidence, is unknown.
MOLA map showing boundaries of Hellas Planitia and other regions
Geographic context of Hellas
Apparent viscous flow features on the floor of Hellas, as seen by HiRISE.
Twisted terrain in Hellas Planitia (actually located in Noachis quadrangle).
Due to its size and its light coloring, which contrasts with the rest of the planet, Hellas Planitia was one of the first Martian features discovered from Earth by telescope. Before Giovanni Schiaparelli gave it the name Hellas (which in Greek means 'Greece'), it was known as 'Lockyer Land', having been named by Richard Anthony Proctor in 1867 in honor of Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer, an English astronomer who, using a 16 cm (6.3 in) refractor, produced "the first really truthful representation of the planet" (in the estimation of E. M. Antoniadi).[14]
Radar images by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft's SHARAD radar sounder suggest that features called lobate debris aprons in three craters in the eastern region of Hellas Planitia are actually glaciers of water ice lying buried beneath layers of dirt and rock.[15] The buried ice in these craters as measured by SHARAD is about 250 m (820 ft) thick on the upper crater and about 300 m (980 ft) and 450 m (1,480 ft) on the middle and lower levels respectively. Scientists believe that snow and ice accumulated on higher topography, flowed downhill, and is now protected from sublimation by a layer of rock debris and dust. Furrows and ridges on the surface were caused by deforming ice.
Also, the shapes of many features in Hellas Planitia and other parts of Mars are strongly suggestive of glaciers, as the surface looks as if movement has taken place.
Layers in depression in crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program A special type of sand ripple called Transverse aeolian ridges, TAR's are visible and labeled.
Solar System, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Oxygen, Mercury (planet), Moon
Mars, Mare Boreum quadrangle, Diacria quadrangle, Arcadia quadrangle, Mare Acidalium quadrangle
Venus, Earth, Neptune, Jupiter, Mars
Mars, Themis, Mare Boreum quadrangle, Diacria quadrangle, Arcadia quadrangle
Mars, Arcadia quadrangle, Ismenius Lacus quadrangle, Mariner program, Imagemap
Digital object identifier, Mars, Basalt, Hellas Planitia, Stratum
Mars, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Syrtis Major Planum, Syrtis Major quadrangle, Amenthes quadrangle
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PICC, World Trade Center, & Rizal Memorial Sports Complex to open as COVID-19 quarantine sites this week – DOH
MANILA, Philippines – Three facilities being converted into quarantine sites for novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients are set to open this week, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Monday.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said these facilities are the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), and the World Trade Center.
Duque made the announcement during his visit to the sites on Monday morning.
The Health chief said the three community quarantine sites will initially admit COVID-19 positive patients with mild or no symptoms.
"This protocol may change depending on the number of patients under investigation (PUI) & person under monitoring (PUM). If a patient's condition worsens, he or she will be rushed immediately to a hospital for proper management and treatment," Secretary Duque said in a statement.
The DOH said the PICC can accommodate a maximum of 294 patients, while the World Trade Center and the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex can admit 502 and 112 patients, respectively.
Duque said the PICC will be managed by the Philippine National Police Medical Corps, while the World Trade Center will be managed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
"Both the PNP and AFP will supervise the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The DOH healthcare workforce will also be supporting these three quarantine facilities," the DOH said.
The facilities are aimed at decongesting hospitals and containing the spread of the highly-contagious coronavirus disease.
The conversion of the three quarantine facilities is a collaboration between government and private sector, composed of the DOH, the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the Bases Conversion Development Authority headed by Secretary Vince Dizon, who is also the Presidential Adviser for Flagship Programs and Projects, the agency added.
To date, the Philippines has recorded 3,660 confirmed cases with 163 fatalities and 73 total recoveries.


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I'm a goofy kid, I can't help it, this next one made me laugh out loud. NO I DID NOT GIGGLE.
Your tongue is a rudder.
It steers the whole ship.
Sends your words past your lips
Or keeps them safe behind your teeth.
But the wrong words will strand you.
Come off course while you sleep.
Sweep your boat out to sea
Or dashed to bits on the reef.
The vessel groans
The ocean pressures its frame.
To the port I see the lighthouse
Through the sleet and the rain.
And I wish for one more day to give my
Love and repay debts.
But the morning finds our bodies washed up thirty miles west.
This story's old but it goes on and on until we disappear,
Calm me and let me taste the salt you breathed while you were underneath,
I am the one who haunts your dreams of mountains sunk below the sea,
I spoke the words but never gave a thought to what they all could mean,
I know that this is what you want, a funeral keeps both of us apart.
I think I'm going to listen to Jane's Addiction for a while, daydream about being a junkie in love, buy that copy of Gift I've been meaning to for years. and watch Black Books.
(the video for Classic Girl is footage from Gift)
Medicine, too.
People take drugs to enjoy techno. I enjoy music that makes me feel like I'm on drugs.
Thanks to smile and look alive and oohyouwouldntbeinterestedinthat for helping me kill some time today…


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The good, the bad, the ugly and… the French?
I write this in England. In my Mother's house. In the room in which I that I grew up; the room in which my marriage began and spent its first five years before we went forth on our own voyage of discovery.
And I don't feel a thing. No nostalgia; no attachment; no sense of history or belonging. This simply isn't home anymore.
So much water has passed under the bridge; so much time has passed since we last slept here about fifteen years ago.
This is not a rich part of London, but it has come down in a big way since we left. With the bypass built, the area has become a quiet back road and most of the local businesses have closed. In spite of all of the money that has been spent beautifying the area, crime and vandalism have increased dramatically. Many houses – including this one – have bars on the windows and grilles over the doorways. The smell of fear is a barely palpable undertone. People no longer greet each other in the street. Few of them know their neighbours anymore.
Most pedestrians hurry past each other with looks of annoyance and boredom, or spend their time yapping on their cell phones. Sometimes – but rarely – they speak English. It is rare to see a smile. Joy is in short supply in this neighbourhood.
It's good to be here, but I'm glad I'm not staying.
I've come to the end of the circle, only to find that but it's not the place where I began. It's true; you never really go home…
I leave with the following observations:
- Inch-wide round black stains on pavements everywhere. The cause? Discarded chewing gum. Perhaps the chewing-gum companies should be made to pay for the cleanup…
- Cellphones here are smaller, sleeker and nicer-looking than the ones currently available in the US, and cellphone, cable and Internet services are substantially cheaper. Why are we content to pay so much for so little?
- Rude women who push in line and talk loudly… in French. Coincidence? I think not…
- Incredibly tiny, cute cars that get great gas mileage. Shame we won't see them here anytime soon, since Americans equate size with safety.
- Mini-roundabouts everywhere. Like their American equivalent, the four-way stop sign, they replace an unequal share of priority with an equal share of confusion.
- The world's most pointless speedbumps.
- Broadband: $15 per month with a free router. When are we going to see a deal like that?
- Souvenir T-shirts that are kind enough to remind us that London is, in fact, in England. Great for those who failed geography, methinks!
- People standing in line for half an hour or more in the bank… and they can't even threaten to take their business elsewhere, as all of the other banks offer equally abysmal service.
- Clothes here are generally of a higher quality, and last a lot longer.
- Petrol: about $2 per litre. The reason? Taxes. About 85% goes to the Government. Not bad for a net exporter of oil…
Now Reading: Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand


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Humility isn't a quality of most films or filmmakers, who would shout their achievements from rooftops if it meant selling more tickets. The first of many things that impressed me about Richard Linklater's Boyhood is how oddly humble it is. This is the film he famously spent 12-years making, with a cast that the audience watches grow as scenes capture what the actors looked like from 2002-2014. Linklater continues to be one of our most inventive risk-takers, the man who gave us broad comedies like School of Rock and Dazed and Confused, but also delved into richer artistic experiments that are among the best films of recent years.
His Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly are wildly original masterpieces of animation. His Tape is a three-actors-in-a-room exercise that doesn't play like a stunt but a taut human drama. He recently capped a wonderful trilogy that began with his wonderful Before Sunrise and even his imperfect, highly unorthodox filming of Fast Food Nation defied expectations and left adventurous audiences with some brilliant scenes to savor.
Boyhood is probably Linklater's most ambitious work and it never seems pretentious or self-important. We watch the central figure, a young boy named Mason (played by Ellar Coltrane), grow up in front of us and deal with a series of complex and relatable circumstances. Admittedly, there are a few what-does-it-all-mean close-ups of the boy. Yet, for all the opportunities Linklater had to imply Look At What a Breakthrough This Is, you only get the sense that his goal is providing total enjoyment.
We meet Mason as he observes a dead bird, his first introduction to his ongoing questions about life, death and what it all means. Rather than the film applying a tone to match those big questions, Linklater keeps things light and relaxed, even when the characters are going through incredible hardships. Mason's mom (Patricia Arquette) struggles to raise Mason and his sister (Lorelei Linklater, the director's daughter). Mason's dad (Ethan Hawke) is something of a child himself, estranged from Mason's mom and living a carefree life while his ex remains firmly devoted to parenthood. The story begins in ways you'd expect, but then, like the surprises life tosses us, the narrative throws in twists that are as smart and unexpected. Nothing here feels forced, as the actors have an openness and vulnerability that makes much of this seem quite real.
The film is a brisk two hours and 45 minutes and covers a large span of time, with transitions handled in yet another brilliantly subtle way. Rather than a subtitle that reads A Year Later… or a music montage, Linklater simply cuts the essential pieces of the story together and allows us to discover how much time has passed by the appearance of the actors. We see Arquette and Hawke with varying haircuts, while Coltrane and Ms. Linklater's growth spurts and voices changing with puberty are impossible to miss.
I grew attached to this family and was sorry to see their story end. We see behavioral patterns, good and bad, that follow them over the years: the danger of marrying an alcoholic and feelings of neglect and abandonment, countered with self realization and the power of encouraging others to follow their dreams. Since the film is long (but doesn't feel overlong) and there are several eventful moments, you have the sensation of collecting select memories just as the family does.
The movie is funny and powerful, with scenes that capture the universal pain and joy of growing up. The work of Lorelei Linklater is every bit as remarkable and transformative as Coltrane's. Arquette is terrific playing one of the great movie moms, and Hawke makes the dad both endearing and frustrating. I was delighted and moved to tears more than once. Linklater has given his audience a remarkable experience.
Score: Five stars
Rated R
165 min.
Photo: Movieweb.com


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Research Interests: Archaeology
Research Topic: Reconsidering Actual Conditions and Social Progress in Interactions with the Kofun Era Korean Peninsula
The relationship between the Japanese archipelago and the Korean peninsula can be traced back to prehistoric times. Interaction between the two was especially active during the Kofun period, and numerous objects that crossed the Sea of Japan have been uncovered from both regions. Through analysis of the burial goods found in elite tombs, and consideration of the nature of the movement of these goods and the spread of production techniques, I am conducting research into the relations between these two regions during this period. Unfortunately, discussion of the historical relations between Japan and Korea is often influenced by preconceived or nationalistic ideas. Through archaeological analysis of the artifacts themselves, I therefore aim to objectively evaluate the effects both regions had on each other and to present a new history of intercultural relations.


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Waltz the night away in a grand ballroom, enjoy a dining experience like no other and immerse yourself in their fantastic ports of call. Cunard invites you to join them on their historic cruise journeys so that you can make your own stories and history on board one of their legendary luxury ocean liners.
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Tonnage: 90,900
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Rating: stars
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Launched: 1st January 2004
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Launched: 1st December 2007
Tonnage: 90,000
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Emily Goligoski speaks at Splice Beta in May 2019. Photo: Jittrapon Kaicome
As newsrooms struggle to do more with scarce resources, many have started looking beyond advertising, subscriptions, and other traditional sources of revenue.
One option that may hold the key to engaging audiences more meaningfully while achieving sustainability is the membership model.
But it's really more than just a business model; it's more akin to a social contract between journalists and their supporters, says Emily Goligoski, research director at the Membership Puzzle Project based in New York University. Members contribute not just money but also time, energy, and expertise, and organisations are held accountable to these supporters.
Speaking at Splice Beta about the Membership Puzzle Project and the key takeaways of their research, Goligoski says,
"We believe all of our endeavours are best poised for growth if we can align our business incentives and our users' incentives."
Subscription is transactional, membership builds relationships
To better illustrate what membership is, Goligoski contrasts it with subscriptions: "We see subscription as transactional — I pay money to [a publication], they give me access to their digital archives and a copy of their magazine. That access is the core of our relationship, and it starts and ends there… Memberships, on the other hand, rely on relationships."
This relationship takes varied forms. Some organisations, like Inside Story in Greece, invite readers to editorial meetings and encourage them to participate in the reporting process. Others have members who serve as transcriptionists, story scouts, audio editors, or proofreaders. A number of news organisations, such as La Silla Vacía in Colombia, openly publish their financial reports. All these things help create a relationship that may have been impossible to forge through more traditional, transactional approaches.
Today's readers, according to research from the Membership Puzzle Project, want stories that are unique and meaningful, and prefer organisations that are transparent, trustworthy, and open to engaging with them. This is where adopting a membership model may benefit a newsroom.
Pivoting based on member feedback
In Southeast Asia, New Naratif is one of the organisations giving membership a shot.
"Very early on, we've pivoted several times based purely on what our members are saying," says founder and managing director Thum Pingtjin. "We listen to them a lot… So a lot of the outputs we have now, how we position ourselves, think of the company, understand what we do, that's all because of member feedback."
It's this feedback that has led New Naratif to branch out from digital and into audiobooks and print editions. "We realised that digital leaves a lot of people behind… People who are visually disabled, older people who don't read on their phones, people who can't afford phones or computers — they should have access to information as well," Thum says.
The publication, which Thum says is fundamentally a movement for democracy and freedom of information in Southeast Asia, publicly publishes their financials every six months and invites members to attend meetings and contribute their expertise. In exchange for their contributions, New Naratif offers free memberships, or extends existing memberships by a number of months or even a year.
A plurality of approaches, but it's not for everyone
Because it's a very audience-centric, context-sensitive approach, there is no one correct model. The membership approach may work well for investigative news organisations, say Goligoski, but maybe not so much for lifestyle and culture coverage.
It can also be tougher to implement than traditional approaches. "This requires organisations to be more open, and to do more listening than they may historically have been engaged in," says Goligoski.
"This isn't a model that's going to work well for everyone, but for organisations that are really fascinated about what people value and how to work with them… and any media organisation that can be very clear about what it is and what it's not… it can be a really good match," she shares.
For New Naratif, this model gels with their philosophy. Says Thum, "We make very little money and run everything on a shoestring… But we are a values-driven organisation. We're organised as a membership association so there are no shares, we'll never be able to sell, and no one can get rich. Everyone has to be on board with the values. Otherwise, what are we doing this for?"
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Anime Prequel 'No Game No Life Zero' Gets Limited US Engagement
Following its gala screening at the Los Angeles Anime Film Festival, the highly anticipated anime feature No Game No Life Zero will receive a special two-night cinematic engagement in nearly 50 theaters across the US. Presented by Fathom Events in partnership with Azoland Pictures, the screenings are set for October 5 at 7 p.m. (subtitled) and Oct. 8 at 12:55 p.m. (dubbed).
In addition to the feature film — which is adapted from the sixth volume of hit Japanese light novel series No Game No Life by Yū Kamiya — the screening events will include a special welcome from Sentai Filmworks ADR director Kyle Jones and voice actors Scott Gibbs, Caitlynn French, Shannon Emerick, Kira Vincent Davis and Sara Ornelas.
The series follows undefeated gamers Sora (Gibbs) and Shiro (French) as they are challenged by the god of games to a chess match – and win. Consequently, they are brought to the alternate reality of Disboard. No Game No Life Zero unfolds 6,000 years before Sora and Shiro were even a blink in the history of Disboard: War consumes the land, tearing apart the heavens, destroying stars, and even threatening to wipe out the human race. Amid the chaos and destruction, a young man named Riku leads humanity toward the tomorrow his heart believes in. One day, in the ruins of an Elf city, he meets Shuvi, a female exiled "Ex-machina" android who asks him to teach her what it means to have a human heart.
Participating theater info and tickets available through www.fathomevents.com.


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More Barn Doors Used Inside
Last Monday I was a little ga ga over the barn door Boots and Totty built to close off their nursery from the master bedroom. Today, I'm a full-blown groupie of barn doors used functionally, and as interior design elements. Rustic in nature, but very modern in application. I love that. Next up is my favorite.
You just have to see for yourself. More interior barn door uses over at Remodelista.com.


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The assailants outside of a Warsaw nightclub shouted "f**k Israel" and "Free Gaza" as they beat the students.
A Holocaust historian puts to bed the myth that Jews in the Holocaust went to their deaths like "sheep to slaughter."
A Holocaust survivor remembers the first Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial service; how children of survivors in New York will mark the occasion
The study of Jewish history had two goals: To create an objective picture of the Jewish past and to defend the Jewish people from anti-Semitic libels.
One is a Polish journalist. The other is a Jewish student in Warsaw. Watch as they walk the streets of Poland and talk candidly about anti-Semitism.
Jewish history is an important part of Polish history.
Simcha Rotem's letters to his wartime girlfriend were published in a biography of her, without his consent.
Weinstein, the producer of many Oscar-winning films, was inspired by the book "Mila 18" and his family's history in the Holocaust.
To the Editor:
When a Polish bishop movingly asks the Jews for forgiveness at a Holocaust commemoration, it's crucial that the Israeli ambassador be there.


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NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year
Associate Professor Faye McMillan
Education has indeed been a feature of Associate Professor Faye McMillan's life. A Wiradjuri yinaa (woman) from Trangie, in NSW's central west, Faye is Director of the Djirruwang Program – Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health) at Charles Sturt University.
As well as her Doctorate of Health Science, Master of Indigenous Health Studies and Bachelor of Pharmacy, Faye has graduate certificates in Wiradjuri language culture and heritage and indigenous governance.
Alongside her esteemed career in academia, Faye is proud mother to Kye and Ethan and she runs a business, Australian Patrol Vehicles Pty Ltd, with her three siblings.
Faye is a board member holding various roles for the Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network and the University of Notre Dame Australia Wagga Wagga Clinical School as well as previously with Indigenous Allied Health Australia. She is also an Atlantic Fellow, which is a global community of leaders collaborating to advance equity, opportunity and human dignity.
Faye was recognised in The Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence in 2014 and by Who's Who of Australian Women in 2017.
Julie Shelley (Winner)
Julie Shelley is a proud Kamilaroi woman who has lived and worked in the Western Sydney Aboriginal community for more than 48 years. She has been married for 31 years and has four children and four grandchildren.
Starting out as a volunteer phone counsellor for WestCare in Penrith, Julie has worked in Aboriginal support worker, liaison and counselling roles for many years. She has been at New Street Sydney Service as Aboriginal Counsellor for over six years.
Julie continued to work while obtaining her qualifications in Master of Social Work, Bachelor Health Science (Mental Health), Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Family and Community Counselling and has recently completed an Advanced Diploma of Specialist Aboriginal Trauma Counselling. Is an Accredited Clinical Counsellor for the (NSW Child Sex Offender Counsellors Accreditation Scheme). She says, 'I never want to stop learning. I believe education is the most powerful tool you can use to make positive and lasting change.'
A member of Indigenous Allied Health Australia, Julie has generously given her time and expertise to many working groups and committees organizations – too numerous to list – in roles such as national delegate, secretary, treasurer and vice chair. She has consulted to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Julie's contribution to Aboriginal health also won her an Acknowledgement Award at the NSW Aboriginal Health Workers Forum and is the current chair of The Aboriginal Communities Matter Advisory Group (ACMAG) for the Education Center Against Violence.
Julie is a strong advocate for members of the Stolen Generation, of which she is a member herself.
Selena Archibald
Fondly known as Aunty, Mum or Ma, Selena Archibald is a much-admired educator who has been supporting students at Morisset High School since 1999.
Founder and role model for Aboriginal education at her school, Selena supports Indigenous adolescents grappling with 21st-century issues and school demands, who are also exploring their cultural identity. She shows them options for their future and coordinates educational and cultural programs to support all students and staff. There were tears the day her first group finished Year 12 and obtained their Higher School Certificates.
Selena works tirelessly above her role description. She sees the students as more than just her job and the students say she pushes them further than they ever thought they'd go. The many commendations about Selena speak of someone who ensures everything in these young people's lives points them toward success: from seeing they are fed and cared for, to also making sure they feel capable and accomplished. 'Education would not be the same without her', one student said. Another commented that without her they would not have become one of the first Aboriginal school captains, 'She helped me break through my shyness to become a public speaker and a leader. These attributes are still core to my being today'.


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Remedies for Homesickness
By Kendell Shaffer
It's almost Columbus Day and I am learning some of my daughter's friends who went to college across the country are flying home for the long weekend. I know they are also planning to come home for Thanksgiving, so why spend the money and take the long journey now? Homesickness is why.
My daughter who just moved into her dorm last week wants to come home next weekend to see her friends. She is already feeling homesick but I don't think coming home next weekend would be a good idea.
I feel lucky to talk to my daughter almost every day since she has been gone and my son texts her most nights. I know she talks to her high school friends quite often. Her campus is amazing and there is so much to do and so many new friends to make. So why be homesick? I told her she is not missing anything here. "If you were home now you'd probably just be hanging out on the sofa reading." "That's what I want to do!" she said.
According to CNN, "… despite the way it's coined, homesickness isn't necessarily about home. And neither is it exactly an illness, experts said.
'Instead, it stems from our instinctive need for love, protection and security — feelings and qualities usually associated with home', said Josh Klapow, a clinical psychologist and associate professor at the University of Alabama's School of Public Health. 'When these qualities aren't present in a new environment, we begin to long for them — and hence home. You're not literally just missing your house. You're missing what's normal, what is routine, the larger sense of social space, because those are the things that help us survive,' Klapow said."
"He offered another way of approaching homesickness: It's merely an emotion that comes in waves. 'Very few emotions stay with you all the time, they come and they go,' he said. But when it strikes, both children and adults often get caught off guard by it, he added. 'They think something's terribly wrong. But it's normal and adaptive to feel homesick for some period of time. It's just your emotions and mind telling you you're out of your element.'"
"'It turns out, [homesickness is] the very thing that inoculates against a future bout of homesickness,' Thurber said. 'By living through a difficult separation, your mind forces itself to cope.' It's this reason why experts advise parents against helicoptering their children out of college if they complain about homesickness."
Kaplow suggests parents stop emailing and texting their students every five minutes. Instead set up a time once a week when they talk. Students need to learn problem solving and suffering a bit can be the best way to learn.
How can you not love it when your college freshman calls you and wants to tell you about her day? It feels wrong to tell my daughter I can't talk to her for another week. But I see his point, I get it.
The last thing you want to do is to watch your child suffer. And if homesickness is not missing your home but it stems from the instinctive need for love, then us parents are suffering from homesickness too with our kids gone. So maybe the once a week call is good for all of us. As hard as it is to admit.


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the 3rd and final review is coming up in two weeks.
Date: October 8th
Time: 10:00 - 14:30h
Room: S202/A313
As in the previous reviews, each group presents separately and has a time slot of 45 minutes (25 min presentation, 20 min discussion).
The groups present in the following order:
10:00 - Performance Software Engineering
10:45 - Code Monkeys
11:30 - Cloud Camel
12:15 - Lunch break
13:00 - TimeScale
13:45 - DoQuomentors
The slides should be presented by two group members.
Remember that different team members must do the presentation in each review.
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For sale at a good price residential complex with shared pool, fully furnished, which includes three detached houses built in 2005 on a fenced plot of 4000 m2. The property is located in the traditional village of Chorafakia in Akrotiri. The area of Akrotiri is a suburb of Chania with great growth in recent years. Each residence has an area of 67 m2, is fully furnished and consists of 2 bedrooms, fully equipped kitchen, living room with TV, bathroom with shower and verandas with pergolas. They have air conditioning in each room, double glazing, shutters, insect screens, solar water heater, autonomous heating system with radiators and good Internet connection. The houses have an EOT license for a total of 9 beds and share a pool of 72 m². The exterior space is beautifully landscaped with BBQ, big parking area for 8 cars. There are 36 productive olives in the estate, and various fruit trees such as peach, apple, fig tree and vine. The complex is in a very good condition and has been successfully rented for a few years, delivering a very good income throughout the year with fixed clientele, with charges from 400 to 800 euros per week in each villa during the tourist season. There are restaurants, supermarkets, cafes, pharmacy and other services nearby. The nearest beach of Tersanas is 2 km away, while at just 10 minutes drive you can visit the other beautiful beaches of Akrotiri, with the turquoise waters, the historic beach of Stavros where was shot the movie "Zorba the Greek", with Anthony Quinn, organized beaches with taverns and fresh seafood, Kalathas, Marathi Loutraki and others. Kounoupidiana with the big commercial center with supermarkets, schools, University, restaurants, cafes, pharmacies, doctors, banks and all amenities is 5 km away, Chania ia at 12 km and the airport at 7 km.
Total area of houses: 197 m²
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Carleon Cove is a rocky cove approached down a long incline with cobbles along part of its length, then a bridge over a very pretty stream.
Now deserted, Carleon Cove used to operate a pilchard fishery until the mid 19th century. The pilchard cellar buildings were later extended to accommodate a steam engine, used to power machinery for cutting and polishing serpentine, and a stream was deepened to allow flat-bottomed barges to ferry the products out to ships.
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Autodesk has announced the discontinuation of their product, Infrastructure Map Server
TORONTO, ON, March 12, 2018 — As of January 7, 2018, Autodesk has discontinued the sale of new subscriptions of Autodesk Infrastructure Map Server (AIMS). The product will officially discontinue as an individual product and new subscriptions, renewals for maintenance plans or subscriptions will no longer be available.
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A Buttonhole Variation - Nationalsozialistische Parteiabzeichen by RZM M1/102 (Frank & Reif of Stuttgart). These were available for private purchase / given (HJ/BDM) to individuals after they had joined the NSDAP. It is constructed out of a die struck tombak base that has been silver washed and contains red, white and black enamel work. The round shaped obverse depicts a black mobile swastika on a white backing, encircled by: "NATIONAL-SOZIALISTISCHE - D.A.P." on a red translucent pebbled backing. The slightly concave reverse shows a soldered on buttonhole assembly. The back is also marked "RZM M1/102". The enamel work is in excellent condition with only minor cracking. The pin measures approximately 15/16 of an inch in diameter. A nice variation!
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I'm chukhkling!
I mean, woo didn't even learn!
That's a boy fur woo!
SOOOO, if WE would happen to meet and I just happened to be wet, how khlose would woo khome to my flooooofy tail?
hello nice reederz its dennis the vizsla dog hay gess wot??? trixie got a bath!!!! now i hav herd that hyoomans think baths ar relaksing or sumthing but let me tel yoo that is far frum the trooth not only ar baths sheer tortcher to endoor but they also result in innosent dogs wot ar not dirty gitting wet too chek it owt!!!
woo did yoo see wot she did to me?! i wuz just coming over to ekspress my simpathee for her predikamint and luk wot happend!!! ok lets go to the instant replay shall we?
after her bath trixie got washd with a speshul calendjoolah tee wot mama mayd espeshly for her it is not tee for drinking it is tee for washing yore dog with!!! hoo noo sutch things eksisted??? ennyway she got lots of attenshun so i gess sumtimes it is gud to be the dirty fluffy dog ha ha ok bye
I'm chukhkling!
I mean, woo didn't even learn!
That's a boy fur woo!
SOOOO, if WE would happen to meet and I just happened to be wet, how khlose would woo khome to my flooooofy tail?
Silly boy, a wet fluffy dog is nothing to tackle with! Next it will be our turn! Be careful.
Whoaaaa, Dennis! So your curiosity just got the best of you and you got sprinkled on. . .Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!
I'm gonna have nightmares.
Your pal,
gots to lurve a shakin' dog!
Talk about being ungrateful, she should have just accepted your sympathies, not shared the torture. But I am sure she was dry soon enough.
dont eat the bath salts…
I am so sorry she did not appreciate your support! Haaaa!
Kisses and hugs
Ha! So long as the weather is warm, the hose is fun, yes? No? Oh…
I don't know why the ginger kitty in the video wasn't happy but the little tuxie sure was tolerant! 🙂 xxx
Oh Dennis, that was sooo funny. Poor Trixie having to have a bath but then she shakes that wet stuff all over you…………
Next time stay well out of the way!
hey! i thought you're supposed to like water…. and on the plus side, you have a sweet smelling trixie around.
Oh terrible water flinging monsters….good thing you have quick reflexes Dennis and got out of there quickly! I liked seeing you in the background during bath time and your little feetsies would move forward then back very quickly. 🙂 I am guessing bath time is not your favorite either…I ALWAYS run and hide when I hear the bath water. 😉
Good one Trixie. Dennis now you know to stay away from anything shaky and wet.
I knew she was a water fluffalo. I do feel for her, though, she looks so sorry all wet and everything.
P.S. Momma says spanking the monkey is a movie that I am not mature enough to watch, but she liked it. Hee hee.


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Personalised Just The Way You Are Necklace & Keepsake
Personalise the necklace with an initial, and choose from either rose gold, silver or gold necklace & charms.
The wooden keepsake is made from Walnut Wood and can also be personalised with a short message up to 40 characters,
The words 'I love you just the way you are...' come as standard.
Please note, the charms are plated.
Product Specification
- Length: 55cm
- Width: 2cm
- Height: 0.2cm
- Weight : 50g
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See Dr. Nuchikat's profile on Healthgrades.
Dr. Nuchikat is a graduate of Miami University and the Illinois College of Optometry. He sees patients at Cincinnati Eye Institute, providing post surgical care in conjunction with Dr. Michael Snyder.
He is a member of The American Optometric Association, Ohio Optometric Association, and an active board member of the Cincinnati Optometric Association. Dr. Nuchikat is a volunteer for the One Sight program donating his time to provide free examinations to underprivileged children in the Cincinnati Public Schools.
He has also been a member of an international team of physicians providing healthcare in developing nations.


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This ring is nice jewelry item based on my original ideas which created via generative process of design (http://generative design). Full item's name is PA_Ring_d20_Osa2Ocrr11FR001 what means Panguver Amalgam Ring with inside diameter 20mm (size U or 10 for US ring sizes). It also has side ornament 2 (added) and center ornament 11 (rotated and removed) based on form of ring 001. This code allows reproducing the similar products again with new ideas following the wishes of the customer. Use customization tools for get other ring sizes.
You can try oversizes for using item as bracelet (250% for size Large).
Single solid (closed) object was checked for errors and ready for 3D printing. Unbiased renders. Hi-polygonal glide structure.
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When you want your joints and finished surfaces to come out just right, there's no substitute for a perfectly sharp edge. In this class, you'll learn how to create and maintain one on chisels and plane irons. We'll start with a bit of theory, and introduce the basic tool kit, but most of the time will be devoted to turning neglected edges into gleaming blades. You are welcome to bring your own tools and waterstones, but the HatchSpace will also have on hand everything you need for the class.
Saturday, November 9, 2019 9am-12:00 noon $45
Instructor: Seth Harter
Seth is professor of history and Asian studies at Marlboro College. He teaches across a wide range of disciplines, from Daoist philosophy to Japanese wood joinery. Over the last decade he has taken classes at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, worked with Garrett Hack, and interned with Tak Yoshino of the Mt. Fuji School of Fine Woodworking.


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Happy Paws CBD Treats creates natural flavoured products for pets- Treats Anxiety Issues and Calms Muscle Pains in Pets
A start-up company in Bridgeport plans to improve the lives of pet owners and their best friends by offering hemp-based pet products. Happy Paws CBD Treats creates flavourful, all-natural snacks infused with CBD (cannabidiol), a compound derived from industrial hemp which is known to have significant health benefits.
Lee Arco, owner of the company says that his team started working on pet-focused CBD products almost an year ago. He said they have a separate company with a formal license to grow industrial hemp. Instead of selling CBD directly to the consumers, they thought of doing something unique with the drug and expand its target audience. Also, they have around 5 to 6 dogs to themselves which prompted the idea of creating CBD pet products that could benefit pets the same way it does to humans.
Happy Paws CBD Treats uses a special blend of oils to amplify the intended benefits of the products, Acrosaid. He said most of the products available in the market use MCT (medium-chain triglycerides) oil which is basically just a downgraded version of hemp oil. However, his company uses a full-spectrum oil blend which consists not just hemp oil but coconut oil as well which is more beneficial.
According to the website of the company, CBD is a non-psychoactive and anti-inflammatory product which can be beneficial for a wide variety of physiological functions, such as anxiety, panic attacks, seizures, appetite, digestion, fatigue, inflammation, and mood. Cannabidiol also contains antioxidants and fatty acids which have anti-inflammatory effects.
Acro said that many CBD companies use imported oils or deal with third party vendors for their oil demands but Happy Paws' products are made from their own hemp which is grown at one of the company's farms in Harrison County.
The company currently sells only one flavor of peanut butter, pet snacks. It plans to expand its menu and create more different flavors of the products.
"We have pumpkin flavoring in the works — that should be coming here in the next month or two," he said. "Then we are working on a meat flavoring and are working on a honey-flavored dog treat."
They sell their products via their online website as of now, but Arco said they have plans to open up physical stores for reaching out to their customers directly in the Bridgeport area.
"In the next six months, we'd like to open a brick-and-mortar store where you can come in to discuss the product, purchase the product and bring in your pets."
They are working with local Humane Societies and are continually working towards a better future for pets. They donate one bag to a local animal shelter for every 10 bags of treats the company sells.
Anu Hookano, the manager of Happy Paws' said that the team sees CBD based pet products serve a two in one purpose – gets good business value and is a great way to improve quality of life for pets.
He has seen a number of benefits in his own pets after treating them with the company's products. He said he gave the product to a black Labrador dog who tends to have anxiety issues, and it worked wonders on it. Just a treat or two were sufficient enough to calm him down and make him feel relaxed. Another dog that Anu has is a huge mastiff who suffers from hip issues, so muscle discomfort is a huge problem for her. After taking the CBD infused treats, she walks better and jogs more leisurely without suffering much pain.
Although there are many companies entering into the CBD space with new products every day now, Arco says that Happy Paws' has a 'leg up' on the competition.