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Meyer Bergman, the London-based private equity real estate firm, has acquired another property as it closes in on its debut fundraising effort.
The company has acquired Burlington Arcade for £104 million (€116 million; $163 million) in west London in an 80:20 joint venture with US private property investor, Thor Equities. Thor has the option to increase its stake to 50 percent by summer 2011.
This is urban real estate developer Thor’s first deal in the UK. It also comes as Meyer Bergman continues to raise money for its debut fund. It hopes to close the vehicle by the end of the year.
In an interview with PERE in October, the firm said it might entertain joint ventures as part of its strategy.
In recent times the firm has made investments in London’s Bentall Centre in Kingston and The Exchange Centre in Ilford, Essex. Yet the firm said it was shifting its strategy to Continental Europe.
In the interview with PERE, Meijer said: “We like assets with high footfall,” said Meijer. “It doesn’t matter whether it needs work, but any sizeable centre needs seven million-plus footfall a year.”
The first deal it did was in April 2008 when it bought the 9,862-square-metre Aladdin Shopping Centre in Kiev. The centre enjoys high footfall being on top of a metro station with very little competition.
Said Meijer in the interview: “Some people ask us if we would invest in assets other than retail. We will focus on retail but we might want to get bigger exposure to non EU markets. They could be European or somewhere else.”
He added: “We would rather become the best retail real estate fund than to try to become another diversified real estate fund.”

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Report on Sangay (Ecuador) — January 2020
Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 45, no. 1 (January 2020)
Managing Editor: Edward Venzke. Edited by A. Elizabeth Crafford.
Sangay (Ecuador) Continuing ash emissions, lava flows, pyroclastic flows, and lahars through December 2019
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 2020. Report on Sangay (Ecuador) (Crafford, A.E., and Venzke, E., eds.). Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, 45:1. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN202001-352090
2.005°S, 78.341°W; summit elev. 5286 m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
Frequent activity at Ecuador's Sangay has included pyroclastic flows, lava flows, ash plumes, and lahars since 1628. Its remoteness on the east side of the Andean crest has made ground observations difficult until recent times. The current eruption began in March 2019; this report covers ongoing activity from July through December 2019. Information is provided by Ecuador's Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (IG-EPN), and a number of sources of remote data including the Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC), the Italian MIROVA Volcano HotSpot Detection System, and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.
The eruption that began in March 2019 continued during July-December 2019 with activity focused on two eruptive centers at the summit, the Cráter Central and the Ñuñurco (southeast) vent. The Cráter Central produced explosive activity which generated small ash emissions that rose up to 3.2 km above the crater and were frequently directed towards the W and SW. Associated with these emissions in early November, ashfall was reported in Chimborazo province and elsewhere, and ejecta from explosions was deposited on all the upper flanks. At the Ñuñurcu vent, effusive activity resulted in an almost continuous emission of material down the SE flank. Small rockfalls and pyroclastic flows along the fronts and sides of the flows reached the basin and upper channel of the Volcán river which flows into the Upano river. These deposits were remobilized by rainfall and formed mud and debris flows (lahars) in the Volcán river, which caused damming at the confluence with the Upano river downstream. Increased thermal activity was recorded by the MIROVA system from mid-May 2019 through the end of the year, corresponding to the ongoing lava flow and explosive activity (figure 39).
|Figure 39. Increased heat flow at Sangay was recorded beginning in mid-May 2019 and continued steadily through the end of the year as seen in this graph of Log Radiative Power produced by the MIROVA project. Courtesy of MIROVA.|
Activity during July-September 2019. Several ash emissions were reported by the Washington VAAC during the first part of July 2019. On 1 July a plume rose to 6.7 km altitude and extended 45 km WSW from the summit. During 3-4 July a plume rose 6.4 km and drifted WNW; it included occasional discrete emissions that extended approximately 35 km from summit. The VAAC recorded a bright hotspot in SWIR imagery on 4 July. On 11 July a 7.3-km-altitude ash plume detached from the summit and extended from immediately W of the summit S past Segu. Webcam and satellite imagery on 11 July demonstrated the continuing thermal activity of the lava flow on the SE flank and ash emissions drifting W (figure 40). On 29 July a plume rose to 7.6 km altitude and drifted 65 km WSW. Later in the day continuous emissions were drifting SW from the summit at 5.8 km altitude before dissipating. The first satellite images of 30 July showed a plume extending 110 km WSW from the summit at 7 km altitude. Activity decreased later in the day and the plume extended W about 45 km from the summit at 6.4 km altitude. Composite satellite imagery on 31 July showed almost constant ash emissions extending over 150 km W of the summit (figure 41).
During an overflight on 6 August 2019 scientists from IG-EPN observed ash emissions from the Cráter Central, and the lava flow continuing from the Vento Ñuñurco in a similar location to where it was in May 2019 (figure 42). Light-colored sediments filled much of the upper basin of the Volcán river. Thermal images of the area also showed that some of the deposits were elevated in temperature, even in the riverbed (figure 43).
Frequent ash emissions continued during August 2019. Diffuse ash was seen moving W from the summit at 5.8 km altitude on 1 August. Another short-lived plume was observed extending 15 km WSW the next day at 5.8-6.1 km altitude. Continuous ash emissions were visible in satellite imagery extending 35 km SW from the summit at 6.1 km altitude on 5 August. During the next two days, the emissions extended 45 km WSW and a prominent hot spot was visible through the meteoric clouds. The ash plume altitude rose to 6.7 km on 8 August and a larger ash emission extended more than 100 km WSW. A new emission the next day drifted 25-35 km W at 6.1 km altitude. A well-defined hotspot seen in shortwave imagery on 10 August accompanied an ash emission that extended 35 km WSW from the summit at 6.7 km altitude. On 12 August a plume drifted 65 km due W at 6.4 km altitude; emissions continued the next day in the same direction at 6.1 km altitude. An ash plume extended 100 km WNW of the summit at 5.8 km altitude on 18 August. A very bright hotspot was observed in infrared imagery the next day. The ash emissions continued to be visible in satellite imagery through 20 August.
An ash plume extending 10 km N from the summit on 25 August coincided with the appearance of a vivid hot spot, according to the Washington VAAC. The plume was initially reported at 7.6 km altitude and later in the day was at 6.7 km altitude. The leading edge of an ash emission reported on 31 August was 350 km W of the summit late that day moving at 5.8 km altitude, and over 950 km WSW before it dissipated on 1 September. Fewer ash emissions were reported during September 2019. The leading edge of a plume extended about 160 km W from the summit on 2 September at 7.6 km altitude; a second emission that day moved NE at 6.4 km altitude. On 4 September a small emission rose to 6.4 km altitude and drifted SW; on 9 September a plume was observed moving W at 5.5 km. A new emission on 19 September was seen in satellite imagery moving in many different directions (N, NE, E, and SE) at 6.7 km altitude. The lava flow on the SE flank produced a strong thermal signature that appeared unchanged from late August through late September (figure 44).
Activity during October-December 2019. Pulses of ash were reported during 1, 9-11, 14, 26, and 31 October 2019 by the Washington VAAC. On 1 October the plume rose to 5.8 km altitude and drifted NE. A narrow plume on 9 October extending 55 km NW corresponded with a bright hotspot at its source. Concentrated emissions the next day rose to 7.3 km altitude and extended over 200 km WNW. Later in the day on 10 October emissions were reported at 5.8 km drifting W. A substantial thermal anomaly and a constant plume of diffuse ash appeared in satellite imagery on 14 October at 6.1 km altitude drifting 15 km W. Diffuse emissions on 26 October appeared 35 km NW of the summit at 5.8 km altitude. The intensity of the thermal anomaly from the lava flow on the SE flank remained strong during the month, and emissions of steam and ash were also visible in satellite images (figure 45). In a site visit on 19 October 2019, IG-EPN scientists measured a recent lahar deposited near the confluence of the Volcán and Upano rivers. It was full of sand-sized particles and approximately 30 cm thick at the river’s edge (figure 46).
Ash emissions during 10-26 November 2019 were reported daily by the Washington VAAC, each lasting for less than 24 hours before dissipating. The first report of ash detected in satellite imagery on 10 November indicated that the plume extended 25 km WSW at 6.7 km altitude. On the subsequent days, the plumes drifted in many different directions at altitudes of 5.8-7.3 km, usually around 6.4 km. The plumes generally drifted 25-45 km from the summit, although some were still visible over 100 km away, depending on weather conditions. The highest plume reached 7.3 km altitude on 18 November and drifted W. The plume on 26 November rose to 6.4 km altitude and was last seen 140 km SW of the summit before it dissipated. Pyroclastic flows were witnessed on 20 November 2019 (figure 47). The last plume of the month, on 29 November, rose to 6.4 km altitude and drifted 65 km W, dissipating quickly, and was accompanied by a very bright thermal anomaly.
|Figure 47. Ash plumes from Sangay rose to 5.8 km altitude on 20 November 2019 and drifted 25 km NE before dissipating, according to the Washington VAAC. Pyroclastic flows appeared on the flank that day. Courtesy of Walter Calle C.|
Ashfall was reported during November in the provinces of Chimborazo (Alao, 20 km NW, Cebadas, 35 km NW, and Guaguallá), Morona Santiago (Macas, 40 km SE), and Azuay (120 km SW). Samples of ash collected from two locations indicated that the amount of material was very small (less than10 g/m2) with a high content of extremely fine ash (between 40 and 60% ash less 63 μm in diameter). The larger fraction over 63 μm was mainly composed of juvenile magma (80%) and a small fraction of free crystals (10% plagioclase and pyroxenes), oxidized fragments (5%), and gray lithics (5%) (figure 48).
In a report issued in early December 2019 the IG-EPN noted that eruptive activity which increased in May 2019 was continuing (figure 49); a small amount of inflation was observed during November. Explosive activity continued at the Cráter Central with ash plumes reaching 2 km above the summit, and plumes drifting frequently towards the NE causing small amounts of ash to fall in the Chimborazo, Morona Santiago, and Azuay provinces. Effusive activity from the Ñuñurco vent produced almost continuous lava that flowed down the SE flank. Small pyroclastic flows around the margins of the lava flows reached the basin and the upper channel of the Volcán river, causing temporary dams that turned to mudflows during rain events.
During an overflight on 3 December 2019 a strong smell of sulfur was noted 1 km above the summit. The Ñuñurco vent continued to emit lava with a maximum apparent temperature of 100 to 210°C (figure 50). IG-EPN scientists concluded that approximately 58 ± 29 million m3 of lava had been emitted through 3 December.
Recurring lahars in the Río Volcán during the period occasionally reached the Rio Upano (figure 51). By late November, they had partially dammed the Upano river (figure 52). On 26 November 2019 when IG-EPN and Sangay National Park officials inspected the area, they recorded deposits more than 2 m thick at the confluence of the two rivers (figure 53). During an overflight the next day, additional deposits were identified along 16 km upstream. The total volume of the lahar deposits was estimated at 5 million m3 to date.
|Figure 51. Inferred lahar deposits at Sangay along the Río Volcán from the foot of the volcano up to its confluence with Río Upano shown in red. Courtesy of IG-EPN (Informe Especial del Volcán Sangay - 2019 - No 6, 4 de diciembre del 2019).|
Another extended period of ash emissions began on 4 December 2019 and continued daily through 19 December. The Washington VAAC reported that an ash plume was initially at 6.7 km altitude drifting S on 4 December. Continuous emissions were observed at 4.6 km altitude later in the day and were visible in satellite images located 25 km S at 5.8 km altitude that evening. The drift directions were initially mostly SW in early December, but migrated to mostly SE during 10-16 December, then back to SW. Plume altitudes ranged from 5.8 to 7.3 km and satellite images revealed ash as far as 160 km away; most plumes were visible to about 25 km before dissipating or disappearing into meteoric clouds. IG-EPN reported steam and gas emissions with small amounts of ash on 13 December that drifted SE (figure 54). Small block avalanches from the active flow were also observed on the SE flank. The next day, ash and gas emissions rose to 1,170 m above the summit and drifted NE while the lava flow appeared incandescent on the SE flank.
During the night of 14-15 December ashfall was reported in San Isidro in the Province of Morona Santiago (30 km SE). Ash plumes rose 870 m above the summit on 15 December and 1,470 m high the next day. Ashfall was reported in the Guasuntos (60 km SW) and Llagos (80 km SW) areas of the Chimborazo province on the morning of 16 December. The next day plumes drifted SE and SW, and minor ashfall was reported that night (16-17 December) in Macas (40 km SE), Morona Santiago province. Satellite images captured gas and ash emissions on 25 December, and ashfall was reported in Alausí (60 km SW) in the province of Chimborazo. An explosion on 29 December produced an ash plume that rose to 6.1 km and first drifted WNW then in an arc to the SW almost 185 km to the coast. Multiple plumes at 5.8-6.7 km drifted westerly for tens of kilometers that day and the next. Prominent thermal anomalies were noted in satellite imagery on 8, 15, 17, and 30 December.
By late December 2019, the lahar deposits in Rio Volcán had backed up noticeably further into the Upano river from a month earlier (figure 55). Sulfur dioxide emissions were not recorded during July through August 2019, but small, pulsing plumes were captured in satellite images during September, October and November, gradually increasing in density. Several plumes were detected hundreds of kilometers from the volcano before dissipating; by December, larger, more frequent pulses of SO2 were measured during many days when ash emissions were reported (figure 56).
Geological Summary. The isolated Sangay volcano, located east of the Andean crest, is the southernmost of Ecuador's volcanoes and its most active. The steep-sided, glacier-covered, dominantly andesitic volcano grew within horseshoe-shaped calderas of two previous edifices, which were destroyed by collapse to the east, producing large debris avalanches that reached the Amazonian lowlands. The modern edifice dates back to at least 14,000 years ago. It towers above the tropical jungle on the east side; on the other sides flat plains of ash have been sculpted by heavy rains into steep-walled canyons up to 600 m deep. The earliest report of a historical eruption was in 1628. More or less continuous eruptions were reported from 1728 until 1916, and again from 1934 to the present. The almost constant activity has caused frequent changes to the morphology of the summit crater complex.
Information Contacts: Instituto Geofísico (IG-EPN), Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Casilla 17-01-2759, Quito, Ecuador (URL: http://www.igepn.edu.ec/); MIROVA (Middle InfraRed Observation of Volcanic Activity), a collaborative project between the Universities of Turin and Florence (Italy) supported by the Centre for Volcanic Risk of the Italian Civil Protection Department (URL: http://www.mirovaweb.it/); Sentinel Hub Playground (URL: https://www.sentinel-hub.com/explore/sentinel-playground); Global Sulfur Dioxide Monitoring Page, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA/GSFC), 8800 Greenbelt Road, Goddard, Maryland, USA (URL: https://so2.gsfc.nasa.gov/); Walter Calle C., Macas, Ecuador (Twitter: @walterc333; URL: https://twitter.com/walterc333/status/1197273200822046720); Edgar Chulde, Quito, Ecuador (Twitter: @EdgarChulde2; URL: https://twitter.com/EdgarChulde2/status/1208547471024173056).


5-year-old Heavenly Joy became an overnight sensation when a clip of her appearance on ‘America’s Got Talent’ (AGT) went viral. Now after the recent passing of Kathy Lee Gifford’s husband, the precious child is back at it, this time more bold about her faith than before.
Daughter of Grammy award winning producer Rodney Jerkins (Dark Child) and singer/actress Joy Enriquez, Heavenly, has been using her talents and charm to win over the hearts of America and while she is at it taking the liberty to profess her Christian faith as well.
“Not Shirley Temple,” she instantly responded, “Jesus!”
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Wharton High School senior Ja’Quarrian Hopkins will continue his football playing career at Southwest Baptist University (SBU) in Missouri after picking this school over two others.
Hopkins, who played both offensive and defensive lines for the Wharton Tigers under coach Chad Butler, said it was important for him to be needed at the college he would be attending.
His decision was SBU.
“I wanted to attend a school where I was actually treated as a priority and the coach gave me a pretty decent offer that I couldn’t resist,” said Hopkins, who traveled to Missouri with cousin Harvells Brown, and classmate James Jones.
Hopkins plans to major in management.
He will play for an SBU program that is currently playing football at the moment. Days after signing his letter of intent inside the WHS gymnasium, the SBU Bearcats Thursday defeated Truman State, 38-20. It was SBU’s first game in 502 days, according to the school. It was the Bearcats’ only home game in a shortened spring football season.
“One of my older family friends attended SBU and he told the head coach (Robert Clardy) about me and that’s how I popped up on their radar,” Hopkins said.
The 2020 all-district selection said WHS taught him what he needs to move on to the next level in academics and athletics.
“During my freshman season on the varsity football team our ending record was 1-7 and we didn’t make the playoffs that season; during the next season we came back and won the district championship,” Hopkins said. “Academically, Wharton has prepared me to do great things because first off the counselors knew me and my potential so honor classes were the only route they were allowing me to take.”
Hopkins, who considered Texas Wesleyan University (Fort Worth) and Grand View University (Des Moines, Iowa), also participated in track and field since his freshman year. He’s been on varsity since his sophomore year.
Hopkins’ favorite subject is English. His GPA is 3.4.
He credits the work ethic that was taught to him by WHS assistant coach Reggie Davis. Hopkins’ height and size enabled him to excel as an offensive lineman behind quarterbacks Donovan Krushall and Sterling Harris, and during the same games – defensive lineman.
“I wouldn’t be in the position that I’m in now if it wasn’t for my lineman coach Reggie Davis. I appreciate all that he and the rest of the coaching staff has done for me,” Hopkins said.

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text: Home entertainment centers may be attached to high-fidelity stereo or quadraphonic speakers. By the 2000s, the best sound systems were designed for home theater and movie sound. It typically includes more than just the left and right stereo channels. Television and VHS typically encodes extra channels onto the two main channels, while digital modes encode this information into the digital DVD source data, with center, two rear, and a subwoofer speakers. The difficulty is usually in wiring and placing the rear speakers and the necessity of buying a receiver that can decode the sound. As the size of video monitors has increased, rather than having a 20-inch TV surrounded by massive stereo equipment, it is common to have a very large flat or projection screen with a small and integrated DVD player / receiver and satellite or digital cable receiver underneath, with small remote speakers and a moderate sized subwoofer.

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Hyundai Azera Transmission
First, the seat preset switches only work with the ignition turned on.The seats are substantially flat and are lacking in adjust ability.
Other issues I had include rough idling, lulls in RPM before shifting, inconsistent shifting.
I agree with these issues. I would add that all electronics are disabled without the key. I don't like it. I like to run the radio without the key and be able to charge the cell phone via the 12 v outlets without the ignition on. These certainly ARE annoyances.
Also, I've noticed lulls before shifts - especially when the engine is cold. Usually I can control shifts with manipulation of the accelerator, but I haven't been able to do that well with the Azera. There seems to be some hesitation as if the transmission is trying to decide whether to shift or not. The shifts are, for me, too smooth and seem to take forever to glide into the next gear. If you push on the accelerator when this "glide" is happening, it's almost as if the engine and transmission can't decide what to do.
However, I haven't noticed rough idling when the engine is warm and I have no problem with the feel of the brakes.
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Authentic Antique over 100 years old European Sword Rapier
Authentic antique over 100 years old European sword Rapier most likely of the French origin with tapering two –stage steel blade ,the upper portion of flattened – hexagonal section engraved illegibly on the edge of ricasso with brief inscription ,with a short fuller on the respective sides flanked by two full length slender fullers.
Steel hilt comprising cup – guard Pierced with a series of slots a pair of straight long quillons swelling towards the notched terminals matching the knuckle –guard urn shaped pommel, and grip finely bound with plaited steel wire with a steel collar top and bottom.
CONDITION: The Blade and steel hilt slightly pitted.
MEASUREMENTS: Overall length: 113 cm (44 1/2inches).Length of the blade: 93.4 cm (36 3/4 inches).


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The Foundation congratulates Sarah Beattie and Burcu Iltan as the Health Care Professional Development Award recipients for 2023.
Sarah currently works as an LPN in the Leduc Community Hospital’s ER department and enrolled in Advanced Ed in Orthopaedics at Norquest College to refine her skill set when dealing with sprains and broken bones in the ER.
“As an LPN, part of my yearly licensing is completing continuing education to ensure I am remaining relevant and competent as a nurse."
"I have already used things I learned in my program to better assess patients that come in with extremity injuries and I hope to see more Ortho LPN positions at Leduc one day, as a great addition to the services we provide." Sarah Beattie
Burcu is also an LPN in the ER department, working towards her Registered Nurse status through studies with Athabasca University.
“This past semester I worked full time and studied at a full-time course load to meet my goal of entering my final practicum in 2023. During this time, I completed a clinical rotation in mental health, a nursing assessment course and a community nursing course."
"Professional development is important to me because of the ever-evolving environment in healthcare." Burcu Iltan
Established in 2021, the Health Care Professional Development Award supports continuing education and professional development opportunities, such as courses or seminars, for healthcare professionals working in the Leduc region.
The call for applications for 2024 will take place this fall. This initiative would not be possible without the support of the generous donors and supporters of the Leduc Community Hospital Foundation.

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Gustave Moreau, “The Unicorns”
“He dwells in equivocal twilights; and he can stare the sun out of countenance…. Unicorn sings ravishing melodies for those who possess the inner ear of mystics and poets. When angered he echoes the Seven Thunders of the Apocalypse, and we hear of desperate rumours of fire, flood, and disaster. And he haunts those ivory gates of sleep whence come ineffable dreams to mortals…. We must believe in the reality of our Unicorn.”
James Huneker, “Unicorns”
The most magical, luminous and magnificent creature of all: the gentle white unicorn appears to Alice in Through the Looking-Glass:
“’This is a child!’ Haigha replied eagerly, coming in front of Alice to introduce her, and spreading out both his hands towards her in an Anglo-Saxon attitude. ‘We only found it to-day. It’s as large as life, and twice as natural!’
‘I always thought they were fabulous monsters!’ said the Unicorn. ‘Is it alive?’
‘It can talk,’ said Haigha solemnly.
The Unicorn looked dreamily at Alice, and said ‘Talk, child.’
Alice could not help her lips curling up into a smile as she began: ‘Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!’
‘Well, now that we have seen each other,’ said the Unicorn, ‘if you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you. Is that a bargain?’
‘Yes, if you like,’ said Alice.”
I have been hunting for the elusive meaning of the unicorn for the last two weeks, and, as the legend wants it, the creature once again proved to be impossible to be captured or tamed. Having collected a delightful horn of plenty of all kinds of information on the elusive creature I can say that only one thing is certain: the unicorn continues to enchant me as the most sublime and the most resplendent miracle. Its origins are lost in the mists of the mythical Source: some legends suggest it came from Tibet, others speak of India, still others point to the Mountains of the Moon in Africa. New Age thinkers are convinced the unicorn originated in Atlantis. I shall return to this later.
Carl Jung traces the meaning of the unicorn in alchemy. In the 17th century alchemical Book of Lambspring (http://www.alchemywebsite.com/lambsprg.html), we read:
„In the Body [the forest] there is Soul [the deer] and Spirit [the unicorn]…He that knows how to tame and master them by art, and to couple them together, may justly be called a master, for we rightly judge that he has attained the golden flesh.“
Book of Lambspring, Deer and Unicorn
Another animal that the alchemists commonly paired the unicorn with was the lion. For Jung, both animals illustrate “the wild, rampant, masculine, penetrating force of the spiritus mercurialis” (the world-creating spirit) but the unicorn is more spiritual than the lion. Jung also notices that the horn is a dual symbol: “The horn as an emblem of vigour and strength has a masculine character, but at the same time it is a cup, which, as a receptacle, is feminine.” Odell Shepard delved deeper into the connection between the lion and the unicorn by associating the yellow lion with the sun and the luminously white unicorn with the moon:
“That there is some kind of connection between the moon and the unicorn is not a theory but a fact. … The unicorn is commonly, though not always, thought of as white in body; it is an emblem of chastity; it is very swift; according to the best authorities it cannot be taken alive. The animal is most readily associated with the new or crescent moon, which might indeed seem to dwellers by the sea to be leading the stars down to the water and to dip its own horn therein before they descend. The crescent moon has been used for ages to represent both celestial motherhood and virginity, whether of Ishtar, Isis, Artemis, or the Madonna. … The ki-lin, or unicorn of China, is commonly represented in bronze, bearing a crescent moon among clouds on his back.”
This agrees with the common belief held in medieval and Renaissance Europe that the unicorn’s horn (called the alicorn) had healing properties and could have been used to purify water.
Hieronymus Bosch, “Vanity in the Garden of Earthly Delights” (a unicorn purifying water – detail)
Now we must make a slight detour into the Christian imagery of unicorns, which, as it turns out, is not incongruent with the alchemical and pagan symbolism. It all started with the Old Testament, which contains quite a few mysterious references to the unicorn:
“God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn.“ (Numbers 23:22)
„His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns“’ (Deuteronomy 33:17)
“Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Can’st thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?“ (Job 39:9-12)
“Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.“ (Psalms 22:21)
Chris Lavers demystifies unicorn’s presence in the Bible in quite a cruel way, though I still secretly cherish the idea that the unicorn wanted to be in the Bible and made sure it got there. It turns out that the scholars of Alexandria who translated the Old Testament into Hebrew encountered a little lingusitic problem on the way: a horned animal called a reem. None of the translators knew what the reem was, so they translated it into Greek as “monoceros“ – one-horn. Years later, after the Mesopotamian cuneiform texts were deciphered, the mysterious reem that haunted the translators of the Bible reappeared as the rimu; when the Old Testament was being translated, the animal had long been extinct. The rimu was “a large and fearsome, though otherwise ordinary, ox,“ says Lavers but I do not think that the animal that may have measured even two metres at the top of the shoulder and may have been as high as 1.75 metres and which weighed a tonne, was ordinary. Do not forget that this animal was the ancestor of our domestic cattle. Now we fastforward to the Middle Ages, when the fathers of the church were busy proving that the Old Testament must have prophesized the coming of Christ. The eminent Bishop Ambrose of Milan was certain that the unicorn represented the son of God and did everything to prove his point. From then on Christ and Unicorn became one. Round about that time an extremely popular book was Physiologus, which was a Christian bestiary that said this about the Unicorn:
“UNICORNIS the unicorn, which is also called Rhinoceros by the Greeks, is of the following nature. He is a very small animal like a kid, excessively swift, with one horn in the middle of his forehead, and no hunter can catch him. But he can be trapped by the following stratagem. A virgin girl is led to where he lurks, and there she is sent off by herself into the wood. He soon leaps into her lap when he sees her, and embraces her, and hence gets caught. And the lesson: Our Lord Jesus Christ is also a unicorn spiritually, about whom it is said: “And he was beloved like the Son of the unicorns.“
This is how the most popular medieval depiction of the Unicorn was born: a tamed creature on a virgin’s lap sitting next to a tree. Now we can let Shepard continue his train of thought regarding the lunar-solar connection between the unicorn and the lion:
“If the unicorn is to represent the moon, then the lion, a common solar emblem, should of course represent the sun, and we have only the tree left to be explained. Trees are involved in several problems concerning the unicorn. Many descriptions of the virgin-capture specify that the maiden must be seated either in a wood or under a tree, and nearly all the mediaeval illuminations place her there.
Professor Otto Wiener has advanced an ingenious theory that in the original form of the story the animal was captured by the tree itself, and in the story now before us the tree does take the place of the virgin as the lion takes that of the huntsman and his dogs. Unicorned animals are often found on Assyrian cylinder-seals grouped with a single conventionalized tree in symbolical arrangement. This tree of the cylinder-seals is usually called the Tree of Fortune, but it seems to be ultimately indistinguishable from the Cosmogonic Tree, the Tree of the World, springing from the nether darkness and holding the earth and heavenly bodies in its branches, familiar in the myths of many peoples but best known to us by the Scandinavian name Yggdrasil. If the lion and unicorn are to represent sun and moon they will need no less a tree than this as the scene of their encounter.
We are now prepared for a bald statement of the solar-lunar theory concerning the lion-capture, and I make it in the words of that theory’s most enthusiastic exponent: “The Lion-sun flies from the rising Unicorn-moon and hides behind the Tree or Grove of the Underworld; the Moon pursues, and, sinking in her turn, is sun-slain.” In other words, just as the lion of our story slips behind the tree to avoid the unicorn’s onrush, so the sun goes behind the Tree of the World, or perhaps into that western grove called the Garden of the Hesperides; and as the unicorn is caught by the horn so the moon is held fast during the interlunar period–at which time, as many myths assert, the sun eats it up.”
Now, let us consider this theory for a moment. Think of the lunar crescent that has always been associated with the horn in symbolism, think of all the horned goddesses and also of the phases of Venus which give the planet a horned look.
Phases of Venus
The power of the horns seems to have captivated humans since times immemorial: one horn, a unique horn seems to be an extra powerful emblem of concentrated piercing power and strength. As it protrudes from the forehead, it also inevitably brings to mind the third eye symbolism.
According to the Talmud, the unicorn escaped the flood by being tied to the ark because its body was too large to fit into the vessel. This tale links the unicorn to the pimordial waters but at the same time it stays tied to the hard matter of the ark. It is a liminal creature that possesses transcendental abilities, just like the alchemical mercurius. Odell Shepard points out that in other tales, the unicorn was actually destroyed by the Flood:
“…one would like to toy with the notion that the original home of the unicorn was the Lost Atlantis. Let us consider what may be said for this. Here we have a very ancient and persistent legend concerning a beast that seems to have vanished from the earth. The belief is of long standing that this beast, although as actual as the mammoth or the sabre-tooth tiger, was destroyed by the flood. Now it is generally agreed among Atlanteans that the world-wide tradition of the Flood–which Hebraizers will persist in calling “Noah’s Flood”–is a racial memory of the submergence of the Atlantic Continent. Most significant are the few but startling evidences that the aborigines of the Western Hemisphere had their own legend of the unicorn, and that they actually used its supposed horn for magical ends. Legends so similar and so peculiar, found in both hemispheres, must have spread East and West from a common distributing centre, and that centre may well have been the vast region that has been covered for at least ten thousand years by the Atlantic waves.”
Even though the unicorn may have perished with the Atlantis, it seems to be enjoying an incredible comeback because its popularity is bigger than ever. It seems that no great fruits of human imagination can possibly ignore the beautiful creature. Its true meaning will always elude us: “Like every other thing or idea that we pursue to the limits of our powers and knowledge he goes forth into mystery,“ says Odell.
Arthur B. Davies, “Unicorns (Legend – Sea Calm)”
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The 2018 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs are a 10-race, 16-driver showdown to determine the season’s champion.
Drivers qualified for the postseason by either winning at least one regular season race or based on accumulated points according to how many vacant spaces remained after all the race winners were accounted for. Ten drivers took at least one checkered flag through the first 26 races of the season, while the final six qualified with their points.
Inside the season’s final 10 races, there are elimination events after sets of three races to shrink the field down from 16 to 12, 12 to eight and eight to the Championship 4. Those three cutoff races are:
September 30: Bank of America Roval 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway October 21: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway November 11: Can-Am 500, ISM Raceway (Phoenix)
The championship race where the final four drivers will compete for the title is the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18.
Although the 2014 Cup Series champion didn't finish the regular season with the most points, he…
Although the 2014 Cup Series champion didn't finish the regular season with the most points, he did have the most wins with seven, including an early streak of three consecutive. This is his 12th playoff appearance.
The 2015 Cup Series champion won the regular season title in 2018 and enters his 11th…
The 2015 Cup Series champion won the regular season title in 2018 and enters his 11th playoffs with the most points and a slight advantage over the rest of the field. He won six races in the regular season.
Michael McDowell won the first race of the 2021 NASCAR season, Christopher Bell won the second and it was the first career Cup Series win for both drivers. But will we see a first-time winner for the third race of the season? Seems unlikely, but so were the results of the first two events.
Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX) will start with Denny Hamlin — who's won three times at the track, including the 2020 race — on the pole, and he's joined by Joey Logano on the front row.
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It’s been AGES since I’ve posted.
I’ve been bsy… So bsy, I forgot “u”…
Har, har… Never said I was a comedian…
So, there is very little knitting content right now. Not that I haven’t been knitting…I have. I just don’t have the patience to take pics and post them right now. I’d rather be..well, um…knitting. Go figure.
Here’s what I’ve been working on…
“Touch of Aran” pullover by Harrisville designs (horrid pic in a horrid color). I’m using Galway in a soft heathered appley green…it’s a weird pic of the color, it’s not so sick-yellowy…it’s more sagey. >shrug< It’s a great color. I love it. I’ve just started the cable panel on the top back.
I’m also part of the International Scarf Exchange 5. My pal and I had similar color/texture “likes” so I picked something that I would love to recieve and I hope she likes it. I am using Jade Sapphire Silk Cashmere lace weight in the Pumpkin Spice colorway. The stitch I’m using is from Barbara Walkers yellow book, pg 154, “Ivy Pattern”… I am doing 3 repeats, with a seed stitch border, size 6 needles. I am digging it.
I really like it and I hope my pal does too!!!
I’m also working on a pair of socks…just finished the toe (they are toe up), no stitch picked yet… I’m using a Lucy Neatby yarn that I have had for a while….looks like a psychotic garden. I’ll post a pic when I have some of the pattern done. Just the toe is a little boring.
Haven’t been spinning at all… Just haven’t wanted to put my knitting down long enough to actually spin. >shrug< I’ll pick it back up sooner or later.
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August has been nothing short of a whirlwind of hiking, mountain running, organizing, race sign-ups, and trip planning. All great things, just busy as every. Heinz and I have big trips coming up next month and to top if off we are headed to Portland, OR to celebrate my best friends wedding. This summer couldn't get any better and I can't wait to share more details about our upcoming adventure's.
Hiking with my favorite partner - On the top of Mt. Wolverine.
Rainy, trail run at the Canyons Resort in Park City, UT.
Trail running (Riking) at the Bird.
You guys it finally happened! After 20 months of growing his hair out, Heinz chopped it off and was able to donate over 8 inches.
What a babe!
Anniversary Hike - Up to Hidden Peak and over to Mt. Baldy and down around through Mineral Basin and through the Peruvian Tunnel with a very cold ride down on the Peruvian Express chairlift. 4 years and counting...
My next adventure.
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Heinz running into a Bull Moose near Lake Blanch.
A challenging run/hike (rike) up to Hidden Peak, back down the mountain, and then back up to Hidden Peak again. Over 9,000 ft. of elevation gain/loss over 10 miles. Steep!

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Ezekiel Elliott leads the NFL in rushing yards with 1551. He is the biggest threat to most teams' defense, and the Lions are no exception.
"He possesses all of the qualities that a great back possesses," says Lions head coach Jim Caldwell. "This guy has top end speed, and he's quick, and he has power, and he's athletic."
Not only does Elliott lead the league in total rushing yards, he also leads the NFL in yards after contact and is tied for second in rushing touchdowns at 13.
"There isn't anything really that he can't do," says Caldwell.
Stopping the Cowboys' run game will be crucial for a Lions win Monday night, and Lions safety Glover Quin says the key to stopping the run game will be keeping Elliott from getting into the open field.
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The only way to stop the flow of illicit drugs into the United States is by helping leaders of drug-producing countries stamp out the supply, Republican presidential hopeful Alexander Haig told a Coral Springs audience on Monday.
"So many of these weak governments down there need our help," Haig said.
"Of course, education here at home is important, but it has been my experience that until we take this problem to the source, to these (producing) nations, we are going to find ourselves without a solution."
Haig also told the Coral Springs Symposium, sponsored by Nova University, that drug use by U.S. military personnel during the Vietnam War was encouraged by "the Soviet Union and its minions," which Haig said supplied the drugs.
He said he is now concerned by "Soviet-inspired Cuban intervention" in Latin America. And, Haig said, "nothing can be more short-sighted" than current arms control plans.
"If we risk our interests in this new arms-control dialogue, we are going to find ourselves dangerously weakened," he said.
Haig emphasized his experience as former White House chief of staff and NATO commander when he officially announced his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination on March 24.
On Monday, Rep. Jack Kemp of New York joined the race. In Coral Springs, Haig said, "I wish him all the luck." But he said he leads Kemp in opinion polls.

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This curved V-neck handmade dress has a gathered skirt, cap sleeves, and a zipper at the back. Twenty-one fabrics make this original design a stylish combination of soft blues and purples that will your little girl will love.
- Fabrics are 100% cotton
- Original design
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No new activity at home of former highway killings suspect (12:25 p.m.)
NEW BEDFORD — There was no sign of further activity this morning at the former home of one-time highway killings suspect Kenneth C. Ponte, where state police used a backhoe to dig up a driveway and patio Thursday.
This morning, the driveway at 106 Chestnut St. was reduced to packed dirt, covered with large tire tracks. Sections of disassembled stockade fence sat on top of it.
But there was no more digging happening, and the Bristol County District Attorney's Office said it could not comment on whether any more will take place.
District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter said Thursday that the highway killings case has been reopened, but would not link the investigation to the work at 106 Chestnut St. or say what was found there.
The highway killings became national news between July of 1988 and April of 1989, when the remains of nine women were recovered along the Interstate 195 corridor in Dartmouth and Marion, an off-ramp of Route 88 Westport, and on Route 140 in Freetown. Two other women reported missing at the same time were never found.
All of the women were drug-dependent and frequented Weld Square, an area known for prostitution.
Mr. Ponte, then an attorney, was indicted by a grand jury in 1990, charged with murdering one of the slain women. The charge was dropped in 1991, and the case has never been solved. One of Mr. Sutter’s campaign promises was to reopen the investigation.
The Standard-Times was unable to reach Mr. Ponte today.
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BWP means Botswana Pula
Botswana Pula Currency Information:
- Abreviation: BWP
- Currency: Botswana Pula
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short-liv'd as Beauty ; which is liable to be lost in an Instant by any sudden Fit sor unforeseen Accident. We sometimes see the finest Shape and the fairest Face subject to the most furprizing Deformities, either by Sorrow, Sickness, or other subitaneous Adversities. 'Tis then all Metamorpbose and Melancholy: All Vanity and Vexation of Spirit, instead of Admiration! The moft beautiful Countenance among the Fair Sex lies at the Mercy of the Small-Pox, from the Cradle to the Saddle, and so to the Grave. It is obnoxious to a Fever or a Fright; and often starts into immediate Death. What Confidence then can they prudently put in the delicate Fairness of their Complexions; which they may perhaps be depriv'd of e're long by a ChanceBlów, a little Indisposition, or one single Distemper? Beauty, alas! of how short and uncertain a Duration is that fading Heliotrope, or Turn-fol of Fancy! It opens only in a Shine of Praise, and shuts in a Shadow of Disgrace. How quickly is the Glory of it fully'd ! it is gone in a Puff of Pride, like a Swift, a Shade, or a Flash of Fire ; in and out again in a Moment. It Aies.off the Ground in a Night's Time, as an aery Phantom, that' never lives to see the Light of the Morning, or the Sun at Noon-Day. One may justly compare it to a flower, which fometimes fades, withers, and dies on its Birth-Day, with every Breath of cold Air. It puts me in Mind of the Sensitive Plant, which droops and links its Head upon the Approach of the least unwelcome Touch. Wbat, and if Beauty be never so refplendent? If it be as transparent as Glass; the brighter, the brittler; and the more it fhines, the sooner it is broken. The glittering Vanity quickly disappears as a gaudy Vision;
deceives the Eye as a glaring Apparition"; and Vanishes as a gilded Dream into an empty nothing, or a worse Spectacle of Deformity. In a Word, who would dote upon sach a flattering Blossom, that is often nipt in the Bud all on the sudden, by the least Blast of a bleek Wind; withers into horrid Blackness, and becomes inftantly barren or abortive ?: 'Tis certain, that the most exquisite, well-favour'd, fair Lady, may happen to be accidentally, and unfortunately also, disfigur'd by a thousand Flaws, like an old
Acco for. Ugliness:. And then it is no Matter whether the selfish. Dotard condemns the Glass for a false Reflexion, or finds Fault with divine Providence for the disagreeable Change. . · BUT a virtuous and pious Woman, whether fair or ill-favour'd, beautiful, or not so charming on the outside, who fears the Lord with the most reverential Devoutness -of Soul, and puts her whole Trust in'his, divine Providence, without any Scruple or Ambiguity ; She shall have the Praise and the Preheminence of an universal Encomium: She, I mean, who is entirely wean'd from all terrestrial Pomps, Vanities, or Iniquities of this wicked World, thoroughly cleans'd from all sordid Sins, and Pollutions of Lust, Lasciviousness, or Libertinism; and inwardly beautify'd with all divine Gifts, Graces, or Virtues, that can adorn a humane Mind elevated far above the Celebration of this inferior State : She, in fine, whose Heart is set upon Heaven and Happiness; whose Soul is fix'd upon God both in Faith and Practice ; and whole Love is united with Eternity and immortal Glory. This is the Royal Bride, or virtuous Lady, in King Lemuels Leffon. Lo her inimitable Character! She is humble, and yet above all the
Proud World; empty of her self, and yet full of God as well as all other good Things; depriv'd of temporal Benefits, and yet polless’d of all heavenly Blessings in her own Mind. See how constant she is in her Loyalty ; how faithful in her Love ; how resolute in her Life ; une daunted in Difficulties, unshaken in Dangers, un-. tainted in Virtue, courteous in Conversation, generous in Correspondence, chearful in Adversity, undisturbid in Reproaches, and sedate in the greatest Storms of State- Affairs ! She places her Comforts and Felicities out of the Reach of Violence, or the Insults of Misfortune, Vicissitude, and hunane Policy. She dreads no Disappointments, and values no transitory Delusions of her Happiness. If the 'saw · Crowns and Scepters at her Feet, she would despise them A:ll with an insuperable Tranquillity of Mind, in comparison of her greater Beatitudes. Her Soul still keeps its fted fast Station, where it had its First Original and Extraction. It is always in Heaven, while we enjoy its Company and Edification upon Earth. Her personal Converse diffuses the Powers of her Virtue as the Rays of the Sun; which, though they strike the Bodies here below, with the most sensible Influences, remain yet at the fame Time never the less glorious in the great Luminary that sends them forth for our Confolation. Her spiritual Contemplations of the Deity are almost supernatural; and, as it were, unbody'd; or abstracted at least from gross Matter and Humanity. Her divine Meditations are all of pious and Seraphick Love. · Her devout Ejaculations in Prayer are always warblingup to the highest Seat of Bliss. Her celestial. like Mind is ever calm and serene, next to intuitive. The Elevation of her Eyes, Hunds,
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and Thoughts, still seem fix?d upon some beati: fick Object, or happy Vision in imperfect View; but in Hopes of a more perfe&t Blessedness here, afcer in full Possession. Thus she perpetually darts the Rays of her fervent Devotion upwards, and returns them back again upon the Fountain of all Light; from whence they came, to eoliven her Mind, as well as illustrate her Life, Motion, and Being! Upon all Occasions, her chief Exercise is in preserving the Lam of the Lord; her sacred Diversion is in perusing the Book of Books, the Bible; and her sole Delight is in promoting the Beauty of Holiness, to the Perfection of Prayer, and Practice of Belief. In short, the consecrates her whole Life, and dedicates all ber Actions to the Fear of God, and the Honour of his King; never neglecting the Service and Glory of his Church Militant, while she aspires to the Triumphant in solemn Yow and Expectation. She desires no better Place of Refuge here below ; no greater Asylum of Safety; no surer San&uary of Salvation in her imaginary Distresses and reyolutionary Calamities. This is she, who is all real Beauty, both in Body and Mind, Spirit and Truth, Grace and good Government, the most remarkable Favourite of Heaven, and the unrival'd Darling of the Earth, without any farther faint Panegyrick.
VERSE XXXI. GIVE her of the Fruit of her Hands;
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ty, to extol this noble' Lady's Virtue to the full Value of her Merits.' My feeble Eloquence is insufficient.
Prophecy and Inspiration can only reach the Height of that glorious Topick. But, however, let every one praise her Worth according to his Ability ; whether Poets, Orators, or Hiftorians, &c': All ought to become Encomiasts of her singular Excellencies. Her Moral and Religious Labours should not want their just Commendations. And therefore, while some honourable Personages are magnify'd for the Nobleness of their Birth; others, for the Greatness of their Fortune ; fome again, for the Exquisiteness of their Beauty; and others at last, for the Politeness of their Breeding, Address, or Ingenuity, among their several Admirers : Let the Fruit of her own Hands be given likewise to this incomparable Queen of Glory, in Proportion to her great Goodness and respective Virtues of more inestimable Value. Give her what is so much her Due ; bestow upon her the deserved Praises of her own Performances ; and let the good Deeds, which she her self ha's done for the Publick Advantage, be proclaimed
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The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) on Sunday, lost a gem in the medical profession, Dr. Okeoghene Edigba, a senior registrar in the Department of Surgery, who slumped and died short after performing series of surgeries on patients in the hospital.
The President of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) UBTH chapter, Dr Etin-osa Imagbenikaro who took to her twitter handle to announce the tragic incident, , Edigba collapsed and died after performing four surgeries back to back.
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This is an important site for breeding waterbirds, numbers of which have fallen considerably in recent years as a result of low water-levels. Pelecanus crispus is thought to have bred in small numbers until 1990 and Chettusia leucura bred until 1986.
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Make photos into drawings: check out 10 amazing apps
Anyone who likes to take creative photos must have tried a few different editions too. While it is fun to turn photos into caricatures, some prefer something even more artistic, like turning photos into drawings or paintings.
In case you are interested in this type of effect, we have separated some of the best apps to make photos into drawings easily. Check out our main suggestions in the full list below!
Our first recommendation is great for anyone who wants to turn photos into drawings. With the Waterlogue, you can make your images look like real paintings, many of them looking like something made with watercolor or gouache.
The cool thing is that all the effects and filters available are of high quality and are able to convey a very realistic feeling. Of course, in addition, there are normal photo editing options should you need it.
It is only necessary to remember that the application is paid and can also only be downloaded on iPhones. If you want to check out more about it, visit the link!
Painnt is another excellent application for turning photos into drawings. To get a sense, it has about 2,000 filters that can make your images look like paintings and drawings.
Just choose your favorite style and you'll find dozens of filters dedicated to it. The best news is that the app can be downloaded and used for free on your smartphone.
If you were curious, just check out the app on Android and iPhone!
3. Cartoon Photo
Cartoon Photo is our next suggestion and, as the name implies, it's great for leaving your photos as drawings. It has excellent filters for this, each with a different painting style.
You can tell that the result is very real, especially in styles that match the chosen photo. In addition, you can still make other changes to leave the image the way you imagined.
Like some other apps of this type, you can download it for free. If you liked it, just go to the Google Play Store link.
PhotoMania is another app that can turn photos into drawings on your smartphone. Like most of these apps, it has dozens of different filters that you can use.
Many of these filters can be used to make your photo look like a sketch, a painting or a pencil drawing. You can still add frames to make the image more personalized.
Fortunately, the app can be downloaded for free on Android and iPhone.
Next, we'll suggest using PicsArt for those looking for photo editors. It is an excellent app for anyone who owns an Android smartphone or tablet.
The cool thing is that in addition to drawing filters, it still has normal editing tools. Thus, you can have a very eclectic use depending on what you want on the day.
Among the design filters, there is a great variety, which is another advantage. The app is also free, so you can learn more by confirming the link!
6. Pencil Sketch
Pencil Sketch is another application that makes your focus very clear on the name. It was created specifically to make your photos look like a pencil drawing, so you won't find any painting effects here.
But the cool thing is that he has many styles of pencil drawings. It can be a sketch, a black and white drawing, a colorful art, etc.
This alone brings a lot of variety and can make your photos very interesting. Like so many others, the app is also free and can be checked by accessing the link.
ToonMe is already one more application that you should try. Unlike the aforementioned option, it is more suitable only for making photos into drawings.
For that reason, you can expect that it does not have great editing resources. Except that, he is very advanced to create the effect of drawing or painting.
Instead of just applying a filter, it uses an artificial intelligence system to recognize elements in the photo. In this way, you can apply the effect more effectively.
It is worth mentioning that the app is only available on the iPhone. To learn more, check out more at the link.
8. Watercolor Effect
Continuing our list, we have the excellent Watercolor Effect app. As his name makes clear, his main focus is to make his images look like paintings made with watercolor.
But there are also other types of filters, including the oil paint effect, for example. There are about 30 different effects that you can test, each with its own style.
The application is paid, but it is worth it for what it offers. It is available for Android and iPhone.
SuperPhoto is another application that can turn photos into drawings. We recommend it especially for the amount of effects and filters it offers.
In the paid version, there are well over a thousand different effects, to be aware. If you want to use only the free version, there are still 200 filters available, which is not bad.
Many of these effects make your photos look like artistic paintings, as expected. If you found it interesting, check out more by accessing the link.
To close our list of apps for making photos into drawings, we have PopCam. It has some very interesting effects to add that artistic touch to your personal photos.
A little different from the other apps we mentioned, it doesn't have great editing tools either. After all, this transformation of the style of the photos is your main focus.
The cool thing is that you can download it for free, but there are also in-app purchases.
If you found the concept cool, check out more of the app by accessing the link.
Did you like the apps to make photos into drawings?
Was it possible to take advantage of our list to discover apps for making photos into drawings? So don't forget to leave your comment telling us what you think of the suggestions and which apps caught your attention.
Also check out our guide to learn how to recover photos and what are the best apps to remove the background from the image.


Speaking after the launch of the Audit Office report on homeless Sinn Fein Councillor Sandra Duffy said “it is clear from this report that the Department for Communities Homelessness Strategy 2012/17 has failed.”
“The Audit Office report notes that homelessness is more than simply people sleeping in the streets, it is also about people and families having to live with relatives, in temporary accommodation or living in properties not suitable to their needs.
“The report makes it clear that not only has there been a 32% increase in the number of households designated as statutory homeless over the last five years but that the Housing Executive was unable to produce first hand evidence or published statistics to show why the rate of homelessness is so high or that they had been able to prevent people from becoming homeless.”
Councillor Duffy said that:
“Whilst the report voices a concern about the possible abuse of the Housing Selection Scheme it also needs to take account of a recent UN report which highlighted the impact of unequal access to social housing behind the high proportion of Catholic households on the waiting list and registered as statutory homeless
“As we have seen all to recently sectarian hostility and unionist territorial claims restricts access to social housing at the same time as there is a growing nationalist population with greater need to establish new households. This is leading to increasing overcrowding in many nationalist areas, with two and even three generations forced to share a home.”
Commenting on that section of the report which states; “Sometimes homelessness is the result of personal difficulty or tragedy, family breakdown, ill health or addiction Sandra Duffy said;
“More often homelessness is the result of structural disadvantage, poor wages and high housing costs, negative equity and rising mortgage payments, unequal access to social housing, the negative impact of Tory benefit cuts and changes.
“Everyone should have a right to a home and there is a particular emphasis on the Housing Executive to address what the Audit Office report has identified and which many of us have been pointing out for years, we need to build more social homes.
“The Housing Executive are persistently failing to reduce demand for social housing through increasing the supply of homes and this is having a direct impact on the levels of homelessness in Derry and across the North.


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Former Priest in Sex Assault Cases Gets Parole, Has Cancer
July 6, 2017
A former priest who was convicted in New Hampshire of sexually assaulting two teenage boys in the 1990s and sentenced to 30 years in prison has been granted parole because he has terminal cancer, a board decided Thursday.
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"I have no excuse for what I did," Fortier told the board. He said he has lived with what happened for nearly 20 years and has lost other things, too, including the church.
Fortier, formerly of St. Peters Church, in Farmington, was convicted following a trial in August 1998. His lawyer argued one boy made up the claims in order to exhort money from the church, and the other boy was schizophrenic and wasn't taking his medication at the time of the alleged assaults.
One boy testified the abuse began when he accepted Fortier's invitations to spend weekends at the rectory. He said he went because he was jealous of the attention his older brother was receiving from the priest.
Fortier's other accuser said the priest molested him starting in January 1994, when he was 14. He said Fortier showed him pornographic films, then rubbed his crotch and performed oral sex on him.
In November 1988, Fortier also pleaded guilty to attempted felonious sexual assault against the brother of one of the victims.

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What is it?
Permethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid and neurotoxin with the chemical formula C21H20Cl2O3. Some of the other names of this substance are Lyclear, Nix and m-phenoxybenzyl 3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate.
What are the effects?
This substance belongs to the groups:
Permethrin is on the Red List* from Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a project of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (previously the Breast Cancer Fund). They list the substance as an endocrine disrupter.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) identifies that permethrin is “very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects, is harmful if swallowed, is harmful if inhaled and may cause an allergic skin reaction.”
* “The Red List includes chemicals found in personal care products that pose serious, chronic health concerns including cancer, hormone disruption, and reproductive and developmental harm. The list also flags chemicals that are banned or have use restrictions by the U.S. or other world governments, ingredients that adversely impact worker health, and ingredients that are widely used in products marketed to women of color.” – Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
How is it used?
Permethrin, more commonly known by its trade names Lyclear or Nix, is a pyrethroid insecticide that are being used to treat lice and scabies. The repellent chemical is either used as a skin cream or lotion, or it can be sprayed on fabrics so that insects avoid it or die in contact.
Read about the other ingredients.
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Arizona Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison
in Money Laundering and Tax Scheme
For Immediate Release
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Gino Carlucci was sentenced to 188 months in prison for his role in conspiracies to commit money laundering and to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and for filing a false income tax return, the Justice Department and the IRS announced today. On July 25, 2011, a federal jury in Phoenix convicted Carlucci of both conspiracies and the tax crime after an eight-day trial.
According to the evidence presented at trial, Carlucci and his co-defendant, Wayne Mounts, stole large sums of money and assets from Joseph Flickinger, a tax return preparer in Ohio who had himself defrauded multiple clients of their life savings in a fraudulent investment scheme. Flickinger pleaded guilty to federal charges in a separate case and was sentenced to 70 months in prison. After defrauding Flickinger of the money, Carlucci and Mounts devised a scheme to have Flickinger arrested by federal officials, and then used the money for their own personal benefit. In addition to money, Carlucci and Mounts defrauded Flickinger out of several high-end vehicles and a condo near Lake Erie, Ohio, which they quickly sold for $210,000. Carlucci had some of the funds transferred into bank accounts held in the name of his wife and father-in-law. Carlucci’s wife and Mounts withdrew more than $300,000 in cash over several months in increments of $10,000 or less so that they could avoid having the bank report their withdrawals to authoritiesCarlucci and Mounts spent an additional $150,000 of the funds to buy a 43-foot luxury boat whose existence Carlucci concealed from the government for over two years.
“This sentence demonstrates that those who would hide assets and income from the IRS using phony identifications and bogus documents, all for the purpose of enriching themselves, will be properly punished for their crimes,” said Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
“Today, Mr. Carlucci was held accountable for his criminal behavior,” said Richard Weber, Chief IRS Criminal Investigation. “He's nothing more than a con man motivated by greed. His sentencing is a victory for honest taxpaying citizens.”
Chief Judge Kathryn H. Vratil of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, sitting in Phoenix by special designation, ordered Carlucci to pay $893,716 in restitution to the victims in Flickinger’s case and to the IRS. Judge Vratil further entered a forfeiture order against Carlucci for a money judgment in the amount of $722,841.00. Before trial, the government seized over $155,000 of the funds from Carlucci and Mounts, as well as a new truck Carlucci bought with the funds and the 43 foot boat. Carlucci was detained pending sentencing following the guilty verdict in July 2011. After trial, the government seized many of his remaining assets that he was hiding, including another 39 foot boat, a Chevrolet truck, two Sea Doo personal watercraft vehicles, trailers, three all-terrain vehicles and two vitamin encapsulation machines that he used for one of his businesses. Mounts was sentenced in January 2012 to 63 months in prison.
Assistant Attorney General Keneally commended the joint efforts from the special agents from IRS Criminal Investigation in Ohio and Arizona who investigated the case as well as Tax Division Trial Attorneys Richard Rolwing, Hayden Brockett, and Monica Edelstein, who prosecuted the case. Assistant Attorney General Keneally also thanked the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona for their assistance in this matter.
Additional information about the Justice Department’s Tax Division and its enforcement efforts is available at www.usdoj.gov/tax/.
Updated September 15, 2014
Press Release Number: 12-1018

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Lot 264 - 1933 Rover 12 Special
|Odometer reading||46,407 miles|
|Result||Sold - £19,244|
- Eligible for VSCC events
- Fully custom built ‘duck tail’ body
Starting its life as an unassuming Rover 12 saloon this Special was once owned by Tory agent Mr Wood who in 1984 collided with another car on the A38 while over twice the drink driving limit! Needless to say, the car needed repairs and thus the life of a Rover Special began, all corroborated by an article in the Cornish Times found in the history file. Indeed, after the crash the car remained laid up for four years until Mr Wood decided to use the car as a van, but as years went by, he eventually sold the car in 2000 to the then owner who had the express intent to create the Special for hill climbs and rallies. Our owner purchased the car last year, at this stage the car was in good shape but needed recommissioning and fettling which, being a keen enthusiast, he duly completed with invoices and receipts in the history file to show. However, despite loving the looks of the car, being used to perhaps more exotic vehicles and the like he decided to concentrate his time on other projects.
Presented in blue coachwork with contrasting red trim the first thoughts of this little Rover Special are of how pretty the duck tail body is, the history plots the restoration process and clearly indicates this was completed to a good standard. The history file that accompanies the car includes invoices, three photo albums of the rebuild, history relating to the original car including buff logbook, and a current UK V5 registration document. The 1465cc engine is showing good compression, the car starts on the button and would be an ideal partner for a foray into vintage/classic rallies, indeed has been accepted for VSCC eligibility. With some light fettling we are sure it would be competitive and huge amounts of fun, indeed this plucky yet gorgeous little Rover will tug on many a heartstring and promises to provide the new enthusiast with many miles of enjoyment.
Interested parties should satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each Lot prior to the sale. Accordingly, buyers are on notice that each vehicle is offered ‘as is/as seen’ subject to the Terms and Conditions for the auction. All registration numbers, engine and chassis details are sourced from registration documents provided to Historics by the client or representative or HPI checks and buyers are to satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of these details. Buyers are advised to inspect the vehicle in person or use a professional to carry out this service. Historics will not entertain disputes over descriptions.


The world’s largest hamburger chain, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), serves over 68 million customers in 119 countries. All McDonald’s restaurants are either operated by the corporation, franchisee, or an affiliate.
McDonald’s expanding in Russia
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD)’s has recently announced that it would be expanding itself in Russia as its rivals keep on increasing their presence in the region. The company has more partners lined-up this year after making Rosinter its first franchisee last year.
Russia CEO Khamzat Khasbulatov said, “Beyond the Urals, we are interested in Western and Eastern Siberia, and we are also considering franchising out restaurants in (Russia’s western) enclave of Kaliningrad”.
According to the company, it would operate its business through franchises where it’s less profitable to go for self-operated restaurants. By the end of this year, Rosinter would be opening its first restaurants in St Petersburg and Moscow. During the next three years, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD)’s has plans of opening more than 150 self-operated restaurants in Russia.
Menu Changes at U.S. Restaurants
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD)’s has decided to cut its Fruit & Walnut Salad and Chicken Selects from U.S. menus. Plus, the company is also in the process of deciding whether to keep its premium Angus burgers on the menu or not.
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD)’s has dominated the burger industry for years but rivals such as Wendy’s and Burger King are now closing the gap on the burger giant. This latest move comes as a reaction to these chains which have recently done well with their new menus.
Regarding these latest menu changes, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD)’s spokeswoman, Danya Proud said, “As always, we are constantly evolving our menu and listening to our customers to meet their changing needs”.
January Sales Drop
According to McDonald’s, January sales at its restaurants around the world have fallen to 1.9%, 0.8% more than the analysts’ estimates. In January, 2012, same store sales grew by 6.7%. February, 2012 sales would be hard to beat as the month had an extra day due to the leap year. In February, 2012, McDonald’s recorded a sales growth of 7.5%. Slow economic growth has been the chief culprit behind this weak sales figure.
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD)’s is trading at a forward P/E (1yr) of 15.27x and has a PEG of 1.88. Incorporating a healthy dividend yield of 3.20% in its PEG gives us a PEGY of 1.41. Using an industry forward P/E of 17.6x, I would value McDonald’s.
Using consensus estimates for 2013, I value McDonald’s at $102. This shows that it’s undervalued by 6.25%. By adding its dividend yield into this we get to a total return of almost 9.5%.


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An extraordinary brooch from the A. Leondarakis collection designed by Marialena Leontaraki (designer, artist). The brooch’s design excites the imagination since a plethora of fairy-tales come into mind as we see the golden angel climbing the silver rope ladder.
The brooch is handmade from solid 925 sterling silver while the angel is made from solid 14K gold. Discreetly on its back it carries the metal fineness stamps and the Workshop code ΩΙ34.
Established in 1920, A. Leondarakis is a family run business with a long history committed in the production of quality, unconventional gold and silver jewelry with a recognizable identity.
The A. Leondarakis name ensures that this artifact was made with quality in mind and will be a possession to enjoy.
APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENTS: Length 5.3cm x Width 1.4cm x High 1.3 (2.08 X 0.55 X 0.51 inches)
Important notes: Please note that the item might not be in stock (please feel free to contact us for item availability). Items that are not in stock might take up to two weeks to ship. If the item is in stock we ship in a maximum of three days. Custom orders might also take up to two weeks to ship. Each item is handmade and not machine produced.


LOCAL farmers had a chance to see into the future last Thursday when Chapman Machinery Service hosted its farmers night in Leongatha.
The event was organised by AGCO, who pride themselves on being a global leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of agricultural solutions, and this night, at its core, was designed to demonstrate what future farming equipment will be capable of because of their research and technological advancements.
The impressive display included a range of Valtra, Massey Ferguson, Fendt and Iseki tractors, as well as hay equipment and associated implements.
Demonstrations also ran throughout the night, along with presentations by Valtra and Fuse technologies, unveiling innovative machinery and allowing all in attendance to catch a glimpse of the potential future of farming.
This technology may be capable of further assisting farmers with what in this year, has already been immensely successful.
When asked about the silage season, owner of Chapman Machinery, Mark Chapman commented, “It’s been a tremendous year for grass, and has almost been a season made to order. Everyone’s been busy working in great conditions.”
Mark believes the hay season will “go longer than
normal”, as “there’s so much grass around. There’s been really good conditions and quality crops.”
Having state-of-the-art technology increases efficiency for farmers who prefer to grow their own feed, as opposed to buying in grain.
“Growing at home has always been the most cost-effective method, but it’s subject to conditions. It’s not always easy to get what people would like to get.”
However, with companies such as AGCO maintaining a commitment to build upon already excellent results by improving agricultural equipment, farmers will be able to make the most of any season.
The future of farming at Chapman Machinery


(LibertySons.org) – Former President Donald Trump is facing trial on four counts in an indictment charging that he unlawfully tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election to retain the presidency. He’s pleaded not guilty. US District Judge Tanya Chutkin recently denied his attorneys’ October 11 motion seeking subpoenas for “missing materials” from the House Select January 6 Committee and depositions from several Congressional and government officials.
Trump’s legal counsel hoped to subpoena Rep. Benny Thompson (D-MS) as chair of the House Select J6 Committee, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) as the Oversight subcommittee chair on the House Administration Committee, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Archivist of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), among others through their motion. Additionally, counsel sought unspecified “missing” records from the House Select J6 Committee investigation.
Yet in the government’s October 25 reply to the motion, prosecutors pointed out that the government had already supplied documents the motion did specify while also clarifying the defendant’s lack of legal precedent in applying for a Rule 17(c) subpoena as a discovery mechanism rather than to support existing evidence. Prosecutors cited a decision from US v Nixon concerning whether a subpoena application “is made in good faith and is not intended as a general ‘fishing expedition.’”
Furthermore, the government cited an opinion from US v Libby that said if the party submitting for the subpoena can’t specify the information they believe they’ll find in the documents they’re seeking, “but merely hopes that something useful will turn up, this is a sure sign” the petitioner is misusing the subpoena.
On November 27, Judge Chutkin concurred with the prosecutors. In her ruling, she cited US v Binh Tang Vo, stating that the records Trump is seeking and their lack of relevant specificity to his defense ”resemble[s] less “a good faith effort to obtain identified evidence” than […] “a general ‘fishing expedition’” using the subpoena for discovery.
Thompson previously reported that the J6 Select Committee didn’t keep records of materials it didn’t use in hearings or publications. He was responding to accusations of improprieties made by Loudermilk in August as the Oversight subcommittee delved into J6 Select Committee proceedings. Thompson maintained, “the Select Committee was not obligated to archive all video recordings of transcribed interviews or depositions.” His assertion led Trump lawyers to claim such “missing” documents might exonerate their client.
~Here’s to Our Liberty!
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Friday News#087 – 11th of December 2020
With a recent survey reporting that almost 15% of London renters are looking to leave the capital, there’s a clear indication that investors need to be seriously considering locations where the demand for quality rented accommodation is strong away from the capital.
Several locations across the UK are set to see property values increase considerably in the coming years benefitting from the change in people’s lifestyles and expectations. Contact us to learn where we’d recommend focusing your interest.
Here’s what we’ve seen in the news this week:
UK house prices rise by most since 2016: British house prices showed their biggest annual rise since June 2016 last month, as people sought to move into bigger houses following the COVID lockdown earlier this year, mortgage lender Halifax said on Monday. Read more.
Average UK property values expected to increase by 2% in 2021: Provided that the stamp-duty-holiday is not extended and some degree of normality follows the rollout of a UK wide vaccine next year, average UK house prices should expect a marginal uplift of around 2% in 2021. Read more.
First-time buyer landlords remain buoyant despite pandemic: First-time buyers have been disproportionately hit by the Covid crisis, but first-time buyer landlords are a niche part of the market that has remained resilient amid the pandemic, according to brokers. Read more.
London renters to leave the city: London landlords could see rental demand fall, as a large number of tenants are looking to leave the city once the pandemic is over, research from flatshare site SpareRoom has found. Read more.
What happens if the developer goes bust and I’ve already invested? How can you ensure you are protected when purchasing an off plan property. Read our latest blog to learn more.
5 reasons to invest in property through a limited company: In the second article released this week we highlight the reasons you might wish to invest in property through a limited company. Read more.


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Modern Astakos is hidden in the cove of a picturesque bay on the coast
of Western Greece, surrounded by the shores and small islands of Ehinades, where
the famous naval battle took place known as the battle of Lapante(1571A.D.) The
city has a unique neo-classical grandeur and a very particular liveliness. During
all historical periods Classical, Hellenistic-Byzantine Astakos is present. Especially
during the classical and Hellenistic period it presents its greatest peak and
the fact that it had its own currency is characteristic of its prosperity. The
ruins of the ancient city, with the temple of Karaou Zeus as its most characteristic
monument, as well as the elements of later historical periods are situated at
the place of Kastra Gravas, north-west of the modern city of Astakos, near the
historical monastery of Ai-Lia. This is also the place where Georgios Karaiskakis
Its economic prosperity since the middle of the last century - during which the foundation of modern Astakos took place by city plan of Bavarian architects in 1862 - was due to the sea and the commerce of acorn. In fact, in the inner part of the city there is one of the greatest Oak-tree forests in the Balkans. Remains of this economic prosperity are the old mansions which characterise the appearance of the city and along with the port were the reason to declare the city of Astakos a HISTORICAL SITE and these buildings along with others to be Landmarks. The residents' activities in agriculture, stock-raising and fishery, the presence of commerce and social services that serve the area as well as the activity at the port give the whole city a special kind of vivacity. Astakos promises its visitors a pleasant stay.
ASTAKOS (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
Astakos: Eth. Anstakenis, Astakios. a town on the W. coast of Acarnania, on the bay now called Dragamesti, one side of which is formed by the promontory anciently named Crithote. The ruins of Astacus are probably those described by Leake as below a monastery of St. Elias, and which he supposes to be those of Crithote. There was, however, no town Crithote, but only a promontory of this name; and Leake has misunderstood the passage of Strabo, in which Crithote is mentioned. Astacus is said to have been a colony of Cephallenia. At the commencement of the Peloponnesian war, it was governed by a tyrant, named Evarchus, who was deposed by the Athenians (B.C. 431), but was shortly afterwards restored by the Corinthians. It is mentioned as one of the towns of Acarnania in a Greek inscription, the date of which is subsequent to B.C. 219.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
ASTAKOS (Small town) ETOLOAKARNANIA
A nice coastal small town with 2,563 residents, built in an amphitheatric way at the innermost part of the homonymous gulf. It is 50 km. from Messolongi.
Ruins of Venetian castles, remains of an ancient city, signs of an aqueduct, the temple of Zeus, graves of lords, the monastery of the prophet Elias - 7 km. from the village and Karaiskakis' headquarters. Also, there is the cave of Cyclops, 1 km. from Astakos.
This text is cited December 2004 from the West Greece Region General Secretariat URL below, which contains image.
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