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ᑕᗩᖇᑎᕮᐯᗩᒪᕮ ᗪI ᐯᕮᑎᕮᘔIᗩ 2020..............2020 ᐯᕮᑎIᑕᕮ ᑕᗩᖇᑎIᐯᗩᒪ...*ITᗩᒪY
★In 1980, Venice renewed the tradition. Every year,on February 08th to February 25th three million visitors fill the bridges, canals and squares of Venice and turn the city into a giant theater stage.

★The city itself becomes a living and breathing decoration. Visiting the city during the carnival dates is a marvelous opportunity to reveal the most closely guarded secrets of one of the most unique and magic cities in the world. The mask is an indispensable part of ancient tradition from the 11th century.
★ The original Carnival took place in 1162 to honor one of Venice's victorious battles when the city was known as the Repubblica della Serenissima. It took more than a hundred years before city leaders proclaimed Carnival an official event, and then it grew until its wild peak in the 18th century, when Venice was renowned as the pleasure capital of Europe, producing the likes of the famously hedonistic Casanova.The carnival of Venice is unlike any other carnival in Europe or the whole world.
... ★ To best understand Carnival of Venice, you need to understand the importance of the maschera or masks.The mascherari, or professional mask makers, have prestigious roles in society, with statues honoring them dating to 1436.Masks allow members from all classes of society to party together under the veil of anonymity.......★ Will make you wish you lived in a different time period ★
★ ᕼᗩᐯᕮ ᗩ ᗯOᑎᗪᕮᖇᖴᑌᒪ ᗯᕮᕮK.......STᗩY Sᗩᖴᕮ
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𝘼𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧, 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩. ..............𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙢 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙮𝙖𝙣
Mariam Petrosyan, is most well known as the author of the award-winning novel The Gray House.Mariam Petrosyan was born in 1969 in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. After finishing an art college she became a cartoonist at the Studio of Armenfilm. Later she moved to Moscow to work at Soyuzmultfilm, but came back to Yerevan in 1995 and returned to Armenfilm.
🔹 The House, which sits overlooked on the outskirts of town, is a boarding school for disabled young adults. Isolated from the Outsides, the residents of the House are enmeshed in a carefully constructed world of unspoken rules and thorny histories. The meandering narrative moves back and forth in time, alternating narrators and tenses, to paint an intricate portrait of a social order that appears ultimately dictated by an unknown force, understood by its inhabitants to be the House itself. When student deaths begin to pile up over the course of the narrative, readers can identify with newcomer Smoker as he tries to understand the mysteries of the House and the source of its power over its inhabitants.....Mariam Petrosyan rips up the rule book, presenting a highly original and energetic novel that will give the reader an insight into a world that is seldom presented.
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🔹 I genuinely, enjoyed this book. This is absolutely my sort of novel. I loved the characters, I loved the structure, and I loved the surreal sense of mysticism and deep unease that permeated the whole of the House. I loved the whimsy, I loved the quirkiness, and I loved the constant uncertainty.

🔹 In terms of genre, this is an excellent example of weird, surreal, quirky, slice of life fantasy with a dose of magical realism...*The house, it emerges, has hidden dimensions

Have a wonderful weekend...........Stay safe
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ᗰᑌᒪTI-ᗩᗯᗩᖇᗪ ᗯIᑎᑎIᑎG SᕼOᖇT ᖴIᒪᗰ..............★ Tᕼᕮ ᑎᕮIGᕼᗷOᖇS ᗯIᑎᗪOᗯ
★ Inspired by a true story, the film was written and directed by three-time Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, Marshall Curry. Starring Tony-nominated Maria Dizzia......
*Tᕼᕮ ᑎᕮIGᕼᗷOᖇS ᗯIᑎᗪOᗯ tells the story of Alli, a mother of young children who has grown frustrated with her daily routine. But her life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street and she discovers that she can see into their apartment.

..★★★★★ A delicate tale in which envy bleeds into empathy.... Unexpected and moving.★★★★★
ᖇᑌᑎTIᗰᕮ: 20ᗰIᑎ....» vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/37...
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ᕼᗩᑭᑭY SᑌᑎᗪᗩY…....ᕼᗩᐯᕮ ᗩ Sᗩᖴᕮ ᗩᑎᗪ ᗯOᑎᗪᕮᖇᖴᑌᒪ ᗯᕮᕮK ᗩᕼᕮᗩᗪ
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𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓........ .............☆ 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑵𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚
« Her paintings are expressive and exhibit a brute force with fascinating vital energy. She uses oils and a knife combine to sculpt her images. Whether she paints the human body or portraits, she always means to take risks. Nielly lives and paints in Paris near Montmartre. Her work has been exhibited and sold in Europe,Canada and the US...............☆ 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔, 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆





... ☆ 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚.........*𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅.......𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆
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Wishing you 12 months of success, 52 weeks of laughter, 365 days of fun, 8760 hours of joy, 525600 minutes of good luck and 31536000 seconds of happiness....Stay Healthy-Stay Safe....*Happy 2020.

True Story.............*A Family Tradition....................By Author-Joseph M. Mazzella

✯ It was mid-October when I first spotted them.They were the first Christmas decorations of the year. It was the beginning of the 10 week period when the stores do all they can to get us to buy all we can. It was the great Christmas shopping rush and the bigger the gifts the better. I shook my head sadly and walked on, but then a wonderful memory came back into my mind. It was late-December from several years earlier. I was shopping alone trying to pick up some thick Winter socks to warm my frozen feet. As I rounded the corner in the store I saw a Christmas tree full of paper angels. On each angel was the name of a needy child whose family couldn’t afford to buy them a gift that year. Shoppers who picked an angel could buy a simple toy or gift and the store would wrap it and send it to the child that Christmas. Around the tree I saw a teenage boy and girl picking out several angels apiece. Their mother was smiling while she watched them. I walked up next to her and started talking with her. She told me that her children started this several years ago when she first explained to them what the Charity Angel tree was for. Each offered to give up one of their toys that year so that a needy child could have one. It didn’t stop then, though. Each year since the kids had saved money they earned throughout the year and bought more and more children the gifts they wouldn’t have otherwise. It had become a family tradition. I smiled when she finished, walked over to the tree, and picked out a few angels too. I left the store feeling in touch with the true meaning of Christmas.
... ✯ May we always remember that life is not about the money you have or the things you own. Life is about the love you share and the people you help. And may we also see that it is never too late to start a family tradition

Lonely Grandma Posts Touching Craigslist Ad Searching For Christmas Family
✯ The listing comes from a woman who lives in Tulsa. She claims she has no family and would really like to be a part of one this Christmas...Sadly, the woman removed the post after receiving hateful messages. However, that hate is fueling a love-filled search to find the woman and make her Christmas one to remember. An Oklahoma man named Carson Carlock decided to try and find the woman by posting her ad on Facebook. His post has been shared more than 6,000 times and eventually reached the local news. Carson said he did get in touch with her before she deleted the post but all he knows is her name is Carrie. Hopefully Grandma Carrie will see the news because dozens of people have offered to open their homes to her this Christmas while hundreds of others are hoping for an address to send her a Christmas card.

Have a wonderful weekend.........Be well.
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New York City.........................Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular
The premiere precision dance troupe The Rockettes bring the most festive show in town to Radio City Music Hall to celebrate the holiday season in the heart of Manhattan.Christmas Spectacular first debuted at the iconic venue in 1933 and became a beloved,annual New York tradition.

Christmas Spectacular gives the young and the old festive memories to last them a lifetime and offers the perfect opportunity for every generation of the family to come together at the most wonderful time of the year.......*Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night
RunTime:1hr20min... www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPwIuolj...

Canadian Airline *WestJet................Christmas Miracles Campaign

Each year, we challenge ourselves to come up with a new and unique way to spread Christmas cheer and to celebrate the season with our guests. What started as a relatively simple Christmas flash mob evolved into a more elaborate Christmas Miracle surprise that still captures the imaginations of people 7 years later. Our blue hat-wearing WestJetters helped Blue Santa give gifts to a community in Dominican Replublic who need them most. We then asked our 14,000 WestJetters to help us spread the Christmas spirit from London to Hawaii and from Costa Rica to Yellowknife Canada..
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WestJet Christmas Miracle: To Give or Receive
www.youtube.com/watch?v=luP81w2i...
WestJet Christmas Miracle: Real-time Giving
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIEIvi2M...
WestJet Christmas Flash Mob
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9EJaDne...
WestJet Christmas Miracle: 12 Flights of Christmas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WClHblm...
WestJet Christmas Miracle: 12,000 mini miracles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME9PmSZe...
WestJet Christmas Miracle: Uniting Through Traditions
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0OrlSyq...
WestJet Christmas Miracle: Uniting Through Traditions – Haiti
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgn27J_5...
WestJet Christmas Miracle: Uniting Through Traditions - Philippines
www.youtube.com/watch?v=08CjUQP6...
WestJet Christmas Miracle: Uniting Through Traditions - Australia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmvq9xtf...

The authentic reactions and emotions made possible through these acts makes these WestJets Christmas Miracles truly heartwarming....*WestJet is committed to keeping families close when a child is sick by providing the gift of flight to its WestJet Cares for Kids partner Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada.

Happy Friday.....Have a wonderful weekend ahead.....Stay safe my friend.
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.....Christmas In Quebec City Canada
Quebec City Was Ranked One Of The Top 10 Best Christmas Destinations In The World..Starting at the end of November, Old Québec is transformed into a real Christmas village, just like out of Charles Dickens's novel - A Chrismas Carol -



The ranking, put together by Travelandleisure, SmarterTravel and CNN Travel, put Quebec City at No. 8, just ahead of Reykjavik, Iceland, and just behind Honolulu, Hawaii.

This isn't the first time Quebec City has been recognized for rocking the holidays. In 2016, it was voted North America's best winter wonderland by USA Today.
... 🎈Merry December......Have a wonderful week .......Stay safe
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★ Just when it seems that the high-speed connective power of social media has been harnessed mainly to bully and harass and to coalesce hate, there comes the evolved flash mob.

★ Flash Mob Shocks Tradeshow Visitors
www.youtube.com/watch?v=376uYzj2...
★ Flash Mob-Hamburg Singt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WILvbFx...
★ Flash Mob Ottawa Greek Festival
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhDgpXWk...
★ Flash Mob at St Pancras International
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bnYpCiw...
★ Flashmob-Grease - Central Station
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hlvRNg...
★ Flashmob-It's raining men
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVayaDM4...
★ Flashmob-KLM Airline Portugal
... www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9A-WiHr...
★ Students flashmob a Wedding Ceremony
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OdHY7it...
★ Flashmob-I Will Survive
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jil-SbVS...
★ Flashmob in Manchester - Greek Zempekiko
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJM5qjbj...

-Extra little treat-
★ Watch this 92 year old dancer shocking everyone!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGPDu575...

★ The musical performances are such shining gifts to the unsuspecting audience, and the pleasure they inspire, seen in the faces of the young and old, is their gift to those of us who weren't lucky enough to be there............★ Have a wonderful weekend........Stay safe my friend.

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Award Winning FX Short Film............................................. ABE
★Abe was programmed to love. Until recently, he had a family: he was living with them, cooking, helping them in every aspect of their lives – it was a servile situation, but he didn’t care, because he felt loved. Then, suddenly, everything changed and his “family” stopped loving him. The lack of affection shook the robot, undermined its mechanisms. They tell him that he’s only a machine, a mere application, but he feels otherwise: he’s aware of himself and his emotions, and this situation leads him to perform horrific acts. The lack of love from the people around him is unacceptable for Abe, who begins to ‘fix’ all humans he would like to receive attention from.

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★While human beings endowed with reason and conscience are able to maintain a balance in front of the rejection from others, no one taught Abe what is right and wrong, he doesn’t have a sense of morality. If this lack of common sense would seem to be the discriminant that separates the artificial intelligence from the human, but it’s actually quite untrue. Like any serial killer, Abe doesn’t have control over his impulses, and does everything to satisfy them. This is the idea behind the short: it is not his artificial side, but his deeply human instincts that make him dangerous. This is how science fiction and horror combine in a perfect way............RunTime 8min..➤ vimeo.com/64114843

Enjoy....Have a wonderful week.....Stay safe
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Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children........*Stories to fuel your mind.
The TV legend possessed an extraordinary understanding of how kids make sense of language.
For the millions of adults who grew up watching him on public television, Fred Rogers represents the most important human values: respect, compassion, kindness, integrity and humility.

The Life And Work Of Fred Rogers.... getpocket.com/explore/item/mr-ro...
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The trailer for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood dropped.....Starring Tom Hanks..It ends with a New York subway car full of people, all different ages, races, genders and professions, singing the theme song from Mister Rogers Neighborhood as Mr Rogers (Tom Hanks) watches. Anyone who grew up in the United States and Canada between 1968 and 2000 will recognize the tune. And anyone who grew up watching Mister Roger's Neighborhood likely can't help but well up as Mr Rogers smiles, claps and says, *That was wonderful

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood tells the story of Fred Rogers
Official Trailer... www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VLEPhfE...

Inspire Kindness.....Have a wonderful weekend........*Hope your well.....Stay safe
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................ May good health and happiness locate you as you start this new month. May it be filled with exciting experiences and great opportunities....*Happy Month of October........Have a great week.....Stay safe.

Have a great week ahead..........Stay safe

Jaclyn Moriarty is a award winning Australian and the best-selling author of novels for young adults including Feeling Sorry for Celia, The Year of Secret Assignments, and the Colors of Madeleine trilogy. Jaclyn grew up in Sydney, lived in England, Canada and the US, and now lives in Sydney again. She studied English at the University of Sydney, and law at Yale University and Cambridge University, where she was awarded a PhD....* I would like to recommend the adult debut novel from Jaclyn...*Gravity Is The Thing.

If you love the feel of the paper between your fingers as you read a great book, this is a true page turner, I always travel with a novel mostly for the plane going and returning home, this book did not make it to the trip home, had to finish it.
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Gravity Is the Thing is a smart, unusual, wickedly funny novel about the search for happiness that will break your heart into a million pieces and put it back together, bigger and better than before.

Astonishingly wonderful and magical and moving and uplifting - Marian Keyes

Hope you had a wonderful summer.....Have a great week......Stay safe
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Inspirational True Stories.....

A Little Hurt...............By Joseph J.Mazzella
I was laying on my bed relaxing after a long day. Music was playing in the background and I was taking the time to read a good book. Just as I turned the page an old song started playing that always reminded me of my Mom. I put the book down and listened. Even though it had been 23 years since cancer had taken her from us, sometimes it still felt like it was only yesterday. I closed my eyes and allowed the flood of memories to wash over me. I thought of Mom’s sparkling eyes and shining smile which lived on in the faces of my own children. I thought of her sweet voice and gentle laugh that never failed to lift my spirits. I thought of how she brightened up every room she walked into. I thought of how she was a friend to everyone she met and how her kindness touched the hearts of so many. I thought of how she made this world a better place just by being in it. And my heart ached as I thought of how I still missed her so much. I wiped the tears from my cheeks as the song finished, looked out my window at the night sky, and sent an "I love you, Mom" from my lips to Heaven’s ear. Now some people would ask why I didn't shut the music off the second that song came on. Why did I subject myself to the pain it brought? I think the answer is that sometimes you have to let in a little hurt in order to let in a lot of love. Sometimes you have to open your heart in order to truly live. Life here will always be a mix of the bitter and the sweet, but you can’t shut down your soul. At times you have to embrace the pain and then let it go. When you do you will find that what is left is love. May you always keep your heart open to love. May you always keep your heart open to messages from Heaven. They can come at the strangest times on the winds of a memory or the wings of a song.
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Experience The Beauty Of Life And Of You...............By Patti Hatzistavrakis
Life is busy – we hustle from one place to another, engrossed in our electronic devices, books or simply looking away to avoid making eye contact with the human race, including ourselves. Never stopping to take in the tranquility of the ocean, the art spray painted on a building or the beauty of the sunset. Most of us aren’t awake for the sunrise and are not truly present at important (or even ordinary) daily happenings. We miss life as it passes us by and wonder what we did with the daylight...We continue on this treadmill, this sprint, this exercise in getting it all done – but seem to have little to show for it. Time is all we have on this earth. Friends, lovers, money, and experiences all come and go, leaving only memories – if you are lucky enough to remember. The good, the bad, the remembered, the forgotten, the happy, the sad, the ordinary, the extraordinary; makes you YOU...Live, dream, make it come true. Anything less is not living, it’s merely existing. Existing is just going through the motions, without thought or emotion. Cry, laugh, scream, love; do whatever you have to live life. Honor yourself by not taking life, or a day, or an experience for granted. Fulfill your dreams, make things happen, see the beauty that is around you and create more...Make the most of the time you have on this earth. Be positive, helpful and understanding. Share peace and happiness. Give love. Give yourself. For those are the things that live on and make a difference, beyond your time, beyond your life.

“Love is the absence of judgment.” ― Dalai Lama

Happy Friday.....I will be leaving this Sunday for Greece will be back in four weeks...Have a great weekend and a wonderful and safe month of August, see you when I get back.....*Be well my friend
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✴A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life's worthwhile.

✴Hope all is well.......Have a wonderful weekend........Stay safe

🔸Two Old Guys at Dinner

🔸An elderly couple has dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives leave the table and go into the kitchen. The two gentlemen were talking, and one says, Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly. The other man asks,What is the name of the restaurant? The first man thinks and thinks and finally asks, What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know... The one that's red and has thorns....Do you mean a rose?...Yes, that's the one, replied the man. He then turns towards the kitchen and yells, Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?

🔸 Have a great week........Stay safe

Rancher John
★Old ranch owner John farmed a small ranch in Montana. The Montana Wage and Hour Department claimed he was not paying proper wages to his workers and sent an agent out to interview him....I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,'demanded the agent. Well, replied old John, 'There's my ranch hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $500 a week plus free room and board. Then there's the half-wit who works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $25 per week, pays his own room and board and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night.That's the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit, says the agent. That would be me, replied old rancher John.
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Farmer's Names
★George, the farmer, had so many children that he ran out of names. So he started calling his kids after something around his farm. It was the first day of school and the teacher asked each child their name. When he got to one of the farmer George's sons, the boy replied, 'Wagon Wheel.The teacher said, I need your real name boy, to which the lad replied, It's Wagon Wheel, sir....Really. The teacher, rather annoyed rejoined, All right young man, take yourself right down to the Principal's office this minute. The youngster pushed himself out of his chair, turned to his sister and said, 'C'mon, Chicken Feed, he ain't gonna believe you, either.

How To Grow Strawberries
★Farmer Evans was driving his John Deere tractor along the road with a trailer load of fertilizer. Tim a little boy of eight was playing in his yard when he saw the farmer and asked, What've you got in your trailer? Manure, Farmer Evans replied. What are you going to do with it? asked Tim. Put it on my strawberries,answered the farmer. Tim replied, You ought to come and eat with us, we put ice-cream on our strawberries.

★Stand-Up Comic..*George Wallace...Montreal Just For Laughs Festival.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4Jsewy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjzCkIiT...

★Have a wonderful weekend.....Be well.
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