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A weekend of creativity at the Urban Fest in Visakhapatnam

Local Hungama presents the a two-day Urban Fest in Visakhapatnam, featuring art, music, sustainable products and live workshops




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A peek at the latest Maruti Swift Dzire variant

The Maruti Suzuki Dzire has long been a top choice in the Indian compact sedan segment, renowned for its balance of practicality, affordability, and reliability




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Mumbai’s Salt Water Café makes way for Bandra Born, a 12-week popup

Grunge interiors, quirky graffiti and flavour-driven dishes are the highlights of Gresham Fernandes’s new popup, Bandra Born, in Mumbai




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An Indian restaurant in Tashkent celebrates Uzbekistan’s love for Bollywood

Housed in the Le Grande Hotel in Tashkent, the restaurant is a definite stopover for tourist groups from India and is popular for its Bollywood nights






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Fantasy football rankings Week 11: Sleepers, projections, starts, Russell Wilson, Calvin Ridley and more - The Athletic - The New York Times

  1. Fantasy football rankings Week 11: Sleepers, projections, starts, Russell Wilson, Calvin Ridley and more - The Athletic  The New York Times
  2. Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Quarterbacks For Fantasy Football Week 11  Sports Illustrated
  3. Week 11 Waiver Wire: Top Pickups, Drops Likely Available After Reviewing Box Scores  Bleacher Report
  4. Fantasy Football Week 11 Defense (DST) Rankings and Streamers  NBC Sports
  5. Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 11  The Associated Press




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Fresh Patents Served Weekly

You can search for newly published patent applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but if you want the latest patent applications served to you by RSS syndication and email alerts, you'll need to visit FreshPatents.com. Industry list RSS feeds filtered by USPTO class number are particularly valuable. The content is crawled and indexed by Google as well.

Browse for new patents by industry category or do a keyword search. For example, if you browse USPTO Class 715, Data processing: presentation processing of document patents you'll notice that it has an RSS feed that you can subscribe to for updates. That makes it easy to find new applications such as application #20040221226 "Method and mechanism for processing queries for xml documents using an index" applied for on November 4, 2004 by inventors Wesley Lin, Yasuhiro Matsuda, and Garrett Kaminaga.

Sign-up for free email patent application monitoring service which will send you a weekly email with new applications that match the keywords you select.

This site is one of those rare examples in which even if you subscribe to the feed, you'll want to routinely visit the website. The site provides searches by keyword and provides lists of patent applications by location (state and city), agent and law firm name, city of the agent, and inventor name.




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Best Windows apps this week

Six-hundred-twenty in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft Store and elsewhere in the past seven days. The core Windows apps Notepad and Paint are getting more AI features. Some of them are reserved for Copilot+ PCs, others are available for all Windows 11 devices. As always, if I've missed an app or game that has been released this week that you believe is particularly good, let me know in the comments below or notify me via email. Discounts this week The following list is… [Continue Reading]




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Detroit’s Average Ratings Increase 2.3% Versus Prior Week




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A Championship Week for the Hartford-New Haven, CT Market




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MLB All-Star Weekend Shines in San Francisco - San Jose, CA




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Getting Saved on Star Trek

On Star Trek, the guys wearing the Red Shirts are expendable. Fr. Stephen Freeman tells us there's a lot to think about in that.




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Humble and Meek and Middle Class Morality

Fr. Stephen Freeman describes some of the problems that arise when our morality is a "mere morality," marked only by our outward behavior rather than inward healing and transformation.




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The Meekness of God

We rarely think of God as meek. Instead, we picture Him as mighty, powerful, and overwhelming. Fr. Stephen Freeman looks at a number of clear indications in Scripture concerning what we know of God through the revelation of Christ. God is meek.




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“Humility and Patience to Thy Servant”: Time and Despondency in Lent (Weeks 1 and 2)

This Lent, I'm walking through my book, Time and Despondency, in tandem with the free Lenten study guide available through Ancient Faith Publishing. In weeks one and two, we're talking about finding God at the grocery store, conquering the protagonist syndrome, and learning to inhabit life without the defense mechanisms of pride and impatience . You can follow along with the book and the free study guide here: http://store.ancientfaith.com/time-and-despondency/ This episode contains the Prayer of St. Ephrem as well as the following music: Kai Engel: "Idea," "Irsen's Tale," and "Remedy for Melancholy" Podington Bear: "Across the River" Chris Zabriskie: "Prelude 10"




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Holy Week Special 2019

In this episode, recorded live on Facebook, Nicole discusses her experience of Holy Week prior to becoming Orthodox by reading from the Conclusion of Time and Despondency. Readers from Facebook join in with thoughts about how their impressions and experiences of Holy Week have changed over the course of their lives. The intro and outro of Time Eternal are "Idea" and "Remedy for Melancholy," by Kai Engel.




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Seekers and Sowers

Are you living the personal calling given to you by your Father and Creator? Is your Parish thriving with successful ministries and stewardship and serving as a beacon of making disciples? If you are looking for a "good account at the awesome judgment seat of Christ" listen to this 2nd episode of Stewardship Calling with Bill Marianes.




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Exclaim YAL Arizona Labor Day Weekend 2021

Over Labor Day weekend, Phoenix, Arizona, will host Orthodox young adults from all over who'll gather for fellowship, a service project, and the chance to stretch themselves to better live and EXCLAIM their Orthodox faith. To discuss this great event, and share their own inspiring stories, Bill will interview Judge Steven Counelis and George Anagnostopoulos. These enthusiastic visionaries represent the amazing Young Adult League committee that organized this unique and extraordinary event.




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More Seeking and Finding

Frederica offers further exploration of thoughts from a previous podcast on author Temple Grandin.




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Talking with a Spiritual Seeker

Frederica reads an email she wrote to an Orthodox priest who has had a couple of encounters with a man who enjoys challenging Christianity.




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Beekeeping

Frederica shares her experience keeping bees and tells of her first honey harvest.




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Seeking A Person

How does practicing the Jesus Prayer differ from "mindful" meditation?




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The Art of Beekeeping (Part 1 of 3)

Frederica Mathewes-Green explores, in three parts, her experience as a beekeeper. She mispronounces “propolis” every time!




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The Art of Beekeeping (Part 2 of 3)

Frederica Mathewes-Green explores, in three parts, her experience as a beekeeper. She mispronounces “propolis” every time!




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The Art of Beekeeping (Part 3 of 3)

Frederica Mathewes-Green explores, in three parts, her experience as a beekeeper. She mispronounces “propolis” every time!




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Great Lent - Week Five (part 2)

Fr. Thomas gives an overview of the services for the 5th week of Great Lent and their final emphasis on penitence and repentance.




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Great Lent - Week 6

In this last week of Great Lent, Father Thomas connects the parable of the rich man and Lazarus with Christ's raising from the dead of the actual Lazarus.




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Great and Holy Week - Part 1

The week before Pascha begins with the Bridegroom Matins. Christ is the Bridegroom and we are the Bride, joined in perfect unity through His crucifixion.




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Great and Holy Week - Part 2

Fr. Thomas continues his examination of Passion Week with Jesus' teachings on the final judgment.




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The First Three Days of Holy Week - Part 1

In a 6 part reflection, Fr. Tom Hopko examines the first three days of Holy Week and the significance of the scripture and verses as we prepare for Great and Holy Pascha. In this first episode, he gives an overview of the 3 days and the services we will be a part of.




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The First Three Days of Holy Week - Part 2

In part 2, Fr. Tom reflects on the Bride, the Bridegroom, and the garments. Why was the man with no wedding garment cast out?




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The First Three Days of Holy Week - Part 3

Next is the parable of the fig tree and the imagery of leaves and fruit.




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The First Three Days of Holy Week - Part 4

Then we have Joseph and his brothers showing us through this intricate biblical story, the imagery of Christ and His Passion.




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The First Three Days of Holy Week - Part 5

In the 5th episode, Fr. Tom reflects on the conflicts between Christ and the leaders of the day.




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The First Three Days of Holy Week - Part 6

Finally, Fr. Tom looks at the Harlot and Judas depicting two diverse models for the treatment of The Christ.




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Bishops - Part 57: Anton Chekhov

Today Fr. Tom speaks about the famous author Anton Chekhov from 19th-century Russia.




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Ezekiel: Part One

Dr. Constantinou continues her "Introduction to the Bible" with the first of a series of episodes on the Prophet Ezekiel.




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Ezekiel: Part Two

Dr. Constantinou discusses the call narrative of the prophet Ezekiel.




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Ezekiel: Part Three

Dr. Constantinou continues her discussion of the prophet Ezekiel.




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Ezekiel: Part Four

Dr. Constantinou addresses (among other things) one of the most famous verses from Ezekiel that is particularly popular among Orthodox Christians.




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Ezekiel: Part Five

Dr. Constantinou addresses predestination and more in her continuing discussion of Ezekiel.




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Ezekiel: Part Six

Dr. Constantinou discusses Ezekiel's vision of the dry bones.




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Ezekiel: Part Seven - On Corrupt Clergy

Dr. Constantinou searches the Scriptures and the words of the Fathers to find out what it means and what we should do when a priest's corruption is revealed.




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Ezekiel: Part Eight - On Corrupt Clergy

Dr. Constantinou consults St. John Chrysostom on the responsibilities of both the priesthood and the episcopacy, as well as on what the priest and the bishop are supposed to be like.




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Ezekiel

Fr. John challenges us to learn from the example and words of the Prophet Ezekiel to turn to God for his love and mercy.




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Sennacherib and Hezekiah

Fr. John Whiteford discusses the lives of Sennacherib and Hezekiah from passages 2 Kings 18:1-19:37 and Isaiah 36:1-37:38.




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Ask, Seek, Knock

Fr. John Whiteford uses verses from Matthew 9 and Luke 11 to remind his congregation that Christ will be with us through every trial we encounter, if we let him in.




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The True Worshippers God Seeks

Fr. John Whiteford shares about the Samaritan Woman, from John 4:5-42.




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Poetry and Liturgy and Holy Week

As we move close to glorious Pascha, Angela takes a few moments to reflect on the common threads between Poetry, Liturgy, and Holy Week.