--------------------- Welcome to *CATLINES* the MEWsletter! For cat-loving Home Business PURRSons: Home business workers desiring to share what they know. --------------------- NEW! MY KITTY BLOG: http://mycatablog.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~ A Place To Rethink: NEW! http://www.anotherwaytoday.com Corresponding blog: http://www.anotherwaytoday.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~ Brand new! another newsletter for you! Especially for your friends who are not as into cats as we are! BIZLINES: http://www.bizofchoice.com (our new sister publication) ******* Brand NEW! SCENTLINES for candle-loving home-business persons! http://www.radiantsoy.com http://www.candlesaglow.biz (soy candles, bath and body products; new, great company!) -------------------- Remember to Help the feline population by adopting or fostering stray, hungry, frightened cats! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ New entries on our website; come check them out! Something there just for you! http://www.catliness.com (We have Kitty Toys and dishes there for you!) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Animal Lovers' Jewelry is Now Open for Business: Sterling silver items made in Italy; and hand-made gemstone cat jewelry made by none other than: YOUR EDITOR/PUBLISHER! http://www.animalloversjewelry.com @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ EBAY; we finally made it!  Bid now!  Bid Often! http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meowheart/. ******* >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< *CATLINES* vol. 3, Issue 8, October 15, 2004 Published monthly (most of the time)by http://www.catliness.com (in nine lives of progress) WINNER OF THE GOLDEN WHISKERS AWARD http://www.meowhoo.com hosted by Katherine Cook at: http://www.katstorm.com ===================== Editor: Lauren Merryfield =======>^..^<===== Treats For October (Note: copy the links into your browser to make them work; music and great verses you don't want to miss!) ******* Halloween Definitions The Cemetery http://www.mamarocks.com/mamas_links85.htm ******** The Pumpkin Patch One Step...Two Steps... http://www.mamarocks.com/mamas_links4.htm7 ******* Subject: Too Old For Halloween? http://www.poofcat.com/halwn5.html ******* Happy Fall Fall Cooking http://www.mamarocks.com/mamas_links54.htm ******* Subject: How the Halloween Cat Got to Be So Scary http://petplace.netscape.com/articles/artshow.asp?artID=1300 ******* Subject: Check out A Cute Black kitty For You NOT SCARY turn up yer speakers Click here: A Cute Black kitty For You http://www.superlaugh.com/hal/blackkitty.htm ******* (Every day is hug your cat day!) ******* ===================== >From my friend, Chris L.  She sells everything! http://tishtreasure.zoovy.com ===================== CATTICAL MEWSIC! It's the cat's meow! as one album owner wrote: "... is bright, fresh and irresistible. It's catnip for the ears." To learn more about the Symphonia Felina album (available online only) and ClydeSight 2.0!, visit the Forestdale Music Album Web Site for playing samples: http://www.clydesight.com/forestdale/samp.html Best, Tim Thompson ClydeSight Productions <-----------------------------------> C.H.U. (Clyde's Human Unit) Clyde Big Paws, Feline Unit 236.8v2 1990-1997 "Clyde Big Paws--Keeping the Memory Alive" Visit ClydeSight2.0! the website of Clyde the Cat at: http://www.clydesight.com and Clyde's mewsical extraveganza, Concert at CLAW http://claw.org/theater/clydeconc/startpg.shtml ===================== _____________________ If you are receiving this newsletter, either you subscribed recently or received a copy from a friend. 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And if you do it--you just may have Jaspur Jaws to answer to, lol. _____________________ >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< (4 kitty heads, representing Jaspur, Mikey, Gabrielle and Maryah, suPURRvisors and helPURRs in these adventures into catliness.) ===================== >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< And now! ... 4 cats present... * CATLINES * ===================== Table of contents: 1: Kibble Nibble: mewsings from the food bowl (editorial) 2: Kitten Kabootle's Kubbyhole (catly writings) (in loving memory of Kitten Kabootle, now living at Rainbow Bridge) 3: biz-catskills (home-business, motivational or general biz articles) 4: look what the cats dragged in (jokes, quotes, very brief verse) 5: from Outside the catbox (questions, comments from readers) 6: subscription info and other strays ===================== ===================== Weekly Drawing - Win a FREE Gourmet Soy Candle 16 oz and yummy to the bottom of the jar! Enter up to once a day at - http://www.candlesaglow.biz " When all candles be out, all cats be gray." --John Heywood ===================== 1: Kibble Nibble: mewsings from the food bowl (editorial) Happy Autumn, Everyone!  Ready Or Not! Though we have had some lovely warmer days in October, as in September, Mother Nature is preparing us for the long, ten-month winter already. I am grateful that it does not get as drastically cold here as in many other places, but that long chill to the bones is not exactly to my liking either.  Now that our kitties can go out on the back porch, they may not like the long cold spells either. October 12th was my birthday, my sister says I am a palondrome this year; my daughter says I'm half-way to 110, lol.  It was difficult not getting the brownie I wanted, but I did eat mac and cheese and a sugar-free marion berry pie!  Just the other day, Jim, knowing I'd asked for sardines in mustard sauce, handed me a grocery bag with a small flat container of sardines plus a bottle of mustard. He said he saw them immediately upon walking into the store and they were sitting on the shelf next to each other like they were just waiting for me. Okay??? Jaspur knows this is Black Cat month for us; he really practices his yowling every October; it's too funny!  Though Maryah is mostly black, so far she has not gotten into the Black Cat routine around here. October 30th is the annual Black Cat Ball fundraiser for Purrfect Pals.  Jim and I plan to attend for the 2nd time.  We enjoyed last year's program so very much and the kitties loved having CATmas instead of Halloween. The November election in the US is a week away.  My stomach is tied in knots.  I sure hope we do not have to endure "four more years," but much-needed changes for the better! Once again, happy autumn; enjoy this month's CATLINES!  Please be sure to invite your cat-loving friends to join us, too.  Thanks. And check out those candles!  They make great gifts, great fundraisers, and more! Lauren Merryfield @@@@@@@ ~~~~~~~ ATTENTION ADVERTISERS: Beginning with the March, 2004 Issue: Advertise In Catlines Newsletter We offer two forms of advertising to our subscribers. Solo ads and feature ads. (See catliness.com for directions) ******* Please remember the free ad board for placement of your free ads--read below. --------------------- Catly Resources: (I do not make any money on these) Association For Pet Loss And Bereavement: http://www.aplb.org ******* Cat Collectors' Site: (NOTICE: brand new address): http://p075.ezboard.com/binternationalcatcollectorsclub ******* Cat-writers' site: http://www.catwriters.org ********************* For the very best litter, check out the following: http://www.worldsbestcatlitter.com ********************* For help with excessive scratching/clawing: (too late for our couch) http://www.stickypaws.com ) ********************* ===================== Paid ads: http://www.catliness.com and free ads at: http://www.freeadboard.com/?pro=470 ===================== 2: Kitten Kabootle's Kubbyhole (catly writings) ======================== The Dog and The Leopard A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa.  He took his faithful pet dog along for company.  One day the dog starts chasing butterflies and before long he discovers that he is lost.  So, wandering about he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having lunch. The dog thinks, "Boy, I'm in deep doo doo now." Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by, and immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the dog exclaims loudly, "Man, that was one delicious leopard.  I wonder if there are any more around here?"  Hearing this the leopard halts his attack in mid stride, as a look of terror comes over him, and slinks away into the trees. "Whew," says the leopard, "That was close.  That dog nearly had me." Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So, off he goes.  But the dog saw him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figured that something must be up.  The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard. The leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine." Now the dog sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and thinks, "What am I going to do now?" But instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers pretending he hasn't seen them yet. Just when they get close enough to hear, the dog says, "Where's that monkey.  I just can never trust him. I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard, and he's still not back!!" Thank you for inviting MountainWings in your mailbox. 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He kept taking the cat further and further and the cat would always beat him home.  At last he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again and another right until he reached what he thought was a safe distance from his home and left the cat there. Hours later the man calls home to his wife: "Jen, is the cat there?" "Yes", why do you ask?"  Frustrated, the man answered, "Put him on the phone, I'm lost and I need directions!" --submitted by Marianne Bergerson @@@@@@@ (Editor's note: We had not only a blue moon in August this year, but also a Friday the 13th.  Here's to those wonderful, ornery black cats)                        "Black Cats" The black cat is found in many cultures and again has different but similar beliefs or representations, depending on the culture. In Europe, the cat was seen as a negative animal and par- ticularly if black in color. This was associated with the practitioners of healers, herbalists and black magic and evil crafts. In Egypt, the cats had a place of reverence in both their homes and temples of worship. In Egypt there had been found a cemetery, that contained thousands of mummies of black cats therefore they were also treated a royalty. If a cat was killed in those times, the punishment was death of the assailant. The Egyptians saw the cat as a nocturnal creature that walked the shadows in great confidence with the fine ability to feel and sense the surroundings in the dark of night. Therefore would be seen as an animal of the afterlife. In Scandinavian countries, the bride would try to marry on a Friday that was in favor of the cat-goddess Freya. The cat teaches us about respect and dedication. The sensual nature and will only accept affection on its own terms. A proud animal, independent and capable of viewing both worlds at one time. In watching a cat catch a mouse it will sit quietly with much patience and observe the patterns of the prey. The cat will begin to see beyond and know the mouse's next move therefore interfere with this and capture the prey. Some people believe that a black cat can be our familiar. Seeing a cat is an indication of "mystery" and "magic" that is going to be entering your life. There is great protec- tion around the color black. It also may mean that you will have to make some sacrifices in order to obtain this "magic" in your life. Cats signify, mystery, magic and Independence. Fertility is also a sign of the cat.. Look around you to see what you need to see and open your self to the magic it reveals.. --author unknown @@@@@@@ http://www.theyrecoming.com/extras/pumpkinfest03/ theyrecoming - Pumpkinfest 2003 They're Coming to Get You, Barbara! Thorax Cake I generally make a bleeding heart cake for our annual pumpkin carving party (Pumpkinfest). Sometimes the heart beats, sometimes it's anatomically correct, and so on and so forth. This year I decided to go the whole hog and make an entire thoracic cavity cake. The plan was for each organ to be made out of a different kind of cake and to secrete a different color of fluid when it was cut into. Previous heart cakes have bled fresh, homemade raspberry sauce. This year I made raspberry, strawberry, kiwi, mango, and blueberry sauces. Sadly, the organs didn't bleed as well as I had hoped when I cut the cake, as each organ was relatively small and couldn't hold much sauce. Also all the moving around after filling the organs made it hard to keep the sauce contained in the little cavities I hollowed out. The heart bled pretty well, but the other organ fluids weren't very dramatic. On the bright side, there were lots of leftover sauces, which were all quite delicious. But I'm getting ahead of myself. My intended organ-cake-sauce combinations were as follows. Heart - orange cake with raspberry sauce Lungs - apple spice cake with strawberry sauce Kidneys - orange cake with blueberry sauce Stomach - ginger cake with mango sauce Liver - chocolate cake with kiwi sauce Small Intestine - jelly roll with red currant jelly Unfortunately the liver suffered a complete structural failure when I tried to transfer into place within the rib cage, so it had to be eliminated from the presentation. I like to think that the liver was the tastiest bit and so whoever ripped this unfortunate man apart (Barbara May thinks it was Klingon because it was slightly larger than life size, but I'm not sure Klingons have the same internal organ structure.) ate the liver first before it ever got to our pumpkin party. After baking all the different types of cakes, I carved them into the shapes of the appropriate organs, using my handy Gray's Anatomy as a reference. I then flipped each organ over, hollowed out a cavity in the center and frosted the inside of the cavity and the underside of the cake with buttercream frosting. After spooning in the fruit sauces, I sealed the cavities with a layer of fondant icing and flipped the organs back over. The heart and the lungs I covered with white modelling chocolate and the kidneys and stomach I covered with fondant icing. Both had their advantages and their disadvantages. White modelling chocolate tastes better than fondant and it sticks to itself better than fondant, but it's more difficult to work with on cakes like these which were relatively unstable due to the hollows in the middle. Also, modelling chocolate is difficult to paint with paste food coloring, which is what I usually use. It can be painted easily with powdered food coloring, but I didn't have any cocoa butter to dissolve the powder in. The fondant is easy to roll out and wrap around the cake and very easy to paint but it doesn't hold sculptural detail as well as modelling chocolate. --author unknown @@@@@@@ ===================== (note: this ad is from our former webperson before we found our current managed account with Katstorm&co.) *ANNOUNCING!!* MOMMY ADS! Undeniably one of the best online resources for WAHMs. Fantastic at Home Business ideas! A multitude of Targeted Traffic Generators! Secure your *exclusive* listing today! http://www.mommyads.com ===================== MEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOW Lauren Merryfield is the editor/publisher of CATLINES.  She and her husband, Jim, live in Washington with their four feline "kids," Jaspur, Mikey, Gabrielle and Maryah. Daughter, Lynden, lives in Nebraska, Lauren's homeland. Lauren has been published in several magazines and books including "The Braille Monitor," "Future Reflections," (national Publications) and "News From Blind Nebraskans," state newsletter. "Heartwarmers of Love," an anthology, contains her story "Love Far Beyond The Physical," concerning the marriage to her husband Jim. Her story "Kabootle: Rescue Cat," was published in an anthology by Angel Animals, entitled "God's Messengers: what animals tell us about the Divine." Her essay "My heroes three" appeared in the August, 2004 edition of the CF Alliance Newsletter, (fibromyalgia.) Lauren is a member of the Cat Writers' Association: http://www.catwriters.org and co-owner of http://www.catliness.com where one can join CATLINES. She has recently opened her first honest-to-goodness online store, selling cat-theme jewelry items, some are one-of-a-kind: http://www.animalloversjewelry.com She is now a member of the APLB--Association For Pet-Loss And Bereavement, receiving a diploma in counselor training in May of 2004. http://www.aplb.org and, Heaven forbid, says Jim, the Cat Collectors' Club: http://www.catcollectors.org And even *more* "Heaven forbid," she's on Ebay: EBAY!  We're there!  Bid Now! http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meowheart/. She is enjoying spreading her catliness around! MEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOW --------------------- InstantAudio Put audio in your emails, on your website; isn't that cool! Join us today: http://instantaudio.com/specialinfo.asp?x=34122 --------------------- (It is quite possible that many of the "author unknown" catly writings appearing in CATLINES are those of Mark Mason at: http://www.catdiary.com ) --------------------- 3:  Bizcat Skills Avoiding mistakes One sure way to avoid mistakes is to avoid taking action. But in the long run, avoiding action would be the biggest mistake of all, for nothing would ever get done. If you're going to move forward, you're going to make some wrong turns along the way. Don't let that stop you from proceeding. There will be many times when you'll look back and wish you had done things differently. Don't let that stop you from moving forward. Mistakes are bad enough on their own. Don't be so afraid of them that you avoid life itself. Every mistake you've ever made is now in the past. The way to move ahead is to leave them there. Learn from where you went wrong, then step confidently and positively forward. For now is your time to live and to act. --submitted by Tina @@@@@@@ Learning From Our Mistakes by John C. Maxwell Greetings , I used to think that as I gained maturity and experience I would make fewer mistakes. I thought, "I'm going to get better at this, because I made a lot of mistakes in the beginning." I believed that there would come a day when I wouldn't make very many mistakes, because I'd get better. What I learned was that as I gained maturity and experience, I would continue to make mistakes, but I would learn more quickly from them. What I found out was that I didn't lower my "mistake quota" but I learned better from my mistakes, and it's because of maturity. Maturity helps us learn more quickly from our mistakes and here are the reasons why: 1. We become more self-confident. As we become more self-confident, we're willing to admit things that we would not admit if we had lower self-image. 2. We realize that mistakes are not usually fatal. It was a happy day for me when I realized that when I made a mistake, it was seldom fatal. After you make a mistake and say, "Oh, I lived! I'm okay. I'm going to see another sunrise." Then all of a sudden you say, "They're not as big of a deal as I thought." 3. We find that we make the same mistakes unless we learn from them. Unless I learn from a mistake, I usually keep doing it over and over again. You see, the question is not how many mistakes have you made; the question is how many of the same mistakes have you made? If I always do what I've always done, I'll always get what I've always gotten. 4. We understand that mistakes are unavoidable. Look back at your early years. Can you think of the times you tried to avoid mistakes? You know what I'm saying? "Well, I'll just be careful. I won't make any mistakes here." Well, after awhile you just plunge in because you know the mistakes are unavoidable. 5. We see others make mistakes. Wasn't it wonderful when you saw all the people that you admired make mistakes? You thought, "Oh, good night! Look where they are, and they blew it!" The following illustration says a lot about life and learning from our mistakes. It comes out of a university commencement address many, many years ago by Brian Dyce, who at that time was the CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises. He spoke about the relationship of work to one's other commitments. "Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You can name them--work, family, health, friends, and spirit--and you're keeping all of these in the air and you will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it'll bounce back; but the other four balls--family, health, friends, and spirit--are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They'll never be the same, and you must understand that and strive for the balance of your life. "How? "Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. "Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don't take for granted the things that are closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life; for without them, life is meaningless. "Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life. "Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. "Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect--it is this fragile thread that binds us to each other. "Don't be afraid to encounter risk--it is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. "Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find--the quickest way to receive love is to give, and the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. "Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been but also where you're going. "Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don't be afraid to learn--knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. "Don't use time or words carelessly; neither can be retrieved. "Life is not a race but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That's why we call it the present." ----------------------------------------------------------------- With warm regards, Robert Short 562.209.1582 The Most Powerful Anti-Oxidant yet discovered! Worry No More about Privacy and Security on your PC! Try_Before_You_Buy_Offer_Now_Available! "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." - John Powell "Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong." - Richard Needham "Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom" - Phyllis Therous "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake." - Confucius ***************************************************************** @@@@@@@ Success Is Easy, But So Is Neglect by Jim Rohn People often ask me how I became successful in that six-year period of time while many of the people I knew did not. The answer is simple: The things I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do. I found it easy to set the goals that could change my life. They found it easy not to. I found it easy to read the books that could affect my thinking and my ideas.  They found that easy not to. I found it easy to attend the classes and the seminars, and to get around other successful people.  They said it probably really wouldn't matter. If I had to sum it up, I would say what I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do.  Six years later, I'm a millionaire and they are all still blaming the economy, the government and company policies, yet they neglected to do the basic, easy things. In fact, the primary reason most people are not doing as well as they could and should, can be summed up in a single word: neglect. It is not the lack of money - banks are full of money.  It is not the lack of opportunity - America, and much of the free World, continues to offer the most unprecedented and abundant opportunities in the last six thousand years of recorded history. It is not the lack of books - libraries are full of books - and they are free!  It is not the schools - the classrooms are full of good teachers.  We have plenty of ministers, leaders, counselors and advisors. Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply, neglect. Neglect is like an infection.  Left unchecked it will spread throughout our entire system of disciplines and eventually lead to a complete breakdown of a potentially joy-filled and prosperous human life. Not doing the things we know we should do causes us to feel guilty and guilt leads to an erosion of self-confidence.  As our self-confidence diminishes, so does the level of our activity. And as our activity diminishes, our results inevitably decline. And as our results suffer, our attitude begins to weaken.  And as our attitude begins the slow shift from positive to negative, our self-confidence diminishes even more ... and on and on it goes. So my suggestion is that when giving the choice of "easy to" and "easy not to" that you do not neglect to do the simple, basic, "easy"; but potentially life-changing activities and disciplines. ...... "Time is free, but it's priceless.  You can't own it, but you can use it.  You can't keep it, but you can spend it.  Once you've lost it, you can never get it back." -- Harvey Mackay "Time has no favorites...and it doesn't become kinder to one over another...it just gives us back...what we put into it..." -- Doug Firebaugh "We can no more afford to spend major time on minor things than we can to spend minor time on major things." -- Jim Rohn "You cannot increase the quality or quantity of your achievement or performance except to the degree of which you increase your ability to use your time effectively." -- Brian Tracy @@@@@@@ ===================== Attention advertisers: The Free Ad Board I promised you is now here for your convenience at CATLINES. Submit your ads at: http://www.freeadboard.com/?pro=470 ===================== ===================== The Cat's Meow http://www.cafeshops.com/poofcat ===================== 4: Look What The Cats Dragged In How does the cat get its own way? ^,,^ With friendly purr-suasion.  >< @@@@@@@ The name most used for a pet cat is 'Kitty'. The most used phrase is 'Here Kitty, Kitty' with 'You Stupid Cat' running close behind.   (©Lisa Brewer) @@@@@@@ What do you get when you cross a cat with a lemon? ^,,^ A sourpuss.  >< @@@@@@@ "Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling their expectations." - Irving Townsend ---------------------------------------------------- "Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It won't come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap." --William Bennett Enter up to once a day for a free candle at - http://www.candlesaglow.biz http://www.catliness.com to sign up for CATLINES @@@@@@@  CAT: A non-mechanical device used for unravelling afghans, unwinding skeins, and keeping the crocheter's lap warm while working.  Although very efficient at its job, a cat requires daily maintenance in the form of light stroking every day.  DOG: Another non-mechanical device that is used for chasing down balls of thread and putting tooth-mark engravings in wooden hooks. A very high-maintenance item that does not store easily.  COMPUTER: An electronic device that provides a wealth of crocheting information, until you realize that you are spending more time at the computer acquiring information than you are actually crocheting! @@@@@@@ What do cats use to make coffee? =^..^= A purr-colator. @@@@@@@ How did the cat feel after the dog chased it through a screen door? =^,,^= Strained. MEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOW   REMEMBER to help provide for the kitties   --yours and ours-- by visiting our sponsors!   Thanks. MEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOW 5: from Outside the catbox (hmmm, guess it's pretty clean today!) 6: subscription info and other strays a catly site! CATLINES is a member of the Ezineville Club @ Village of Tidbits. 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