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With market research showing that more households have pets than have children, we know that we’re not alone in considering the needs of our dogs when shopping for a car. So we decided to start reviewing dog-friendly vehicles and pet products designed for traveling. Nearly every week we get a wagon, crossover, truck minivan, SUV or other dog-friendly vehicle to drive, poke around in and write about from a dog-lover’s point of view.

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And if you are wondering who’s the recipient of the 2007 DogCar of the Year Award, that would be the Honda Element.  It received 5 out of 5 paws.

But Calcata’s most remarkable attraction — and the subject of a book that Farley is now writing — turned out to be something no longer there: the supposed foreskin of Jesus Christ.

For more than four centuries, the “Holy Prepuce” had been the city’s treasure, kept behind bronze doors over the altar in the Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. It was displayed every year on Jan. 1, the Feast of the Holy Circumcision. At one time, pilgrims who came to venerate it were rewarded with an indulgence that cut 10 years from purgatory.

To believers in Jesus’ Resurrection, Farley notes, the foreskin is “one of the only conceivable parts of his body that he could have left on earth.”

Legend holds that the Emperor Charlemagne received the object from an angel, then gave it to Pope Leo III in the year 800. It supposedly remained in the papal collection until the early 16th century, when a looting German soldier brought it to Calcata.

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Spiritual Water was born as bottled water with spirituality, positive thinking, prayers, God, and beliefs. You choose which bottle fits your needs and your feelings, read the prayer, drink the water, believe in God – and in yourself – and the sky’s the limit.

Spiritual Water features beautifully rendered artistic labels that depictions of full-colored images of holy persons or symbols, with prayers in English and Spanish and/or inspirational words and messages. The Spiritual Water comes in 10 different versions – each with its own uniquely paired message and image. Each time you drink Spiritual Water you benefit from the soothing, appropriate prayers, for added uplifting inspiration.

In every Spiritual Water bottle there are three good causes…
First, those who drink it feel uplifted and think positive, spiritual thoughts, knowing that God is with them. Second, they stay healthy by drinking more water (8 cups a day is recommended), and last put not least, they support children in need through The Spiritual Foundation.

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Mainly because it brings back a lot of good memories.