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The Martyrdom of Zacharias the Prophet
On this day St. Zacharias, the priest, was martyred by the hand of Herod the King. When the angel Gabriel announced to him the birth of John his Son, he did not believe his word and the angel made him dumb, unable to speak until the child was born. (Luke
1: 18- 22) When they named the child, he asked for a writing table and wrote that his name would be John. Then he spoke, and praised God. (Luke 1: 63- 79) The Holy Gospel gave testimony concerning him, that he and his wife were righteous, walking in the Law of God without blemish.
When our Lord Christ was born, and the wise men came to worship Him, Herod was troubled and feared for his kingdom. Therefore, he gave the order to slay all the children of Bethlehem, from two years old and under, so he would kill the Lord Christ among them. The angel of God appeared to Joseph in a dream saying, "Take the child and flee to Egypt." St. Joseph took the child Jesus and St. Mary, His mother, and went to Egypt as the angel of the Lord had told him. But John's mother took him and fled to the mountain were she dwelt, bringing him up for six years. After her departure to heaven, the child remained in the desert till the day of his appearance to Israel. (Luke
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It was said that during the slaughter of the children, Herod thought that John was the Christ. He requested John from his father, Zacharias, who said, "I do not know where the child is." They threatened to kill him, but he did not heed. Herod ordered his soldiers to slay him.
It was also said that when Herod sought John to slay him, Zacharias escaped with him to the temple and put him on the altar and when they caught up with him, he told the soldiers, "From here I accepted him from the Lord," and thereupon the angel of God snatched away the child, and took him to the desert Zifana. When they did not find the child, they slew Zacharias between the temple and the altar. (Matthew
23: 35)
Zacharias the priest, son of Bar-a-chi-as, is not Zacharias the prophet, who was one of the twelve minor prophets. Zacharias the prophet was not martyred but died and his body was found without decay.
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Every road trip, regardless of the destination or mode of transportation, requires a certain level of preparation. Not that long ago, we took a trip that required much more foresight, conditioning and focus than any other trip memorialized on our proverbial biker passports.
This ride covered 1,000 miles on a Harley Davidson Road Glide in less than 24 hours. We fought through exhaustion, tornados and requisite mechanical issues and concluded our ride on the Tail of the Dragon.
Mapping, packing, conditioning, and nutrition
The preparation to ride that far in such a short time period can not be taken lightly. Failure to be attentive for as little as a minute could lead to injury or death. No details could be skipped in advance of the big day.
Our preparation included four elements: 1) mapping, 2) packing, 3) conditioning, and 4) nutrition. Mapping a 1,000-mile route with the intent of avoiding traffic, construction and unexpected delays requires avoiding large cities along the way. The bigger the city, the greater the congestion. We also wanted a great destination. We picked a route from Boston, MA to the "Tail of the Dragon" in Tennessee.
The Tail of the Dragon is an 11-mile strip of road boasting 318 turns and is the destination for countless riders looking to test their skills on a very technical piece of asphalt. This destination road is surrounded by many other strips including the Cherohala Skyway, Moonshiner 28, Devil's Triangle and other spots tailor-made to sling sparks off your floorboards.
Packing for 1,000 miles may not seem difficult, but to accomplish this properly it's important to store everything in a very organized fashion. When sunglasses, sunblock, lip balm or caffeinated marshmallows (yes, this is a thing) are needed, you don't want to take the time to stop. When rain is on the horizon, it gets a little too cold, or you need to switch out your ear plugs, a quick stop is best. We planned to take 10 stops to fuel and refocus. Time frames were tight and we didn't want to miss the 24-hour cutoff.
Conditioning and nutrition are areas most overlooked by bikers. We never would have thought about these aspects of preparation until I read about Will Barclay, winner of the famed Hoka Hey 10,000 mile motorcycle challenge. Will and others completed this challenge in under twelve days, riding day and night without use of GPS or digital navigation in order to win a very substantial cash prize.
We had to make sure we were in fighting shape to stay focused on the ride. This meant eliminating one sacred nutritional source – caffeine. Around three months in advance of the ride we cut coffee and all other forms of this wonder drug from our diets. That was harder than quitting smoking, but the benefits of weaning us off it would be welcomed on our start day.
The ride
The goal was to take advantage of as much daylight as possible, so the two of us kicked up our stands at 4:30 AM. We knew we would need most of the 24-hour window to complete this and an early start would avoid the following day's rush hour in Knoxville, TN. To our surprise, much of the ride was uneventful until we hit West Virginia. After about 600 miles, we were dropped into the most terrifying ride of our lives.
The skies immediately turned from blue to a nuclear glow outlining the shapes of cars in our path. Then, without warning, a sheet of rain with marble-sized droplets blocked our view. Cars disappeared and rain turned into water and golf-ball-sized hail that pelted us from every direction. Our glasses were rendered useless. Hail battered the plastic frames and moved them to spots blocking our vision. Without warning I was on top of a gray sedan. I braked hard … skidded to the left, then right and then back to the left, narrowly missing the dull flickering of the taillight. All traffic ahead was at a standstill, but behind us it was still moving at a 70 mph clip. If we went forward, we risked hitting parked cars. If we stopped, those behind us would crush us. The situation didn't look good.
Reacting quickly, we threaded a needle between two parked semis, quickly jumped off the bikes and covered the tanks with our leather jackets to prevent further hail damage. Then we sprinted underneath the 18-wheeler to our left. Had the trucker moved, we wouldn't be sharing this story today.
We heard trees cracking and saw lightning all around us. Armageddon was happening and we had a front row seat!
After what felt like a lifetime, the storm sped past us and we jumped out from under the bed of the Mack truck. Luckily the driver took note of our impromptu shelter and waited until we were safely out of the way before releasing his airbrakes.
We rode to the next exit and found a gas station where we took inventory of our damage, caught our breath, and planned the rest of our ride. As we collected ourselves, we listened to the local radio station detailing the damage from a tornado that missed us by less than one mile. We dodged a major bullet – the bike gods were smiling on us that day.
The destination
The rest of the trip included more rain, some sun and a lot of energy drinks to keep our minds sharp. We arrived in Knoxville, TN 20 hours, 30 minutes after we departed Boston. Pancakes and scrambled eggs filled some gaps left in our stomachs from the stress of the trip.
The next day we set out to ride the Tail of the Dragon… several times. After a hard day of riding we finished the day at Deals Gap, located at the end of the Dragon.
The day concluded by planting ourselves in front of a bonfire alongside a dozen newfound friends. We celebrated the accomplishment of a 1,000-mile ride through a tornado and reminded ourselves that the uncertainty is what makes this life so special!

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Attend one, two, or all three days of the summit. We want as many girls as possible to come, from anywhere across Alberta, but we know that a long drive might make it hard to come for the whole weekend.
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On our Classic, 8-day tour, guests visit all the places mentioned above, through the gently rolling countryside with routes to suit all ages and abilities. With further tours available for either 6 days or 3 days through the Cotswolds our tours, for 2018, extend down the West Way out of London to Bath and into Devon and Cornwall.
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1. Financial management. The age of one-write systems are long past. From the first day you'll need to record your financial transactions in a good program. It won't be long before you'll be reporting results back to the IRS, your partners and to your spouse. Quickbooks (www.intuit.com) is the leader here, closely followed by Peachtree (www.sage.com). But keep a sharp eye on Microsoft Office Accounting 2007 (www.microsoft.com/office) because it's free (there's that word again!). Any of these applications will get your financial house in order.
2. Contact management. A glorified rolodex is one thing, but a centralized place to keep your company's contacts (customers, vendors, etc), calendars, e-mails, documents, notes and other activities will make productivity go through the roof. Consider either GoldMine software (www.goldmine.com) or Microsoft Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager (www.microsoft.com/outlook). Both GoldMine and Outlook are about $200/user stand alone. GoldMine can expand to hundreds of users and Outlook can be migrated to Microsoft's CRM product line as you grow.
3. Office management. Every good office will need good office software. Word and spreadsheet processing will be essential. Setting up a shared intranet will one day be inevitable. Integrating all of this together requires an advanced set of office tools. The grand-daddy of course is Microsoft Office (www.microsoft.com/office). It's closest competitor is Corel Wordperfect Office (www.corel.com). But also take a look at the new (and free) up and comers: Google (www.google.com) and OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org).
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Mega-millionaire Donald Trump today said during an interview with FoxNewsInsider that Barack Obama is having trouble with, and spending millions to fight, the ongoing questions about his birth, his birth certificate and his eligibility to hold office – and the longer the issue goes on, the more he is convinced there are problems with the president's eligibility.
His newest comments on an issue he first raised in an ABC interview more than a week ago came today on the Fox News Channel.
"The fact is if you're not born in the United States, you cannot be president. He is having a hard time. He spent millions of dollars trying to get away from this issue. Millions of dollars in legal fees trying to get away from this issue. I brought it up just routinely. All of a sudden a lot of facts are emerging and I'm starting to wonder myself whether he was born in this country," Trump said
"This guy either has a birth certificate or he doesn't," he said today. "I didn't think it was such a big deal, but I will tell you it's turning out to be a very big deal. Because people now are calling me from all over saying please don't give up on this issue.
"If you were not born in this country, you cannot be president," he said.
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Why would you think Donald is looking for attention? He is already fairly wealthy and is on TV once a week.
I am glad he is following up on it, whether it furthers his political ambitions or not.
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ofcoarse obama will not respond, if he ignores it until he is out of office nothing will ever be done about it.
We all know he is from kenya.... why dosnt he just admit it and be done with it. Even if he does, nothing will be done about it and we all know it.
all you can hope is that the next prez will not be a lying scumbag.
"If you were not born in this country, you cannot be president," he said.
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One of the interesting elements of this is that at the time of his birth Hawaii was not a state and the records infrastructure not in place in a modern sense.
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The fact of the matter though is that if he isnt an american citizen he has no right being in the position he is in.


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Attacks on Brit ethnic minorities soaring, says Justice MinistryNovember 14th, 2007 - 8:06 am ICT by admin
The statistics confirm anecdotal evidence from immigrant groups that ethnic minorities have been increasingly targeted in recent years, with the Muslim community under particular pressure since 9/11.
The figures will show that black people are seven times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people and are much more likely to be caught up in the criminal justice system.
There are also stark differences in the ethnic backgrounds of crime victims, with the figures set to disclose that 10 per cent of murder victims are black, well above the proportion of black people in the population (2 per cent). Some seven per cent of victims are Asian and four per cent from other ethnic minorities.
Richard Garside, director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, in London, said: "The increase could be tied in with the rise of far-right groups and some of the rhetoric around the war on terror. The police may also, in their attempts to reach out to ethnic minority groups, be recording more incidents."
Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, said: "These statistics show the fear of crime remains even though black people are already seven times more likely to be stopped and searched. Over the past 10 years there has been a significant change of attitude in the criminal justice system. This in part may account for the increasing reports of violence."
Home Office figures earlier this year showed Asians were twice as likely to be killed in stabbing or "bottling" incidents than a decade ago.
Attacks were carried out on Muslims and mosques in London, Glasgow, Manchester and Bradford shortly after the bungled terror attacks in London's West End on 29 June and at Glasgow airport the next day.
An Indian sailor collapsed and died after being set upon by a gang of young people in Fawley, Hampshire, on 20 October. Ten teenagers were arrested following the assault.
Last week a teenager suffered a serious head injury in a racially motivated assault in Warrington. (ANI)
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After their parents' shocking revelation about their fae heritage and an attack on their lives, the McDonald twins find themselves on the run—forced to hide out at Riverdale Academy , a boarding school for vampire slayers, deep in the Swiss Alps. With no cells, no internet, and no way to contact their vampire boyfriends—the twins are on their own.Source: http://www.bloodcovenvampires.com/books_nightschool.html
Being a vampire stuck in a school full of slayers isn't easy. Especially with no blood substitute stocked on campus. Soon Rayne finds herself succumbing to her bloodlust and losing control—especially around the arrogant, but devastatingly handsome Corbin Billingsworth the Third—who isn't sure whether he wants to kiss her...or kill her.
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About a week ago, I had a great coffee date to catch up with one of my friends from high school. He's one of those people whom I was little worried about for a while in our early twenties. We had been very close in high school, and immediately following. But, as with life, we fell out of touch after I moved across the country for university. Of course, the advent of social media let me keep track of him so I knew the bare basics of what his life looked like.
Since university, he's been on this one-man tear to follow his dreams. Moving to New York to pursue a career as an actor, and having the opportunity to study at the Lee Strasbourg School. He's back home in Vancouver visiting for the holidays and our schedules serendipitously aligned for us to grab some coffee, and embark on an ambitious 2 hour catch up of approximately the last decade of our lives. Challenge accepted. During this conversation, he referred to me as being "intimidating" more than once. And after the third time, I had to ask him to clarify his definition of the word. Was my being an intimidating woman a good thing, or a bad thing? Turns out, it was great.
As he so eloquently described, an intimidating woman:
- Has her shit together
- She has drive and determination, personally and professionally
- Is a grown woman (she has no time for the "trivial shit other girls obsess over")
- Doesn't need to impress you with make up, and clothes, she let's her wit win you over
- She is comfortable in her own skin, and doesn't feel the need to apologize for how you think she looks
- Has self confidence, (apparently this is the #1 attractor) and as a result is both beautiful and smart
Needless to say, I asked him to stick around and continue to whisper sweet nothings to me all day long. It did get me thinking though, why the choice of "intimidating" as the main descriptor? Why not strong, driven, or a plethora of other options? His answer: because you're the type of woman every guy wants, but is scared shitless when they actually get you. They don't know what to do with you, because you're equally as happy with or without us. The only difference here is that by needing us, you show vulnerability, giving us a glimmer of hope.
Obviously, this was a lot to take in at 10AM in the morning. I always thought there was something about me that I couldn't put my finger on. How I managed to end up surrounding myself with some really great people, in particular, strong women and driven personalities. He summed it up in the laws of attraction- that you get back what you put out into the universe.
So what was this all supposed to mean? Did I give off some signal that screamed "Caution, intimidating woman, be afraid"? (This may explain portions of my dating life.) According to my source of male insight, this was quite the opposite, the only thing that "screamed" off me, and those like me, is that you better bring your best self to the table before approaching, because otherwise you will not be given the time of day. Sure, this sounds fairly bitchy and discriminatory, when it fact, it just means that you are self-aware and do not have time for those who are not.
Of course hearing this from an old, but close friend was a pleasant surprise. It also was reassuring to hear this coming from someone who also knew me "back when", so they have a reference point. The moral of the story here is that yes, I am and can be a lot to handle, but I have equally the same to offer. I am, in fact, a unicorn. There are more of us popping up here and there across the land. Be ready friends, the attack of intimidating women is coming, and in the word's of Beyoncé, "you're not ready for this jelly".


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It's the peak holiday shopping season and outside West Edmonton Mall, patrons are squawking and beaking off at each other as they fight for a spot to park.
But this group of rowdies is not allowed inside the mall — and it's not a conspiracy against them.
In fact, they are the conspiracy. A conspiracy of ravens, that is.
Scott Charlton noticed them in mid-November when leaving the mall after a day of work. He heard caws and noticed between 50 and 100 ravens flying around above him.
With another group perched on the letters of a lit Winners sign, Charlton said it looked more like a scene from the Planet Earth nature series or from Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds instead of a mall parking lot.
People in some cultures would consider such a gathering of ravens (called a conspiracy, an unkindness or a constable) to be a bad omen.
Charlton was simply awestruck.
"It was such a huge group that I was just like 'I have to take a video.' I've never seen that many ravens in one place," Charlton said. "It just seemed really out of place that they're hanging outside at West Edmonton Mall of all places."
Since taking that first video three weeks ago, he's been keeping an eye on the gatherings and said the most recent rally happened within the last few days. "When they get together, they squabble over who gets to sit where and for how long," he said.
But they don't seem to be causing any problems, he added.
"I haven't really seen them try to eat anything or really scavenge around at night. They're just hanging out for the evening, it seems to me."
Wildlife experts suggest Charlton's conclusions are quite accurate.
While the flock might seem out of place in the urban environment, it's really not all that rare, said Mike Jenkins, senior biological sciences technologist with the City of Edmonton.
Ravens have been flocking to Edmonton more and more, and they've been spotted in recent years making west Edmonton their night-time hangout in the winter months.
"They generally will gather together in fairly large groups both for protection and for social purposes," Jenkins said. "The corvids, including ravens, are really intelligent birds and they do have pretty strong social structures,"
Gordon Court, provincial wildlife status biologist for Alberta Environment and Parks, suspects the ravens' heavy presence at West Edmonton Mall is all about food.
"They group together, usually near a large food source. In this case, it's probably the landfill at 170th Street," Court said.
"In winter, they would roost communally and that's probably what they're doing in the West Edmonton Mall area."
He suspects the conspiracy will return in larger numbers every winter as the birds spread the word of a food source.
"The birds used to be constrained to the boreal forest, the Rocky Mountains and foothills but now you can find them right out on the bald prairie. They have expanded their range a great deal and, I believe, in their numbers as well."
On Thursday night, Alison Normand took pictures of the ravens after a bout of holiday shopping.
"I don't think anyone walking below will appreciate it if they get pooped on or anything," Normand noted.
"I think they're just smart. They're finding a way to keep warm and stay together and there's nothing wrong with that."


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afrit- In arabian mythology, a terrible and dangerous demon, the spirit of a murdered man who seeks to avenge his death. The demon is believed to rise up like smoke from the victims blood that falls to the ground. Its formation can be prevented by driving a new nail into the blood stained ground.
ankou- In the Celtic folklore of Brittany, a death demon that comes to collect the souls of the dead. Tha nakou o0r King of the Dead, is the last person to die in a parish during a year. For the following year, he or she assumes the duty of calling for the dead. Every parish in Brittany has it's own ankous. Personafied as tall, haggard figur whith long white hair or a skeleton with a revolving head capable of seeing everything, everywhere.It drives a spectral cart, accompanied by two ghostly figures on foot, and stops at the house of one who is about to die. There, it either knocks on the door or gives out a moanful wail like an Irish Banshee.
aumakua- In Hawian mythology a family Guardian Spirit god. Tha aumakua are linked to the nature gods and they inhabit everything in nature, similiar to the kami of Shinto. Thay are worshipped and propitiated in order to ansure the protection and well being of the family. They are inherited and have limited jurisdiction within the family. They have laws that must be followed. Transgressions are punushed sometimes for generations.
Offspring of the aumakua can be born into human families. Various legends tell of such people who are endowed with supernatural powers such as the ability to assume shapes of animals, plants and rocks. In this respect they are similar to a totem spirit. They escort souls of the dead safely in the afterlife in a ghostly procession.Know as marchers of the night. According to lore, they take the entire body. I f for any reason the body is not taken, the family prepares the sorpse for burial and its transformation into the aumakua form such as a snake or a shark. It is important to stay on good terms with the aumakua so that the soul does not become abandoned before reaching the land of the dead. Abandoned souls are said to haunt the place where they were left, feeding on spiders and and moths and leading tempted strangers astray, They remain in this limbo until another aumakua takes pity on them and leads them out.
Ba is one of the important part of the human soul, that makes an individual unique, similar to the notion of 'personality' or 'the person's individuality'. Egyptian believed that, the 'Ba' as an aspect of a soul would live after the body died, and it is sometimes depicted as a human-headed bird flying out of the tomb to join with the 'Ka' in the afterlife.
In Egyptian art, the Ba always portrayed as a human-headed bird, usually a human-headed falcon. Ba also often depicted as a winged figure, the Ba-bird, an emblem of the ascension of the soul after death.
bakechochin- In Japanese folklore, a ghost lantern carried by ghost or obake. Bakechochin means haunted lantern. The lantern has eyes and a long tongue protruding from its mouth. It serves as a home for the ghost of people who died with hate still in their hearts and are thus earthbound. If a person mistakenly lights onne of these haunted lanterns the hateful ghost inside will jump out and attack.
banshee - A female Death omen spirit of Ireland and Scotland that attatches itself to families. and manifest itself to herald approaching death.The banshee is most commonly heard singing or crying, In both Ireland and Scotland the banshee is also known as Bean-Nighe or Little Washer-by- the- ford., the latter term comes from the lore that to signal immenent or violent death approaching, she washes the blood stained grave clothes of the deceased in a stream. She is not beautiful but appears evil and mean and deformed.Many of these beliefs were brought to America and settled in the Allegany and Appalacian mountains
barghest- ( or barguest) In English Folklore a spectral hound siad to exist in Cornwall and Northern England. as a death omen, manifests as a bear or large dog. known as Shriker in Lancshire because of the shreiking noise it makes and Trash after the splashing sounds it makes when it walks.
bhut or bhuta - In Indian lore an evil ghost of the dead, especially a man who has died by execution, suicide or accident. detected by its nasal twang, fear of burning turmeric and and the fact that it has no shadow
black shucks and black dogs - Phantom black dogs, or grey dog apparitions sometimes known as black shuck and snarly yow. Prominant in British and American folklore. larger than most dogs, some as big as bears. Often with red or yellow or green eyes. to look into their eyes means certain death within the year. Seen inthe woods and countrysides and graveyards, and especially lonely roads at night. they howl when a person is dying or about to die. They also protect the graves of persons who have died tragic deaths.
bogey - A type of evil spirit or hobgoblin, they travel alone and in groups, and love to make mischief. They go by a variety of names such as Boogey -man, Bu-a-boo and Boggarts. Sometimes synonimus with the Devil. usually described as big, black ugly and works at night and likes to scare children.
bucca from Cornish folklore, a sea spirit that lives among fishermen, both helping them and plaguing them, Originally known as a Celtic sea god who declined to the status of a hobgoblin or demon. To stay in good graces with the bucca fishermen often leave a fish from their catch on the shores, they also toss a piece of bread over their left shoulders and spill a bit of beer on the ground.
buruburu The ghost of fear in Japanese folklore, lurks in forests and graveyards in the form of a shaking old man or woman. sometimes one eyed. Attatches itself to the back of its victims causing a chill to run down the spine. The victim often dies of fright. Variations of this spirit are the zokuzokugami and okubyohgami which posses their victims and cause them to be too afraid to go anywhere.
Ch'iang Shih - chinese folklore, a monster made of evil spirits and unburied corps, which comes to life and wreaks death and havoc. According to Chinese tradition, an unburied corpse is a great danger because it invited inhabitation by the evil spirits and is said to be present everywhere all the time.
churel - In India, a ghost of a woman who died in childbirth or ceremonial impurity. Originally a churel was a ghost of low caste, whose corpse was buried face down to prevent the ghost from escaping. They have reversed feet and no mouth. They haunt squalid places. They can take the shape of beautiful young women in order to ensnare unsuspecting men ad hold them captive until they are old. Areas believed to be haunted by churel are given exorcisms.
In other regions of India their idea of the churel wasn't so attractive… not even a little bit. This form of churel is absolutely horrible looking. She is always naked and has a black tongue, big gross lips, long sagging boobs, huge sharp teeth, messy dirty hair, a potbelly, long unkempt pubic hair, a pig's face and claw-like hands. Yea, ugly as hell. This kind of churel lurks in cemeteries, hiding in tombs, coming out to attack those that lived nearby
cypress - Evergreen tree native to the United States, Europe and Asia, associated with death, burial and regeneration and the immortal soul. In biblical lore , an angel gave the cypress to Seth to plant under Adams tongue upon his death. The Egyptians used cypress for mummy cases . The Greeks and Romans associated the cypress with underworl dieties. Athenian heros where buried in cypress coffins. Cypress trees are planted along the borders of many cemeteries.
daimon - In ancient Greek lore an intermediary spirit between humans and the gods. They are either good or evil. A good daimon protects and gives good advice, An evil daimon leads one astray and gives bad advice. Also thought to be angels or guardian spirits.
death omen - Death omens can be signs of nature, accidental happenings, the appearance of animals associated with death such as the raven, rooks, owls and crows and howling dogs.
The appearance of an apparition such as a banshee, phantom vehicles such as hearses and black carraiges pulled by black horses.
demon- also called a fallen angel, that has the ability to interfere with human issues such as disease, misfortune, wealth, bad luck and ruined relationships. In Christianity , all demons are evil and serve the Devil for the purpose of tormenting people and damning souls to hell. In some other cultures demons are both good and evil. ( Greeks) Demons can cause unpleasant hauntings that can lead to possesion of people. They are said to be able to have sex with humans and supposedly summoned and controlled by magic. They create unpleasant poltergeist phenomena wearing down the mind, strength and spirituality of the victim in order to possess them. In some cases they are capable of shape shifting into deceitful forms in order to trick. In possession demons will completely take over the persons body, sometimes altering the voice. they cause vomiting and spitting, unnatural twisting of the limbs, supernormal strength, foaming at the mouth, etc.. The must be exorcised or expelled by a variety of methods, prayer, religious rituals, magical rituals and the ever popular Roman Catholic exorcism.
domovik -from Russian folklore, a household spirit that lives with every family behind the stove. traditionally an ancestoral family member sho watches over the family, protect and does chores, but if made unhappy will cause poltergeist activity and noise. When the family moves they take the wood from the stove to the new home where it is lit to welcome the domovik. Other variations are the Chelvnik who lives inthe barn, the bannik who lives in the bathroom and the ovinnik who lives inthe kitchen.
duppy- Jamaican shadow of a dead person. feared as vampires, melevolent spirits who's breath causes death and illness and seizures. Also known as jumbies. Can be conjured by throwing rum coins onto a grave.
dybbuk- Jewish folklore, an evil spirit or doomed soul that possesses a persons body or soul, speaking through the persons mouth and causing torment, anguish. they are found in both the Bible and the Kabbalah.
Significantly, the spirit is always male and the body is nearly always female. Being possessed by a foreign spirit makes a person's body and soul behave in uncontrollable ways. In Jewish folklore—deriving from kabbalistic theories of the soul and mystical literature—the spirit of a dead sinner often finds refuge in the bodies of weak, fragile women, women who are not able to handle the expectations of society. Those who are possessed are always from the margins of society—maids, orphan girls who have been set up to wed elderly widowers, or young females whose marriages have been arranged against their will. In today's etiology we would define this possession as acute depression or socially deviant behavior. Previously it was defined as hysteria.
ekimmu- Ancient Assyrian, evil ghost of one denied entrance to the underworld and doomed to wander the earth. ekimmu means " that which was snatched away" One became an ekimmu by dying a tragic death , murder, in battle or drowning. or recieving an improper burial or none at all. they were greatly feared, could attatch themself to anyone whether they knew them or not and were extremely hard to exorcise.Also said to wail like the Irish banshee.
evocation - The summoning of spirits. In ancient Greece, the calling up of souls. The purpose of evocation being to consult the dead for oracle purposes. Thessalian witches were known for their powers of summoning the dead.
fetch- In Irish and English folklore the term fetch means to see ones double. To see it in the morning meant long life and to see it at night meant the fortelling of ones death.
funayuhrei- Funayūrei - Japanese ghost ship that travels silently at night or in thick fog. Appears suddenly without warning. Meeting one on the sea is fatal. Will cause the ship to turn violently in circles and then sink. If the victims are lucky they drown and if they are unlucky they are captured, tortured and eaten by the isohime, a giant fantastical mermaid that likes to catch survivors in sinking ships.
gashdokuro- Japanese folklore , the ghosts of people who have starved to death. Appears as a giant skeleton up to 15 times larger than person, made up of bones of the starved dead. Roams after midnight and announces itself with ringing in the ears. If you do not run , it will bite off your head with it's giant teeth.
ghoul- A demon of Islamic folklore who feeds on the flesh of human beings, especially travelers, children and corpses stolen from graves. Nocturnal creatures who inhabit graveyards, ruins and other lonely places.
goblins- Small hideous creatures who attatch themselves to households. sometimes good, sometimes mischeivous. Either helpoing with chores at night while the family sleeps or keeping them up all night with poltergeist activity and noise. Goblins who become tiresome can be persuaded to leave by placing flaxseeds on the floor , they get tired of cleaning them up and depart.Associated with All Hallow's Eve where they are said to roam the night when the veil is thinnest between the world of the living and the dead.
Goryo - From Japanese Lore the Goryo are dangerous and vengeful ghosts that have been martyred in life and return for revenge. They can be incredibly powerful: destroying crops or bringing fire, typhoons or earthquakes.
grey ladies- Ghost of women who reportedly died violently for the sake of love. or pined away their life over the loss of love. Sometimes appearing in black, white or blue. Frequently haunting the homes where they lived or died and cemeteries near lovers grave.Often associated with poltergeist activity.
Ignus fatuus- A wide variety of spectral lights. alleged purpose is to herald death or to play tricks on travelers. Ignus fatuss means the foolish fire, because those who follow it are foolish. They appear in blueish flames or yellow globes. also know as candle lights which bob and move mysteriously, usually seen in the countryside at night. When taken as death omens they are known as corpse candles, will' o wisps, dead lights and other names. Frightened travelers know them as jack o lanterns and jenny burnt tails. Lore and legends exist in English, German, Swedish and Native American history and literature.
ikiryoh In Japanese lore, the ikiryoh is a spirit that is born of evil thoughts and feelings harbored by a person. The ikyroh is energized by hatred and becomes powerful enough to leave its source and enter or possess the object of a person's hatred. Once inside it kills the victim by slowly draining the persons energy. the ikiryoh is extremely difficult to exorcise, rites include readings from Buddhist writings.
iron- In Folklore, iron protects against witches, fairies and evil spirits, who are unable to cross it. In India, iron is believed to repel djinn. the demonic children of Lilith and the Devil. In classical times, iron was used to ward off illness and bad luck, which were believed to be caused by evil spirits. , it was especially important in protection of women in childbirth and small sschildren who were more vulnerable to evil than others. Large pieces of cast iron or iron ore were placed at the threshold of dwellings or set in the door frames to prevent undesirables from entering. Amulets, knives buried under the doorsteps, horseshoes and crossed irons all to protect from evil spirits.
While it is thought that iron has little or no effect on ghosts, The Saxons would not put iron rune wands in their cemeteries because they feared it would scare away the spirits of the dead.
kachina- ( In Hopi terms) kachina means " spirit father", "life" or "spirit". Spirit fathers are associated with the dead and bring rain and perform other beneficial functions. In Pueblo Legend the kachina lived in sacred mountains and came down from time to time to visit the people, The people begged the kachina to take the spirits of the dead with them back up the sacred mountains. The kachina grew weary of this task and stopped their visits. So the people began to hold ceremonies where men of the tribes would dress in elaborate costumes and masks and preform kachina dances.
Kan Hotidan- In Native American Lore, Kan Hotidan is a powerful and feared elflike spirit. It lives in tree stumps and cast spells on weary travelers. Kan Hotidan means " Tree Dweller" It was also believed that the elf spirit could bestow magic for successful hunts. Effigies of the elf spirit were kept in a box which symbolized it's tree stump dwelling.
kelpie- Scottish folklore tells tales of a malevolent water spirit that is believed to inhabit lakes and streams. and is considered a death omen if seen. They appear in the shape of a horse and entice weary travelers to mount them, only to plunge into the water and drown their victims. They are considered vicious carnivors and they make sounds like thunder. If a kelpie is seen death by drowning is inevitable and there is no way to stop the event.
lemures - In ancient Rome, spirits of the dead or their sometimes evil ghosts were known as lemures. Romans considered it a curse to die without surviving decendants and those who died in this manner where said to be doomed to become lemures. Other definitions included those who died prematurely and would be trapped on earth as a lemure until their original intended life span was up. This also included victims of murder, violent death, excecutions and drowning. To prevent the return of the lemure, the Romans burned black beans around the tomb as the body was interred.
Excorcisms were preformed on those afflicted by haunting lemures by ceremony of beating drums. Lemures were also celebrated at a three day festival every year known as Lemuria or Lemuralia. This was done in an attempt to appease the spirits of the dead.
manes- also from ancient Rome were considered good spirits of the dead and Di Manes were divine spirits. the term is also associated with the underworld and underworld deities.
necromancy- Is the conjuring or summoning of the dead for prophecy, divination, and magic. It is performed by professional witches, magicians , priests and sorcerers. and has long been considered extremely dangerous. In Ancient Greece necromancers were known as evocators, which literally means " caller of souls". The Bible tells a story of necromancy in the Old Testament Book of I Samuel where King Saul visits the Witch of Endor in order to summon the spirit of Samuel. Samuel was angry at being called forth and he did not give good news . The prophecy of his death and the rise of King David would come to pass just as Samuel prophesied.
preta- Found in Buddist and Hindu lore. In Buddist lore a preta is the spirit of the dead , who occupies a sort of purgatory between lives based on bad karma acummulated during his life.
The preta must remain in this state and work until the karma is balanced. In Hindu belief they are the thumb sized ghost of the dead who remain in the body or near the grave for a year before a special ceremony is held to send the spirit to heaven. Without the ritual the soul could not escape it's preta condition., Preta are also known as the ghosts of cripples and children.
rusalka- In Russian folklore, the rusalka is a female spirit said to have drowned and who haunts the place where she died. Also known as gentle river nymphs in southern Russian. The river nymphs are said to secretly help the fishermen. The are seen bathing in the moonlight on the rivers edge.The original Rusalka is a Russian underwater princess who lives in a palace in the depths of a river or lake. She is always searching for a mortal playmate to share her kingdome with.
As an amphibian she can rome upon land, and she lures children with baskets of goodies and young men with her charms, but she is doomed to remaine alone, for either her partners all drown
toad- In occult lore, the toad is said to be sensitive to the presence of ghosts. It's presence in gardens and near houses is considered to be protective against the supernatural. Folklore implies that toads are the familiar favorite ( demon in the form of animals) of witches. Toads were once captured in England , had their hind legs broken and were placed in a bag and tied around a sick patient's neck, the fate of the frog predicted the fate of the patient. In some areas, toads are considered death omens.
Ubume Japanese Lore- Women that died in childbirth or without making sure their children are provided for in life. The power of their love allows them to stay in the physical world. Usually they come back to help their child in a time of need or leave gifts for children that later turn into dead leaves.
vetela- Is an evil spirit of Indian lore who haunts cemeteries and reanimates corpses. The vetela is demonic in appearance. It has the body of a human but its hands and feet are turned backwards. They live in red stones and like to play tricks on the living.
wells- wells throughout folklore are siad to be passage ways for ghosts and spirits to enter the physical world. If a house or building is built over a well, then it will be haunted. Covering the well is said to confuse the spirits. Water is said to have purifying properties and evil spirits cannot cross running water. Wishing wells and cursing wells came about from folklore related to fairies and spirits supposedly living in the wells.
Zashiki-warashi are Japanese child ghosts who dwell in large well maintained houses. They are mischievous and may play small tricks on the living. However, seeing a zashiki-warashi or having one in your house is considered very lucky and can bring great fortunes.
Research compiled by Angela L MSSPI Research Manager
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president Obama will propose a new plan to raise taxes on the wealthy and use the revenue to pay for more tax breaks for lower and middle class families ... here are the highlights ... the plan would increase the top tax rate on capital gains to twenty percent from the current twenty three point eight percent ... a rate that would hit roughly the top one percent of households such as married couples earning more than five hundred thousand dollars the year ... the proposal would also impose capital gains tax on many inherited assets ... that are currently subject to the tax ... the White House plan also includes attacks on large financial institutions with assets of more than fifty billion dollars ... so no the money be spent ... on tax cuts for low and middle income households ... and two income household were both partners work will see a five hundred dollars tax credit ... the White House estimates twenty four million couples would benefit ... and the child care tax credit would triple to three thousand dollars from one thousand dollars ... a proposal the administration estimates would hold more than five million families president Obama says the plan would raise three hundred and twenty billion dollars in tax revenue over ten years ... and cost two hundred and thirty five billion dollars but the plan things the rough road in Congress as Republicans say boosting the capital gains rates would hurt investment businesses and slow new job creation ...


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Washington: An internal review of the security lapses that allowed an intruder to scale a fence and enter the White House has revealed a string of Secret Service blunders, reports said on Friday.
The New York Times cited a Department of Homeland Security review which said "performance, organizational and technical" failures had allowed Iraq war veteran Omar Gonzalez to evade security and make his way into the building in September.
The review said 42-year-old Gonzalez, who was carrying a knife during the incident, could have been stopped by a Secret Service officer who was supposed to be stationed on the North Lawn with an attack dog.
However, at the time Gonzalez scaled the fence and bolted across the lawn, the officer in question was sitting in his van making a personal call on his cellphone.
Because of this lapse, the attack dog was unable to "lock onto" Gonzalez and "may not have seen" him at all, the review said.
The intrusion was the most serious incident in a string of security lapses involving President Barack Obama, which ultimately led to the resignation of Secret Service director Julia Pierson in October.
Obama and his family had left the White House shortly before the intrusion took place.
The review found authorities had also failed to properly investigate Gonzalez after he had come to the attention of law enforcement months earlier, The Times reported.
Gonzalez was arrested on gun charges in Virginia in July before being stopped again outside the White House a month later while carrying a hatchet. He was not arrested on that occasion.
The review revealed that Gonzalez was spotted by officers patrolling the street outside the White House climbing over a section of fencing missing an ornamental spike.
They ordered him to stop and drew their firearms but elected not to shoot because they did not believe he was armed.
Another officer stationed near the outer front door of the White House also decided not to use lethal force when confronted by Gonzalez because he did not believe he was armed.
The officer did not follow Gonzalez into the building because he believed the door was locked and that the intruder was cornered, the review said.
But the door was open, allowing Gonzalez to overpower a female officer stationed there.
Gonzalez entered the East Room of the White House before exiting and charging down a hallway. He was eventually apprehended by two agents who had just finished their shifts.


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As I was driving to Minneapolis yesterday to take in today's Twins game, my e-mail started pinging with "did you see what was in the Aberdeen paper?!?" I had it sent to me, and I was left wondering "why would anyone do this" as well.
If our little leftist friend Cory Heidelberger wanted to waste money, I'm sure he could have sent it to Jay Williams. It would have about the same effect in getting either one of them elected. None, whatsoever, but I'm sure Jay would have appreciated it since no one else will send him any.
So, why is something like this such a stupid idea for most candidates? Several reasons.
It is April. This election is in November. Since Cory is a new resident carpet bagging in Aberdeen, he might feel he needs that much time to meet people. But trust me, no one cares yet.
Along those lines, he must have unlimited money to burn. (See "it is April" above). Unless you have unlimited money like Cory does, save it until people care.
It also comes off as a vanity piece. Is his logo really a big "h"? That's just… awful.
Was that a template from MSWord, or did someone splurge on Microsoft Publisher? I'd say it was done cheaply, but that does a disservice to the word "cheap." Using MS Publisher and xeroxing it might be ok for a club newsletter, but it screams unprofessional for a political candidate. For someone whose employment record is as spotty as Cory's, i would not want to come off as unprofessional.
I could go on. But then I'd be guilty of rambling like the "Giant H" news.
Suffice it to say "don't do this."


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I'm overwhelmed, by good things all related to art. In the next three months, I'm involved in, I think, eight shows and several more over the next few months. The piece I shared on the last post will be used in publicity for that show with Contemporary QuiltArt. Quite an honor. This week, I delivered nine pieces for a show in Seattle in conjunction with MoNA. (http://www.museumofnwart.org/) There are three deadlines coming in the next week. And I've only submitted one. Now you know what I'll be doing for a few days.
The picture is one of the pieces for the show in Seattle. It's called "Morning Light." It is pieced and tightly quilted. The textured leaves are made by sandwiching and shaping yarns between layers of dissolvable stabilizer, and stitching to hold it all together. The stabilizer washes out and I'm left with loose fabric like pieces. I hand stitch the leaves and allow them to stand out a bit from the base and add dimension.


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IQTELL was a pretty hefty little to-do app before, and now it's gotten even more intense. This latest update adds a whole bunch of new features, most of which pertain to email. We're talking full email functionality (read, compose, etc), push notifications, and the ability to sign in to and use multiple email accounts across many different service providers.
But it's not all about email. Macro and Functional Bars have been added and give you more swipe interface options (i.e. create, update, archive, delete, move, etc), a new offline mode will let you work without an internet connection and automatically sync once one is reestablished, and cross-platform functionality will allow you to use IQTELL services and receive reminders across several different devices.
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Charles Zastrow 2000 defines foster care as "the temporary provision of substitute care for children whose parents are unable or unwilling to meet the child's needs in their own home." The Child Care Board notes that foster care is basically caring for children in your own home, as a part of your family and this arrangement is made possible after an interested person or persons have been assessed and approved by the Child Care Board.
Foster care can be divided into short- term foster care, which involves caring for a child for a period as short as a few days to six months and a long- term foster care which involves caring for a child for periods longer than six months. Therefore, the goals of foster are to protect children and rehabilitate parents with the view of reuniting them as soon as it is possible. In light of this, Crosson- Tower 2002, emphasize that finally foster care is usually the first choice after all efforts have failed in allowing the child to remain their home environment.
The provision of family foster care has been significantly influenced by two concepts. These are namely child abuse and neglect. Child abuse consists of any mistreatment of a child that results in non-accidental injury or harm to a child and which cannot be easily explained (Child abuse Act). This act recognizes a child as an individual under the age of sixteen. Abuse takes the form of physical, emotional/psychological and sexual.
Neglect is the failure to provide the needed, age appropriate care such ad food, shelter, clothing, education, medical care, supervision and other basic necessities needed for the development of a child. Recent times have seen an increase in the prevalence of child abuse and neglect. The psychological and emotional effects have also impacted on...


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Only IE8_64bit will open - No IE, FF, or Chrome
Windows 7 Home Prem. 64 bit.
A pretty new (2week old) Windows 7 install. I use Chrome for my browser. This morning, Chrome would not start. I tried to use IE and it will not start. I re-installed Chrome and it still will not start. I downloaded FF and installed and it will not start. Only IE 64bit will run. When I try to start any of the 32bit browsers, I can see the process momentarily in the task manager process list, but it goes away after a few seconds and the browser never starts. All of my other applications are fine, only my browsers. What could have happened to keep 32bit browsers from starting ?
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|31 Dec 2010
Sounds more like an issue with 32bit applications in general than a browser issue. What happens if you open windows explorer, browse to C:\windows\syswow64, and double-click notepad.exe to open the 32bit notepad from that location?
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|01 Jan 2011
Thanks for the reply. In my original post, I said:
" All of my other applications are fine, only my browsers"
There was no problem opening and using all 32 bit applications including openoffice, notepad, mozilla thunderbird, Adobe Acrobat, and everything else. The ONLY 32 bit apps that wouldn't open was any kind of web browser including FF, Chrome and IE. every other 32 bit app worked with no problem. I wonder if it's possible I might have gotten some malware on it since I hadn't installed any AV yet ? I've already formatted and re-installed the OS because it was a new install and there wasn't really anything to lose but it was a pretty strange problem, and I needed to get it going again.
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|01 Jan 2011
On an x64 os, most apps are x64 native, so without a point of reference I suggested what I suggested. However, since you have other 32bit apps obviously the wow64 subsystem is fine. At that point, you may be right that it could have indeed been malware of some sort, although without a debug or a procmon log we can't be sure of course.
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Generally the world says that it takes a year to grieve properly. Well, guess what? There is no one answer that fits for everyone.
Grief doesn't have a timetable. There is no RIGHT way. Every person is unique and every situation is unique. You don't grieve the same way with each loss either.
I miss my grandpa. But he was over age 90 when he died and I have some great memories and pictures of him with Dan. I am grieving that he won't know his great granddaughter.
But that grief is a different grief than my other grandpa who never saw me graduate from college, get married, or have kids.
And that grief is different than losing a child. Not only is the child gone, but so are the hopes and dreams you had for that child. For some, the loss is unexpected, like a car accident. For others, it is expected, like with Dan.
We experienced many layers of grief, and are still experiencing some, and will continue to experience some.
My first bit of grief was realizing that Dan probably wouldn't be able to do what his peers were doing. Then came his diagnosis which brought a whole new level of grief~ the anticipated loss. Of course we have the grief when he died. And now, I still have grief watching Shelby grow and know that she will only have pictures and stories of her brother. I know that in the future I will have more grief when she does things that Dan was never able to do.
So you see grief is never ending. There is no time limit. There is no one set of experiences. There is no one RIGHT way. The right way is the way that fits you best.
So please don't say to someone, "You should be over that." Because you never are over grieving.


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Court Says Idaho Boy Scouts Can Trade Land
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that found a Boy Scout group has the authority to sell or trade its camp on Lake Coeur d'Alene.
The case was brought by opponents of an Arizona developer's offer to trade the 420-acre Camp Easton for 270 acres elsewhere on the lake along with a $2.5 million endowment. Talks about the proposed swap ended, but a group called Camp Easton Forever sought a final ruling on whether the Inland Northwest Council of the Boy Scouts of America had the right to trade the land.
Opponents argued the land was donated to the Scouts in 1929 with the condition that it would always be used as a Scout camp. The council's attorneys argued the deed contained no such restrictions and a District Court judge agreed.


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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Scope Results
Two weeks after my tummy scope I went back to the GI doctor for a follow up and to get my biopsy results. Now usually when I check in and they weigh me I say, "I don't want to know how much I weigh, I just wanna know how much I've gained." I haven't known how much I've weighed for a few years now. I just know it's ever increasing. However, on this GIRD diet I said, "Don't tell me how much I weigh, but I would like to know if I've lost anything on this lovely GIRD diet." She laughed and said, "You've lost 6 pound," in the last two weeks. Wow! OK, honestly I feel like I should have lost 50 considering I've been starving. I just haven't adapted well. I'm too unmotivated to find recipes that fit the GIRD diet that will feed my husband and myself. Instead I'm living on Slimfast and yogurt. The doctor said that I need to do this diet for another 2 or 3 months to get my stomach back to where it was. I asked if I could just add back tomatoes and lemons. He said I could try it after two more weeks. My biopsies were normal. They tested me for gastritis and Celiac disease. I asked if that was conclusive for Celiac disease. He said that the negative results were not 100% accurate. He explained how it lies in 1 of every 5 cells and it depended on where they took the biopsy. It's also all throughout the digestive system. So I could have it, but the strict diet would help know more as I add gluten back in. He said I shouldn't worry about going strictly gluten free, just maybe go lower gluten. I'll still be on medication for a few months also. He thinks I'll be fine once my belly recovers. I hope I can stay on this diet. It's difficult to follow, but I know I need it. I definitely feel the pain when I cheat. Maybe in a few months I'll have even lost weight. Problem is I know I'll gain it all back with the first normal meal I eat. That seems to be the side effect of the Lyrica or Cymbalta. They pull out every ounce of fat in any food and cause me to gain it. It's like the opposite of Alli. Sorry, I don't mean to be a downer. The good news is that I did loose 6 pounds and I didn't have anything really wrong with me. In time I should get better.
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Saturday, December 10
Whilst I was away..
Hi lovies! I'm back from my overly long, but much needed break from blogging! I've so much to share with everyone!
First of all, my little family has now moved and is currently residing in our very first house! It's lovely and perfect, and best of all I have my own room just for clothes. All my dreams have come true,(not all of them entirely) but what girl doesn't want a room just for their clothing?
Secondly, I have so many more new clothes I don't even know how to show you them all, but when there's a will there's a way, and I full of will and excitement!
And lastly, I do believe my style in clothes is changing. It seems the way I dress changes about every two years or so and I'm not quite sure why. Phases I suppose. Right now I am infatuated with Native prints and florals. Odd combinations? I think we'll find out!
I am ecstatic to be back and I hope to hear from you all soon. :)
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BBQ: No excuses…
Welcome to NoExcusesBBQ, live (more or less) from the beautiful Pacific NorthWet. Not the sort of place that comes to mind when someone mentions BBQ, but home to a few dedicated (and waterproof) BBQ afficianados. Up here we aren't snooty about the regional history of our BBQ, mainly because there isn't much to speak of. You got Lewis and Clark, a few local Indian tribes, and that's about it. As such, pretty much anything goes when it comes to regional flavors. Some folks specialize in Texas BBQ, some in Kansas City style, and a few in Memphis and other Southern styles (although I've yet to find any Carolina BBQ, North, South, or otherwise). Some of us dabble in all styles; that's what you will find here.
Barbeque vs. Grilling
Ok, real barbeque (or barbecue, for those that don't like variant spellings) is arguably only done in an indirect fashion over hardwood smoke and everything else is grilling. At least that is the prevailing notion in the Southern United States. Did I mention that we are in the Pacific NorthWet?
This is about as far as you can get from the Southern United States and still be in the contiguous 48. As such, our definition of barbeque is food cooked outdoors with real fire and smoke from wood and/or charcoal. It is both a noun and a verb for those of you that are members of the grammar police, and will be used accordingly.
Hereafter we will refer to this process and the food cooked using it as BBQ and give details on if we are grilling (directly over the flame), indirect cooking (generally on a BBQ grill, but not directly over the flame), and smoking (low heat, slow, indirect, and smokey). Oh, and to our friends in the UK: a heat source over the food constitutes broiling, not grilling. If we want to broil something, we'll do it indoors and in a proper oven. It won't be discussed here…
Charcoal vs. Gas
The only gas on this site is that emitted by the author after eating and/or drinking, and I promise we won't discuss that anymore. If you want to grill with gas and are looking for tips on this site, go no further as you are wasting your time. BBQ without real smoke is just outdoor cooking and we won't speak of it again. You want to know more about this style of cooking, Google Bobby Flay and click on the results…
What's cookin'?
If you want to know more about what we're cooking, check out the home page for the latest blog posting or the "Recipes" tab in the navigation section to your right. These will be updated frequently, so check back often if you don't find what you are looking for right away. Over time we will add more to the site, such as links to other BBQ sites on the web, gear reviews, and other such BBQ-related tomfoolery. Who knows, we might even do a restaurant review from time to time…
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Why are you doing this?
Because it combines my love of BBQ with the geeky side of my nature. And because there aren't enough good BBQ sites and blogs out there. And because it forces me to be accountable. And lastly, just because it is fun. There isn't enough fun in the world, and I'm going to insure I get my share.
Can I come over for dinner?
Only with my wife's permission. Don't just show up without calling, and make sure you bring something for dessert if you want to get invited back.
What does SWMBO stand for?
She Who Must Be Obeyed. This is my lovely wife, who occasionally reads this and (hopefully) still has a since of humor. Hi Dear…
How long should I cook stuff?
Preferably until it's done. To be on the safe side, use a good thermometer (we like the instant read digital variety, specifically the Super-Fast Thermapen Instant Read Thermometer) and refer to an approved reference (like this one) for the correct internal temperature.
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Not without asking nicely first, and not without providing attribution as stated in our Creative Commons License. If you wish to link to the original (without posting it in its entirety) then knock yourself out; we actually appreciate this sort of attention. However, we abhor those who seem to think that "because it is on the Internet we can steal it fully and freely" and will pursue any violations to the fullest extent possible. This includes the use of lawyers and the court system as necessary.
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