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May 10, 2013
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GOP Refuses to Appoint Members to Obamacare's 'Death Panel'
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* Mainstream Media Spins Benghazi Scandal to Protect Obama Administration
* HHS Budgets 150m to Teach People How to Enroll
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* ABC Reports Benghazi Talking Points Underwent 12 Revisions, Scrubbed of Terror Reference
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* Obama Used Taxpayer Funds in Benghazi Cover-Up
* White House Urges You to Channel Your Inner Immigrant
* Pro-Choice Reporter Covering Gosnell Trial Changes Mind On Abortion
* 'Al Qaeda Airlines' Magazine Gives How-to Tips for Homegrown Terrorist Attacks
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Ted Cruz Seeks to Ban Illegal Immigrants in U.S. from Citizenship ABOUT VisiontoAmerica.COM
VisiontoAmerica.com Vision To America is a division of Christian Worldview Communications, LLC. Founded in 2006 by Gary DeMar and Brandon Vallorani, Vision to America exists to help America return to our Founding Father's vision for a Christian Republic. America was once a light to the world-a place that God blessed with liberty and prosperity. Today, Americans are taught that the Almighty State has all the answers. As a result, our God-given liberties are being traded for a false sense of security. It is our Vision to see Americans once again recognize that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights and that this Creator is the God of the Bible.
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Witchcraft is the oldest recognized religion founded on archaeological evidence like burial rituals and goddess figurines. However, the modern type of witchcraft is based on a combination of archaeology, oral traditions and modern interpretations as well as activities such as visions, dreams, or divination.
If you want to be a witch, you can become one. You can actually decide to make yourself a witch. With the modern type of witchcraft called eclectic witchcraft, you can create your own version by choosing from different traditions around the world to come up with a customized version of witchcraft that will fit you. However, you should take note that the first rule in the guide to witchcraft is for you to avoid causing harm to others. So if you decide to become a witch, be sure to send out good and positive energy.
There are ancient and modern kinds of witchcraft and the most famous type is Wicca. It is a religion which focuses on worshipping nature. The Wiccan faith is established on the worship of the religion known as 'Divine in Nature.' The guide to witchcraft followed by Wiccans is based on the use of witchcraft spells or prayers and rituals as a way of asking for divine help. The Wiccan Rede is their major rule of behavior. It prohibits them from causing harm to themselves and other people.
In early witchcraft, magic rituals are combined with herbal preparations. Early witches for example believed that eating rose hips is helpful during menstruation. This traditional witchcraft practice is the root of associating roses with romance. As witchcraft blossomed and changed through the years, its new forms can all be traced back to female shamanism.
Your guide to witchcraft would not be completed without knowing the other types of witchcraft. Another modern form of witchcraft is the Tameran Witchcraft which is based on ancient Egyptian witchcraft and includes some forms of Wicca and eclectic witchcraft. The attempt to copy ancient Egyptian witchcraft is called kemetic witchcraft.
Even if the Roman Catholic considers witchcraft as heresy, there are still many Christian witches existing today. However, these Christian witches differ in who they worship. Some Wiccans honor Jesus as their God and Mary as their Goddess. Some witches worship only the Christian trinity or just Jesus.
Though there are witchcraft spells that can be practiced at home, there are also some who have natural talent for it. They are called natural witches and their natural talents are obvious. Their natural witch talents include having dreams that predict the future and accurateness with tarot, runes, and other prophecy.
To become a witch is just the same as becoming a Christian, Buddhist or Muslim. If your heart is into it, then you can decide to become a witch.
An important guide to witchcraft to know if it is right for you is to try performing meditation or an initiation ritual. The best teachers of witchcraft are the practicing witches. However, there are also a lot of witches who learned on their own. There are witches who practice in covens and some may also prefer to work alone.
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This is not a hotdog.
In fact, it's not even savoury. Or hot. Are you confused?
This is my 200th blog post, so it only seemed right to pull out something crazy ">
I know I must sound like a total nutjob right now, but I kind of love these. It was an idea that I've had for a long time, making choux pastry and filling it with chocolate pastry cream to make it look like a hotdog. The only problem was, I had never made choux pastry. In fact, I didn't really like choux pastry. Is that a terrible, shocking thing to say? I've just had so many badly made profiteroles that are hard and tasteless at birthday parties, it had totally put me off choux pastry. When did people give up on the humble birthday cake? But then I had a really wonderful, freshly made one at Blancharu, and I knew I had to try making it for myself. After watching all the crazy drama of the croquembouche making on Masterchef, I was expecting it to be scary and guaranteed to fail.
But then I started making my pastry cream. And it came out smooth, and silky and rich. It was divine, and it chilled to the perfect texture. And then I prepared my very first choux paste, and it went quickly, smoothly and just like the pictures in my Le Cordon Bleu cooking book. Then I piped my mixture out and stuck it in the oven and like magic, they puffed up! Even my little practice profiterole came out like a perfect, little hollow sphere. Yep, it was magical.
But then I sliced open my cooled eclair pastries, and proceeded to pipe my little chocolate 'sausages'. And then I realised they looks a little bit like dog turds. Shoot. It was mostly the fact that they were sausage like and very shiny. I tried to solve the dog turdness by sprinkling some cinnamon over the top of the sausages, which I think was quite cool since it sort of gave them a kind of charred look. And the squiggles of the raspberry sauce (which was a little runny so it bled into the pastry unfortunately) and the lemon icing seemed to reduce the poo effect. But some people still made dog poo comments.
The part that surprised me the most about these is that they tasted so much better than I expected. The pastry was light and crisp, the pastry cream was smooth and creamy and the sauces on top provided a gentle acidity and a little extra texture. And to me, they were pretty close to looking like hot dogs. There's something so satisfying about creating something that looks nearly exactly like you pictured it in your crazy brain. And it was surprisingly easy. On the matter of choux pastry, I think I might be converted. They were so fun to make! Don't be scared off by the long method and all the different ingredients, if you are organised and do the pastry cream the night before, then it will all come together easily.
Eclair 'Notdogs'
(adapted from Le Cordon Bleu 'Complete Cooking Step-by-Step')
Yield: About 16 mini dessert hotdogs
For the choux paste:
125g butter
1/4 tsp salt
150g plain flour
4 medium eggs
For the pastry cream:
335ml milk
3 medium egg yolks
15g cornflour
100g caster sugar
75g dark chocolate
For the 'condiments':
Ground cinnamon
Raspberry jam OR 100g frozen raspberries + 1 tbsp sugar
75g unsalted butter
75g icing sugar
2 tsp lemon juice
yellow food colouring
Prepare the pastry cream; bring milk to the boil in a medium saucepan over high heat. Meanwhile, whisk egg yolks with caster sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Whisk in cornflour until combined. Gradually whisk hot milk into yolk mixture in bowl. Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a double boiler or in the microwave.
Return mixture to pan, cook over high heat, whisking constantly until the mixture thickens and boils. Do not take your eye off it or it will turn into scrambled eggs. Reduce heat to low and cook, whisking for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in melted chocolate and then pour pastry cream into a shallow dish. Press cling film onto surface to keep skin from forming as it cools. Refrigerate pastry cream for at least 2 hours hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees C and line two baking sheets with baking paper. Heat butter, salt and 225 ml water in a 3 litre saucepan over medium heat until the butter melts and the mixture boils. Remove from heat. Using wooden spoon, vigorously stir in flour all at once until mixture forms ball and leaves side of pan.
Cool slightly. Add eggs to flour mixture, once at a time, beating well after each addition, until mixture is smooth and satiny.
Spoon paste into a large pastry bag fitted with a 1cm round nozzle (or use another zip loc bag). Pipe paste into strips about 8cm long 2cm wide, 2-3cm apart, onto baking sheet.
Bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden. Transfer eclairs to wire rack to cool.
If using the raspberries, gently heat raspberries and sugar in a small saucepan on low heat, mushing them up with a fork until they cook down into a thick syrup. Strain out seeds and then cool. Beat butter and sifted icing sugar using an electric mixer in a small mixing bowl. Add lemon juice and enough yellow food colouring so that it looks like American mustard. Place both the raspberry sauce and the lemon icing in two separate squeeze bottles or piping bags with narrow tips.
With your cooled eclair pastries, use a serrated knife to slice horizontally through the top middle of each eclair. Cut halfway and leave the bottom half still attached.
Pipe your pastry cream using piping bag a 1cm round tip (or a zip lock bag with a hole cut out of one of the bottom corners, this will save you a lot of washing up), along the middle of the eclair where you made your cut. Try to make it look as much like a sausage as you can, using your fingers to gently pinch the edges so they are slightly rounded and peek out each end of the eclair. Dust the surface of the piped pastry cream with ground cinnamon.
Pipe the raspberry sauce in a squiggle over the top of the pastry cream to represent the ketcup, followed by a squiggle of the lemon icing to represent the mustard.
Serve immediately. Can be stored in the refrigerator for a couple of days, but is best eaten on the day it was baked.
So as I mentioned before, this is my 200th post on this blog. It's taken a little longer to rack up my second 100, but I've had even more fun doing it and I hope it continues that way for the however many hundred posts that there may be in the future. I do this because it's a fun hobby and an escape from the drab routine of fulltime work, I don't think I would keep it up if it felt like a chore or a job. It's exciting to challenge myself to be a better baker. Plus it's a good excuse to go out and eat tasty food with my friends :) So thanks for reading, and for all your lovely comments, you know I appreciate them so much!
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SIGILS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS SEALS. THEY ARE SPECIFIC GEOMETRIC OR VISUAL DESIGNS USUALLY ENCLOSED IN A CIRCLE AND ARE USED FOR VARIOUS MAGICAL AND SPIRITUAL PURPOSES.
COMMANDING AND COMPELLING MAKES MUCH USE OF SIGILS: EACH SPIRIT, WEATHER AN ANGEL (HIGHER BEING) OR DEMON, IS BELIEVED TO POSSESS A SPECIFIC SIGIL. ALLEGEDLY IF THE SIGIL IS CREATED PERFECTLY, THE SPIRIT MUST ANSWER IT'S SUMMONS.
TRADITIONS SIMILAR TO SIGILS EXIST ROUND THE WORLD. ALTHOUGH THE DESIGNS ARE UNIQUE, PURPOSES AND CONCEPTS ARE CLOSELY DESIGNS HAVE HISTORICALLY ALSO BEEN INCLUDED ON FURNITURE, DOCUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, POTTERY AND CERAMICS AND WRITTEN AMULETS. HEX SIGN LITERALLY MEANS "WITCH SIGN." HEX SIGNS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS "HEXAFOOS" OR "WITCH FOOT."
THEIR ORIGINS ARE MYSTERIOUS. JAKOB GRIM AND OTHER SCHOLARS RECOGNIZED THE GEOMETRIC PATTERNS AS DERIVING FROM PRE-CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAL AND MAGICAL TRADITIONS. THEY WERE FIRST USED IN MEDIEVAL GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND AND MAY BE BASED ON THE RUNES. ANOTHER SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, HOWEVER, INSISTS THAT HEX SIGNS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ADORNMENTS.
HEX SIGNS CONSIST OF SIMPLE AND COLORFUL GEOMETRIC DESIGNS THAT REQUIRE RELATIVELY LITTLE ARTISTRY. IF YOU CAN DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE, YOU CAN DRAW A SIMPLE HEX SIGN, ALTHOUGH PERHAPS NOT THE ELABORATE ONES.
DIFFERENT HEX SIGNS HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES, MEANINGS AND POWERS. FOR INSTANCE, TO KEEP LIGHTENING OR HAIL FROM STRIKING OR PREVENT ANIMALS FROM BECOMING BEWITCHED. EXPLANATIONS DATING BACK TO THE 1920'S, ESPECIALLY GEARED TO TOURISTS, SUGGEST THE HEX SIGNS ARE DECORATIONS INTENDED TO WARD OFF MALEVOLENT WITCHCRAFT OR EVIL INFLUENCES. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE "SIGILS."
BRIGHTEST OF BLESSINGS,
LORY
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By Dorothy Parker
Tarot reading online is an intriguing example of old practices adapting to new technologies. Some people like the idea of being able to access this service from the comfort of home and know that privacy is assured. Readings range from basic and free up to in-depth consultations with experts in this field.
People most often seek a tarot reading online when they are looking for guidance on a particular issue, often regarding relationships, money or work. Those who have a strong belief in the occult arts would say that the cards can also reveal secrets about people around you or even give insights into your own character.
The cards are one of the tools used by those wishing to see into the future. There are other many divination methods, a common one is the reading of horoscopes. Some people chose to make direct contact with a psychic. Whichever option is preferred the underlying hope is always that in gaining insight into possible futures the individual will be better able to adapt to what might happen or even change it.
Many people associate tarot with Egyptian magic and mystic beliefs; others will instantly think of Gypsy Lil at the fairground who will tell your future if you cross her hand with silver. In fact it is most probable that the cards were first introduced in fifteenth century for games and only later adapted for fortune and future telling. Eighteenth century believers in ancient Egyptian mysticism adapted the symbols in the cards to their own belief systems.
Different decks have developed over time, some are considered to be easier to interpret than others; others have a reputation for being somewhat dark. Cards have been designed by world renowned artists like Salvador Dali and also by individuals associated with the magical arts; Aleister Crowley to name but one example. It is suggested online that there may be seventy or more recognized tarot decks.
Whatever the design of the deck it will contain seventy-eight cards. Fifty-six of these are known as the minor arcana. Like playing cards these are arranged into four suits. The other twenty-two comprise the major arcana, they are considered to portray the most powerful principals and elements of life or to represent certain archetypes.
The cards can be laid out in many different ways, the reader will choose the most appropriate pattern for the question in hand. One of the most common and popular arrangements is the Celtic Cross; this ten card spread is believed to represent the questioner, and the influences around them. It is the pattern most often used to give a general life reading.
Individuals who have an interest in the occult say that divination tools such as tarot cards or horoscope are more than games that should be taken lightly. They believe that these are powerful tools which can aid individual growth and offer insights into the subconscious. Those who believe in magic say that these methods can increase intuitive powers and the ability to sense what is going on in the world around.
People seek to look into the future for many reasons. If you are considering finding a tarot reading online you might like to take some time to think about exactly what issues you are seeking guidance about. Thinking this through in advance will increase the likelihood that you will be satisfied with the type of information you are offered.
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Religious Studies
Description: Subrahmanyan will discuss how the first Portuguese voyage to India in 1497 coincided with the Portuguese attempt to forcibly convert its Jewish residents in the kingdom. Some Jews and New Christians (cristos-novos), moved between Iberia and Portuguese Asia via the Cape route and the Ottoman Empire.
Contact: dscott[at]loc.gov
Announcement ID: 204129
CFP: Religion, Spirituality, and Inequality in Communities of Color: A Special issue of Women, Gender, and Families of Color
Location: Missouri
Date: 2013-08-16
Description: CALL FOR PAPERS Religion, Spirituality, and Inequality in Communities of Color A Special issue of Women, Gender, and Families of Color Guest Editors Assata Zerai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sandra Weissinger, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Recent public discourse on womens
Contact: azerai[at]illinois.edu
Announcement ID: 203988
Along the lines of this year's theme, we are looking for paper proposals from students currently enrolled in M.A. or Ph.D. programs - not only in Buddhist Studies, but also in other disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, and history - that speak directly to the study of Buddhist meditation. The papers selected for presentation will be organized into panels, each chaired by a faculty respondent. Presentations will not exceed twenty minutes.
We strongly encourage proposals that stretch received boundaries and challenge the way we think about and study Buddhist Meditation in its many forms and contexts. We encourage papers that approach Buddhist meditation from a diverse range of methodological approaches - literary, historic, ethnographic, sociological, political, and educational/pedagogical, to name a few.
We are particularly interested in the following topics:
- Problems in the *historical study* of Buddhist meditation.
- Innovative *Interdisciplinary* investigations into contemplative
practice in Buddhist societies (e.g.: historically-informed ethnography)
- How *the body* has been conceptualized and represented within specific
Buddhist contemplative systems
- The role of *creativity and innovation* vis-`a-vis lineage and
"tradition."
- *Therapeutic* and instrumental* (vs. soteriological) applications of
Buddhist meditation *in Buddhist societies*.
- Institutional and pedagogical frameworks.
- The role of *the literary* in Buddhist meditation traditions (e.g.:
biographical literature, meditation manuals, philosophical literature, etc)
Paper Proposal Submission Guidelines
Please submit an abstract of your paper of *not more than 500 words*, along with your name, university and department affiliation, and a brief bio, to gradbuddhismconf2013 [at] gmail.com by *June 15, 2013.* You will be notified by the end of June of the status of your proposal, after which we will publish a detailed schedule of the conference.
University of Virginia may potentially be able to provide funding to cover the costs of lodging and meals for students presenting papers. Travel funds, however, should be obtained from the students' home institutions or other sources. We also warmly welcome and encourage non-presenting students to attend at their own cost. Regrettably, we cannot provide letters of
invitation to international observers for visa purposes because we are not equipped to take legal responsibility for international observers.
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CONFERENCES/ EVENTS
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UK Association for Buddhist Studies annual conference, which will be held on 12th July 2013 at SOAS, London
Friday 12th July 2013, 9.15am-5.30pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African
Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H.0XG.
Registration fee: lb10 (lb5 unwaged) for UKABS members; lb25 (lb15 unwaged) for non-members.
Further Information: UKABS Secretary, Dr. Cathy Cantwell (catherine.cantwell@orinst.ox.ac.uk).
Registration: To pre-register, please contact UKABS Treasurer and Membership Secretary, Naomi Appleton (naomi.appleton [at] ed.ac.uk), so that we have accurate numbers for refreshments. Payment (by cash or cheque) will be on the door.
Featuring lectures by:
Professor Stefano Zacchetti, Numata Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of Oxford, the author of several studies, including the monograph In Praise of the Light (International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, Tokyo 2005). His research focuses on early Chinese Buddhist literature (particularly translations and commentaries), and the history of the canon.
Dr Elizabeth Harris, Liverpool Hope University, the author of Theravada Buddhism and the British Encounter: religious, missionary and colonial experience in nineteenth century Sri Lanka (Routledge 2006) and What Buddhists Believe (Oneworld 1998). Her research interests are Buddhism and Conflict, Buddhism in Sri Lanka, the encounter between Buddhism and the West, particularly in the 19th Century, and Buddhism and religious plurality. Programme Registration from 9.15 a.m.
9.50 President's Welcome.
10.00-11.00 Professor Stefano Zacchetti (University of Oxford) The dream of a thing: some reflections on the nature, functions, and formation of the Buddhist canon in China.
11.00-11.30 Coffee break.
11.30-1.00 Postgraduate Panel:
11.30-12.00 Anastasia Gritsenko (Goldsmiths College, University of London) On Buddhist
Happiness and Aristotle's eudaimonia: A Paradoxical Account?
12.00-12.30 Chris Jones (University of Oxford) The tathagatagarbha as atman in the Mahayana Agulimaliya Sutra.
12.30-1.00 Caroline Starkey (University of Leeds) The Crossing and Dwelling of Ordained
Buddhist Women in Contemporary Britain.
1.00 -2.15 LUNCH (in the SOAS canteen).
2.15 -3.00 UKABS AGM
3.00-4.00 University of Durham Research Project Presentation: 'Sastravid: A New Electronic Research
Tool for Studying Indian Philosophical Texts (Dr Jan Westerhoff; European Research Council funded project).
4.00-4.30 Tea break.
4.30-5.30 Dr Elizabeth Harris (Liverpool Hope University) Buddhism, Space and Conflict in Colonial and Postcolonial Sri Lanka.
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JOBS
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University of Kent - Careers Service
What can you do with a degree in Religious Studies?
The amount of the fellowship is 25,000 for one year, beginning in the fall of 2013
(+ 10,000 in research contracts) = Total 35,000
The recipient must meet the following conditions:have completed a PhD that is linked to religion in the public sphere; be fluent in English and French (oral and written); a test will be administered; provide a CV (with a minimum of two scientific conferences and two accepted scientific publications) and academic transcripts (excellent grade point average);
have mastered field study methods and demonstrate experience researching within a team;
will focus on addressing the theme of religion and education. Using Quebec as a case study, it will explore the developments around education and religion in Quebec to ask broader comparative questions in the rest of Canada. The postdoctoral fellow will draw on research already completed by Dr. Solange Lefebvre, as well as by other researchers in the Religion and Diversity Project (MCRI), focusing on addressing gaps in knowledge about Quebec as well as further develop a data base of information about religion and education in the rest of Canada. In addition, the postdoctoral fellow will be expected to explore the theme of education and religion on a broader comparative basis through research that draws on four 'diversity' reports and
Please submit a complete application before June 7th 2013 that includes academic transcripts; a complete CV; a one-page letter in English and in French explaining the applicant's qualifications to work on the suggested research themes and coordinate the involved projects; a copy of two articles (accepted or published); and two letters of recommendation (one being from the thesis supervisor).
Incomplete or poorly presented applications will not be considered. If the application is satisfactory, we will proceed to an interview with the candidate (in person or on Skype). Please submit a copy of your application to Tess Campeau, Information Officer, by email at info [at] religionanddiversity.ca.
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The official countdown has begun to the END OF THE OPRAH SHOW (at least on national TV)! Noooooooooo!
[Maxine Lapiduss, you rock, sister! "*wink*"]
In all seriousness, I will miss Oprah. Sure, she can sometimes be superficial, silly or preachy, but she also often shines a light on some very serious issues. Certainly she deals with some things that otherwise never get much airplay or discussion on mainstream TV, such as the important role of spirituality (not religion) in a well-balanced life. She has used her life and immense wealth for good, not evil. And she has been a true friend to the LGBT community over the years too.
But will I now shell out extra money to
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