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The fireplace, just 6' from my desk, has a beautiful fire going, I'm looking out the window at snow falling, AND it is the beginning of a big snowstorm set to unfold over the next 24 hours! I'm fully prepared, in "hunkering down" mode and ready to enjoy my home, most especially, its open plan kitchen/den.
...Which makes me think about "the cozy kitchen" and how we can make the winter kitchen comfortable, cozy, and warm - a pretty delightful combination!
1. Rugs - Do you have an unheated tile floor? Bring in rugs with a rubber pad to hold it in place or use rug tape. Rugs "do' cozy, really well!
2. Warmth - Bring in the candles...gather small stones, twigs and pine cones from the outdoors and make a lovely arrangement on a plate.
3. Lighting - When buying pendants or lighting fixtures, hang them low! The lower they are hung, the cozier the feeling.
4. Long Cooking - Cook dishes that require low, long, simmers, roasting, braising, etc. Crockpot dishes cooking all day enable the savory fragrance to flow throughout the home.
5. Start a Fire - Do you have a fireplace in your open plan kitchen? Start the fire in the morning and keep it going - the act of fire tending is a cozy activity. The act of flipping a switch for a gas fireplace gives instant atmosphere. Either way, it's all good!
6. Pantry Party - Stock your pantry with specialty condiments, which add a touch of something special to every day foods - truffle salt, artisan cheese, good coffees, small batch balsamic vinegar and oils are some examples. You deserve the treats, and it adds to a pleasurable cooking and dining experience.
7. Cushion Comfort - Do your seat cushions need replacing? Replace them with super cushy cushions to encourage post-meal lingering and relaxing.
8. Bring in the living room artwork - definitely, a mantra I have repeated many times. Oil paintings, sculptures, in other words, the good stuff, has a place in the kitchen.
9. Kids Cooking - Create a small spot in the kitchen for kids' cooking equipment-just for them! A cozy kitchen accommodates whoever is inspired to cook.
10. Change - Change your decorative layer, change the use of tableware and serveware, remove things and equipment that are not useful and periodically update the kitchen for function and aesthetics for a refreshed kitchen overall, always in tune with your current needs!
The snow is really coming down now - everything is white...time to get cozy!!


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Winter Quilts
The weather outside may be frightful, but these quilts are oh-so delightful! Winter motifs, cozy fabric, and frosty colors pair up for quilts you can snuggle under all winter long.
Stellar Blues
Featuring simple shapes and classic blue and white prints, this wall hanging is perfect for winter.
Winter Wonderland
Bring the outdoors in where it's nice and toasty with an ice-capped table runner.
Snow Crystals
Capture the feeling of winter in a striking wall hanging.
Winter Flurries
Capture the feeling of winter with a whimiscal snowman wall hanging.
Winter Wonder
When the frosty days of winter arrive, warm your home with a dramatic blue-and-white quilt.
Vision in Blues
Taking a cue from the hues of winter, alternate blue-and-white floral squares with a classic block pattern.
Snow Days
When it's cold outside, stay inside and make this easy, folk art inspired, appliquéd wall hanging.
Winding Ways
Curved piecing creates an overlapping circle pattern on this scrappy blue and tan quilt.
Bundle Up Quilt
Make a warm and welcoming wall hanging with cotton prints and homespuns in rich, inviting hues.
Frosty Friend
A fast-to-fuse appliquéd snowman will impart a friendly welcome all winter long.
Wintry Mix Throw
Twelve frosty blocks are constructed in two configurations for a delightful winter throw you'll want to show off all season long.
All Snowed In
Though snow may be falling outside, the warm glow of a hearth shines out of each window. Use a polka dot background to simulate snow in the stitched village.
Penguin Patrol
Pick a kid's fabric collection that has a border print and let the little characters march around this easy cuddle quilt.
Blueberries and Cream
Flannel fabrics and blue prints make this quilt perfect for winter nights, but the pattern is versatile enough for any color combination.
Winter Blues
Make classic Churn Dash blocks in an icy color palette for a stunning winter table topper.
Snowflakes Wall Hanging
In an entryway or on the front door, this wintry wall hanging celebrates the frosty season.
Crossing Point
Cross and Crown blocks take center stage on a scrappy two-color throw.
Winter Wonderland
Prints of evergreen and icy blue conjure up images of winter walks. A big center block displays a forest scene that extends the seasonality of this throw.
Cold Snap
Chain piecing makes easy work of the sharp points in this classic blue-and-white icy-crystal delight.
Winter Stardust
Appliquéd shooting stars encircle a field of pieced star blocks on this wall hanging. Set amid a navy print background, the stars seem to twinkle.
Icy Path Quilt
A silver, gray, blue, and navy wall hanging evokes images of ice crystals hanging from eaves on a cold winter's night.
Frosty Flannel Throw
The warm and cozy flannels combined with solids provide the perfect wintry mix.
Snow Much Fun
Two shapes are all it takes. This dynamic quilt is composed entirely of squares and triangle-squares in various color combinations.
Snowflake Table Topper
You don't even need a sewing machine to make this charming wool table appliqué centerpiece featuring snowflakes and hearts,


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jimmysly Posts: 1Holy Cow! You would not believe the difficulty involved in replacing the air filter on a 2006 Pacifica (I assume it is the same for 2004-2006 models).
The air filter plenum box is located on the passenger side of the engine compartment, towards the front. It is marked "Air Filter" in big letters, so finding it is not an issue. Getting it open is another matter altogether.
From this point on, all directions will be referenced from the point of view of standing in front of the car (directly in front of the passenger side headlight), looking at the air filter plenum box.
The first step is to remove the two retaining screws on the front and back of the right side of the plenum box. If you have an OEM air filter, you can depress the top of the plenum box enough to release the three retaining tabs on the left side of the box and allow the top to slide to right. Slide the top far enough to the right to let the three retaining tabs clear their individual holding slots. Now you can partially lift the top to remove the old filter and install the new one.
The OEM air filter is made of a soft spongy material for its frame and seal. The outer edge can be compressed fairly flat allowing you to depress the plenum box top enough to get the three retaining tabs back in their slots and slid the top completely back to the left in its original position. Tighten the two retaining screws and you are done.
Here is where it gets tough if you do not have an OEM air filter. The replacement Fram air filter I purchased has a rigid rubber/plastic frame with a softer rubber seal on the top and bottom edge of the filter frame. This is pretty much the standard setup I have seen on all air filters other than the Pacifica OEM type. Anyway, the stiff frame will not allow you to compress the plenum box top enough to reengage the three retaining tabs. The only way to install this type of replacement filter is as follows:
1. Remove the plastic engine cover. It is attached to the top of the engine by four pressure tabs, so it is easy to just pop it off.
2. Loosen the hose bracket holding the plenum box accordion hose to the engine air intake. Remove the hose from the engine air intake. There is a sensor attached to the hose, so be careful not to put too much stress on the sensor wire.
3. Remove the small hose attached to the front right of the plenum box top. It is just pressed on, so it can be easily pulled off and pushed back on.
4. Now remove the top completely from the plenum box. Again, be careful to not put too much stress on the sensor wire on the accordion hose. Tilt the left side of the top down and reengage the top's three retaining tabs back into the slots on the left side of the plenum box. Press the accordion hose as tight as possible against the top and push the right side of the top back down on top of the air filter plenum box.
5. Reattach the accordion hose to the engine air intake. Tighten the hose retaining clip.
6. Reattach the small hose to the receptacle on the front right of the top.
7. Tighten the two retaining screws on the air filter plenum box top. Ensure that the top fits properly back onto the plenum box as you tighten the retaining screws.
7. Reattach the plastic engine cover by aligning the four press tabs to their receptacles and pressing down firmly.
Fire up your engine and enjoy your new air filter.
That is the most complicated air filter change I have ever done.0
Great post, can you share that here http://www.carspace.com/guides too?? Thanks!0
elizolivo Posts: 1Is there any advice on how to change the water pump on chysler pacifica with a 3.5 engine and aprox how long should the job take?0
Have a 2005 Chrysler. Shops says engine mounts need to be replaced. How many are there? I know by reading the forum that a lot of people are having problem with this. Shop also say engine mounts are in national back order. I have been trying to replace them for 6 months. Any other brands I can use? Can i have ooriginal part(s) number(s)?
It is a Chrysler Pacifica. Forgot to mention0
is a 3.8 v6 or a 3.5, the have 2 main mounts (front an back lower ) and other in the top passenger side under the air cleaner box...0
many other problems with this year ,4.0 six speed automatic, 28000 miles my transmission broke today, before shift hard from park to drive, drive from reverse real bad,down shift on the route jump so bad, feel like the car broke in pieces, but the dealer say that was normal or maybe a problem with the cpm (need flash), after check all the problems still the same, today the transmission give up..I buy many pacifica's before (love) but the new model is real bad, never buy other again,I'm selling my now or burn this suv........0
ajglebc Posts: 1These instructions for replacing the AIR FILTER were right on the money!0
nafga Posts: 1During an oil change I put in 4 quarts,start engine to fill oil filter,and after a few seconds I will rev the engine a few times to warm the oil.I then shut off car and finish filling crankcase.I have used this procedure for years.This time the engine seemed to clip the rpm's at 3000.The air conditioner was on during this,and it didn't dawn on me at the time to shut it off.When oil change was finished the car went up and down the road with no rpm clipping,and I even forced the engine at or near 4000 rpm's.Was the clipping of the rpm's in park some sort of electronic safety to protect the air conditioner compressor?1
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texan9 Posts: 4How much should it cost to replace the engine harness? I was quoted 2700. Is it necessary to replace the entire engine harness? I am leery when driving for it has stopped on me six times since Dec.08. PCM changed in April. Now engine harness. Help. Thank you.0
05 Limited, 99k miles. Check engine light says failing egr valve. Of course light comes on Friday, Saturday the state sends me the notice that it's time for emissions testing. Is it a pain to replace this thing that's best left to professionals, or is this a simple job for an amateur?0
kwtv Posts: 1I have a 2004 Pacifica 3.5 with 122k miles on it. Last night on my way to work under power @ approx 70mpg with air conditioning running suddenly heard a POP saw sparks fly from under hood. Lost most power eng lite came on. I was able to turn around and limp it home. RPMs were very erratic made me think tranny, then battery lite came on. shifted back and forth up and down and at times shifted hard. I checked belt when home and it was intact. Any ideas????0
chillnh3 Posts: 1My engine has no power. I have three codes showing, P1080, P0080, and P0038. The 0080 is the exhaust valve control ( solenoid circuit High). The P0038 is Heated oxygen sensor ( bank 1 sensor 2 ). The last one is a mystery. P1080. can any of this cause no power at all? can't get above 20 mph.0
strick213 Posts: 1My wife recently took her car in for a 32,000 mile oil change and service and they tried to upsell her "Throttle body service" for 139.95 and "fuel injector service" for 149.95. Are these legimate services? What would they actually do?0
charger3 Posts: 210Look at your service manual look under 32000 of what should be done if it is not listed don't pay for it. Dispute it with your credit card company. Call an attorney and have him write a letter that further action will be taken if they don't return money0
drf49 Posts: 1After having our 2005 Pacifica serviced for general maintenance two weeks ago and then having the EGR valve replaced last Friday we picked the car up at 4PM and at 7:30PM it threw a rod through the oil pan. I have a 100K Chrysler Maxicare warranty that hasn't expired time wise but is 1,500 miles over the milage . I think Chrysler may honor the warranty but I am wondering if anyone else has experienced this. We have regularly maintained the car and in 40+ years of car ownership this is the first time I have had a rod go through the oil pan. The dealer advised that a short block is not available for this car and a new engine with oil pan is over $8,800. Has anyone else experienced this.0
We have an 2005 Pacifica had it since 2006 it has been in the shop every year for some type of repair. We have had an on going missing oil issue. Anytime the car made a tapping noise we check the oil and sure enough its low and never seen any oil leaks nor oil light indicator. Car was towed into the dealer after we had it for 3 months because it was almost out of oil then they replaced some defective oil rings and pistons. About 2 months ago the car started a knocking noise took it in for an oil change and found out we need a new engine. I was told by a friend that owns a car lot tell us the engines in the 2005 pacificas were no good and they stopped making them. Chrysler Corp. has done nothing but put the blame on us talking about normal wear and tear but bad rods is not normal wear and tear we keep up on maintenace and we do not drive our car hard. So now we are looking into some legal action.If anyone has any advice please let me know. I have read several post on bad gas pumps where the gas hand goes up and down a car stalls that has happened to us last year and there is a recall for that issue. I am so sick of Chrysler not standing behind these lemons thet are putting out there I will never but another Chrysler and have advised all my family friends not to. But anyone with some information please feel free to respond! We can get a class action law suit against these crooks!0
therck Posts: 5I have a 2007 Chrysler Pacifica with the 4.0L V-6 and 43,000 miles. About two months ago, I had the battery replaced. Since then, I went for a state emissions test. The vehicle didn't fail, but I received a "reject" notice meaning the test could not be completed. The car has passed the emissions test previously. I was told that replacing the battery meant loss of power to the emissions sensors and I needed to drive the car more to reset them. Specifically, the O2 and catalytic convertor sensors were reporting "Not Ready." I have been back to the testing station twice since then and received the same indication and suggestion. I have been to a dealer and to an independent service facility three times. Both report that there is nothing wrong with the car. One suggested that I drive the car with the gas tank over half full. I have driven a few hundred miles under city and highway conditions with tank over half full since the battery replacement, but to no avail. There are no codes and the "Check Engine" light is not on. I have been told that this vehicle model is known to have this issue, but no-one can provide a more definitive resolution. Any thoughts?0
We have emissions testing in Illinois. I took my 2008 Pacifica to get tested the day after I received the notice in the mail last November. It wasn't due until the end of March 2012. It passed with flying colors. My advice is to not dilly dally around when you receive the notice and get it done right away. Then you don't have to deal with these issues. You never know what kind of glitch will turn up like this. I feel for this person and hope it never happens to me the next time my emissions is due to be tested in 2014. Good luck!0
cpor Posts: 1I have a 2007 PAC that now needs engine work. In November the transmission that was replaced in 2010 ($2000) needed to be rebuilt again. I've repaired motor mounts twice ($400). When I purchased the car in 2007 I had the stall problem that was fixed with the software upgrade. I'm a single middle class
Person and I can't afford the cost to repair/replace an engine. My AC is not working, they told me the radiator has problems, snd i have the radio static issue. All mechanics have told me to get rid of it and quick. I've been told dealers are not too willing to take them in for trade in. Prior to this I owned a 2000 Durango. At this point I have lost all faith in Chrysler product.0
Where is your Lifetime Powertrain Warranty?0
I feel your pain...those cars are a piece of crap....we needed a new engine really when we first got the car they went in and replaced some parts and should have replaced the engine. the engine threw a rod 4 months ago sat at the dealer with us going back and forth with corp.....all in short we are having to replace the engine with a rebuilt engine at our expense. corp wasn't willing to help out at all unless we could prove there was a defect in the engine which we would have to pay for costing $1000. The car is nice and has the space for our family but i won't be driving it too much I am looking to get back into a bmw I will never by another chrysler again they don't stand behind thier cars and not willing to help. and anyone that has had a problem with fuel pumps there is an recall and they have to replace them at thier cost. the car will actually go from full tank to half to empty and car will stall.0
Bought a used pacifica 2 years ago with 67000 miles on it, have not had any issues with it until now with 123000 miles. Lost the AC this past summer, then 2 weeks ago started having issues with the heat and gas gauge. Lost heat but temp gauge never moved, no overheating. Hubby said low on antifreeze, so we replaced it. Yesterday he had an overflow of fluid, overheated several times, with temp gauge going to the red. Today he replaces the thermostat (mechanic friend recommends) let it run for 30+ minutes with no issues. My daughters took it to gas up, stated the temp never went over halfway but car wouldn't start after. When they turned the key back on, temp gauge was in the red. After it had cooled for a while, hubby tried to turn it over with booster cables hooked up, started to get a burned wire smell and smoke. Going to the mechanic tomorrow. Have reviewed many posts but did not see any related to this. Any suggestions?0
andie321 Posts: 2Same problem. I have the check engine code p1080 and I need a new engine or engine overhaul. I will never buy another Chrysler again. It was purchased new and although it looks good it runs awful. This is the only car I've purchased with so many problems. I'm going back to Nissan or Infiniti. Chrysler lacks reliability and dependability. :mad:0
mollydedm Posts: 1Did you ever figure out what was wrong my chrysler is doing the same thing~!!0
Needed new radiator. Drove for a month, started wearing tires. had a tie rod replaced, new tires. A month later, tires were still wearing, had to have the rubber piece (carrier bearing) in the rear drive shaft replaced. Was able to have it repaired for less than $400. New tires again, driving well now for 2+ months. DO really like the car, so I'm hoping this is just normal maintenance issues.0
jking84 Posts: 1I have read several of the above posts dating back to 2012. I started having similar issues. My car is at 85k. I bought the car used at 30K (1 previous owner) no issues till this past year. I had 2 fuel pump sending units that went out and were replaced. then I had issues at the gas pump getting gas to go in the car. Took car to Chrylser 3x and they act clueless. I'm also having issues with oil in the car. Just this morning I noticed my temperature gauge is higher than it normally is. I can't afford maintenance on this car either. Any suggestions from anyone on where to turn to?0
fairbury Posts: 1I just bought mine and now to have to replace engine because they no longer the car the part I need is on back order and has been for over a year so my only option is to replace whole engine!!!! What did you end up doing? Did they help or anything0


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Skyline Releases Women's Soccer Report #10
- Jamie Smith named Player of the Week, Taylor Horgan named Rookie of the Week
Clifton Park, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the tenth and final Women's Soccer report for the 2009 season this afternoon, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Freshman forward Jamie Smith (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East) was named Skyline Conference Player of the Week for women's soccer. Smith scored the game-winning goals in each of Farmingdale's two playoff games. Smith scored in the ninth minute of the semifinal game aganst Sage, leading the Rams to a 3-0 victory. In the Skyline Championship game, she scored the only goal on a corner kick at the 79:19 mark, sending Farmingdale to the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season.
Freshman forward Taylor Horgan (Long Beach, N.Y./Long Beach) was named Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week. Horgan was named Skyline Conference women's soccer tournament Most Valuable Player. She led a Farmingdale offensive attack that outshot playoff opponents 45-3.
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Palmetto Dunes Resort on Hilton Head Island will host the final event of the 2011 season on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour (HJGT).
The Palmetto Dunes Junior Challenge will be Dec. 3-4. Registration deadline is Nov. 23.
The George Fazio golf course at the Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort is often referred to as the most challenging course in the Hilton Head area. Originally opened in 1974, the course has been renovated and kept to championship caliber through the years.
The Palmetto Dunes Junior Challenge will feature 36-holes of stroke play for golfers in five age divisions: Boys 15-19, Boys 13-14, Boys 10-12, Girls 14-18 and Girls 10-13. The tournament will offer an array of benefits to participants in every division. The event will be ranked by the National Junior Golf Scoreboard (NJGS), the South Carolina Junior Golf Association (SCJGA) and the Tarheel Youth Golf Association (TYGA).
Also, the event will award the top 10 finishers in each age division points toward end-of-the-year honors.
The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour (HJGT) was founded in 2008 to provide junior golfers between the ages of 10-19 an opportunity to play exceptional courses in a competitive environment. Based out of Jacksonville, Fla., the HJGT administers events all across the southeast, with stops in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
The HJGT held 13 tournaments in South Carolina this season.
For more information, visit www.hjgt.org, call the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour headquarters at (904) 379-2697 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Junior Team Tennis season is under way with more than 150 players, according to organizer Robert Brown.
Registration for the league continues through Tuesday.
Bluffton Badkatz currently are in first place in the 18 Under Division.
Charlotte Loper, senior co-captain and No. 1 singles player for the Bluffton High tennis team, has been selected to play in the state Singles Championship in Lexington and the annual North-South Senior All-Star event in Myrtle Beach.
It is Loper's third straight appearance in the season-ending Singles Championship. The top 10 in the 32-player field will be named "All-State."
The Seventh Annual Bluffton Today Open tennis tournament will be held May 11-13, according to event founder Robert Brown.
It is Bluffton's oldest and largest tournament and funds public tennis and individual player needs throughout the area, according to Brown.
For more information, call Brown at 290-2833.


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The Asus Transformer AiO P1801, a dual-booting touchscreen all-in-one we first saw at Computex back in June and again at CES this year, has finally got a price and a release window. Engadget reports that the computer will start at $1,299 when it launches in the second quarter of this year.
While Asus has typically saved its Transformer moniker for tablets that connect to keyboard docks to become laptops, the Transformer AiO is a bit different. When the 18.4-inch 1080p touchscreen is in the stand, the computer is a Windows 8 PC, complete with dual- and quad-core Ivy Bridge CPUs, 4GB or 8GB of RAM, a dedicated Nvidia GeForce GT 730M with 2GB of graphics RAM, and up to 2TB of hard drive space. Remove the display from the stand and you've got what is essentially a gigantic Android 4.1 tablet that uses an Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. The tablet can operate completely independently of the desktop, but it will also include a remote desktop application (accessed by pressing a blue button on the side of the tablet) that allows for untethered access to all the Windows 8 files and applications.
While Windows 8 itself already promises both a desktop and tablet experience, the seams between the operating system's desktop mode and tablet mode are a bit too visible for some, and there's no denying that Google Play is better stocked than the Windows Store at this point. Asus is offering the best of both ecosystems in a computer with many of the same benefits of convertible Windows 8 all-in-ones like Sony's Tap 20 or Lenovo's IdeaCentre Horizon. We'll evaluate whether the addition of a second operating system adds to or detracts from the experience in our full review.


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Cedar Key, it is déjà vu all over again. On Saturday of small boat weekend our 17-foot Oday day sailor capsized not too far from Atsena Otie in a failed jibe attempt because of what will remain an unspecified operator error. (Déjà vu all over again because this is our second knockdown for the same reason).
Mr. John Meeks, Chair
Levy County Commission
Levy County Courthouse
Bronson, FL 32621
Dear Mr. Meeks:
The family of Don "Catfish" Richburg would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude for the love and support from friends, community, and our church family through this difficult time.
We very much appreciate the kind and thoughtful service provided by Knauff's Funeral Home of Chiefland. A special thank you to pastor Gordon Keller and Travis Hudson for presiding over the funeral service and honoring Don's wishes by exalting God and his love for us through Jesus and the gift of salvation.
On our kitchen counter, right next to the trusty and well used microwave is an angel figurine that simply says, "Heaven sends us special angels, we call them friends".
My wife and I would like to thank all our friends that enjoyed a grouper dinner at Robinson's Seafood on Sunday, Jan. 31. The food and fellowship was as good as it gets.
In addition to the dinner, numerous local businesses donated items from seven different captains 1/2 day fishing charters to airplane rides.
By Jack Payne
The Nature Coast is a paradise for scientists because it poses so many fascinating riddles: What happened to the birds on Seahorse Key? Can we raise Sunray Venus clams? How does swimming with humans affect manatees? Could the Gulf oil spill affect the fishing for spotted seatrout?
The graffiti that detracted from the beautiful refuge vistas on the Dixie Mainline bridge over Sanders creek in the Lower Suwannee Refuge, was recently whitewashed over by an anonymous good citizen.
The Friends of the Refuge group and Refuge staff extend a heartfelt thank you to those good folks. We can all pitch in to help the refuges manage, protect, and preserve these natural communities for all wildlife while providing for quality outdoor recreational experiences for all of us.
I am retiring as County Extension Director and 4-H Agent after 38-plus years of service to the University of Florida and a total of 42 years with USDA. My official retirement date is Jan. 31.
I have been planning retirement for well over a year but more definitely in the last 2 months. I officially announced it to the University and to the County on Jan. 15.
The Cedar Key Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their generous donations to bring fireworks to Cedar Key.
Lou Elliott Jones
Joan Horne
Bob Hudson
Drummond Community
Dave Thomas
Natures Landing Mgmt.
Natures Landing Condos
Island Place Condos
Faraway Inn
Seaspray Townhouses
Marianne McEuen
Cedar Key Canvas
Whitman Point Townhouse Association
Nature Coast Realty
We would like to send out a "BIG THANK YOU" to everyone who came out and supported the cheerleaders. The fish fry was a huge success. It wouldn't be possible without all the support from this community.
We raised enough for their cheer camp and almost enough for their uniforms.(We are still working on that.)
We served approximately 400 fish dinners; these girls worked really hard.
Thank you.
Capt. Carl & Eve Robinson
Dear friends and neighbors,
I want to extend a sincere thank you from myself and my family to all of you for your prayers, flowers, cards and expressions of concern during my recent hospital stay. By the grace of God, I am at home and becoming stronger each day. Your good wishes remind me daily of the power of prayer and the value of loving and supportive family and friends.
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Farber and Zino Repeat as Skyline Player and Pitcher of the Year
- Five Other Rams Receive All-Conference Honors -
Clifton Park, N.Y. - Junior shortstop Nicole Farber (Oakdale, N.Y./Connetquot) repeated as Skyline Conference Player of the Year, while sophomore pitcher Hope Zino (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore) repeated as Skyline Conference Pitcher of the Year after leading the Rams to a 30-11 record. The Rams had five other receive All-Conference honors, including sophomore first baseman Aubrey Walker (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon), sophomore centerfielder Kaitlin Keenan (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip), freshman second baseman Maressa Mistretta (Shirley, N.Y./Longwood), sophomore leftfielder Rebecca Richman (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) and freshman third baseman Kristen Flint (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood).
Farber, who earned Skyline Conference Player of the Year honors for the second straight season, led the conference in eight offensive categories including batting average (.533), slugging percentage (.992), on-base percentage (.582), runs scored (52), hits (64), runs batted in (68), total bases (119), and stolen bases (tied-14). She also ranked third in the conference with 11 home runs. This season, she set single-season school records for batting average, runs, hits, doubles, RBI's, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage. She also joined the NCAA record book for consecutive hits, posting eight consecutive hits on March 16th-17th and six consecutive hits on April 22nd. Nationally, she is currently ranked 2nd for RBI's per game and slugging percentage, 3rd for batting average, 9th for on-base percentage, 11th for runs per game, 12th for home runs, 15th for toughest to strikeout and 32nd for home runs per game.
Zino earned Skyline Conference Pitcher of the Year for the second straight year, after finishing the season with a 13-6 record and a 2.20 ERA (3rd in the Skyline). In 108.1 innings of work, she gave up just 91 hits, struck out 129 (2nd in Skyline) and walked 41. Opponents hit just .221 against Zino, placing her third in the conference in that category. She also tossed her first career no-hitter against NYU-Poly in the championship round of the Skyline Conference tournament. Zino is currently ranked 20th for shutouts (7), 23rd in the Nation for strikeouts per seven innings (8.3) and 52nd for strikeouts.
Walker, who was named First Team All-Skyline as a first baseman, picks up her second All-Conference award in as many years. Aubrey hit a team-high 12 home runs this year, 2nd in the Skyline, in 100 at-bats. She hit .440 (6th in the Skyline) with a .910 slugging percentage (3rd in Skyline) and .525 on-base percentage (4th in Skyline). Her 51 RBI's (3rd in Skyline) placed her second on the team. Walker holds four Top-10 national rankings, including 7th for slugging percentage, 7th for home runs, 8th for home runs per game and 9th for RBI's per game.
Keenan, who picks up her second First Team All-Skyline award as an outfielder, finished 3d on the team and 7th in the conference with a .429 batting average. She also ranked 5th in the Conference with 54 hits and 81 total bases. In 126 at-bats this season, she hit 11 doubles, scored 40 runs with 35 RBI's, while finishing in the top four on the team in every category.
Mistretta, a rookie second baseman, was named Second Team All-Skyline after leading the conference with 131 plate appearances. Starting in all 41 games, she batted .305 with a team-high 19 walks (3rd in Skyline) and second most runs scored on the team and in the conference with 44. She also finished with 40 hits, including an in-the-park homerun, 19 RBI's and six stolen bases.
Richman, a Second Team All-Skyline selection as an outfielder, shattered her numbers from last year as she finished fourth on the team hitting .378. In 127 at-bats with 48 hits, she had eight doubles and seven home runs (3rd in the Skyline) with a .622 slugging percentage and 29 RBI's. She also had nine steals, placing her second most on the team and 5th in the conference.
Flint, the teams' starting third baseman, was named Second Team All-Skyline after hitting .354 in her rookie campaign, fifth on the team. In 113 at-bats, she finished with 40 hits, 22 runs scored, 21 RBI's, eight doubles and seven walks. She hit her first career homerun on April 22nd.
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Behind an outpouring of strident rhetoric from North Korea ahead of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration lies a crying need for attention – and recognition of the country's status as a bargaining partner and nuclear power, say analysts here.
North Korea has chosen singularly harsh language to get its points across as a new US administration takes over.
A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman declared last weekend, "Our status as a nuclear weapons state will never founder as long as the US nuclear threat remains, even a bit" – appearing to reverse an agreement nearly two years ago to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
North Korean diplomats also told Selig Harrison, an American just back from North Korea who has a long record of criticizing US policy, that the North had "weaponized 30.8 kilograms of plutonium" – enough for five of the six to 12 warheads that US intelligence analysts suspect the North has already fabricated.
The message from North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, says Kim Tae-woo, vice president of the Korea Institute For Defense Analyses, is: " 'Please don't push us into a corner, don't expect us to drop our nuclear weapons – and let's have better relations.' Internally, Kim Jong Il is saying, 'I'm still strong,' " despite reports that he suffered a stroke last August.
The strident tone may not signal a major setback, however. "They are saying they are trying to prepare for the nuclear issue," says Paik Hak-soon, director of North Korean Studies at the Sejong Institute. "If Obama seriously engages North Korea, with enough incentives, there's a chance we can denuclearize North Korea."
Mr. Paik says that the Bush administration, in its final months, hardened its position. "Bush policymakers tried to warn the Obama administration," he says. "They were trying to project North Korea's image as a bad guy."
Particularly upsetting, he suggests, was a remark by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that, "You'd have to be an idiot to trust the North Koreans."
Now, he says, North Korea wants the US to show respect by naming a negotiator dedicated full-time to resolving the nuclear issue.
North Korea linked its position to its longstanding goal of forming diplomatic relations with the United States, – but in a manner that appears carefully defiant.
"We can live without normalized relations," said the foreign ministry spokesman, "but can't live without nuclear deterrence."
The outbursts appeared as part of a finely tuned campaign.
Mr. Harrison, arriving in Beijing after talks with senior North Korean foreign ministry officials, told reporters the North "wants friendly relations with the United States" and North Korea and the US "can become intimate friends."
But North Korea made clear it would not yield to US demands for "verification" of its nuclear inventory. It called for for "denuclearization of the whole Korean Peninsula" in "a verifiable manner," a turn of phrase that means the US and South Korea must prove the US has really withdrawn all its nuclear weapons from South Korea as announced by then-President George H.W. Bush in 1991.
North Korea has a powerful advocate of its position in the form of Kim Dae Jung, who was president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003 and initiated the Sunshine policy of reconciliation.
Mr. Kim, in a message for Mr. Obama, delivered in remarks to foreign journalists here, called on the US to "secure North Korea's agreement on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, including the complete abandonment of its nuclear program, abandonment of long-range missiles, and establishment of a durable peace structure on the Korean peninsula."
The way to achieve that aim, said Mr. Kim, is "through a declaration of the end of the Korean War" and a peace treaty to replace the Korean War armistice signed in July 1953 – a favorite longstanding North Korean demand.
It was "an indisputable fact," Mr. Kim went on, that Kim Jong Il "aspires to improve North Korea's relationship with the United States." He implied that the US had taken too tough a stance in talks, saying, "If the US conducts give-and-take negotiations and builds mutual trust, the North Korean nuclear issue and related matters would be brought to a successful end."
As it gears up for the Obama administration, North Korea has also launched virulent attacks on the South's president, Lee Myung-bak, who has upset the North by taking a hard line on verification and also on the North's record of human rights abuses.
Accusing "traitor Lee Myung-Bak and his group" of "confrontation," a North Korean officer declared on state TV that "our revolutionary armed forces are compelled to take an all-out confrontational posture to shatter them." North Korea vowed to "preserve" its rights in the Yellow Sea, the scene of bloody clashes in 1999 and 2002 over a "northern limit line" that North Korea refuses to recognize.
South Korea has responded by placing troops on alert on its side of the demilitarized zone that has divided the two Koreas since the Korean war, but analysts do not believe a major clash is imminent.
"North Korea wants to say, if Obama is not handling North Korea too actively, North Korea will create a problem on the Korean Peninsula," says Choi Jin-wook, chief North Korea analyst at the Korean Institute of National Unification. "This is just verbal provocation. It shows the intention of North Korea to talk to the US."


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UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus was established in 1933 in space provided by the Sheboygan School of Technical, Vocational and Adult Education. During its first semester of operation, the campus (then known as The Sheboygan County Center) offered six credits of coursework. A full range of courses did not become available until 1936 when a chemistry lab was installed. Sophomore courses were added, but with the advent of the World War II, low enrollments forced the program to be curtailed. Following the war, classes were restored.
After the war, enrollment increased dramatically, climbing from 30 students in 1945 to 152 in 1946. A period of reduced enrollment followed in the 1950s, but this trend quickly reversed by 1958 when enrollment surged to 140 students and has continued to grow since then.
With the closing of Central High School in 1961, the Vocational School moved into the renovated area vacated by the high school, leaving UW-Sheboygan as the sole occupant of the older wing of the building. As the campus' programs grew, it quickly became apparent that new facilities were needed.
In 1961, civic leaders and university officials began to consider the possibility of a new campus. As interest grew, the project soon took on county-wide interest. A year later, the Sheboygan County Board approved a $1.1 million bond issue to finance the project. The current campus was then situated on a 70+-acre site on the southwestern outskirts of the City of Sheboygan.
UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus is one of the 13 UW Colleges in the state. The merger of the University of Wisconsin and the State University System in 1972 resulted in the University of Wisconsin System and united the UW Colleges' campuses in its mission under the name University of Wisconsin Center System. In 1983, the name of the institution became the University of Wisconsin Centers. In 1997, the name of the institution was changed to University of Wisconsin Colleges.
Improvements and expansions continue on the UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus campus. In 2004, UW-Sheboygan dedicated the new Brotz Science Building, which boasts state-of-the-art classrooms and science laboratories. And in fall 2007, the campus unveiled the Acuity Technology Center, which houses the college's new library and provide additional "smart" classrooms and meeting space -- all equipped with the latest in communication and presentation technology.
UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus continues to look toward the future through the its latest 2014-19 Strategic Plan. Goals and objectives set forth in the document, which was created through the shared governance process on the campus, will guide UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus over the next five years in its efforts to meet community and campus needs.
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PINE HILL, N.M. (AP) — An 8-year-old boy in northwestern New Mexico who died after being mauled by dogs was found face-down and unresponsive by his mother, a police official said Sunday.
Cibola County Undersheriff Tony Mace said one of the nine dogs captured and euthanized after the attack had belonged to boy's family and was reported to have bitten the child on a previous occasion. "It's a horrible, horrible situation," Mace said of the child's death.
Tomas Jay Henio died Wednesday near his family's home in Pine Hill, located more than 100 miles west of Albuquerque.
The family dog and eight strays were euthanized.
Authorities will gather DNA samples from the euthanized dogs to determine which ones were involved in the attack.
The sheriff's office played an assisting role in the case by sending an animal control officer to round up the dogs and isn't investigating the child's death.
The FBI was investigating the death because the attack happened on Navajo Nation land.
The federal agency and tribal police in nearby Ramah didn't return a phone call seeking comment Sunday.
The Navajo Nation, like many reservations, has long had a problem with roaming stray, feral and neglected dogs.
Two years ago, 55-year-old Larry Armstrong was found mauled to death near his home in the small community of Sundance near Gallup. Armstrong had a history of seizures, and authorities never determined whether the dogs or a seizure felled him.
But the case, in which emergency workers said the pack of skinny dogs kept circling back, underscored the problems the Navajo Nation has with roaming, often near starving dogs.
After Armstrong's death, Navajo National wildlife and animal control manager Kevin Gleason in 2011 estimated there were four to five dogs for each of the more than 89,000 households — or as many as 445,000 dogs, most of which roam unchecked, killing livestock and biting people with alarming regularity.
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Borges, Carlos R. Elementary Topology and Applications. (World Scientific). Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2000.
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Casti, John L. Five More Golden Rules: Knots, Codes, Chaos, and Other Great Theories of 20th-Century Mathematics. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2000.
Devlin, Keith J. The Millennium Problems: The Seven Greatest Unsolved Mathematical Puzzles of Our Time. New York: Basic Books, 2002.
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Although GDPR compliance poses challenges, it's an opportunity for you and your organization to take a holistic, intelligent, and automated approach to governance and compliance to deliver data that is trusted, secured, and governed. This approach to data helps you stay competitive and agile as new governance and compliance needs arise for better business outcomes.
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Aspirational April is here. It has been just long enough since the New Year that many have forgotten or just given up on all those resolutions. April has become the month to commit again to a goal and take active steps to achieving it—though it does not need to be the same as your abandoned resolution. With that in mind, this month is all about attaining your goal through creating a habit or set of habits and then sticking to those habits for 30 days. To help kick start your Aspirational April, we have found an inspirational story about a woman sticking to her own aspirations to hopefully help you start thinking about your own aspirations.
Ernestine "Ernie" Shepherd is a personal trainer, a professional model, and a competitive bodybuilder. She also just happens to be 80 years old and holds the current Guinness World Record for World's Oldest Performing Female Bodybuilder. However, Ms. Shepherd did not achieve all these aspirations overnight. In fact, she did not start her own fitness journey until she was 56 years old.
At the time, Ms. Shepherd lived a mostly sedentary lifestyle and had not stepped into a gym even once in her life. Initially, she started her fitness journey as a joint venture with her sister; however, her sister suddenly passed. Ms. Shepherd stopped her journey while she mourned her sister. Though after some months and with the encouragement of friends, she recommitted to her aspiration of fitness and returned to the gym.
Ms. Shepherd's journey to achieving her aspiration has been a slow one. Fitness is not something that can be achieved over night. Instead, Ms. Shepherd recognized that she was taking on various habits that allowed her to get fit and, moreover, to lead a healthier and more fulfilling life. After years of sticking to these habits, she finds herself where she is today. A passionate trainer, model, and completive bodybuilder. She has never felt healthier or happier then she does now. Ms. Shepherd especially draws energy and joy through sharing her journey with other seniors and helping them to train and move along the road of their own fitness journeys.
Ms. Shepherd's journey to achieving her aspirations was successful in part because of the following:
– She had the support of those around her. When you start your own journey, talk to your loved ones and explain what you are trying to do and how. They can act as your cheerleaders along the way and will be there to celebrate your successes and to support you through your setbacks.
– She maintained a positive outlook throughout her journey. The power of positivity will get you far. If you remain positive you can accomplish far more than if you sit and pick at every little thing that is wrong. Keeping positive will help you maintain forward momentum on your journey and to remain positive when facing any setbacks that cross your path.
– She realized that it would be process. Realize from the start that you may not see returns on your efforts right away. The journey is called a journey for a reason. One of the things you are dedicating when you choose to pursue an aspiration is time. It is the combination of this time and your effort that pay off in the end.
– She armed herself with tools that would allow her to succeed—training schedule, nutrition plan, etc. Make sure you are ready for your journey by equipping yourself with the tools you will need along the way. This all comes down to planning and to proactively troubleshoot barriers that may block your progress.
Ms. Shepherd's journey is an inspirational one. However, her story also demonstrates that it is never too late to pursue your own aspirations. This April is the month where you can choose to take those first steps on your journey to changing your life and yourself for the better.


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Owner: 5 illegal immigrants hired at Pella restaurant
The owner of a restaurant in southern Iowa has pleaded guilty to employing cooks and dishwashers that he knew were in the country illegally.
Ali Sengul, owner of the Tulip Garden Restaurant in Pella, pleaded guilty to harboring immigrants for profit and filing false tax documents under a plea agreement reached Wednesday.
Under a stipulation of facts included in the agreement, Sengul said that, as of last month, he knowingly employed five individuals who were living in the United State illegally. He says that he paid them cash wages weekly and did not deduct taxes from their payments.
Sengul says that unlike his cooks and dishwashers, he hired U.S. citizens to work as waiters and waitresses and issued them legitimate paychecks.
Sengul has been released from custody pending sentencing.


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While it is completely true that I've spent years transitioning my family and myself from complete dependence on modern conveniences, and while we still enjoy those things as much as anyone else, if the power goes out for an extended period of time, if I couldn't get to the grocery store, if the faucet went dry, if there were no more heating oil deliveries, if the garbage truck didn't come down my street anymore, if I couldn't put fuel in my gas tank or in my chain saw ... if any of those things happened, my family would continue living our lives, with only some exceptions to what we do on a daily basis. In particular, we wouldn't be spending hours on the computer ;).
But if I hadn't done any of those things, and I only had twenty-one days to get ready for this catastrophic event, there are a number of things that I could do that really would only take one day to accomplish. Like planting a garden. It doesn't take more than a day to do the actual planting. Certainly, it takes a lot longer for the food to grow, but for the most part, once it's planted, there is only so much I can do to make the plants grow, and mostly, I just have to wait until they're ready to harvest.
It's not about becoming an expert in a day - or even becoming proficient - but rather about starting to plan for a future of less, and the only way to do that is one day at a time.
So, with that in mind, here is a list of some things that I could do in a day that would go a long way toward helping me to be more prepared in the event that some catastrophic event does occur.
- Walk around my neighborhood and see if there are any fresh sources of water, and if there are none, find a local source for rain barrels (or food grade barrels that can be converted into a rain barrel with a simple water spigot from the hardware store).
- Learn to build a fire. Learn how to start a fire using friction. Build a simple fire pit in the yard.
- Build a simple hobo-stove/rocket stove for cooking with minimal fuel.
- Go to the PYO strawberry (or apple or blueberry) farm with my kids, pick 40 lbs of strawberries (or apples or blueberries), and preserve them in canning jars as jam or sauce.
- Buy some seeds and start a garden - and I wouldn't even need a "garden" to do this one. My mother-in-law has started an amazing container garden and is currently harvesting four salads per day from her garden. The garden won't grow in a day, but it only takes an hour or two to get it planted.
- Acquire two rabbits - a boy and a girl - and build (or buy) a place for them to live - preferrably separately. Go to the library and find a book on breeding rabbits for meat and study up on how to take care of my new "suburban" livestock (and the bonus of having rabbits is that they make the most awesome fertilizer for the garden ;).
- Find a 5 gal bucket (which can often be aquired for free from bakeries and delis) with a lid and an unused plunger and make a manual clothes washer.
- Make a canning jar oil lamp.
- Build a bicycle generator.
- Harvest some herbs to make a tincture.
- Find a simple recipe for lye soap.
- Learn to sharpen an axe blade.
- Stop by Goodwill and pick up some books and games.
Once we set our minds to something, we can accomplish an incredible amount in very little time ... just like we can grow an incredible amount of food in a very small space. There's that saying, it's not what you got, but what you do with it, and it applies to all of our resources, including time.
In short, even if I were starting from scratch as a typical American suburban soccer mom, I could have my family pretty far along the path toward self-sufficiency in less than a month taking just one step, one day at a time.


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GODORT's Cataloging Committee has four main purposes:
To provide a forum for technical discussions on policies and practices for government document cataloging; to serve as an interface for information exchange between documents catalogers and documents users in government agencies, various types of libraries, and bibliographic networks; to comment upon matters which affect the cataloging of government documents and to raise such issues as appropriate; and to serve as liaison with other groups within ALA and through GODORT, with Federal agencies, other library associations, and bibliographic networks.
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One disturbing possibility is some information I have dug up concerning what is known as "The feast of the beast." Click here to read the article by Fritz Springmeier. Feast of the Beast
If you have contacted an entity that refers to itself as Zozo you are not alone. Hundreds of people across the world have reported contact through Ouija Boards, Pendulums and Auto Writing sessions. The phenomena remains a mystery. If you have had an experience you would like to share please send correspondence to email@example.com I am not a devil worshiper, nor do i consult people on how to summon entities.
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It was her father who had passed. he were testing the spirit asking questions that only she knew the answers to. After 20 minutes it switched over and claimed to be MY mother. Once again answering questions correctly. We were both in tears and before we knew it the spirit switched over and we asked who we were talking to, the pointer went O Z O Z O Z O Z O. we called him Oz , we asked him to blow out a candle to prove himself and before we completed the sentence the candle was out. We asked him the time( neither of us had watches and we had been outside for over an hour) and we ran inside to look, it was exactly right to the minute. He then preceded to tell us that it was him the whole time, not her father, not my mother, him. He said he knew what we were thinking and that's how he gave us the answers to our questions, he was in our heads.
By the end of the conversation he began to curse at us so we stopped playing. A few weeks later we used the board again, and instantly Oz was back and he was nasty. cursing at us, saying dark things, we stopped.
That summer my sister in law and I both went through series of unfortunate events, we couldn't catch a break, one thing after another, negativity loomed over us.
At the end of the summer we used the board one final time. It was him, and he said that he made all of those things happen to us and that he created the negativity that was following us. we never touched it again. a year later while I was at their house she told me she still had the board in the garage and she asked me to look on the computer for proper ways to get rid of the board. While doing this I realized their were endless websites and stories about ZOZO the Ouija demon. we were both scared and white as a ghost, as I was reading about him to her aloud, my nephew (her son)started running around the house screaming ZOZO ZOZO ZOZO!! and we frantically made him stop. I then read on a website that he will try to claim your first born son, I didn't actually believe that but it surely freaked me out. the next morning my nephew wakes me up and as were waking up he asks if we can go get breakfast so I put him in the car and pull out the driveway, not 2 minutes later a car runs a stop sign and slams in to us. now that could have been coincidence, but it was just too eerie for me to shrug off, ever since then I have developed anxiety and often feel panicky, and when I talk about him I feel the negativity pressing on my chest and my brain.
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Zozo shows up in spooky old Virginia display case?
The following was sent to me via the TrueGhostTales website:
I constructed the table and one of the object I place in the table was the ouija. The first day I had it on display, along with several other items. I found that all the items were pushed to the very furthest sides of the table and only the board was the focal point of the display. Thinking perhaps someone in the house moved the table and tilted it thus shifting its contents, I simply removed the glass and re-arranged the display items, this time securing them with glue. I let that dry before replace the glass.
Two nights later I heard my dogs growing in the bedroom where I sleep and they were staring at the door. I got up to see what they were upset at, and when It turned on the lights in the adjoining family room, I saw the table. The glass was scratched/etched with something sharp from underneath...and there was no mistaking the letter Z in that etching. I then knew something was up with that board or with one of the objects in the display. I have since dismantled the table and put ALL of the display items, including the board, in a box. There are a few religious items that are in that box now as well. I have had no other experiences, but until I read your story about the entity ZOZO, I had no way of connecting the Z etched in the glass with the ouija.
Email received June 11th, 2011
Darren Evans would like to thank Brianna for sharing her experience.
Another Tulsa Zozo encounter
Recent Zozo encounter used with permission
Hello Darren, my name is Maryah ( last name withheld ). I Live In Tulsa Oklahoma. I Went to target in about feberuary to buy a glow in the dark Ouija board. Well last weekend Me and my friends decide to play with it. We met this nice spirit named Lily, and she needed help. We were trying to help her but nothing worked. Later that night around (12:00am) she left. We then again asked if anyone was there. It said ZOZO and we didnt think anything about it. We asked questions and she seemed friendly. So We all got up and went to the living room with the board still out. we sat around talking and drinking mountain dew.
After about 10 minutes we put our glasses in the sink and went back to her room only to discover that the board was gone! We looked everywhere for it. So after a while we gave up and went back into to the living room to find it there. So we went back into the room and played with it some more. At about 3:33 am my pony tail holder broke and my hair went over my face and i guess i blacked out. My friends said i was possesed and that when Lily came back she said ZOZO her sister is in the room, they asked where and the pointer flew to me.
They said i tried to hurt them, that i was speaking a different language like Latin. The most freaky thing was that we had a candle lit and when ZOZO left i was waking back up and the candle was out and when we turned on the lights the center of the candle was gone no wick nothing. It was like a cup without the bottom. This happened many times though out the night and we used brand new candles every time. I believe i was possesed by the demon.
In further correspondence with Maryah she says the spirit Lily described Zozo as her evil twin sister. Lily told the girls that Lucifer was their Father, and Lily was punished for not wanting to become evil like her sister Zozo.
Lily explained Zozo as an immortal spirit that chooses certain people to become attached to their "self" where it remains. Maryah says Zozo will only come thru on Ouija sessions when she is on the board.
In recent weeks I have been sent accounts of encounters with a "Mama Zaza." Also a spirit entity that identifies itself as only "Mama." Stories of the Mama Ouija spirit are found on the internet.
Some deities were thought to have the ability to be either gender, and the Zozo Phenomena includes encounters in which it represents it'self as female. Some believe it is a real demon, and it's minions operate using it's identity as Zozo. Others have indicated they do not believe it is demonic, but a spirit anomaly none the less.
Whatever it is, it is out there. And the amount of people who report it is very disturbing. When when we be able to put the pieces together and identify what is really going on?
Shocking discovery January, 2011
Links to Encounters with Z-Entities
Zozo Experiences
ShainaB says:
I too have had experiences with Zozo, but I am just now finding out that others have come in contact with the same "spirit" through the quija board. My experiences were all about 5 years ago and I now refuse to touch a quija board. I would always play with my grandmother and husband on my grandmother's board. The board would only work if I was touching it with them, never without me. Everytime I touched the board zozo would come through..just like Darren's story nice at first, perhaps a little mischievious..then "zozo started telling me specific things like…"I was with you in your red truck when you went to Ashley's house" and so on and so forth, saying that Zozo was following me and always with me. This was all about 5 years ago and had left my mind until I got a call from my husband at work today saying that he had talked to a coworker about quija boards and that he had shared my zozo story with his coworker. His coworker told him that he had heard of a demon named zozo and to do his research. So that's what I'm doing now and came across this page…does anyone know where I can find some good information? Other than personal stories??
I haven't used the ouija board in about 8 months, I used to do it all the time. I stopped because I was sick of getting Zozo, I got him every single time. I live in New York and I'm close friends with someone who lives in New Mexico, and we would get off the phone and do the ouija board at the same time. She used to get Zozo all the time too, and stopped around the same time I did. And since then she's been hearing and seeing things constantly, and she's NOT schizophrenic. I think that has something to do with Zozo, maybe but I'm not sure. Actually I remember one night after using the ouija board, I was going to sleep and i heard something on the floor. It sounded like someone was crawling, but quickly, around the bed. I didn't have my cats in the room, and it wasn't a rat or mouse because we didn't have those in our house. I have quite a few experiences regarding Zozo, really.
hello, i purchaseda ouiji board at a garage sale from an elderly couple. I have always had an interested in the spirit world and had a great interest in trying to make contact. I did not dare to play the ouiji by myself so I just left it packed away until I had a friend convinced me to use it last night. FOr a hour we spoke to this woman spirit and as we went on with the session the word zozo kept being spelled out. as a newbie at this I had no clue what it meant until i looked it up and found it on your website. The energy on the oracle was wild and i am certain if we had removed our hands it would have flew off the board. several times it tried to spell out the alphabet. It was scary as heck and was terrified to see that it was evil… do i still need to cleanse the house even if we went to "goodbye"? I have children and am scared for them.
How do I find your picture?? I recently purchased a ouija board and this spirit contacted me right away calling himself zozo over and over. He is sexual in nature with me and told me that he wants to come into me.
My room mate came home late last night from work and said that she could hear me talking in my room. She didn't stand by the door to hear but she thought that I was on the phone having a conversation with someone. I have no memory of this conversation. I would like to see your picture but can not find it here. Please help me find it so I can see what this zozo looks like.
i live in orlando florida. and the other day my friend and i were using the ouija board. we use the ouija board alot. and we came upon a spirit. we asked it its name and it said ZOZO. we kept on asking questions and it tried to get out of the board by going down the alphabet. then we got off. we didnt know what ment. "it" also kept on repeating ZOZOZOZO again and again. she looked zozo up and came upon this.
The other night me my uncle and my uncle's friend were talking to zozo. I think the creepy parts were when zozo said that five sisters die. My uncle was the only person in the room who has five sisters. zozo also said that my uncle was evil. After a bit Zozo told my uncle's frined to die. Zozo called me stupid.
"He is bird-like or bat-like and skinny. He is very smart and funny(albeit He can have a dark sense of humor). He is really into sex magick but has never made me feel uncomfortable, He is long hair and claws. When I channel Him in my mind I see blue light like orbs moving across my field of vision."
My idea about Zozo is that He is a very ancient and powerful God whom I revere greatly. He is not all rosy though(most ancient Gods are not) and has very bitter feelings towards christians of all types.
ZoZo Links - Synchromystisicm at work?
- ZoZo - Mentions Ouija boards and ZoZo in Ficticious Story
- ZoZo - And "ZaZa" references on Grave Addiction Thread
- ZoZo- Blog ( Unsolved Mysteries)
- ZoZo - Mentioned in Ouija News United Kingdom
- ZoZo- Mentioned in Paranormal Thread
- ZoZo- Nigerian Thread Ouija Story
- ZoZo - Ouija story - Unknown Author
- ZoZo- Ouija story on Yahoo Answers
- ZoZo-Ouija Board tells man to write Jimmy Page
- ZoZo- Ouija Experience - (Massachusets) - Bonnie F.
- ZoZo-ji - Poem about the Budhist Temple
- ZoZo - Creole "Ghostly Father"
- ZoZo - A haunted Gothique Doll
- ZoZo Dorkovich - Fictional Exorcized Ghost Woman
- ZoZo - Once Again - Leon Autumn
- ZoZo Returns- Riza
- ZoZo The Reptoid - Myhoran
Sent in from anonymous source May 2010
This is the honest truth. One day I was at my friends house and we were bored, and both of us wanted to try out a Ouija board so we figured we would give it a shot. Probably around 14 years old at the time.(best guess) We asked it some questions like when would we die and stuff like that. For some reason I don't remember the answers, maybe cuz I figured it was fake and never tried to remember. Anyway, for the last question we asked it who is answering our questions and it came up Zoso. We were like "Zoso, what the hell does that mean, who's Zoso?" I have been wondering that for years since that happened. Now, i remembered that name because it just seemed oddly familiar to me, couldn't shake it. Then i saw the post that said how a band used that name and it made sense because my brother was/is a big rock fan and I put 2 and 2 together. Anyway, I am now 31. So imagine my surprise when I visited this site today and came across this. It's like a 17 year puzzle for me that has finally been figured out. Thankfully nothing weird ever happened to me or my friend (that I'm aware of) but just thought i should pass this along. That was the only time I have ever used one and will probably be the last.
Zozo encounter in Australia
Sent in June 2010 from Arron in Brisbane Australia
Hi there, my name is Arron and here's my ouija board experience with ZoZo. My curiosity with the ouija board began about two years ago when me and my fiance started a session with a friend of ours.Anyway, we decided to make a board of our own and this particular night a spirit or entity came through, we asked what it's name was and it said zozo.We never once asked questions about the future or when we were going to die or anything like that.It never once said that it was a bad spirit nor did it show any signs that it meant us any harm. During the session it seemed as though it was anxious or something because the planchette started circling around the board uncontrollably. Nothing else happened while we were using the board to make us think that this was bad. A couple of days later we used it again and the same spirit came through, this time it was telling me I should start writing a book about a boy who was kidnapped and has never been found.He gave me details on why this boy disappeared,and where to look for evidence for this book. After this session I started having strange dreams about the book I was supposed to write, so I did actually start to write it. When I didn't write, my fiance would hear a voice telling her to tell me to write the book, this went on for about three weeks or so. Stuff in our apartment started go missing, the tv would turn on by itself, and the subtitles would come on the tv all by itself( it seemed to like tv). I stopped writing this book it wanted me to write, and stuff seemed to get worse. One night my fiance woke up during the night to find a black figure hovering over me with it's arm reaching out to grab me, but when she touched me it went. The next day I was getting ready for work and went to have a shave and found my razor wasn't where it usually was( in the second drawer), it was in the corner of the shower, so I put it back in the usual spot. This happened two days in a row. The next day,again getting ready for work, I was in the shower, my fiance walked out of the bathroom but left the door opened slightly, about a minute later the door slammed shut with an almighty bang. I immediately got out, dried myself, got dressed, and tried to open the door but couldn't. It was as if someone was on the other side holding it shut, when eventually it came open.
Oz Ouija Entity or Zozo?
There was a spirit that claimed to be that of a little boy. We also talked to a few other spirits on the board until one time this spirit came across and said his name Oz. I figured initials because I don't recall any spirits giving there names, just initials. Anyway, he was no fun and just plain mean. Everytime we would try to talk to one of the other friendly spirits, Oz always came back like he was much stronger than the others. When you would ask a question and he got angry, the eye would move frantically in a figure 8. He was just mean. Well, one night we got pretty trashed and asked some real mean things and acted mean back. It was funny at first, but it got serious in a hurry.
We started arguing with one another because some were getting spooked. We then came to our senses and said, "let's get rid of this darn thing. We threw it away and nothing strange happened afterwards. Not sure I beleive in them or if they really even work. But it was a freaky experience. Although I talked a lot of smack that night, I was sort of fearful for a few days. I can't remember to this day what Oz said, heck its been 20yrs ago. But, it wasn't good at all!
Darren Evans assumes no responsibility if you become Haunted by Z-ENTITIES
I am not on some caped crusader mission to glorify these entities, nor am I a practitioner of the arts. I have had many, many Ouija sessions dating back to the early eighties, and although experienced, I am still searching for answers as to what's really going on here. I ask alot of questions, i research until I'm blue in the face, but in reality, I am just an ordinary person just like you.
I coined "The Zozo Phenomena," when i reached a crucial turning point in my research. When I found out many other people had experienced Zozo on Ouija Boards, I become totally convinced that this is indeed a real phenomenon. I was no longer alone. I began to notice meaningful coincidences, and things began to happen regarding the phenomenon that cannot be dismissed as a result of mere chance. I know I have seen Zozo perform incredible paranormal events. Was this a result of a sub-conscious association with what could be a demonic archetype within the minds of the Zozo experiencers?
Who knows what is really going on with spirit communication. The fact remains crystal clear to me through all of this, I believe that Zozo, and other Zentities comes to certain people through the usage of Spirit Boards and Ouija Boards. Zozo is mentioned in French Grimoire, and French Occult Websites as a "little known" spirit that possessed a young woman near Picardy in 1816. Along with Mimi, and Caproulet, and caused the young woman to crawl around on all fours similar to the scene cut out of the original film The Exorcist. Click here: I am Legion
Spiderwalk Video
Not every Ouija session I become involved with had a negative outcome. I realize to many, Ouija Boards are simply a game. Some have used it as a useful tool in medium-ship, and many people have used spirit boards for many years with no negative activities to report. But folks, MANY people have reported stories that all defy rationality, that defy logic. Many people believe it opens a door to an unknown world.
Do I find it interesting that George Rubinstein from The University Of North Carolina, in his essay called Luinguistic BioAcoustics: Fragments of Russian and English, that he describes Zozo as "An imitation of rude laughter?" Yes I do. One of many definitions you won't find in most dictionaries. People often question my resources, I will indeed provide proper citations when the time is right.I've scanned thousands of websites, and spent an large amount of time compiling the information for my upcoming book.
Do I find it interesting that in 1906 A book on Ancient Greece mentions Zozo as being diminutive with the horrible Pazuzu? Do I find it interesting that Zozo is also listed in an early book on demons and demonology written by a French writer Simon Colin Plancy, also mentioning Zozo as another name of Pazuzu? Again, yes I do, because I don't make this stuff up.
While I continue to warn people about these dangers, I have to also state that I have never claimed to be a demonologist. During my research into the term Zozo, and it's potential esoteric connections with spirit phenomena, I cannot ever hope to prove beyond a shadow of doubt that these coincidences and string related definitions are definitive proofs of Demons, or Entities. I admit freely, that Zozo is hard to find in any known demonic hierarchies, or religious pantheon. That to me is perhaps the strangest part of The Zozo Phenomenon. Maybe, this is why it has been written almost 200 years ago as "a little known devil." Another French List of Demons. I have talked to several demonologists who claim to have never heard of Zozo. John Zaffis is perhaps the only demonologist that has to my knowledge.
"I am familiar with this entity. The name has come up time and time again." John Zaffis
"This may be the craziest thing I have ever heard"
Steven LaChance
Extreme Haunting Expert / Author
Demonologists, Religious Clergy, etc. cannot "officially classify this term in association to an actual demonic name. But here again Zozo shows up according to Robert Muchembled, professor of modern history at the University of Paris XIII
Why do these Ouija Spirits associate themselves with The Zozo? Could it be a legion of lower elementals joining forces in some archetypal game of tug of war? Or is is all simply explained as over-active imaginations?
You decide. I know from personal experience that Zozo exists. If you tend to have a Christian or Catholic belief system, consult your priests and clergymen BEFORE conducting "Ouija Sessions." If you are contacted by a spirit that vibrates towards these terms: Zozo, Zoso, Zam, or Zaza proceed with caution. Do not ask it questions pertaining to future events. Do not provoke the spirits. Close the session appropriately.
Recently, Zozo has shown up in The Netherlands, Australia, the United Kingdom, Israel, Brazil, and Japan. Log on to my public site meter to see the cross-cultural interest.
Special thanks to demonologists John Zaffis and Dwayne Claud. Paranormal expert/author Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Dave Shrader at Darkness Radio, Madam Star, ParaNikki at ParanormalUtopia.com, and Tara Ciampa at VisionsMagazineOnline.com
Also, I would like to thank Stephen Lancaster and Valerie at MonsterVisionTV.com. for their knowledge and support.
I would like to thank all the people that have emailed me their Zozo stories. I appreciate all the nice comments, and I do go out of my way to answer all of them. Peace to everyone. And may God be with us.
Darren Evans - May, 2010
Zak Ouija Spirit story from 2006
Well, my house is kinda.....full of spirits. Call me crazy, but I've felt em. Gots a Ouija board and used to be obsessed with that and found out: in my house I gots 27 spirits. 7 of them were in the room at that time XD fun stuff to have floatin in your mind, huh? Twas hard to sleep at night, knowing that some spirit dude could be watching you while you're sleeping, trying to find out how to get revenge on the friend that killed him...ha...
But yes...onto a story. I was in my furnice room one day with all my friends. We were using the Ouija board n talkin to a guy named Zak. He stopped movin the opticle thing so we asked him to give us a sign he was still was with us. He moved this large box of toys closer to us. Most of my friends got really freaked out but I was iiinto it!! I asked for another sign, and he did it again. Twas so kool. And that's not all! Later, he stopped talkin to us again so we asked for another sign. Note: no one was outside of the room at this time, and that is where the light switch was. He turned on the light! We got pretty freaked out at that point and all ran outta the room. Not a smart move cuz if you don't close the board properly, they stay with you. dun dun DUN!!!!
so...any other ouija stories, add away
Shania B comes forward......
I too have had experiences with Zozo, but I am just now finding out that others have come in contact with the same "spirit" through the quija board. My experiences were all about 5 years ago and I now refuse to touch a quija board. I would always play with my grandmother and husband on my grandmother's board. The board would only work if I was touching it with them, never without me. Everytime I touched the board zozo would come through..just like Darren's story nice at first, perhaps a little mischievious..then "zozo started telling me specific things like…"I was with you in your red truck when you went to Ashley's house" and so on and so forth, saying that Zozo was following me and always with me. This was all about 5 years ago and had left my mind until I got a call from my husband at work today saying that he had talked to a coworker about quija boards and that he had shared my zozo story with his coworker. His coworker told him that he had heard of a demon named zozo and to do his research. So that's what I'm doing now and came across this page…does anyone know where I can find some good information? Other than personal stories??
Psychic studies photograph of ZoZo!
- At 3:10pm on April 18, 2009, Kat - Administrator said…
HI Darren, I stand corrected..there are more than 8, I took a much longer look this time to really check out what is in this picture. I think I found out what you call Zozo...look up in the left corner by the girl in the pink jacket...right next to her shoulder is a clown still wearing his make-up. No lie...I am serious about this. Maybe this is what people are thinking is evil...though there are not too many people that like clowns.
But there are many faces within this picture...when you open the doorway...anything can come through.
Now on the other picture..stand back away from your computer and look at the whole picture. Do you also see the large face? very narrow face with a pointed chin, has a mustache too.
Do you see him? This might be your main guy..perhaps.
But there are all these other faces all around him.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Zozo Numerology
One disturbing possibility is some information I have dug up concerning what is known as "The feast of the beast." Click here to read the article by Fritz Springmeier. Feast of the Beast
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I had an encounter with this spirit, and in response to our questions, he used these three numbers : 7101, 6101 and 101. The number 101 seemed to repeat itself, and I can't ex plain it, could you give me a lead?
- May 22, 2012 at 4:24 PM
A sigil may be created for it by using the Hebrew spelling of his name using the correct number value (28) and then transliterating the Hebrew version into Phoenician whereby you blend the Phoenician into a kind of cursive script where all the letters are connected.
Perhaps one might use the sigil with a Goetic dark mirror method to evoke Zozo to visible appearance whereby Zozo will be bound within the triangle and the caster protected within the circle.
- September 2, 2012 at 11:31 PM


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