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20:55 Sep 29 2011
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Lady Gaga is heading for the Hollywood Bowl next month for "A Decade of Difference" concert benefiting the charitable work of former President Bill Clinton, and is sure to wear something dramatic. But on Saturday, she toned it down and wore a conservative little black dress. Days later, movie star Anna Faris donned the same dress (one of the few times Lady Gaga has worn something identical to anyone else). While Lady Gaga looked like she had more fun adding the Old Hollywood twist, Faris made the most of the elegant cocktail gown and won approval for her "chic and gamine-like" style.









Inspiration for Gaga's outfit? (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

Lady Gaga seemed to be taking a note straight from Audrey Hepburn's character in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and the dress was lost in theatrical styling that made it more costume than couture. She added a Hepburn-esque necklace, elbow-length black gloves, a simple chignon, and heels -- and threw on a pair of sunglasses to complete the look. She posed for the cameras backstage at Saturday's iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, before changing into a biker-inspired outfit for the stage.



[ Photos: Lady Gaga's most outrageous looks ]



Anna Faris wore the design for the New York screening of "What's Your Number" on Tuesday. Faris made the most of the little black dress by simplifying the style, skipping accessories (and the leather gloves) and pairing it only with a pair of Christian Louboutin heels. The result was a chic and elegant use of the sleeveless Moschino design, with peplum and a bow. Peplum, the skirt attached to the waistline of a dress, is a significant new runway trend. So despite the different translations, both stars are "ahead of the game."

20:43 Sep 20 2011
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00:17 Sep 18 2011
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An Early History of Goth



This site is an attempt to give an outline of the beginnings of the goth movement, between 1979 and 1984. It's also an attempt to shed some light on generally unanswerable questions such as When did goth start?, Why did it get called goth? etc.



(and for those of you who are wondering, I've written a brief introductory guide to what is goth?)



At present this site is still very much Work In Progress, and comments, suggestions, information and corrections are welcome, especially if you've got information or insight into the early scene. So please feel free to mail me.



Most of the chronological information on this site is gleaned from George Gimarc's invaluable Punk and Post-Punk diaries, with additional information from Mick Mercer (and his Gothic Rock books), old copies of NME/Sounds/Melody Maker, my record collection, my very fallible memory and various people on the net. Huge thanks to all of them, and especial thanks to Bob for doing the Cascading Style Sheets version, Hatty for the Zig Zag article, and to Greylock for the Positive Punk article. Also many thanks to Peter H Coffin for giving me extra web space to cope with the inevitable overflow and to Gavin Baddeley (author of Goth Chic) for donating a recent article about the history of goth.



The Post-Punk Landscape



The years in which the goth movement originated (79-83) were extremely interesting and diverse musically. As well as the punk splinter groups (the Oi! and Anarcho movements), there was the Ska revival, the Mod revival, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, the fledgling Industrial sound, the so-called "Futurist" movement, New Romantic, Psychobilly and a bewildering array of "post-punk" bands. Out of this peculiar mixture, the early goth bands gradually emerged. Of course, at first they weren't termed "goth" bands, though some of them were referred to as "gothic" in musical style as early as 1979.



A long and rather inconclusive discussion on how they came to be referred to as goth can be found on the name page.



The Early Scene



For anyone who considers the Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim and the Mission to be the archetypal goth bands, the early scene is a rather strange place. The early goth bands were, for the most part, much punkier and livelier, and at one stage were referred to as "Positive Punk". A brief discussion on goth's relation to punk can be found on the punk page. In the early years the dominant goth bands were not the Sisters, but UK Decay, the Banshees and Bauhaus, and a discussion on their relative importance in the early scene can be found on the bands page.



Another common misconception about the early goth scene is that it was closely tied to New Romantic. Whilst it had very loose ties with the (nebulous) Futurist scene, the early goth scene had very little to do with New Romantic.

18:09 Sep 17 2011
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Five days later, respected minister Cotton Mather wrote a letter imploring the court not to allow spectral evidence—testimony about dreams and visions. The court largely ignored this request and five people were sentenced and hanged in July, five more in August and eight in September. On October 3, following in his son's footsteps, Increase Mather, then president of Harvard, denounced the use of spectral evidence: "It were better that ten suspected witches should escape than one innocent person be condemned."



Governor Phipps, in response to Mather's plea and his own wife being questioned for witchcraft, prohibited further arrests, released many accused witches and dissolved the Court of Oyer and Terminer on October 29. Phipps replaced it with a Superior Court of Judicature, which disallowed spectral evidence and only condemned 3 out of 56 defendants. Phipps eventually pardoned all who were in prison on witchcraft charges by May 1693. But the damage had been done: 19 were hanged on Gallows Hill, a 71-year-old man was pressed to death with heavy stones, several people died in jail and nearly 200 people, overall, had been accused of practicing "the Devil's magic."



Restoring Good Names

Following the trials and executions, many involved, like judge Samuel Sewall, publicly confessed error and guilt. On January 14, 1697, the General Court ordered a day of fasting and soul-searching for the tragedy of Salem. In 1702, the court declared the trials unlawful. And in 1711, the colony passed a bill restoring the rights and good names of those accused and granted £600 restitution to their heirs. However, it was not until 1957—more than 250 years later—that Massachusetts formally apologized for the events of 1692.



In the 20th century, artists and scientists alike continued to be fascinated by the Salem witch trials. Playwright Arthur Miller resurrected the tale with his 1953 play The Crucible, using the trials as an allegory for the McCarthyism paranoia in the 1950s. Additionally, numerous hypotheses have been devised to explain the strange behavior that occurred in Salem in 1692. One of the most concrete studies, published in Science in 1976 by psychologist Linnda Caporael, blamed the abnormal habits of the accused on the fungus ergot, which can be found in rye, wheat and other cereal grasses. Toxicologists say that eating ergot-contaminated foods can lead to muscle spasms, vomiting, delusions and hallucinations. Also, the fungus thrives in warm and damp climates—not too unlike the swampy meadows in Salem Village, where rye was the staple grain during the spring and summer months.



In August 1992, to mark the 300th anniversary of the trials, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel dedicated the Witch Trials Memorial in Salem. Also in Salem, the Peabody Essex Museum houses the original court documents, and the town's most-visited attraction, the Salem Witch Museum, attests to the public's enthrallment with the 1692 hysteria.





Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-salem.html#ixzz1YEMOjeYK

18:08 Sep 17 2011
Times Read: 538

The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the Devil's magic—and 20 were executed. Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compensated the families of those convicted. Since then, the story of the trials has become synonymous with paranoia and injustice, and it continues to beguile the popular imagination more than 300 years later.



Salem Struggling

Several centuries ago, many practicing Christians, and those of other religions, had a strong belief that the Devil could give certain people known as witches the power to harm others in return for their loyalty. A "witchcraft craze" rippled through Europe from the 1300s to the end of the 1600s. Hundreds of thousands of supposed witches—mostly women—were executed. Though the Salem trials came on just as the European craze was winding down, local circumstances explain their onset.



In 1689, English rulers William and Mary started a war with France in the American colonies. Known as King William's War to colonists, it ravaged regions of upstate New York, Nova Scotia and Quebec, sending refugees into the county of Essex and, specifically, Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (Salem Village is present-day Danvers, Massachusetts; colonial Salem Town became what's now Salem.)



The displaced people created a strain on Salem's resources. This aggravated the existing rivalry between families with ties to the wealth of the port of Salem and those who still depended on agriculture. Controversy also brewed over Reverend Samuel Parris, who became Salem Village's first ordained minister in 1689, and was disliked because of his rigid ways and greedy nature. The Puritan villagers believed all the quarreling was the work of the Devil.



In January of 1692, Reverend Parris' daughter Elizabeth, age 9, and niece Abigail Williams, age 11, started having "fits." They screamed, threw things, uttered peculiar sounds and contorted themselves into strange positions, and a local doctor blamed the supernatural. Another girl, Ann Putnam, age 11, experienced similar episodes. On February 29, under pressure from magistrates Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne, the girls blamed three women for afflicting them: Tituba, the Parris' Caribbean slave; Sarah Good, a homeless beggar; and Sarah Osborne, an elderly impoverished woman.



Witch Hunt

All three women were brought before the local magistrates and interrogated for several days, starting on March 1, 1692. Osborne claimed innocence, as did Good. But Tituba confessed, "The Devil came to me and bid me serve him." She described elaborate images of black dogs, red cats, yellow birds and a "black man" who wanted her to sign his book. She admitted that she signed the book and said there were several other witches looking to destroy the Puritans. All three women were put in jail.



With the seed of paranoia planted, a stream of accusations followed for the next few months. Charges against Martha Corey, a loyal member of the Church in Salem Village, greatly concerned the community; if she could be a witch, then anyone could. Magistrates even questioned Sarah Good's 4-year-old daughter, Dorothy, and her timid answers were construed as a confession. The questioning got more serious in April when Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth and his assistants attended the hearings. Dozens of people from Salem and other Massachusetts villages were brought in for questioning.



On May 27, 1692, Governor William Phipps ordered the establishment of a Special Court of Oyer (to hear) and Terminer (to decide) for Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex counties. The first case brought to the special court was Bridget Bishop, an older woman known for her gossipy habits and promiscuity. When asked if she committed witchcraft, Bishop responded, "I am as innocent as the child unborn." The defense must not have been convincing, because she was found guilty and, on June 10, became the first person hanged on what was later called Gallows Hill.





Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-salem.html#ixzz1YEM93YgY

05:40 Sep 17 2011
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PETA's History: Compassion in Action





Before PETA existed, there were two important things that you could do if you wanted to help animals. You could volunteer at a local animal shelter, or you could donate money to a humane society. While many of these organizations did useful work to bring comfort to animals who are used by humans, they didn't question why we kill animals for their flesh or their skins or why we use them for tests of new product ingredients or for our entertainment.



PETA's founders sought to give caring people something more that they could do and to provide them ways to actively change society. They wanted to promote a healthy vegan diet and show how easy it is to shop cruelty-free. They wanted to protest, loudly and publicly, against cruelty to animals in all its forms, and they wanted to expose what really went on behind the very thick, soundproof walls of animal laboratories.



Aided by thorough investigative work, consumer protests, and international media coverage, PETA brings together members of the scientific, corporate, and legislative communities to achieve large-scale, long-term changes that improve animals' quality of life and prevent their deaths.



PETA's first case—the precedent-setting 1981 Silver Spring monkeys case—resulted in the first arrest and criminal conviction of an animal experimenter in the U.S. on charges of cruelty to animals, the first confiscation of abused laboratory animals, and the first U.S. Supreme Court victory for animals in laboratories. And we haven't stopped fighting—and winning—in our efforts for animals since.







Historic Cases

Every year, with the help of generous supporters, PETA is able to secure victories for animals. And every victory is important and celebrated, from the smallest mouse spared a horrific death in a glue trap to the thousands of cows, pigs, chickens, and fish whose lives are saved every time someone goes vegetarian.



The following are just a few of PETA's major accomplishments for animals:

Undercover investigations of pig-breeding factory farms in North Carolina and Oklahoma revealed horrific conditions and daily abuse of pigs, including the fact that one pig was skinned alive, leading to the first-ever felony indictments of farm workers. See other victories for animals on factory farms.

PETA's undercover investigation of a Florida exotic-animal "training school," which revealed that big cats were being beaten with ax handles, encouraged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop new regulations governing animal-training methods. See other victories for animals who are used for entertainment.

PETA persuaded Mobil, Texaco, Pennzoil, Shell, and other oil companies to cover their exhaust stacks after showing how millions of birds and bats had become trapped in the shafts and been burned to death.

A California furrier was charged with cruelty to animals after a PETA investigator filmed him electrocuting chinchillas by clipping wires to the animals' genitals, which caused the animals to experience the pain of a heart attack while they were still conscious. In another undercover exposé, PETA caught a fur rancher on videotape causing minks to die in agony by injecting them with weedkiller. Both farms agreed to stop these cruel killing methods. See other victories for animals who are killed for their skins.

After two years of negotiations with—and more than 400 demonstrations against—the company worldwide, McDonald's became the first fast-food chain to agree to make basic welfare improvements for farmed animals. Burger King and Wendy's followed suit within a year's time, and within two years, Safeway, Kroger, and Albertsons had also agreed to adopt stricter guidelines in order to improve the lives of billions of animals who are slaughtered for food.

Thanks to PETA's lengthy campaign to push PETCO to take more responsibility for the animals in its stores, the company agreed to stop selling large birds and to make provisions for the millions of rats and mice in its care. See other victories for abused companion animals.



See more precedent-setting victories for animals.



Success Stories

PETA has made groundbreaking advances for animals who are abused by corporations, governments, and individuals throughout the world, and these successes have led to dramatic improvements in the lives of millions of individual animals.



Whether by working with universities and government institutions to implement non-animal test methods, sparking a boom of "cruelty-free" product marketing and a nosedive for the U.S. fur industry, or promoting the mass availability of meat alternatives at grocery stores and gourmet restaurants, PETA has been the driving force behind many of the largest successes for animals in the last 25 years. Read more about PETA's success stories.

05:06 Sep 17 2011
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ONE LOVE ✿ ONE HEART ❤ ONE VISION ॐ

‎"In the end these things matter most:

how well you have lived, how deeply you have loved,

& how fully you have learned to let go." - the Buddha

15:43 Sep 16 2011
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15:40 Sep 16 2011
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ONE LOVE ✿ ONE HEART ❤ ONE VISION ॐ

Beware of the helper who secretly needs you more than you need them. The one who will prop you up as an example of dysfunction, all in the hopes that no will peek behind their human shield to see someone who is equally inadequate, needy, and afraid. This person would rather see you trip, than to have you walk away on sturdy legs and leave them standing exposed as a fraud before the world. ~ Sandra Kring

20:50 Sep 15 2011
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Begin by doing one thing differently today. Coffee instead of Tea or vice versa... then do another thing differently... Make this day a difference.



"We cannot build the future by avenging the past."

— T.H. White



“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

― Marianne Williamson, A Return to

01:33 Sep 15 2011
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The Nightmare Before Christmas

“What will become of my dear friend?

Where will his actions lead us then?

Although I’d like to join the crowd

In their enthusiastic cloud.”

03:22 Sep 14 2011
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History of Wicca



Wicca is considered a pagan nature religion which was formed and recognized in 1954 by Gerald Gardner Ex-British civil servant, He started by calling it Witchcraft. Mr. Gardner had stated that the religion, he was practicing was a tool of survival of an ancient witchcraft religion that had been around in secret for years and years. Perhaps even starting before Christian paganism began in the Middle East; none of which can be proven by ones self.



There are many branched of Wicca, and most became well known after Gerald Gardner brought the subject to light. This is known to most of those who practice Wicca as the Gardnerian Wicca. Each different type of Wicca has different and new practices and beliefs; much like that of the Jewish, Christian and Catholic religions in the sense of how they differ.





In Britain, Wicca is usually referring to the old witchcraft of practices of Mr. Gardener and what is known as the British Traditional Wicca in The United States and in Canada. However, in the United States and Canada the word Wicca can be understood in very different ways than what the original Wicca in Britain was understood as.

02:46 Sep 14 2011
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Its time to for a movie night at home.

Its aslo time for it to rain here.

Its time for a lots if things.

Its time for the winter to come around.

Its time for a vac.

Tme for me is near.

I don't know how much longer i have.

I dont know how much longer i have to live on earth.

That said i get 2 to 3 years.

02:29 Sep 14 2011
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Waterfalls



Also see this interactive Google map of all waterfalls.



A unique aspect of the geologic history of the Columbia River Basin is the volcanism that raised the Cascade and Rocky mountains and shaped interior parts of the basin, confining the river in steep valleys and broad canyons later scoured by Ice-Age floods. It is a landscape prone to dramatic waterfalls.



In places, particularly in the Columbia River Gorge, many spectacular waterfalls plummet over steep, rocky ledges. Some run year-round, some run heavy during the spring runoff but are barely more than trickles at other times of the year, and some never flow constantly from top to bottom but turn to mist in mid-air, leaving green streaks of tenacious vegetation on the sheer canyon walls.



By region, here are some of the more spectacular waterfalls that fall into or near the Columbia River:



British Columbia:







Credit: Wikipedia



Takakkaw Falls, which plunges 1,250 feet (381 meters), is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the Rockies and the second-highest waterfall in Canada. The falls is in Yoho National Park, which is known for its extensive trail system and views of glaciers. Takakkaw means “magnificent” in Cree, and the falls is appropriately named. Access is through the Kicking Horse River Camp Ground, which is about 8.7 miles (14 kilometers) north of the Transcanada Highway where it passes through Field, which is east of Golden. From Takakkaw Falls four more waterfalls can be visited in a distance of 5.2 miles (8.3 kilometers) along the Yoho Valley Trail: Point Lace Falls, Angel's Staircase, Laughing Falls, and Twin Falls, which is 260 feet (79.2 meters) tall.







Credit: John MacDermid



Wapta Falls also is near Golden in Yoho National Park. West of Field along the Transcanada there is a signed turnoff for the falls. The trail, about two miles round trip, is an easy hike to the falls and back. Wapta is the largest waterfall in the park and the third largest in Canada, by volume, but it is not nearly as tall as Takakkaw. Nonetheless, it is a beautiful sight.





Eastern Washington:



Of all the waterfalls in the Columbia River Basin, the largest no longer exists. But its remnant does. Dry Falls once coursed over a rocky escarpment in eastern Washington carrying the entire flow of the Columbia when an ice dam choked the river at the present-day site of Grand Coulee Dam.







Credit: irmiller



Another Ice-Age relic, Palouse Falls, continues to flow. On the Palouse River six miles north of its confluence with the Snake River, Palouse Falls is about 200 feet (61 meters) tall and a spectacular site in the desert-like country in this part of eastern Washington. A state park and campground are located on the plateau above the falls. The falls plummet into a semi-circular canyon of basalt; 100-foot-thick lava flows can been seen on the canyon walls. The park is 23 miles southeast of the town of Washtucna.





Columbia River Gorge, Oregon side, Mount Hood National Forest:



In the Columbia River Gorge the ancient floods left the southern or Oregon, side of the river valley steep and rocky and the northern or Washington side more hilly and moderately sloped. As a result, the southern side is virtually littered with waterfalls. Here are some of the more spectacular and easily accessible:







Credit: Matt McGee



Multnomah Falls, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Portland, is a twin falls totaling 611 feet (186 meters). The main falls is 542 feet (165 meters), and the lower falls is 69 feet (21 meters). There is an historic lodge, which includes a restaurant and gift shop. Trails lead to near the base of the falls, which can be viewed from several locations including a lovely old arched concrete bridge. Access is from either Interstate 84 or the Columbia River Highway.







Credit: Jon Williams



Latourell Falls, 249 feet (76 meters), is in Guy W. Talbot State Park along the Columbia River Highway, 3.4 miles (5.4 kilometers) west of Exit 28 of Interstate 84.



Upper Latourell Falls, 75-100 feet (23-30 meters), is a little less than a mile along the trail from Latourell Falls. This one is interesting because, like upper Horsetail Falls farther east in the Gorge, the trail leads behind the falls.







Credit: Richard Krause



Bridal Veil Falls, 60-100 feet (18-30 meters) in the upper falls and 40-60 feet (12-18 meters) in the lower falls, is about a mile west of Exit 28 from Interstate 84 along the Columbia River Highway. There is a short trail to the base of the lower falls.







Credit: Scott Aldous



Shepperds Dell Falls, 35-50 feet (10-15 meters) in the upper falls and 40-60 feet (12-18 meters) in the lower falls, is in Shepperds Dell State Park two miles on the Columbia River Highway from Exit 28 of Interstate 84.







Credit: Wikipedia



Wahkeena Falls, 242 feet (74 meters), is at the Wahkeena picnic area about a half-mile west of Multnomah Falls. About a mile up Wahkeena Trail No. 420 from the picnic area is Fairy Falls, 20-30 feet.







Credit: Mike Cramer



Triple Falls, 100-135 feet (30-41 meters), is on Oneonta Creek about 2 miles up the Oneonta Trail No. 424. The trailhead is about a mile east of Multnomah Falls.







Credit: Jennifer Winn



Horsetail Falls, 176 feet (54 meters) is 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) east of Multnomah Falls along the Columbia River Highway. The falls is practically at the roadside, and a turnout offers a good view. There also is a trailhead that links with the Oneonta Trail for a round trip of about four miles. The trail climbs steeply at first but then levels and affords sweeping views of the Columbia and the Gorge.







Credit: Zack Palmer



Wahclella Falls, 15-25 feet (4.5-8 meters) upper and 50-70 feet (15-21 meters) lower, is on Tanner Creek, which is accessible by a trail from Exit 40 from Interstate 84 (the Bonneville Dam exit). The trail head is clearly marked, and from the parking area is it a half-mile hike to falls.







Credit: Darren



Metlako Falls, 100-150 feet, is on Eagle Creek. The Eagle Creek Trail No. 440 is accessible from Exit 41 from Interstate 84. A viewpoint for the falls is 1.5 miles up the trail.







Credit: Russ Garcia



Punch Bowl Falls, 10-15 feet (3-4.5 meters), also is on Eagle Creek, and is another half mile past the Metlako Falls viewpoint. Here the creek narrows and then shoots into a natural basin, as if the water being poured into a punch bowl.





Columbia River Gorge, Washington side, Gifford Pinchot National Forest:







Credit: Sean Gentry



Hardy Falls, 80-120 feet (24-36.5 meters), located on the Hamilton Mountain Trail, which begins at the upper (north of the highway) picnic area at Beacon Rock State Park. The park is on Washington Highway 14 about 35 miles (56.3 kilometers) west of Vancouver. Or, from Interstate 84 on the Oregon side, take Exit 44 at Cascade Locks, cross the Bridge of the Gods, and then go west seven miles (11 kilometers) to the park. Take the trail 1.25 miles (2 kilometers) to an intersection of two spur trails. The upper trail leads to a viewpoint.







Credit: Dan LaMee



Fall Creek Falls, 275 feet (84 meters) in three tiers, located west of Big Lava Bed 16 miles (26 kilometers) north of Carson, off Forest Road 3032, which is marked with directions to the trailhead. Follow signs to the lower trailhead. The falls can be viewed from several locations after a hike of about 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers).







Credit: Clackamas

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Willamette Falls is on the Willamette River at Oregon City, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of downtown Portland, Willamette Falls is the biggest waterfall in the Northwest in terms of width and volume. The entire Willamette River drops about 42 feet (13 meters) here, depending on the time of the year and the volume of the river. Willamette Falls is the site of a historic Indian salmon fishery. Pioneers built a canal and locks so steamboats could pass, and the falls also is the site of one of the first hydroelectric dams in the Northwest, completed in 1895. The first long distance transmission of electricity in the US took place here running to Portland in 1889. The falls can be viewed from several locations at Oregon City, including the Museum of the Oregon Territory.

01:26 Sep 12 2011
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01:39 Sep 11 2011
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Sabbath Message: You asked for STRENGTH, and God gave you DIFFICULTIES to make you STRONG.

You asked for WISDOM, and God gave you PROBLEMS to SOLVE.

You asked for PROSPERITY, and God gave you BRAINS to WORK.

You asked for COURAGE, and God gave you DANGER to OVERCOME.

.........You asked for LOVE, and God gave you TROUBLED people to HELP.

You asked for FAVORS, and God gave you OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU GOT NOTHING YOU WANTED...but RECEIVED EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED

00:28 Sep 11 2011
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My life my Story what to Know



I sometimes hate my life.



Sometimes i like it.



I like cats. I like the out doors



there will be more later.

00:26 Sep 11 2011
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♥❤♥ Ascension ♥ Networking ♥❤♥

It is your emotional charge that is the power to utilise when executing miracles. This power cant be fully accessed until you have transcended duality & stabilised yourself within your heart. It is stability & your determination to be LOVE however externally challenged, plus your ability to maintain complete dominion over your emotional states which qualifies Crystalline consciousness. On fully actualising Christ consciousness you will be able to easily &readily perform miracles.

♥ MM ♥

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00:26 Sep 11 2011
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♥❤♥ Ascension ♥ Networking ♥❤♥

It is your emotional charge that is the power to utilise when executing miracles. This power cant be fully accessed until you have transcended duality & stabilised yourself within your heart. It is stability & your determination to be LOVE however externally challenged, plus your ability to maintain complete dominion over your emotional states which qualifies Crystalline consciousness. On fully actualising Christ consciousness you will be able to easily &readily perform miracles.

♥ MM ♥

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00:24 Sep 11 2011
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If you're on the path you're meant to be on, everything falls into place; the Universe is telling you that. If you are not on the right path, you will experience roadblocks all along the way, and this is also the Universe telling you to stop, look, and ask if this is where you are supposed to be." ~ James Van Praagh

22:59 Sep 10 2011
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Alliance

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22:54 Sep 10 2011
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Making The First Vampire

Only a vampire can create another vampire, so logic tells us that the history of vampires begins with a single vampire who created the others. Much like the chicken-and-the-egg argument, we had little insight into how the first vampire came about until recently. Logically, if there was no vampire to make the first vampire, how was the first vampire made?

The answer lies in the Scriptures of Delphi, specifically in the collection of writings known as "The Vampire Bible".



The first vampire started out as not a vampire at all, but as a human man named Ambrogio. He was an Italian-born adventurer who fate brought to Delphi, in Greece. You can read the full story here, but in a nutshell a series of blessings and curses transformed this young man into history's first vampire.



Specifically, it began with the sun god Apollo (Greek mythology), who in a fit of rage cursed Ambrogio so that his skin would burn should it ever touch sunlight again. Ambrogio's bad luck followed when he ended up gambling away his soul to Hades (Greek mythology), the god of the underworld. The next curse came via Apollo's sister Artemis (Greek mythology), the goddess of the moon and hunting, who made it so that Ambrogio's skin would burn if he touched silver.



The blessings came soon after when Artemis, taking pity on the poor young man, gave him the gift of immortality. He would carry his curses - his skin burning by sunlight or silver, but he would live forever in his current form. Not only that, but Artemis also gave him the speed and strength to become a hunter whose skills were second only to her own.



Blood-sucking (which, by the way, is called "hematophagy" in case you were curious) is also included in this "blessing". In the vampire origin story, Ambrogio hunts swans and uses their blood as ink to write love poems to his lady Selene. While this may be considered a little creepy by our standards, it wasn't all that unusual in ancient Greece to make do with what you hunted.

22:46 Sep 10 2011
Times Read: 572




The History of Vampires :



Vampires exist…



Vampires exist, and they walk among us. At night, at least — the sun is deadly to them. And yes, they survive by drinking the blood of humans.





But that's as far as the old myths go toward telling the truth.



Crosses, garlic, running water? They have no effect.



Vampires as they really exist are creatures of contradictions. Immortal, but still clinging to that which makes them human. Powerful, but always careful to keep their existence hidden from human society.



This is their story.



Vampires are the product of Caine, the first vampire. He created a number of vampires, who in turn created, or "embraced," their own vampires, and so on. Each "generation" further removed from Caine's blood is less powerful.



But vampires who have been active for a very long time also tend to become more powerful, gaining experience, knowledge, political influence — and a strong sense of paranoia.



The clan into which one is embraced affects the powers a vampire can use, and might affect the vampire's mental outlook or physical appearance. These vampires of similar characteristics are the "Kindred."



Times have changed for the Kindred. In the Middle Ages they were able to move more freely among the human populace, sometimes even acting as rulers. But with the Inquisition, all that changed.



It was necessary to adopt the Masquerade — a law of utter silence about the existence of vampires. Killing is the very least the Kindred have done to preserve the secret.



Today, vampire society is more structured. Most Kindred belong to the Camarilla, which upholds the Masquerade and maintains a social hierarchy. Others, however, belong to the Sabbat, who have rejected their human nature and see human beings as mere cattle. Only self-preservation keeps them from shattering the Masquerade.



There are thirteen different clans that exist in modern times. Other clans have passed into history. One of these is the clan of the Cappadocians. Branching off from a medieval order of monks, these vampires made death their chief subject of study.

22:41 Sep 10 2011
Times Read: 573

Where did the Christmas holiday come from?

How did it begin, and why? Does it really honor Jesus Christ and celebrate His birth, or is there more to the story that most people don't know?



Did you realize that historians (and the Bible) agree that Jesus Christ wasn't born anywhere near Dec. 25? Or that this particular date was well known for its pagan religious celebrations long before Jesus Christ was born?



What does a jolly old man in a fur-trimmed red suit (who supposedly lives at the North Pole and is assisted by elves!) have to do with the birth of the Son of God? And what about reindeer and a flying sleigh?



How much do you know about the origin of the Christmas tree? How did holly come to be connected with the holiday, and why is mistletoe supposedly good for kissing?



Few people know why they believe or do the things they do—especially when it comes to their religious beliefs and practices. If you want to discover the real facts about the strange history of this popular holiday, request your FREE copy of Holidays or Holy Days: Does It Matter Which Days We Observe? This eye-opening booklet is waiting for you!



In this FREE booklet you can discover the shocking truths about several of the world's most popular holidays. Perhaps even more surprising is how they came to be connected with Jesus Christ and the Christian religion.

22:27 Sep 10 2011
Times Read: 574

The September 11 Digital Archive uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of September 11, 2001 and its aftermath. The Archive contains more than 150,000 digital items, a tally that includes more than 40,000 emails and other electronic communications, more than 40,000 first-hand stories, and more than 15,000 digital images. In September 2003, the Library of Congress accepted the Archive into its collections, an event that both ensured the Archive's long-term preservation and marked the library's first major digital acquisition.

17:24 Sep 10 2011
Times Read: 578

ONE LOVE ✿ ONE HEART ❤ ONE VISION ॐ

If nature has made you a giver, your hands are born open,

and so is your heart. And though there may be times when

your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you

can give things out of that....Frances Hodgson Burnett.

17:19 Sep 10 2011
Times Read: 580

ForAmerica

As the ten year anniversary of the September 11th attacks on our nation approaches, please share your thoughts on what that day and the last 10 years have meant to you.

15:50 Sep 10 2011
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EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A female tiger has killed her mate at a West Texas zoo, authorities said on Friday, in a rare attack that came after months of simmering jealousy in a feline love triangle.



Three-year-old Malayan tiger Seri killed 6-year-old Wzui at about 4 p.m. on Thursday in an enclosure at El Paso Zoo, zoo spokeswoman Karla Martinez said on Friday,



As soon as the incident was reported, zookeepers closed the tiger exhibit and veterinary staff were called. They examined Wzui, and found he was dead.



"Tragic incidents such as this are not unheard of but we don't consider this common," zoo Director Steve Marshall said. Marshall described the deceased tiger as very down to earth and loving and said it would "be greatly missed."



Malayan tigers are a critically endangered species, with just 500 or so of the animals remaining in the wilds of Thailand and Malaysia, according to the World Wide Fund For Nature.



Both Seri and Wzui were on loan from other zoos as part of the American Zoo Association's Species Survival Plan to aid in their conservation through captive breeding.



Marshall said keepers had not observed any signs of aggression leading up to the attack, and that the two cats had been seen playing affectionately at the exhibit earlier in the day.



However, in June, zoo authorities reported what they called a "tiger love triangle" between Seri, Wzui and a 15-year-old female called Meli, who was transferred to El Paso from a zoo in Fresno, California, in 2001.



"The male tiger Wzui likes both females, but the two females don't like each other," the zoo said in a press release dated June 14. "The girls are jealous of each other," collections Supervisor Griselda Martinez said.



Staff expect that another tiger will be transferred to the El Paso Zoo to replace Wzui for breeding purposes.



(Editing by Tim Gaynor and Cynthia Johnston)

01:28 Sep 10 2011
Times Read: 585

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

Despite being cited for violations like feeding tigers moldy and inedible food, confining tigers for months on end in transport cages, denying them exercise or space to move around, and failing to provide veterinary care, Hawthorn Corporation has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FSW) to force tigers to endure even more suffering by carting them around the world. Please ask the FWS to deny Hawthorn's application!

01:27 Sep 10 2011
Times Read: 586

A PATH to THE 'HEART'

❤ ((｡◕‿◕｡))❤ Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures ƪ(ˆ◡ˆ)ʃA touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around ♥

♥♥♥♥♥♥joyce

01:24 Sep 10 2011
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ONE LOVE ✿ ONE HEART ❤ ONE VISION ॐ

‎"When receiving the teachings, it is important to have the correct attitude. It is not practicing the Dharma properly to listen with the intention of gaining material advantage or reputation. Neither should our goal be higher rebirth in the next life, nor should we be wishing only for our own liberation from samsara. These are all attitudes we should reject. Instead, let us listen to the teachings with the determined wish to attain the state of omniscience for the sake of all beings."-- His Holiness the Dalai Lama from "The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom"



~Kristin~

01:22 Sep 10 2011
Times Read: 589

Human Lightsource



At the same time more and more clairvoyant children are born [see the book “China’s Indigo Children” by Paul Dong or the chapter about Indigos in my book “Nutze die taeglichen Wunder”(Make Use of the Daily Wonders)]. Something in those children is striving more and more towards the group consciousness of the new kind, and it will no longer be suppressed. As a rule, weather for example is rather difficult to influence by a single individual. But it may be influenced by a group consciousness (nothing new to some tribes doing it in their rain dances). Weather is strongly influenced by Earth resonance frequencies, the so-called Schumann frequencies. But those same frequencies are also produced in our brains, and when many people synchronize their thinking or individuals (spiritual masters, for instance) focus their thoughts in a laser-like fashion, then it is scientifically speaking not at all surprising if they can thus influence weather.

01:50 Sep 09 2011
Times Read: 593

Witches have long been feared and hated in Christian circles. Even today, pagans and Wiccans remain a target of Christian persecution — especially in America. It seems that they long ago took on an identity which reached far beyond their own existence and became a symbol for Christians — but a symbol of what? Maybe an examination of the events will give us some clues.



As the Inquisition proceeded merrily along through the 1400s, its focus shifted from Jews and heretics and moved towards so-called witches. Although Pope Gregory IX had authorized the killing of witches back in the 1200s, the fad just didn’t catch on for while. In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII issued a bull declaring that witches did indeed exist, and thus it became a heresy to believe otherwise. This was quite a reversal, because in 906 the Canon Episocopi, a church law, declared that belief in the existence and operation of witchcraft was heresy.



As a result of this, church authorities tortured and killed thousands of women, and not a few men, in an effort to get them to confess that they flew through the sky, had sexual relations with demons, turned into animals, and engaged in various sorts of black magic.



The creation of the concept of devil-worship, followed by its persecution, allowed the church to more easily subordinate people to authoritarian control and openly denigrate women. Most of what was passed off as witchcraft were simply fictional creations of the church, but some of it was genuine or almost-genuine practices of pagans and wiccans.



In fact, the word “witch” from the Old English word “wicca,” which was applied to male and female members of an ancient pagan tradition which reveres masculine, feminine and earthly aspects of God. Wiccan tradition involved both heaven and earth, both the next world and this world. It also involved a tradition which was not quite as hierarchical and authoritarian, and this represented a direct challenge to the Christian church.



The additional persecution of anything which resembled feminine religiosity went to interesting lengths in that devotion to Mary became suspect. Today the figure of Mary is both popular and important in the Catholic church, but to the Inquisition it was a possible sign of overemphasizing the feminine aspect of Christianity. In the Canary Islands, Aldonca de Vargas was reported to the Inquisition for nothing more than smiling at hearing mention of Mary.



The subservience of women to men was a common theme in early Christian writings — an outgrowth of both traditional patriarchal attitudes and the extreme hierarchical nature of the church itself. Groups which did not hold to hierarchy in any form were attacked immediately. There is no shared authority between the genders in traditional Christianity, either in the church or in the home. Homosexuality would be particularly threatening to this ideology, as it raises the potential of redefining gender roles, especially in the home.



Witness how the recent attacks upon homosexuality in society has progressed hand-in-hand with the mindless promotion of vague “traditional family values,” particularly those which “put women in their place” and reinforce male dominance in the home. With a married couple of two women or two men, who exactly is supposed to be in charge and who meekly obedient? Never mind that the Christians who fear such relationships will never be asked to make those decisions themselves — the mere fact that people are making such decisions on their own rather than obeying someone else’s religious proclamations is quite enough to give them fits of apoplexy.

01:37 Sep 09 2011
Times Read: 598

Full moons make you crazy.

Since ancient times, full moons have been associated with odd or insane behavior, including sleepwalking, suicide, illegal activity, fits of violence and, of course, transforming into werewolves. Indeed, the words “lunacy” and “lunatic” come from the Roman goddess of the moon, Luna, who was said to ride her silver chariot across the dark sky each night. For thousands of years, doctors and mental health professionals believed in a strong connection between mania and the moon. Hippocrates, considered the father of modern medicine, wrote in the fifth century B.C. that “one who is seized with terror, fright and madness during the night is being visited by the goddess of the moon.” In 18th-century England, people on trial for murder could campaign for a lighter sentence on grounds of lunacy if the crime occurred under a full moon; meanwhile, psychiatric patients at London’s Bethlehem Hospital were shackled and flogged as a preventive measure during certain lunar phases. Even today, despite studies discrediting the hypothesis, some people think full moons make everyone a little loony.



Aliens inhabit the moon.

In the 1820s, the Bavarian astronomer Franz von Paula Gruithuisen claimed to have glimpsed entire cities on the moon with his telescope. He wrote that the “lunarians” who lived there had built sophisticated buildings, roads and forts. Most of his colleagues scoffed at his assertion, but he eventually got a small lunar crater named after him. Sir William Herschel, a prominent British astronomer and composer, also thought aliens lived on the moon and made regular observations about the progress of their construction projects. In 1835, when the New York Sun published a series of fraudulent articles about the supposed existence of life on the moon (pulling off the so-called “Great Moon Hoax”), it falsely credited Herschel’s son John, a famous astronomer in his own right, with the shocking discovery.



The moon controls fertility.

Perhaps because the menstrual and lunar cycles are similar in length, many early civilizations believed that the moon determined when women could become pregnant. This could explain why female moon deities—from the Chinese goddess Chang’e to Mama Quilla of the Incas—figure so prominently in mythologies from around the world. In the 1950s, the Czech doctor Eugene Jonas stumbled across an ancient Assyrian astrological text stating that women are fertile during certain phases of the moon. He based an entire family planning method on this hypothesis, telling his patients they ovulated when the moon was in the same position as when they were born. According to another theory that persists to this day, full moons cause an uptick in births, flooding maternity wards with mothers-to-be in labor. Recent studies have turned up little statistical evidence for moon-induced baby booms, however, and most experts think any lunar effect on procreation is imagined.









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The moon is a hollow spacecraft.

Several science fiction books of the early 20th century, including H.G. Wells’ “The First Men in the Moon,” take place within a hollow moon inhabited by aliens. In 1970 two Soviet scientists took this seemingly whimsical premise a step further, proposing that the moon is actually a shell-like alien spacecraft built by extraterrestrials with superior technology and intelligence. According to astronomers, the moon—though admittedly enigmatic as far as celestial bodies go—couldn’t maintain its mass and gravitational field if it lacked a dense core.



We never really went to the moon.

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, some people believe that the Apollo moon landings were faked by NASA, which used doctored photos, staged videos and other ploys to dupe the public. Proponents of these hoax claims argue that technology was not advanced enough for astronauts to reach the moon and return home safely; they also point to ostensible signs of studio trickery, including the fact that the American flag planted by the Apollo 11 crew in the lunar surface appeared to flutter in the vacuum of space. In 2002, retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who became the second person to walk on the moon in 1969, grew so exasperated with one conspiracy theorist’s accusations that he punched him in the face. The septuagenarian space pioneer was not prosecuted.



The Nazis had a base on the moon.

After World War II, rumors circulated that German astronauts had traveled to the moon and established a top-secret facility there. Some even speculated that Adolf Hitler faked his own death, fled the planet and lived out the rest of his days in an underground lunar hideout. Connections were also drawn between flying saucer sightings—including the famous incident near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947—with the Nazis’ alleged UFO development program. These theories form the basis of the science fiction novel “Rocket Ship Galileo,” published by Robert A. Heinlein in 1947.



A rabbit dwells on the moon.

Intriguingly, legends from various traditions around the world, including Buddhism and Native American folklore, recount the tale of a rabbit that lives on the moon. This shared myth may reflect common interpretations of markings on the lunar surface—an alternate take on the fabled “man in the moon.” Shortly before Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969, mission control in Houston jokingly referred to the Chinese version of the story, telling the spaceship’s crew, “Among the large headlines concerning Apollo this morning, there’s one asking that you watch for a lovely girl with a big rabbit.” Command module pilot Michael Collins replied, “Okay. We’ll keep a close eye out for the bunny girl.”

(4) Long ago
20:56 Sep 08 2011
Times Read: 604

Long ago, darkness reigned over the night. poeple were afraidand remained inside their shelters from sundown until sunrise. the goddess Selene saw their fear and gave light to their nou=cturnal world by driving her moon chariot across the starry sky. She followed her brother Helios, who rode the sun and caught his shining rays on her manificent silver chariot, then cast them down to earth as moonbeams. She felt pride in the way the earthlings were comforted by her light. But on night whenshe had abandoned her chariot to walk upon the earth, she notticeed that in times of trouble many poeple lost all hope. Their despair bewildered her. After considering their plight, she knew howshw could make her moon the greatest gift from the gods. From then on she drove around the earth and each night caught her bother's rays from a different angle. This way the face of the moon was ever changing. People watched the moon decrease in light every night, until it could no longer be seen from the earth. Than after three nights of darkness, a crescent sliver return and the moon increased in light untill it was fully illuminated as before. Selene did this to remind poeple that their darkest times can lead them to their brightes. The ancients understood Selene's gift in the lunar phasa. Each night when they gazed at the moon, they knew Selena was telling them to never give up hope.



Daughters of the moon



By Lynne ewing

(3) Goddess
20:33 Sep 08 2011
Times Read: 605

Diana was the goddess of the hunt and of all newbord creatures. woman prayed to her for

happiness in marriage and childbirth, but her

strength was so great that even the warlike Amazons worshipped her. No man was worthy of her love, until powerful Orion won her affection. She was about to merry him, but her twin brother, Apollo, was angered that she had fallen in love. One day, Apollo saw orion in the sea with only head above the water. Apollo tricked Diana by challenging her to hit the mark

bobbing in the distant sea. Dianashot her arrow with deadly aim.

Later, the waves rolled dead orion to shore.

Lamenting her fatal blunder, Diana place Orion in the sky. Every night, she would life her torch in the dark to see her beloved. Her light gave comfirt to all, and siin she became known as goddess of the moon. It was whispered that if a girl-chld was born Diana, she would be know for her fierce protection of the innocent.



Daughters of the moon



By Lynne ewing

(2). In Antiquity
03:36 Sep 08 2011
Times Read: 608

In antiquity, Hekate was loved and revered as the goddess of th dark moon. Peopl looked to her as a guardianst unseen dangers and spiritual foes. All was well unyil Persephone, the goddess of spring, was kidnapped by Hades and ordered to live in the underworld for three moths each year. Persephone was afraid to make the journey down to the landof the dead alone, so year after year Hekate lovingly guided

her through the dark passageway and back.

Over time Hekate become know as Persephone was also the queen of the lower world, who ruled over the dead with her husband, hades, Hekate's role as a guardian goddess soon

became twisted and distorted until few l she was

now as the evil witch goddess who stalked the night, looking for innocent people to bewitch and carry off to the underworld.

Today few know the great goddess Hekate. Those who do are blessed with her compassion for a soul lost in a realm of evil. Some are given a key



Daughters of the moon



By Lynne ewing

(1).Ancient times
03:16 Sep 08 2011
Times Read: 613

In ancient times,it was said that th goddess Selene drove the moon across tha sky. each night she followed her brother Helios, the sun, to catch his fiery rays and reflect the light back to earth. O ne night on her journey she looed downand saw Endymion sleeping in the hills. She fell and love with the beautiful shepherd.

Night after night she looked down on his

gentle beauty and loved him more, until finally one evening she left the moon between the sun and the earth and went down to the grassy fields to lie beside him.

For three nights she stayed with him, and the moon, unable to catch the sun's rays, remained dark. Poeple feared the dark moon. They said it broutght deathand freed evil forces to roam the black night? Zeus, king of gods, was angered by the darkness and punished to the moon and drove it across the night sky,but her love was too strong. She hid Endymion in a cave; and now , three night each lunar month, she leaves the moon to visit her sleepinglover and cover him with silver kisses.

In his sleep, Endymion dreams ge holds the moon. He has given Selene mandy daughters to guard the night. They are powerful and beatiful like their mother, and mortal lie their father.



Dauhters of the moon



By Lynne ewing

Little red Riding Tales
16:43 Sep 06 2011
Times Read: 621

Red went to her grandma's house n a full moons night.

With her basket of medication to tend to her wolf bit.

Upon her arrival she finds grandma with big eyes and big teeth.

Underthe covers in grandma's bed a wolf lies beneath.

In her basket red reaches for axe ready to take aim.

T'was then she realized grandma and the wolf were the Same.