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“It’s almost as if we each have a vampire inside us. Controlling that beast, that dark side,
is what fascinates me.” – Sheryl Lee
Normally we at Snippetz don’t get the in-side scoop on big news stories, but this is a major exception. The not-so-mythical
beast, the chupacabra, has been spotted in sev-eral locations throughout the Tri-Lakes area. The local government has worked hard to keep the public in the dark, but we can be very persua-sive and managed to get a top El Paso County offi cial (who prefers to remain anonymous) to confi rm the reported sightings. In an effort to ad-equately inform our readers, we decided to give you a complete picture of this creature so you know what you may be up against should you happen to encounter one!
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WHAT ISA CHUPACABRA?
The name chupacabra literally trans-lates to “goat sucker” in Spanish. A rather silly name, however, it is ex-tremely concise given that the fi rst reports of chupacabra attacks were on goats.
The earliest known reports of attacks were in Puerto Rico in 1995. The fi rst eyewitness, Madelyne Tolentino, claimed to have seen the creature in the Puerto Rican town of Canóvanas where as many as 150 animals were attacked and killed, suggesting the presence of more than one chupacabra in the area. Since then, attacks have been reported in the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, the United States, Brazil, Russia, The Philippines and Mexico.
It is said that the creature favors goats, which were the initial victims, but ac-quired a taste for other animals such as cats, rabbits, dogs and chickens. Vic-tims are said to be completely drained of blood, reminiscent of a vampire. The difference is that the chupacabra is real.
All victims of the chupacabra are re-ported to have at least two puncture wounds to their neck or throat region. The holes are about as large as a man’s
fi nger, suggesting the teeth or fangs on these creatures are extremely large.
SOME THEORIESSeveral theories about the origin of the chupacabra have cropped up since its fi rst appearances. Some believe the creatures are simply coyotes or dogs infl icted with mange. Such claims rely on the works of an American biologist who claimed in 2010 that the parasite Sarcoptes scabiei was behind the un-usual appearance of these common an-imals. The parasite causes extreme loss of fur, thickened skin and severe offen-sive odor. However, his theory doesn’t address the long spines on the back of the creature, or the fact that they drain the blood of their victims rather than killing and eating it like an average coyote would.
Others claim the creature doesn’t ex-ist at all and is the product of an over-active imagination, spurred on by a science-fi ction movie that was released about the same time as the initial sight-ings. But the theories can’t explain the mass animal killings through a method that no other animal uses to feed. And eyewitness accounts, while unreliable as they sometimes prove to be, can’t be denied when they are corroborated by
other eyewitness accounts from across the globe.
In fact, on the popular reality television show “Duck Dynasty,” which follows the activities of the Robertson fam-ily, Si Robertson admitted that he has seen the chupacabra. It’s hard to deny the existence of such a creature when a person of his social status will openly admit to seeing it.
Still another theory claims that these creatures are actually the offspring of some rhesus monkeys held in Puerto Rico about the time of the fi rst chupa-cabra sightings. These monkeys were being used in blood experiments and reportedly a large group managed to escape. It isn’t known what happened to them or what particular type of ex-periments these monkeys underwent.
The bottom line is that no one knows for sure how the chupacabra came to be but the evidence indicates that this creature is very real and very danger-ous. And the residents of Monument better beware.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHUPACABRA
In order to arm yourself with knowledge about this creature, it is important to know how to identify it. Just looking on-line will not help you reach a conclusion about the nature of this being; confl ict-ing stories occur everywhere. Snippetz used the eyewitness accounts relayed to us by our inside source and this is what we have been able to determine:
The chupacabra stands between • four and fi ve feet tall.
The chupacabra has strong hind • legs, similar to a kangaroo’s, that allow for swift and powerful jumping and run-ning.
The head of the chupacabra is • described as oval-shaped.
The chupacabra’s back has long • spines protruding from it as far up as the head and as low down as the base of its tail.
The skin of the chupacabra is • not as easily described, simply because this creature is nocturnal and roams only at night. Our reports indicate it has either scaly or leathery skin similar to a toad’s skin.
Footprints left behind indicate • the chupacabra has much longer claws or talons than any other animal known to inhabit this area. The footprints also appear to be less and less pronounced as you follow the trail, almost as if the creature gets a running start, then takes to the sky. Perhaps this creature has wings that it is able to conceal…?
When alarmed, the chupacabra • emits a sulfuric scent as reported by one local eyewitness who stumbled upon it in his backyard. This trait was corrobo-rated in other accounts from around the
world.This same individual reported •
feeling immediately nauseous when he made eye contact with the creature and said that the chupacabra’s eyes turned a glowing red at the same time.
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF A CHUPACABRA
SIGHTING OR ATTACKOur source with the county said an attack by the chupacabra would be completely impossible to predict and therefore sug-gested residents of the Monument area take extra precautions. Don’t leave ani-mals outside at night if possible. Lock up any livestock in a well-reinforced pen/stable/hutch to deter an attack. Try to avoid going out at night unless you have a fl ashlight with you. The chupac-abra is said to be afraid of bright lights, whether the light hurts the eyes and fl esh of the creature or simply because it doesn’t like it. Either way, they are said to avoid such lights at all costs.
Should you fi nd yourself face-to-face with a chupacabra in the midst of a meal, our county offi cial said the best course of action would be to leave it alone and let it fi nish. There’s really no way to avoid death once the creature has locked its jaws on its dinner.
The county indicated they would very much welcome any further proof of the chupacabra’s residence in the area. Send pictures or video to Snippetz, if possible. Please do not put yourself or anyone else in danger in an attempt to get any pictures or videos.
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In fact I would love to be considered a pansy! Both sweet and innocent looking, but will stand up to even the harshest of situations. That’s quite the complement I think, and also why I love to grow Pansies.
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have had heartburn for many years. I take Prilosec for it, and it works fi ne for me.
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Will you elaborate on Barrett’s esophagus and what I have to look forward to? Neither of my doctors has suggested a change in medicines. Do you? -- T.M.
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ished me for chewing ice. She said that it indicates an iron defi ciency.
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ANSWER: The nurse was talking about pica. It’s a craving for mate-rials not considered foods, like ice, clay, starch and dirt, to mention a few. Sometimes it is an indication of iron defi ciency, but far from always.In someone like you, who has lab tests done twice a year, you’re not anemic and don’t have pica.
You do, however, have a habit that will ruin your teeth if you don’t stop. Chewing on ice can cause mi-croscopic fractures in tooth enamel, which can become larger fractures.
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REASON #6: TO GROWPart 6 of 7
By Dr. Ron Ross
The Irish have a proverb that goes like this, “You’ve got to do your own growing, no
matter how tall your Grandfather was.” That we might do our own growing it is necessary for us to open several doors of our lives to an unusual variety of people.
The fi rst person (besides our moth-er) that we allow to look at us and touch us in places on our bodies usually kept private is our family doctor. Every orifi ce is open to his or her inspection, and several per-sonal bodily functions are at times discussed. It goes on for a lifetime, is often invasive, and almost always embarrassing, but it helps us grow.
The next people we allow into our lives to help us grow are teachers. They enter our lives at a very early age. My fi rst recollection of a teach-er was Mrs. Purcell, the Sunday School Superintendent at the Chris-tian Church in Julesburg, Colorado. My mother tells me that I was such a naughty boy that Mrs. Purcell kept me out of any class and took me with her on her Superintending rounds. I guess I wasn’t about to let those teachers run my life. I didn’t change much as the years went on and fought almost every intrusion of a teacher into my busy life and schedule, that is, until I went to college and later graduate school. Once there I wished I would have let them teach me something be-cause I found out I wasn’t as smart as I thought I was.
As we grow, and if we like athlet-ics, we will allow coaches to place all sorts of restrictions on us. We let them set our schedules, design our menus, manage our relationships, and even control our bedtimes, all for the sake of becoming better ath-letes. Many adults move from high school and college coaches to per-sonal trainers to help them manage their menus, establish their exercise regimen, and monitor their physical health.
Most people allow some kind of
spiritual advisor to enter their lives to help them fi nd forgiveness, grow close to God, or become a better person. The advisors (pastors, Bible teachers, etc.) are allowed to inquire about how they think, what they do, where they go, how they talk, etc. with the intention of guiding their disciples into a more virtuous and purpose fi lled life.
Counselors, psychologists, and psychoanalysts are professionals who help people grow away from destructive behavior patterns, caus-tic relationships, or serious mental problems. They are allowed inti-mate access into hearts and minds so individuals can sort out traumat-ic events of the past, understand the pain they feel, come to grips with confl icting emotions, and face real-ity so they can grow and thrive.
Another group of people some folks allow into their lives are personal success coaches or members of an accountability group. Why? To help them succeed in their marriage, business, or other aspect of their life.
Financial advisors are yet another group of people we allow almost unlimited access into a very per-sonal part of our lives. We’ll tell them how much money we have (or don’t have), how much we earn, how much we save, how much we spend, and what our fi nancial goals are so we can grow fi nancially.
It’s quite a list, isn’t it? You and I open our lives to many differ-ent people because we want to be in good physical shape, guilt free, wealthy, better educated, wiser, or mentally healthier! We often pay these people large sums of money to tell us what to do, when to do it, how to do it, and why we need to do it. In most cases we do it willingly and with great hope that by letting others into the secret places of our lives we will get the help we need “to do our own growing.”
Next week is the last in this series and you’ll not want to miss it. The seventh reason We MIGHT open the doors of our lives to others is TO LOVE!
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SPACEFOOLERY
By Nick Yanez
This week you’ll be subject to pranks by family members and friends. It’s more like one day
actually; that special day in April where we try to fool the masses. There are some classic pranks you can pull – the whoopee cushion, blood in the shower (red food coloring), and messing with people’s food. There’s the option to simply tell a lie.
You could also go supernatural with it. Of course this option is hard to sell. For example, telling friends you saw a UFO would be great, but they probably wouldn’t believe you. I mean after all, is there really even such a thing as extraterrestrial life intelligent enough to come to our planet? A-List, award winning actor Russell Crowe seems to think there is.
A couple of weeks ago, the Gladiator star was trying to fi lm fruit bats fl ying over the Sydney Botanic Gardens. To do this, he fi xed a camera to fi lm a certain location over night. After checking the tape and viewing the time lapse photos, he found something he didn’t expect. For a brief moment over the Gardens, there appears to be an anomaly. A colorful and bright object in the sky moves across the screen, distorts the camera, beams light to the Earth, and then disappears. Russell Crowe believes this object to be a UFO from outer space. He proceeded to post the video to his twitter, which has over 800,000 followers. That much fame, with so many fans, has led the video to go viral online. It’s also led to a ton of criticism.
After viewing the video for myself, it’s obvious where the criticism is coming
from. The color looks cheap; the UFO even cheaper. It’s as if somebody with no previous knowledge or experience in graphics decided to create his own spooky Youtube video. Maybe Crowe is just another bored actor trying to get more attention by picking on conspiracy theorists and nut jobs.
What doesn’t make sense is why someone with his status would need such attention? Russell Crowe just came off the movie-hit of the holiday season, Les Miserables, showing off his pipes in an unconventional fi lm, career wise, for him. He added another blockbuster hit to his resume, solidifying himself again as a great actor of this generation. What possible motive could he have to be starting UFO theories? On top of that, who are we to question the picture quality of the time lapse? If it really was a UFO, it’s not like any of us have the knowledge of what exactly that would look like.
We have no real way of telling whether the image is photo-shopped or authentic. Perhaps Russell Crowe is just a bored stuck up actor. He knew he could get a huge online reaction over his silly video, so he did, just for the heck of it. There is always the option that something strange happened to the tape. The image accidentally burnt into the fi lm and Crowe really did fi nd what was already there; but it wasn’t a UFO, just a technological error. Then there’s the fun/scary possibility. It’s conceivable that it really was a UFO. Our technology is simply ineffective to render the image properly, as the fl ying object is more advanced than our electronics. The UFO is purposely designed so that our lenses cannot properly pick up its pixels. It’s possible that every time one of these cheesy graphics hits the web, it really is extraterrestrials. But they know we’ll never believe it. So which is it? Is Russell Crowe messing with all of humanity, or are they? Who’s fooling who?
Feel free to send Nick an email anytime about his weekly column, or any leads you have for underreported stories he could write about, to [email protected]
5. Eat before you go. You’ll be less tempted to buy items not on your list.
6. Buy in bulk only if it makes sense. If you can save money on a fi ve-pound package of hamburger and freeze it in one-pound packages, do that. But if a mega-size box of cereal will only go bad in your cupboard, it’s no bargain.
7. Check the unit price on each item, especially now that the package sizes of so many items are changing. The price might be the same, but with less in the package, it actually costs more per serving.
8. Buy “plain” foods such as rice or pasta and add your own seasonings. Buy plain cereal and add your own
sugar -- or not.
9. Buy cheaper cuts of meat and use your slow cooker to make a meal. Add another meatless dinner to your meal rotation.
10. Get creative in the kitchen and look online for new recipes. Experiment with adding ingredients such as cooked rice or pasta and vegetables to a can of soup for a hearty meal.
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absorb the pickle juices and fl avors within three days. Keep the pickled eggs refrig-erated.
My recipe for Easter Eggs Pickled in Beet Juice turn the eggs a beautiful color. The pickled eggs also are a great addition to an appetizer plate for your Easter holiday din-ner or as a protein-rich, low-calorie grab-and-go snack. Have a wonderful holiday!
EASTER EGGS
PICKLED IN BEET JUICE
Peeled, hard-cooked eggs turn a ruby color when pickled in beet juice. The colorful eggs also add a punch of fl avor to an appetizer tray or a salad.
2 jars (16 to 24 ounces) pickled beets1 3/4 cups white vinegar or apple cider vinegar1/2 cup white or brown sugar1/2 tablespoon whole allspice or cloves1 stick cinnamon, broken in half1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 purple onion, peeled and sliced thinly8 hard-cooked eggs, peeled
1. Drain beet juice into a large pot, re-serving the beets, the jars and the lids. Set the beets aside to use in an appetizer platter (see below) or store in a covered container and refrigerate for another use. Combine the beet juice, vinegar, sugar, allspice or cloves, cinnamon, salt and onion in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, and stir until the sugar is dis-solved, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes.
2. Arrange 4 peeled, hard-cooked eggs in each beet jar. Pour an equal amount of the hot vinegar and spice mixture over the eggs. Cover tightly. Allow to cool one hour to room temperature. Pickled eggs should not remain out of the refrigerator for more than two hours. Refrigerate to blend fl avors, at least several hours or up to one week. Refrigerated pickled eggs are best when eaten within 4 to 6 weeks.
TO CREATE AN EGG-CELLENT
APPETIZER TRAY:
Dip the small end of the pickled eggs in a little olive oil or mustard and coat the end of the eggs with some chopped dill weed, basil or parsley, or fi nely minced broccoli and carrot slaw or cabbage
slaw. Or, for spicy eggs, crust the small end with coarse black pepper and sea salt, or crushed red pepper fl akes or chili powder.
To serve, place chopped slaw, confetti or decorative stones in the bottom of a tall drinking glass or a small vase.
Place the large end of the eggs on salad forks and put them in a tall drinking glass or a small vase in the center of a serving tray.
Or, you can slice the eggs or leave the egg whole to serve as fi nger food and place them on the appetizer tray. Ar-range a bowl of sea salt, horseradish mayonnaise (or just stir a tablespoon of grated horseradish into a cup of mayonnaise), sliced beets, radishes, pepperoni slices or thin slices of ham. Cover and refrigerate until serving time. Add slices of melba toast, crack-ers or toasted slices of baguette bread to complete your appetizer platter.
WARNING: Pickled eggs that are stored at room temperature can de-velop botulism. Since the botulism bacteria can be deadly, it’s imperative that homemade pickled eggs as well as store-bought pickled eggs are stored in the refrigerator.
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Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cook-book.” Her website is www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook and go to Hulu.com. Recipes may not be reprinted with-out permission from Angela Shelf Medearis.
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1. GEOGRAPHY: The Gulf of Sidra lies off what African nation?
2. TECHNOLOGY: What kind of com-puter fi le is indicated by a .htm ex-tension?
3. MEASUREMENTS: What is a nano-second?
4. MUSIC: What kind of instrument is an Appalachian dulcimer?
5. LANGUAGE: What is an inter-robang?
6. FAIRY TALES: What kind of poi-soned fruit does the evil Queen give Snow White?
7. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which four U.S. presidents were assassinated in of-fi ce?
8. INVENTORS: What is Robert Ful-ton famous for inventing?
9. HISTORY: When was the Magna Carta imposed to prohibit arbitrary royal acts?
10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the early Roman term for the month of July?
1. In 2012, Jim Thome became the fourth player in major-league his-tory to have hit 100 homers with three different teams. Who else did it?
2. Arizona’s Aaron Hill hit for the cycle twice in a season in 2012. Who was the last player to do it twice in a season?
3. Who was the fi rst Pittsburgh Steeler to rush for 1,000 yards in a season?
4. Name the fi rst 10th seed vs. 15th seed men’s basketball match-up in NCAA Tournament history.
5. Who was the fi rst draft pick in the history of the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning?
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7. In 2013, Bob and Mike Bryan became the most successful ten-nis team in Grand Slam history, winning a 13th doubles title. Who were they tied with?
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SNIPPETZ® PUZZLES AND TRIVIA
1. What was on the fl ip side of “Instant Karma!” and when was it released?
2. Who wrote and released “25 or 6 to 4,” aka “Twenty-Five or Six to Four”? What’s it about?
3. Name the duo with the 1968 release of “Ain’t Noth-ing Like the Real Thing.”
4. What was the name of the song released in 1962 by Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen? (Clue: foreign city)
5. Name the song that con-tains this lyric: “Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.”
New DVD Releases forWeek of April 1, 2013
PICKS OF THE WEEK
“Luv” (R) -- An 11-year-old boy gets to take a day off from school to ride around Baltimore with his favorite uncle, only to fi nd that his hero has a dark past and hu-man fl aws. Woody (Michael Rainey Jr.) stays with his grandmother while his mom is in rehab. Uncle Vincent (Common) is out on parole, wearing a crisp new suit, and out to get a loan to start his own legitimate business. Woody tags along with his father-
fi gure from the bank, to the station, to a set-up drug deal. If it seems a bit of a shaky premise -- that a loving mentor would bring a young boy along for his dirty deeds -- but trust me, it somehow works. Common’s performance at Vincent gets across that this is a man who lost his way a long time ago, and never meant to be the man he wound up becoming. “Luv” is full of warmth and heart, but it’s not a feel-good movie.
“Hemingway & Gellhorn” -- This made-for-HBO biography about author Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen) and his relation-ship with journalist Martha Gellhorn (Ni-cole Kidman) is almost too awful to miss. These two iconic fi gures were together dur-ing the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Somehow, the movie even takes itself seriously while dealing with such serious matter.The things that these people say will make you laugh or cringe. Hemingway was em-
barrassed by his over-the-top macho repu-tation when he was alive -- and would cer-tainly be ashamed of the awkward, gooey cream-puff of a guy he’s portrayed as in this fl ick.
“The Sweeney” (R) -- If you have a crav-ing for tough-as-nails cops who refuse to do things by the book, then “The Sweeney” is certainly an option. You’ll be mostly with it for the duration of the fi lm, and forget all about it soon after. Jack Regan (Ray Win-stone) is a gravelly voiced London cop in charge of a special unit of renegade police who play by their own rules, which are ap-parently the standard Hollywood Renegade Cop Movie Rules.
“Knuckleball!” -- This documentary exam-ines the most unpredictable pitch in base-ball. The knuckleball is a slow pitch with an erratic movement that can trick an expe-
rienced batter -- or hand him an easy home run. Today’s teams favor pitchers who are fast, accurate and statistically reliable. Tim Wakefi eld of the Boston Red Sox and R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets were the only “knuckleballers” in the 2011 major-league season, carrying on this obscure pitching style that makes them the outcasts of their sport. Along with retired knuckleball pitch-ers from different generations, they tell an intriguing story about one of baseball’s en-during charms.
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“The Bible: The Epic Miniseries”
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SNIPPETZ® COMICS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Answers & Solutions
TRIVIA TEST ANSWERS
SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS
FLASH BACK ANSWERS1. “Instant Karma! (We All Shine On),” released as a solo by John Lennon in 1970, had “Who Has Seen the Wind?” by Yoko Ono on the b-side.2. Penned by the band Chicago’s organist/vocalist Robert Lamm, the song is allegedly about time of day and having been up all night writing.3. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Elton John and Marcella Detroit followed in 1993 with a version for John’s 1993 album “Duets.”4. “Midnight in Moscow.”5. “The Boys of Summer,” released by Don Hen-ley, former drummer and vocalist for the Eagles, in 1984. Henley explained in an interview that the lyric was about aging and about his generation selling out.
1. Libya2. A hypertext fi le
3. One billionth of a second4. Stringed
5. A punctuation mark that combines aquestion mark and an exclamation point
6. An apple7. Abraham Lincoln, James Garfi eld,William McKinley and John Kennedy
8. The steamboat9. 1215
10. Quintilis
1. Alex Rodriguez, Reggie Jackson and Darrell Ev-
ans.
2. Brooklyn’s Babe Herman, in 1931.
3. John Henry Johnson rushed for 1,141 yards in
1962.
4. In 1991, Richmond faced Temple.
5. Defenseman Roman Hamrlik, in 1992.
6. Bill Rexford was 23 when he won the title in 1950.
7. Australians John Newcombe and Tony Roche.
APRIL 1, 2013
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Resist a con-frontation with that irksome person. The mat-ter will soon blow over anyway. Meanwhile, channel your high Arian energy into areas with more positive potential.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The innova-tive Bovine fi nds a creative way to resolve a sensitive domestic problem by midweek. A former colleague returns with an intriguing business suggestion.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) An unexpected critical statement from someone you trust could catch you momentarily off guard. But you soon recover your equilibrium and rise to the challenge.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might feel you can handle a new project on your own. But advice from someone with experience could help you avoid possibly costly as well as time-consuming obstacles.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) Waiting for oth-ers to make decisions is diffi cult for the take-charge Lion. But by week’s end, you should hear news that will help you regain control of the situation.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your superjudgmental side could dominate the week unless you try to keep it in check. Oth-erwise you risk offending people, including some who are very close to you.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Ex-pect more information to come out about that possible career shift. Meanwhile, your lov-ing concern helps someone close to you get through a worrisome period.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Despite an occasional setback, workplace pressures should continue to ease through most of the week. This would be a good time to plan that long-delayed trip.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) The sage Sagittarian quickly recognizes an opportunity when she or he sees it, espe-cially if it’s one you’ve been planning for. Take aim and go for it.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) The Sea Goat’s unique insight guides you as you check out a questionable situation. Your efforts should prove rewarding for you and your many supporters.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You might want to pace yourself a bit more. Rushing could lead to serious slip-ups. Take more time to check out details you might oth-erwise overlook.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) The best way to resolve those remaining problems is to ask others for help. They’ll be happy to do so, especially when you agree to share the credit for a job well done.
BORN THIS WEEK: Your natural gift for honest leadership earns you the respect and admiration of others.
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• It was Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Pearl S. Buck who made the fol-lowing sage observation: “All things are possible until they are proved impossible, and even the impossible may only be so as of now.”
• If you dread trying (and too often fail-ing) to pair up socks on laundry day, you’ll be glad to know that your anguish is not unrecognized: May 9 has been designated National Lost Sock Memorial Day.
• Progress is not always universally em-braced. In 1825, a magazine called The Quarterly Review scoffed, “What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?”
• If in your studies of history you never ran across the Anglo-Zanzibar War, don’t feel
educationally shortchanged; most people have never heard of the confl ict. In 1896, the pro-British sultan of Zanzibar, Hamad bin Thuwaini, died, and his successor, Kha-lid bin Barghash, did not look as favorably upon the British Empire. Because a treaty signed 10 years earlier stated that any can-didate to attain the sultancy must receive the approval of the British Consul, the Brit-ish viewed Kalid bin Barghash’s accession as an act of war. The sultan barricaded him-self in his palace, but the superior numbers and fi repower of the British quickly defeat-ed the embattled sultan. How quickly? The battle lasted all of 40 minutes, making it the shortest war in history.
• There are those who wonder if beloved actor Tony Curtis, with more than 100 fi lms to his credit, would have been quite as suc-cessful if he hadn’t changed his name. His given name, Bernard Schwartz, just doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.
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Thought for the Day: “People need good lies. There are too many bad ones.” -- Kurt Vonnegut
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was right -- the cattle were fat, the harvests were abundant and there was plenty of water. Yet Pharaoh was plagued with dreams of drought, famine and pestilence. Pharaoh went to his advisers for guidance and they could offer him no peace. He fi nally sought out Joseph who told him his dreams forecasted days of want. Joseph’s advice was simple, put up from today’s plenty for tomorrow’s needs.
Now no one can say, looking over these last few years, we are in days of plenty. But things are getting better. The economy is strengthening. Now may be a good time to prepare for your days of want. How will you handle those what-ifs of life? Do you have enough money set aside for those emergencies that will come up?
Emergencies do happen; whether it’s a new roof on the house, tires for the car, an unplanned medical expense or even unemployment. The days of want are coming. How well you plan today will determine the impact emergencies will have on your fi nancial well-being.
That’s the role of a well thought out emergency fund. It is often recommended that 3 to 6 months of living expenses be set aside for emergencies. Given the market volatility that we’ve been experiencing, the low interest rate environment we are in, and extended
unemployment, that recommendation for many could be woefully lacking. I believe there’s a better way. It starts with getting a handle on your current expenses.
I would suggest reexamining all your expenses, especially those discretionary items. This is where you will fi nd most of your unaccounted expenditures. Keep a daily journal itemizing where you are spending your money. Then eliminate all expenses that are not absolutely necessary, no matter how small.
Once you know what your minimum living expenses could be, take a hard look at your income. Where is the money coming from? How stable is it? And what happens if it stops? Where will the money come from? The gap between that income and your expenses will help you determine your emergency fund needs.
When working with families I often fi nd their preparation for fi nancial emergencies lacking, if any planning is done at all. Far too many have experienced hardship and even fi nancial ruin by an unexpected event. By making the time to implement a plan for those emergencies yet unknown you, like Pharaoh, should be prepared for your days of want.
“Folly is joy to the senseless man, but the man of understanding goes the straight way.” Proverbs 15:21
Chuck Maher is a Certifi ed Financial Plan-nerTM practitioner specializing in Christian values based fi nancial planning and invest-ing. He can be reached at [email protected], locally at (719) 481-0549.
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