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• Most people only think of conifers like pine, fir, cedar and spruce trees when they think of the term “evergreen.”

This is not incorrect because most conifers qualify as evergreens, but many additional plants that are not conifers are evergreens as well. Evergreens have “foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year.”

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• The word “conifer” comes from the Latin words conus (cone) and ferre (to bear). The word conifer literally means “cone bearing.” While many conifers are evergreen, some are not. Larches and bald cypress trees are conifers that lose their needles every fall.

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• There are thousands of species of evergreen trees, shrubs and smaller plants. Just within the pine family there are 115 species. While pines and many other evergreens have needle-like foliage, some have leaves, fronds (ferns and palms) and other types of foliage.

• Even though the name implies it, evergreens are not always green. Many evergreens actually have foliage that is red, brown, yellow and other colors. turn the page for more!

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EVERGEEN (continued): • Some popular evergreens not previously mentioned are: hemlock, laurel, holly, eucalyptus, rhododendron, magnolia, palm, juniper and redwood. Even some oaks are evergreen.

• Evergreens are found in hot and cold, humid and dry climates on every continent but Antarctica.

• Goose Island State Park in Aransas County in southern Texas is the home of the “Big Tree.”

Named the State Champion Coastal Live Oak in 1969, this tree is thought to be one of the largest in America. The large evergreen oak is estimated to be over 1,000 years old, has a circumference of 35 feet (10.7 m), is 44 feet (13.4 m) tall and has a crown spread of 90 feet (27.4 m). Live oaks are known for their massive spread, and there are many in the Southern states around old historic homes. This Texas tree is truly impressive.

• Washington, the only state named after a president, is famous for its rainy weather and large forests of evergreen trees. Nicknamed the “Evergreen State,” western Washington actually has rain forests in the Olympic Mountains.

• Evergreen Point Bridge between Seattle and the eastern shore of Lake Washington is the longest floating bridge in the world. It was built with a line of concrete pontoons linked by cables and attached to ordinary bridges on each end. The total length of the bridge is 7,578 feet (2310 m). It was constructed this way because the bottom of Lake Washington is too muddy for a standard bridge.

The bridge contributed greatly to the growth of the eastern shore, with cities like Bellevue and Redmond. (These cities contribute a lot of “green” to the Washington economy thanks to companies like computer giant Microsoft being located there.)

• Most evergreen Christmas trees are not harvested from forests. In fact, 98 percent of the trees sold on holiday lots are grown on tree farms. Areas close to national forests with permit programs for cutting down live trees do have quite a following of folks who like to snowshoe or hike to get their trees, but the Christmas tree lots definitely corner the market on sales.

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• The National Christmas Tree is a live tree in Washington, D.C., that is lit each year at the start of ongoing ceremonies called the “Christmas Pageant of Peace.” The beautiful evergreen tree is a Colorado blue spruce that was transplanted from York, Pennsylvania, in 1978. The tree was the perfect size and shape, had no disease and was growing in similar soil conditions to what it would be living in at its new home in Washington.

• The tree was originally a Mother’s Day gift to Mrs. William E. Myers in York. When National Park Service (NPS) employees asked the Myers family about donating the tree, they agreed. Mrs. Myers even fed the workers homemade soup as they prepared “her” tree to become the nation’s tree.

• Washington, D.C., is also home to another famous Christmas tree. The Capitol Christmas Tree, also known as the “People’s Tree,” has been harvested from one of the country’s national forests since 1969.

Staff at the National Forest Service headquarters work with national forests’ staffs across the country to select a well-shaped evergreen tree, with the final decision made by the Architect of the Capitol.

• It is a huge honor, and many celebrations take place in the state chosen to send the Capitol Christmas tree to the nation’s capitol. The 2011 tree was sent from the Stanislaus National Forest near Sonora, California. The tree traveled about 4,500 miles (7242 km) on its journey to stand at a place of honor for many Americans and others to see.

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• The first National Christmas Tree was not a live tree but was also an evergreen. The President of Middlebury College in Vermont, President Calvin Coolidge’s home state, donated a 48-foot (14.6 m) balsam fir to be placed on the Ellipse in December 1923. This “first” tree was cut down and sent to Washington. President Coolidge flipped the switch to light the tree on Christmas Eve.

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The Persians believed that if the turquois changed color it meant that danger was at hand. The scientists later debunked this speculation and proved that color change can be caused by light, dust, cosmetics, or the acidity of the skin.

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Honestly, for the most part, the answer is pretty basic. While some individuals have particular needs, or health issues which require special diets, the rest of us fall into a “normal” category when it comes to nutrition. Here’s why. Think of a small infant for a moment. How many times per day does an infant eat? Every couple of hours, right? When your metabolism is working at optimum efficiency, you should become hungry every couple of hours. Perhaps the most common, detrimental mistake most people make is only eating once or twice per day!

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As you know, the holiday season can be joyous, hectic, celebratory — and expensive. And while you certainly enjoy hosting family gathCindy Rose erings and giving presents to your loved ones, you’ll find these things even more pleasurable if they don’t add a lot more weight to your debt load. And that’s why you’ll want to follow some smart money-management techniques over the next few weeks.

To begin with, try to establish realistic budgets for both your entertaining and your gift giving. When you host family and friends, don’t go overboard on your expenditures. Your guests will still appreciate your efforts, which, with a little creativity, can create a welcoming and fun experience for everyone. As a guiding principal, keep in mind these words attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the famous German poet and philosopher: “What you can do without, do without.” Set a budget and stick to it.

And the same rule applies to your gifting. You don’t need to find the most expensive presents, or overwhelm recipients with the sheer volume of your gifts. This is especially true if you, like so many people, have been affected by the tough economy. Everyone you know will understand that gifts don’t have to be lavish to be meaningful.

Furthermore, by sticking to a budget, you won’t be tempted to dip into your long-term investments to pay for fabulous parties or mountains of gifts. It’s never a good idea to tap long-term investments for short-term needs, but can be especially bad when your investment prices are down, as they may well be this year.

So, if you want to stick to a budget but you don’t want to raid your investments, how can you pay for your holiday season expenses? If you can spread out your purchases, you may be able to pay for them from your normal cash flow. But if that’s not possible, you might want to consider “plastic” — your credit card. Using your credit card does not, by itself, need to amount to a financial setback, especially if you’ve chosen a card that offers favorable terms and you’ve already shown the discipline not to over-use that card. Just try to minimize your credit card usage over the holidays and pay off your card as soon as you can.

Of course, you can make your holiday season much easier, financially speaking, if you’ve set up a holiday fund to cover your various expenses. While it’s too late to set up such a fund this year, why not get an early start on the 2012 holiday season? All you need to do is put away some money each month into an easily accessible account, separate from your everyday accounts. You don’t have to put in a great deal, but you do need to be consistent, which is why you may want to have the money moved automatically, once a month, from your checking or savings account to your holiday fund. When next year’s holiday season rolls around, you might be pleasantly surprised by how much you’ve accumulated.

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Malachi 3:11 (KJV) And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,…Many Christians today fail to realize the awesome privilege it is to have a financial covenant that is exercised and in place for us when we tithe. That means that we are connected to the heavenly economy not the worldly economy. If you are a part of God’s heavenly economy then you don’t have to lie awake at night worrying about a depression or a recession, because they don’t exist in heaven. While the rest of the world is being tormented by the fear of financial failure, you and I can sleep like babies at night.

I like what Jesse Duplantis said about it, “I refuse to take part in the recession.” Knowing that we have a financial covenant with God, we can stand firmly on that covenant and say, “Get out of here Satan, you are rebuked. We are tither’s and the Word of God says you cannot devour our money. You can’t devour our health!” As we give to God the first 10% of our increase, the Word tells us that it is Holy before God and that He blesses it. And we know that what God has blessed, can’t be cursed praise God! Well I have been tithing now for 3 years and I am still not as prosperous as Joe sinner down the street.

I’m not sure this tithing thing works to well. Interestingly enough, the people in Malachi’s day said exactly the same thing. They said it is useless to serve God and what profit is it if we keep His ordinances? It appears to us that the proud and the arrogant are happy and favored, that evildoers are exalted and prosper. (Mal 3:14-15) But God heard those words and His response was that their words were stout against Him. Why is that? Because they were words of fear, doubt and unbelief. They are a counterfeit to faith, they work they same way but in an opposite direction.

When we tithe, we tithe in faith because that is the only way to please God. And if you don’t have faith that God will prosper you then it is time to get your Bible out again and start to study all the promises that He has made to you as a tither. God’s Word is always true, so when you tithe, tithe in faith, believing that if you keep up your end, God will keep up His end. And guess what, when you do it like that, God calls you His special treasure, His special possession. Malachi 3:17 (AMP) And they shall be Mine, says the Lord of hosts, in that day when I publicly recognize and openly declare them to be My jewels (My special possession, My peculiar treasure). And I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. The next time you tithe, drop your tithe in the bucket, release your faith, stand on God’s promises for the tither and receive the blessings that belong to God’s special treasures, His tithers!

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¥ On Dec. 24, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge touches a button and lights the first national Christmas tree to grace the White House grounds. The tree was the first to be decorated with electric lights -- a strand of 2,500 red, white and green bulbs. ¥ On Dec. 20, 1957, rock ‘n’ roll star Elvis Presley receives his draft notice for the United States Army. He served in Company D, 32nd Tank Battalion, 3rd Armor Corps in Friedberg, Germany, where he attained the rank of sergeant. ¥ On Dec. 25, 1962, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a film based on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Harper Lee, opens in theaters. The Great Depression-era story of racial injustice and the loss of childhood innocence is told from the perspective of a young Alabama girl named Scout Finch.

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¥ On Dec. 21, 1975, in Vienna, Austria, Carlos the Jackal leads a raid on a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), killing three people and taking 63 hostage.

Carlos managed to evade international authorities until 1994, when French agents captured him hiding in the Sudan. ¥ On Dec. 19, 1986, Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Game Six of the 1986 World Series at New YorkÕs Shea Stadium, is fined $500 and sentenced to 100 hours of community service.

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She said it was midwinter...Snowing and quite cold...

And the guy had taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City , Utah . It was a day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after all, and had never met before.

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They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began to realize that she should not have had that extra latte. They were about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in the middle of nowhere! Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for awhile. Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point where she told him that he had better stop and let her go beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car.

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Upon finishing however, she soon became aware of another sensation. As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly glued against the car's fender. Thoughts of tongues frozen to poles immediately came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem, due to the extreme cold.

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So, as she looked the other way, her first-time date proceeded to unzip his pants and pee her butt off the fender.

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