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  Caul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In butchery, the caul is used as offal.
In childbirth, the caul (or veil) is seen as a shimmery coating of the head and face.
Gathering the caul onto paper was considered an important tradition of childbirth: the midwife would rub a sheet of paper across the baby's head and face, pressing the material of the caul onto the paper.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caul   (782 words)

  
 Caul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A caul is a thin, filmy membrane that covers the head of a newborn baby immediately after childbirth.
The caul is harmless, and it is easily removed by the doctor, midwife, or other persons performing the childbirth.
Medieval women often sold their cauls to sailors for large sums of money, and a caul was regarded as a valuable talisman.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Caul.html   (289 words)

  
 JewishEncyclopedia.com - CAUL.
According to the A. V., it was the caul, with some other parts of the sacrifice, that was burned on the altar.
he translates "lappen"); and by it is meant that part of the caul which forms the duplicature extending from the transverse fissure of the liver to the lesser curvature of the stomach, technically called the "gastrohepatic" or "small omentum" (compare Strack to Ex.
11, § 2) in connection with such a law does not mean the yoteret is evident from his naming the caul and the lobe of the liver as distinct parts devoted to the altar (ib.
www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=280&letter=C   (693 words)

  
 Bill Caul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bill Caul is a United States politician and member of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Republican Party.
Caul, formerly a teacher in the Mount Pleasant Public Schools, ran for the seat formerly occupied by his wife, Sandra Caul, forced out by term limits.
In November 2004, Caul defeated Democrat Sharon Tilmann, a former mayor of Mount Pleasant and city commissioner.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Caul   (129 words)

  
 eG Forums -> Caul Fat
Caul fat provides a thinner layer of fat around the terrine but there is no reason you cannot use other forms of fat (I have even used chilled duck fat to some success).
Actually, the "caul" mentioned in reference to parturition is a piece of the amniotic sac that holds the amniotic fluid surrounding the pre-natal infant.
FoodTutor is technically correct, the caul that's typically referenced in literature is the amnion, or amniotic membrane, and when an infant emerges from the birth canal with some of it over his face it's considered good luck, and sometimes specifically protection against drowning.
forums.egullet.org /index.php?showtopic=84274   (2616 words)

  
 Caul definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
In obstetrics, the caul is the amnion, one of the two fetal membranes, the other being the chorion.
To be born in a caul meant to be born with the head covered by the amnion (or be born within an intact unruptured amnion).
In cooking, the caul is the greater omentum, the lacy membrane that hangs like an apron in front of the intestines within the abdominal cavity.
www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=19657   (265 words)

  
 conversation
Caul is first seen on a case where he has set up elaborate devices to take pictures from far off and to eavesdrop on a couple by using two parabolic microphones he himself created, which are positioned some distance away.
Caul is told by his client's assistant to deliver the tapes tomorrow afternoon, and he returns to his scantily furnished but heavily alarmed apartment only to find that the landlord left a bottle of wine on the floor, for his birthday, by getting into the apartment with the spare key.
Caul visits his girlfriend Amy (Garr) by quietly slipping the key in the door and throwing the door open, entering her abode like he is on a case.
www.sover.net /~ozus/conversation.htm   (1136 words)

  
 JuggleNYC.com
In her trademark fl tuxedo and red bowler hat, Caul wore and impish smile on her face last Friday as she flung five crystal balls into the air and later deftly tossed red and blue clubs in a circle several feet in the air.
Caul, a Brooklyn, N.Y. native whose stage name is "Shayna, the Juggling Entertaina," began her juggling career when she was on a teaching sabbatical several years ago.
Before Caul knew it, 30 teachers were throwing balls around the small classroom, knocking over easels and drawing paper as they tried to catch their runaway tosses.
www.jugglenyc.com /press/040807shayna.html   (1343 words)

  
 Caul: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The caul is harmless and it is easily removed by the doctor[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link], EHandler: no quick summary.
Gathering the caul onto paper was considered an important tradition of childbirth: the midwife would rub a sheet of paper across the baby's head and face, EHandler: no quick summary.
Medieval women often sold their cauls to sailors for large sums of money; a caul was regarded as a valuable talisman[For more, click on this link].
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/caul.htm   (498 words)

  
 Fort Frances Times - 2005-08-24 - Caul earns ‘three-peat’ in loggers’ competition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Caul traditionally teams up with his son, Jason, who was unavailable to compete this year because he’s currently in the bush fighting forest fires.
Kelvin Caul said he expects to be back next year with Jason once again as his partner in the team events while his brother is planning to find his own partner so he also can come back.
The weather was more of a factor than in years past, but Caul said it wasn’t a problem for him except in the tea boil, when the rain made it difficult for all the teams to get their fires started.
www.fftimes.com /print_version.php/22466   (709 words)

  
 Articles and Caul book reviews
Caul lend particular attention to the facility of uses and maintenance of the tools, with change systems practical and fast knifes being this free from impediments with mechanical closing through screw of radial fixing.
Since more than 20 Years Caul company, factory with the centre in Caprino Veronese, locality in province of Verona, born with an artisan structure, it is consolidating Year in Year in a true and really economic truth national and international level.
Caul’s tools are produced from workers highly specialized with help of computers with CAD-CAM systems and new CNC centres.
www.woodworkingtools.it /book_reviews.htm   (950 words)

  
 The DVD Journal: The Conversation
All we know is that Caul is stalked, betrayed, and finally reduced to a paranoid heap, reduced to finding bugs that have been placed to bug the bugger.
Hackman's Caul is an unusual character in this film, almost unique in world cinema (and based on a real person, Hal Lipset, who served as a technical advisor for Coppola on the film).
Caul now resides in a world of paranoia, both as creator of it and victim.
www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/c/conversation.shtml   (808 words)

  
 CAUL Reciprocal Borrowing Proposal
The CAUL Strategic Plan (http://www.mun.ca/library/CAUL-CDBUA/strategic.html, revised 1998) states that "CAUL/CDBUA is committed to moving toward regional borrowing privileges for students, faculty and staff at AAU institutions." If there is not yet a regional reciprocal plan in place, this may be an obstacle to more general cooperation.
Faculty, staff and students from COPPUL institutions will be recognized at the CAUL institutions by means of their "COPPUL card," issued to borrowers at their home institution.
CAUL members might use their individual institution cards for identification, as OCUL members do, or might adopt a special card for this purpose.
www.ucalgary.ca /~tiessen/caul.htm   (445 words)

  
 Articoli e recensioni Caul
Caul presta particolare attenzione alla praticità di utilizzo e manutenzione degli utensili, con sistemi di cambio coltello pratico e veloce essendo questo libero da impedimenti con chiusura meccanica tramite vite di fissaggio radiale.
Da più di vent’anni la Caul, azienda con sede a Caprino Veronese, località in provincia di Verona, nata con una struttura artigiana, sta di anno in anno consolidandosi in una vera e propria realtà economica a livello nazionale e internazionale.
Con l’evento sul mercato dei nuovi centri di lavoro, Caul ha sviluppato, con l’ausilio di impianti specializzati,una vasta gamma di utensili studiati per la produzione di infissi e mobili in legno massello.
www.caul.it /recensioni.htm   (835 words)

  
 Caul, or Face Veil, Occasionally Present at Birth
I have a friend whose mother and grandmother claim that they were born with a veil covering their face.
According to some, the following famous people, both real and fictional, were born with a caul: Charles Dickens’ David in "David Copperfield," Alexander the Great, Shakespeare's Hamlet, the mother of the Dionne quintuplets, and Danny in Stephen King's "The Shining." (An illustration of Danny with the caul appeared on one of King's original paperback versions.)
Dwight Cruikshank, MD, Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, told me that being born with a caul is very rare these days, probably occurring in fewer than 1 in 1000 births, and is usually present only in premature babies.
healthlink.mcw.edu /article/901311432.html   (227 words)

  
 Singularity Caul Recall Scroll
The portal to the Caul is down the north hallway from the entrance.
The Caul Asylum is the first of four dungeons in the quest.
The Sage, a level 110 Virindi, spawns in one of the rooms (use your missile fighter to kill it).
www.thejackcat.com /AC/Hobbies/Quests/SingularityRecall.htm   (1463 words)

  
 A Review by The Phantom Tollbooth
As an introduction to this particular form, however, Caul is breathtaking and excites the imagination.
Although his music is rife with dark drones and forlorn waves of sound, Caul uses those in the background as a foundation for the melodies he uses as the song's focus ("The Saint and the Seraph").
Like a master craftsman, the Caul weaves hauntingly melancholy and introspective melodies with dark moody textures which blend together perfectly with some eastern influences into a magnificent symphony of sounds.
www.tollbooth.org /review99/caul99.html   (871 words)

  
 Caul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A caul is a thin filmy membrane that the head of a newborn baby immediately after childbirth.
appearance of a caul on a newborn is occasional; not all children have one they are not especially rare.
It was considered omen that the child was destined for Gathering the caul onto paper was considered important tradition of childbirth: the midwife would a sheet of paper across the baby's and face pressing the material of the onto the paper.
www.freeglossary.com /Caul   (348 words)

  
 STEWMAC.COM: In Dan's Shop
With three drywall screws holding the interior caul tight to the pad I drilled my first three holes through the plugged bridge pad — using the bridge itself as a “drill bushing”.
Then I moved the caul foward and used three drywall screws again to repeat the operation on the remaining holes.
After drilling, the interior caul looked like this — nice, clean, holes that were mirrored in the pad itself.
www.stewmac.com /dansshop/bridgerepair/bridgerepair05.html   (284 words)

  
 Film Score Monthly Message Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The opening scene is particularly striking, in that the camera - like a sociological observer - pans - randomly, it seems - across the square, dwelling with certain characters that may or may not be relevant to the plot.
When Caul thinks that he's finally unraveled the key to the mystery and the justification of his own nagging conscience, the jarring stringed jolt on the soundtrack (all the more effective for its disparity from the soft jazz score), provides for a moment of revelation as chilling as any in a Hitchcock suspenser.<<
When Caul unclouds the dialogue what he hears may or may not be what is actually said.
www.filmscoremonthly.com /board/posts.asp?threadID=4477&forumID=1   (844 words)

  
 MotheringDotCommune Forums - In the caul
She also said that some kind of pillow should be made with the caul and given to the child to sleep with.
I have had a few caul births - one was an outdoor waterbirth, and as the head birthed in the bag, we could see the bits of vernix floating around her head.
Yeah, sailors used to take cauls (not necessarily ones they were born in, there was a very good going rate if you wanted to sell your caul!) to sea with them as a talisman against drowning.
www.mothering.com /discussions/printthread.php?t=214784   (1135 words)

  
 Chapter 8 - Folklore of the Isle of Man, A.W.Moore 1891
A child born with a caul — a thin membrane covering the head — would probably be notorious in some way.
This caul was supposed to be a preventive against shipwreck and drowning, and was accordingly purchased by sailors.
This idea of the value of a caul was widespread, as would appear from numerous advertisements in the newspapers.
www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/fulltext/folklore/ch08.htm   (2650 words)

  
 Caul Family Crest by Houseofnames.com
We have researched the Caul family crest in the most recognized sources of coats of arms.
In the Caul coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
We encourage you to study the Caul genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest.
www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.familycrest_details/s.Caul/Caul_family_Crest/Caul_coat_of_arms/qx/Caul.htm?a=54323-224   (497 words)

  
 THE BIRTH CAUL
Dopo aver letto " The Birth Caul " (in italiano Sacco Amniotico[1]) ho subito pensato che qualcosa andava detto sullo sciamano Alan Moore e sulla costruzione di un mondo delle idee chiamato " Ideaverse ".
The Birth Caul non è un opera facile e soprattutto non è solo un opera a fumetti, anzi il fumetto nasce in un secondo tempo grazie all'opera da certosino di Eddie Campbell.
The Birth caul si presta, quindi, a più letture.
www.comune.modena.it /glamazonia/recensio/birthcaul.htm   (1527 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Caul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Small parcels of these are wrapped in caul lining (the thin layer of pork fat that looks like a net) and steamed for five minutes, before being panfried.
Rep. Sandy Caul, R-Mount Pleasant and House Appropriations committee member, said last Friday that she has heard deficit projections upwards of $700 million.
Gene Hackman plays Harry Caul, a professional eavesdropper and wiretapper who happens to get a little too curious about a particular tape that he has made of a...
www.nametraq.org /Jan04/C/Caul.shtml   (337 words)

  
 BioMed Central | about us | Press releases
CAUL's mission statement is 'improving access by the staff and students of Australian universities to the information resources that are fundamental to the advancement of teaching, learning and research.' Membership of CAUL is restricted to library directors whose parent institutions are full members of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee.
CAUL has sought to ensure a common voice and representation for all university libraries, provide a forum for discussion, and promote common interests.
The CAUL office was established in 1995 and is located in Canberra, Australia.
www.biomedcentral.com /info/about/pr-releases?pr=20031208   (660 words)

  
 Born in the Caul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Apparently there is a difference to being born in your membranes and being born in a caul.
Apparently, it was once said that a baby born in the caul would never drown at sea.
It was the caul of a second twin, born in water, and the parents did not want to keep it, so gave me permission to store it.
www.radmid.demon.co.uk /Born%20in%20the%20Caul.htm   (299 words)

  
 - EQM - :: Caul - all available items
Caul is back on Eibon after the legendary "Reliquary".
A massive comeback to bleak, dense and hyper-obscure Dark Ambient: soundscapes for a never ending journey, magically crafted by a musician whose talent is immense.
Spiritual in nature, but with an omnipotent dark presence, this is not only Caul's most accomplished and mature release to date, but also the most melancholy and introspective.
www.equilibriummusic.com /dtlartist.php3?ArtID=0053   (204 words)

  
 Fort Frances Times Online -- Daily News from Fort Frances and Beyond -- www.fortfrances.com
Caul and fellow “Daytime Land” organizer Diane Maxey both sit on the FFCBC’s board of directors.
The registration deadline for these events has been extended over the next few days, but Caul stressed a continued lack of interest will mean cancellations of events that could have proved fun and interesting for kids looking for something different to do during the annual bass tournament.
Horse-and-buggy rides, courtesy of Lorne Caul of Crozier, are scheduled July 20, 21, and 23 at 3 p.m.
www.fftimes.com /index.php/2/2005-07-13/21952   (1039 words)

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