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Quote Supercouplevilly: Did it really say, his gambling addiction is revealed to Victoria (I know she doesn't know he is gambling), but they really need to change up the wording (she knows about the addiction) I will also say, of course it will be a rough patch recovery is never easy.
The key (to me), in the spoiler about Billy paying, is the fact that it doesn't say, he loses, until it plays out, I will believe the way he pays, is through the law.
I agree she knows about the addiction, just not that he's gambling again, but that is what it says. Not sure what the timeline for their spoilers are, though. It isn't under something like "down the road," so I assume the next couple of weeks. It also says Michael tells his mother his marriage is over, so we finally get Gloria back on screen.
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Quote Deana4Villy: Thoughts on the baby: When this s/l got started, she specifically said invitro. So far, all they've done is help nature along with the fertility drug that increases the number of eggs released in a cycle. This is why I think they are going to simply be surprised by a pregnancy at some point. Either that, or they have to make the decision to stop, or go forward with the next step of scheduling the invitro. I tend to think they don't want to go that clinical on the show. Once the decision to do invitro is made, it's full steam ahead. A lot of steps and hurdles to clear, but it isn't like the couple go about their lives blissfully unaware of what's happening.
As for the confession, I think him admitting he's been gambling again is enough to dumbfound Victoria. I mean she was kidnapped. And Billy knew Max. Who's to say these professional gamblers weren't friends with Max too? And, Eddie was killed, but does that mean Billy's gambling debt is gone? Eddie obviously owed Max and now Max went to prison, so how is that any better than Billy not paying Eddie before he went to jail? It's not like Billy can even begin to say he had nothing to do with it. Victoria was afraid after her ordeal that someone could be coming next, and Billy could very well be rolling out the welcome mat for them. I also don't think he'll admit it to her until he is ready to swear it off completely, and be under the belief that he can simply quit because he wants to.
Your post is so comforting. It's like a fuzzy blanket and a soft pillow to curl up with. I think you're right on both counts. A natural pregnancy would be so much more "Villy" than a clinical procedure. (Not to knock science at all, because any method that works is special!) The question remains as to why the writers would say IVF. Do they not know how that works!!! But maybe they're planning a night up awesome passion for Villy that we have yet to see. Hoping with everything crossed for that.
BTW, Brent Boyd used to be very newsy and full of hints where Villy is concerned. But he's pretty much clammed up now. Maybe by TPTB. He even hinted about 8 mos ago that we may get a Villy bed in 6 mos. Where oh where could it be?
And the second thing about the gambling is very probably the revelation that Vicki finds hard to believe...considering what she just went through in Miami.
Billy is going to have some sense knocked into him about his gambling, but he's going to have to want to give it up himself. Oh, Billy, please try! Your whole future happiness is at stake.
I wonder about this though. When Billy finds out that Victoria knows that Chelsea's baby is Adam's, and that's she's withholding the info so Victor and Adam won't know there's another Newman heir, possibly the only one if she can't get pregnant, isn't Billy going to be furious again?
I don't know what in the world is going to happen with Villy, but I love them so, and will never let go.
If Victoria manages to keep Adam's baby a secret from him for much longer, then I'm going to be really disappointed in her. Her jealousy is getting ridiculous, if she simply wants to deny another Newman heir. Chelsea is afraid he'd take the baby from her, which somehow seems more excusable. Victoria having a beef with Adam is one thing, but the secret is hurting Dylan, who is completely innocent. I would think that if Victoria spent any time thinking about that, she would cave. She knows personally what it is like to love a baby, believing it is yours, and have that baby suddenly torn away from you because it is all a lie.
And, yes, if Billy finds out, he will be furious. I think this is why they had the fight, with Billy telling her that her manipulations are like her daddy. He knows it is the very thing that she doesn't generally approve of when it comes to her father. I think she'll think about it and tell Adam the truth if Chelsea doesn't cave first.
BTW, when Billy was saying that wasn't the woman he married or the mother of his children, did "children" plural strike anyone else as odd, at all? Not saying they don't share Delia and Reed too, but I honestly wondered for a second if he was referring to the baby they are trying to have.
Also, the writers were really inconsistent with the time frame from the night Billy came home late. On Wed. show, he starts flirting with her, and when she puts him off, he asks if she's still mad about him coming home late last night? In subsequent conversations, it becomes the other night, yet Wed thru Fri shows were all the same day.
Oh, and I like to think he Billy said he's a guy and doesn't get gooey eyed at the thought of a baby, so she can totally throw that comment back at him when they find out she's pregnant, and he's emotional about it. We all know he will be.
You know I keep saying that something has to give where Adam & Victoria are concern and I really hope that it's soon cause all this hate between them is just a bit too much now. It's bad enough that the writers use Vicki being shot up with what is apparently a lot of fertility drugs which is why she has become so obsess with destroying Adam till a point where it seem to have affected her on a mental level. Why can't she just avoid him like Abby & Nick are doing. Why start a war with him at all. Look I am not saying that she should kiss his a$$ just cause he saved their father or her son for that matter but Adam has already got enough blood on his hands does she really want to join him that badly? She just might if she let Chelsea's secret drag on for much longer until it's too late to tell. I wonder if she knows about Dylan as well but I really don't think that she does since this secret kind of did affect Nick's love life with Avery. Would Vicki really do that to Nick?
I wonder if Vicki were to ever tell Chelsea to tell Adam the truth that Chelsea will try to convince her that Adam will try to take the baby away from her which is why she doesn't want to tell him, I could see that happening which could drag the secret out a bit much longer. Maybe Billy tells her about his gambling and mentions Adam and then she spitefully tells Adam that she has known that baby is his and that Chelsea had every right to keep it from him. I really don't think that Chelsea is going to tell Adam anything cause she is already smitten with the idea that Dylan is going to be a better father than Adam. So I think that Adam either finds out for himself or Vicki tells him. I hope that Vicki is the one who tells him.
Chelsea is so wrong. How can she not tell him? She's so mad at him for not choosing to go to Paris that she us taking it out on his unborn child. No secret like that ever stays a secret. Adam will find out, then she should be worried. I almost forgot about Dylan. What she's doing to him is just cruel, and the only thing he has ever done is be her friend and this is how she repays him.
I almost forgot about Chloe who is now telling Chelsea she should get Dylan to marry her. Two fools together, what a pair.
You know what I find really funny sometimes is how the writers handle some of these character's relationship with their friends and families. So Jill after visiting Billy last year just once (maybe on screen) since her return to GC in November and was basically the first one to know about Eddie (not the kidnapping apparently) is now finally going to have a heart to heart with him. So they couldn't have a heart to heart before. Oh well I guess they must have gotten tired of us complaining about how she is spending so much time with Cane.
In fairness to the writers, Billy and Jill don't work together, like Cain and Jill do now. I definitely miss the on screen interaction between mother and son, but it isn't like I don't think they've seen each other.
Well their only saying that the Abbott's go through another rough patch,they have been through rough patch's before and survived so let's hope they can come through this one too.That must be why Chloe,Jill and Nikki all have scene's with him because of his gambling,they will be trying to help him through it.I just hope Victoria helps him and she doesn't turn her back on him.Billy would never turn his back on her.
Quote My-iceVilly: You know what I find really funny sometimes is how the writers handle some of these character's relationship with their friends and families. So Jill after visiting Billy last year just once (maybe on screen) since her return to GC in November and was basically the first one to know about Eddie (not the kidnapping apparently) is now finally going to have a heart to heart with him. So they couldn't have a heart to heart before. Oh well I guess they must have gotten tired of us complaining about how she is spending so much time with Cane.
Then there was Murphy only finding out about Kathrine's illness until the day of the surgery. Yeah that's very believable cause he is not her husband or anything. Then there was Nikki who also didn't find out about the surgery until it was ready to happen. Also I don't believe for one second that either Nikki nor Victor would have gotten married without Kathrine being there. They would have checked to see where she was or if she was OK. There was also Devon who made an appearance visiting Kathrine in the hospital after being missing since Tucker's departure. Ester didn't know anything when she would always check up on Kathrine and especially her health.
Now all of a sudden they remember that Kevin & Michael have a mother by the name of Gloria.
I believe that they thought that have all those newbies in our face everyday would we would forget about the vets we learned to love ove time. They brought on too many changes all at once. They took 4 happy couples and all start falling apart all at once not.And Vicki saying one thing to Adam while in the hospital and an other thing when he get out. I'm not understanding Billy gambling either Vicki get kidnapped late last year and before the new year is in good they got Billy gambling. Knowing what just happening with Vicki is not Billy know would put his family in danger that way.JUST NEED OUR VILLY TO TALK THING OUT LIKE BEFORE ALL THIS CAME INTO PLAY.
We need Villy to get through this and be happy again.When was the last time Villy was really happy.
Vicki will won't turn her back on Billy but one thing we do know is daddy will be working hard to try. Victor will do his best to convince Vicki to let Billy go and daddy will lay it on heavy too. But that were Nikki come into it being there for Vicki to help her remember what her and Billy shares. And Victor lose once again VICKI CHOSE BILLY OVER HER DADDY.
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Dec 19 2013
Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Frosting
I made these cupcakes the other evening, then waited to frost them until yesterday. And as I was making frosting and slapping it on the cupcakes, I watched Working Girl, one of my favorite movies in the world, while also busting Nutcracker moves and applauding myself since no one else was home to applaud me.
And I'm absolutely positive they would have applauded me.
That's normal Christmas behavior, right?
Oh, good. I thought so!
First make the cupcakes, which are made with the same chocolate batter I've made ever since my husband and I were married: Melt two sticks of butter in a large saucepan. Meanwhile, boil some water either in the microwave or in a tea kettle.
Then measure 4 heaping (like, totally heaping) tablespoons of cocoa…
And throw that in with the butter.
Stir it until it's a nice, smooth chocolately mess…
Then pour in a cup of boiling water…
Stir it around, and let it bubble up for about 15 seconds or so. Then turn it off and set the mixture aside.
Measure 2 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar in a mixing bowl…
Then stir it together and set it aside.
Then, in a separate bowl, mix together 2 eggs with 1/2 cup buttermilk (I did whole milk and 2 tablespoons of vinegar)…
And whisk it together with a fork.
Pour the chocolate mixture over the flour mixture.
It's still pretty hot at this point.
Then give it just a few stirs until it's halfway mixed together. You just want to give the chocolate mixture a chance to cool…
Before you pour in the egg mixture!
Stir the batter until it's all combined!
Line 2 muffin pans with liners…
Then fill the liners with batter! I like to keep the cupcakes kind of manageable, so I fill them about 2/3 full. You can go higher if you want the cupcakes to have more of a dome that comes over the tops of the papers.
Then just bake 'em about 18 minutes or so.
To make the frosting, grab a bunch of peppermints.
Then put 'em in a plastic bag. Now, normal people will use a zipper storage bag of some sort. But people like me will have to resort to using a bag that is used with a vacuum sealer because they are all out of zipper storage bags.
Use a rolling pin to crush the heck out of the peppermints.
You want most of it to be nice and powdery, with a few crunchy little pieces. I'll take out those large chunks, though, lest I cause anyone to break a tooth.
Start with 2 sticks of very soft butter. I used unsalted because my cinnamon roll and cookie baking had wiped out my salted butter supply…but I would definitely recommend using salted butter! The frosting is way too sweet if you don't.
Beat the butter a bit to get it started…
Then add 5 cups of powdered sugar to a sifter…
Let the mixture start to mix on the lowest speed, and add in about 3-5 tablespoons of heavy cream. Add it gradually; you want to add enough to make the frosting soft and spreadable, but not so much that it will be too "loose."
Mix it until it all comes together…
Then add in the crushed peppermints, reserving a little for garnish.
Scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula, then mix it on high for about 20-30 seconds, until it's very light and fluffy.
Schmear the frosting on the cupcakes as thick or as thin as you want it, then sprinkle some more crushed peppermints on top.
As you can see, I'm from the 1970's school of cupcake decorating: Bake cupcakes. Let them cool. Slap some frosting on them. Sprinkle them with something. Done.
They're just going to be eaten, anyway.
Even cuter with extra peppermints scattered all over the platter.
A couple of things about the buttercream frosting: It will "crust" or harden on the outside (the inside will still be creamy) the longer it sits out. You can lessen this effect by storing them in covered containers, but I actually like the crust because it makes the cupcakes easier to transport. Up to you!
Enjoy these! And you can do a mix of red and green peppermints to make them extra festive.
Here's the handy dandy printable!
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Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Frosting
- Prep Time:
- Cook Time:
- Difficulty:
- Easy
- Servings:
- 36
- Cake
- 2 sticks (1 Cup) Salted Butter, Softened
- 4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup Boiling Water
- 2 cups All-purpose Flour
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Buttermilk (or Whole Milk Mixed With 2 Tablespoons White Vinegar)
- 2 whole Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 2 sticks (1 Cup) Salted Butter, Softened
- 5 cups Powdered Sugar, Sifted
- 40 whole Peppermint Candies, Crushed Very Fine
- 3 Tablespoons Heavy Cream, More If Needed (use 3-5)
Preparation Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 36 muffin tins with paper liners.
To make the cake, melt 2 sticks butter and stir in cocoa. Pour in boiling water, stir to combine, allow to boil for 15 seconds, then remove from heat and set aside.
In a separate bowl, stir together flour, sugar, and salt. Set aside.
In a separate small bowl, mix together buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, and baking soda.
Pour the chocolate mixture over the flour mixture and stir until halfway combined. Pour in the egg mixture and stir until the batter comes together.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 full and bake for 18 minutes, or until set. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
To make the frosting, beat the butter to get it started, then add in the powdered sugar. Beat on low while adding the cream. When it comes together, add the crushed peppermints, reserving some for garnish. Beat the frosting for a good 30 seconds on high until it's light and fluffy, longer if needed.
Frost the cupcakes however you want, then sprinkle on more crushed peppermints.
Note that the frosting will develop a light "crust" on the outside if left out.
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Wendy Walker On Wednesday, December 25 at 8:50 am
They were wonderful for our Christmas Eve Family Gathering! Thank you!
Trish in NC On Thursday, December 26 at 7:46 am
I made your perfect pot roast for Christmas dinner & it was the best roast I've ever made. Thank you so much for that recipe. My sister surprised me with a pan of these cupcakes for dessert. They tasted fabulous & were so pretty! Thanks for both recipes. Christmas dinner was really special this year. I'll never cook a chuck roast any other way.
Melissa On Thursday, December 26 at 9:53 am
I highly recommend NOT boiling water in the microwave. Unless you are into skin grafts and all that jazz. Use the tea kettle.
Wendy Mitchell On Thursday, December 26 at 11:11 am
We make birthday cupcakes for Jesus every year to help the kids understand the meaning of Christmas, and this was our selected recipe for the year. They were TO DIE FOR. Thanks for the delicious recipe!
Mary @ Parenthood On Thursday, December 26 at 4:07 pm
The rolling pin (or hammer) to bag of hard candies works, but if you have a mortar and pestle it is way easier!
create On Friday, December 27 at 2:46 am
Looks good to eat, the way you very much
Debbie On Friday, December 27 at 1:11 pm
Made these for our after-Christmas party last night and they were delicious! I had never made the chocolate cake recipe before….it's amazing. This will be my go-to chocolate cake recipe now. I've got to try the peanut butter cake, too.
Thank you and Happy New Year!
(I put aside a few cupcakes before the party last night….going to go have them for breakfast!)
Emily B. On Friday, December 27 at 10:24 pm
Just made them!!!! Absolutely delicious. Betweenfighting my husband and sister for the batter and slightly overfilling the cups, I didn't get 36, but they were worth it. Still need to work on my icing skills. Thankfully once they were tasted no one cared what they looked like.
georgieboy On Sunday, December 29 at 11:19 am
I made this frosting and put it on brownies to give away for Christmas. Now, everyone wants the recipe! Thanks Ree.
georgieboy On Sunday, December 29 at 11:24 am
Oh, and I forgot to tell you that it is much easier to break up the peppermint candies a little bit in a plastic bag and then transfer them to a food processor. The peppermint candies then come out like peppermint snow on the frosting. Beautiful and delish!!!
JOann On Sunday, December 29 at 6:29 pm
Ree nice,nice Happy New Year
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Jessica On Tuesday, December 31 at 4:49 am
This is a great recipe. We made these as a Christmas birthday cake – it was fabulous! The only change we made was to add some vanilla to the frosting, and we also decorated with some mini chocolate chips – it was big hit!
Heather On Tuesday, January 7 at 9:48 pm
these look good, but one problem. my husband is diabetic.
but i am not.
Ava On Sunday, January 26 at 7:32 pm
I bet that your cupcakes are good.I watch your shows all the time.
Paige On Sunday, February 2 at 12:30 pm
Going to make these with cinnamon hearts for valentines!


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As you might expect, it was madness. Panic! At the Disco played the Firebird on August 14, 2013, as part of its club tour. The earliest fans started lining up outside the club at 6:30 a.m. and the line to get into the Firebird eventually reached to the end of the block, despite winding and weaving through the adjacent parking lot. Photos by Jason Stoff for the Riverfront Times.
See also:
- Panic! At the Disco at the Pageant (May, 2008)
- Panic! At the Disco - Saturday, March 18, at 7 p.m. Mississippi Nights (March, 2006)
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Founded in 1842 by a priest from the Congregation of Holy Cross, the University of Notre Dame provides a distinctive voice in higher education that is at once rigorously intellectual, unapologetically moral in orientation, and firmly embracing of a service ethos. The University is organized into four undergraduate colleges — Arts and Letters, Science, Engineering, and the Mendoza College of Business — the School of Architecture, the Law School, the Graduate School, and 14 major research institutes. It enrolls approximately 12,125 students overall and 8,500 undergraduates.
High-visibility events can create very large spikes of traffic for university websites. Notre Dame wanted to be sure that its systems could handle big bursts of traffic whenever the university was in the news. The university also wanted to be prepared in terms of disaster response. "We wanted to be able to handle the abnormally high web traffic that might occur during unusual circumstances, such as a major news announcement, sporting event or emergency," says Mike Chapple, Senior Director for Enterprise Support Services. "But it's very difficult to design for that on-site. Provisioning resources for the edge case is an inefficient use of resources, when most of the time those servers would sit unused."
The school had been hosting its website from its own infrastructure on campus with disaster recovery hosted at a colocated facility a few hundred miles away. Notre Dame's IT department had a procedure in place for serving up web pages offsite in case of an emergency, but the switch-over process was time-consuming. When they ran emergency simulations, the developers found that they weren't able to deliver optimal service. "We couldn't deliver the capacity we needed with our existing servers," Chapple says. "With some engineering, we were able to meet the requirement, but we would have had to allocate capacity for peak use because we didn't have the ability to automatically scale." After evaluating the options, the university decided to migrate its website to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Switching to AWS meant that the university could rely on multiple Availability Zones to provide resiliency in case of a natural disaster—and would provide the on-demand scalability that the school needed during bursts of traffic to its website.
Notre Dame uses three different Availability Zones for availability. Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling are used to help balance the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances that run the web servers. Amazon CloudWatch is used to alert the university to scaling events. The university is also using Reserved Instances.
The site went live a few days before Notre Dame played in the BCS national championship football game. During the game, traffic went up five-fold from a daily average of 38,000 visitors to more than 150,000 visitors. "We need to be able to scale fast when Notre Dame is in the news," Chapple says. "When we have to handle large bursts of traffic to our site, AWS handles the demand reliably—even when we grew from 38,000 home page visitors to more than 150,000 in a single day."
"Using AWS to host our website benefits us in a number of ways," Chapple continues. "Using multiple Availability Zones gives us the resiliency to remove geographic dependencies. We have also been able to stop using a remote colocation facility so our engineers don't have to drive a couple hundred miles to maintain equipment."
The site, powered by AWS, has continued to exceed expectations. Implementation went smoothly and Chapple estimates that AWS is approximately 40 percent less expensive than the university's prior implementation. "It also has more flexibility and greater performance," Chapple says. "We expect the performance to continue to increase and the costs to decline when we take advantage of Amazon CloudFront."
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On Monday, Igor Panarin of Russia's Foreign Ministry said that the global financial panic confirms his long-held belief that the United States will splinter into six pieces-the Pacific coast, the Atlantic coast, the Hispanic South, Texas, northern states, and central states. Moreover, Russia might deal a fatal blow to Sarah Palin's presidential hopes by taking back Alaska, which is only "on lease." As he noted in Izvestia, the economy is "already collapsing."
Could America really fall apart? Some might think that faraway Guam, now a U.S. territory, might one day want independence, but in fact the Guamanians appear more loyal than those inhabiting the People's Republic of Berkeley, the Republic of Vermont, certain parts of the San Francisco peninsula, and isolated pockets on the island of Manhattan. And despite what Panarin may think, not even any of those rambunctious areas will secede. The United States, unfortunately for our foes, is remarkably stable and, well, united.
But what about Panarin's Russia? Will it be able to maintain its borders in the coming years when both the global financial system and the American-led international order are falling apart? First, Russia is undergoing a startling demographic collapse along with a depopulation of its Far East. Moscow's leaders fear-with some justification-that the presence of illegal Chinese settlers there may motivate an irridentist Beijing to try to take back land that czars seized from "China" long ago.
Second, the Kremlin's invasion of Georgia and its subsequent recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have reignited separatist sentiment in Russian territories, such as Tatarstan, Chechnya, Bashkortostan, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkaria. None of these lands is strong enough to break away from Moscow during normal times, but a Russian economic failure could tip the balance of power. Folks in these regions never forget the Russians conquered them and will wait centuries for their freedom.
So the last thing a Russian should be doing is encouraging separatism in other nations, as Panarin apparently is doing with his ludicrous prediction about the breakup of the United States. We should consider ourselves fortunate that the Kremlin is fully capable of causing trouble for itself. And we should remember it bears us ill will.


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Police in the central Swedish city of Uppsala have discovered skimming devices on ticket machines at the city's train and bus station. They now fear a large number of people could have had their bank or credit card details stolen, and are recommending travellers to contact their banks and cancel their cards.
The skimmers were attached to the ticket machines and could have copied card details when customers used the machines to buy train or bus tickets.
Police say this is the first time they have found skimmers on ticket machines, and do not know how long they have been there, news agency TT reports.
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This Rember drug that's showing promising efficacy against Alzheimer's is really pretty exciting. For a long time I've had blind faith that my generation wouldn't have to face Alzheimer's, at least not the way folks currently do. I was hopeful that the solution would arrive in time for our parents, too — now it looks like it might.
The story behind the drug is interesting. Naturally, Derek Lowe is the place to go for an informed perspective on the matter. He (and Wired) both note that Rember is actually a very old drug: Methylene Blue, which has been used for everything from malaria to psychiatric disorders to intestinal surgery. It's got a long history and seems to be quite safe.
But it is very, very blue. And that leads to some side effects. From the Wikipedia article:
Methylene blue was used at the end of the century as a successful treatment for malaria. It disappeared as an anti-malarial during the wars in Asia, as U.S. soldiers disliked its two inevitable, fully reversible side effects: green urine and blue sclera.
Blue sclera — as in the used-to-be-whites of your eyes. So yes: grandma might remain mentally sharp, but she's going to look like she just wandered off the set of Dune. Awesome.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Georgia Tech aced its first true road test of the season.
Norcross grad Gani Lawal scored 29 points to lead the 22nd-ranked Yellow Jackets to a 95-64 victory over Chattanooga on Monday night.
Derrick Favors had 14 points, Glen Rice added 11 and Mfon Udofia and Maurice Miller had 10 each for the Yellow Jackets (7-1), who ventured about 2 hours from campus.
''They were pretty physical,'' Lawal said. ''We scouted them and we knew they would double hard so we had to be smart, take our time and attack it.''
The Yellow Jackets shot 60.8 percent from the field, including 43.8 percent from 3-point range, and finished with a 35-29 rebound advantage.
Georgia Tech scored 30 points in the paint and had 37 points off turnovers while the Mocs had a total of 30 points combined from both categories.
''We knew we weren't going to score that ball inside,'' Chattanooga coach John Shulman said. ''That's two lottery picks down there in Lawal and Favors and I'm not talking about the Tennessee Lottery.
''We hung in there a bit, but they're just too good.''
Ty Patterson scored 22 points, one off his career high, on 8-of-14 shooting for the Mocs (5-5), while Vanderbilt transfer Keegan Bell added 13 on 5 of 17 shooting.
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- Lawal leads No. 21 Tech to win ( November 20, 2009 )
- Yellow Jackets continue to dominate Deacons ( January 28, 2010 )
- Tech toes the line, moves on ( March 19, 2010 )
- Lawal declares for NBA draft ( April 2, 2010 )
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TULSA, Okla.-----Georgia senior Wil Spencer's run in the ITA All-American Championships came to an end Sunday as he fell to Virginia's Mitchell Frank in the final, 6-1, 7-5.
Despite the loss, Spencer became the first Bulldog to reach the final of the All-American Championships since Travis Helgeson in 2007.
"Unfortunately Wil didn't play as well today, but he had a great run in this tournament," said Georgia head coach Manuel Diaz. "Wil always gives everything he's got, and he was a little drained from playing two grueling matches yesterday. Mitchell seemed a little more fresh today, and he took advantage of that. Wil got up a break in the second, but just couldn't close it out. Still, we aren't hanging our heads. Wil had a great week, and Mitchell played well and deserved to win."
Spencer went 5-1 in the tournament with all five wins coming against ranked opponents. He now stands at 13-1 this season.
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DURHAM — Family visitation for Ms. Helen Louise Chisolm will be held Wednesday, September 18, 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Fisher Funeral Parlor. Funeral service will be held Saturday, September 21 at 12 noon at Fielding Home for Funerals Chapel, 122 Logan Street, Charleston, SC. Survivors include: two daughters, Cassandra Fogg, Missy Chisolm-Robinson (Tony); sister, Marie Terrell (Charles); four grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
Arrangements by Fisher Funeral Parlor.
Phyllis Kay Spence
DURHAM — Mrs. Phyllis Kay Spence, 92, passed away under hospice care, Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, NC. She was born in Stafford County, KS to the late Burney Otto Kay and Lily Myrtle Sade Kay. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert W. Spence. Prior to retirement, she was employed by Old Kent Bank as a Secretary.
Mrs. Spence is survived by her daughters, Cristie Morgan (Richard) of Durham, Andrea Blake (Richard) of Waxahachie, TX; son, William Spence (Rebecca) of Caldonia, MI; grandchildren, Kelly, Blair and Mitchell Spence, Whitney Blake Sanderlin and Adam Blake. A graveside service will be held for the family in Grand Rapids at a later date. In lieu of flowers, a memorial gift may be made to Duke Hospice, 4023 N. Roxboro Rd., Durham, NC 27704.
The family is being assisted by Clements Funeral Service, Inc. in Durham. Online condolences may be made at www.clementsfuneralservice.com.
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HILLSBOROUGH — On September 16, 2013, Pamela Dodson Andrews' life journey ended peacefully in her home, where she was surrounded by family and friends. Pam is predeceased by her parents, Glenn and Elizabeth Dodson; and her grandson, Chase Underhill. She is survived by her son, Chris Andrews and his father, Dennis Andrews; her grandchildren, Mollie Andrews, Grace Andrews, Chad Wilkins (Lauren), and Ashley Underhill; her brother, Ernie Dodson (Gwen); her sister, Phyllis Dodson (Marty Cassady); and her nephews, Zachary Dodson (friend, Ella Bertram) and Isaac Dodson (friend, Kelcey Beech.)
Pam was a lifelong member of Union Grove United Methodist Church, and recently received a Certificate of Honorary Membership in the Church Council. She attended the yearly Methodist conferences and spent many hours organizing church functions and working in the church office. She always knew the importance of faith and family, and of ministering to those less fortunate in life. She was active in the church's prison ministry and cooked many meals for the homeless shelter in Chapel Hill. Volunteer activities meant so much to Pam, not only for the help she gave others, but for the enrichment she received from hearing their stories and being part of their journey.
Pam touched countless lives, and her friendships were always lifelong. She attended Hardbarger Business College in Raleigh, and worked as an office administrator at UNC in the School of Dentistry, the Art Department, the National Paideia Center, and the Marine Sciences Department, making lasting friendships at each job. Pam's friends often thought of her during their lives and travels, and brought her gifts as gestures of gratitude for caring about them, spending time with them, and making them feel welcome. Some of these gifts grew into impressive collections: Elvis memorabilia, Blue Ridge pottery, and snow globes from around the world. Each summer, Pam and a group of her high school classmates, who all started first grade together, would travel to Emerald Isle. Their group of 13, known as "the beach girls," have vacationed at the same beach house every year for 20 years.
Pam's five grandchildren were the absolute light of her life. She was the best "maw maw" in the world. She spent time together with them and individually with them. She encouraged them in school, in sports, and in life. She has promised to watch over them, and she will always be with them. "The life that touches others lives forever."
In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Union Grove United Methodist Church, 6407 Union Grove Church Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278. The family wishes to give thanks to Duke Hospice and all the friends and relatives who have been so supportive.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 21 at 11 a.m., at Union Grove United Methodist Church. Visitation will follow. Arrangements by Cremation Society of the Carolinas.
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COLLEGE STATION (June 30, 2012) -- Texas A&M University President R. Bowen Loftin announced today that veteran athletics administrator Eric Hyman will lead Texas A&M into the Southeastern Conference as the university's new director of athletics. Hyman comes to Texas A&M after serving as athletics director at the University of South Carolina since July 2005.
"Eric is uniquely qualified to lead us at this important juncture in the history of Texas A&M," said Loftin. "Not only does he have significant personal and professional ties to both the state of Texas and the SEC, he understands our mission of building leaders of character academically and athletically who will excel in all phases of life.
"Eric has a proven track record in working with some of the leading coaches in the country, enhancing the academic experience for student-athletes, and developing and implementing comprehensive athletic facility master plans," Loftin continued. "Our move to the SEC enabled us to attract an outstanding pool of candidates, and Eric quickly demonstrated that he was the person to lead Texas A&M Athletics during this exciting time."
In athletic director positions at South Carolina, Texas Christian University, Miami (Ohio) University and Virginia Military Institute, Hyman built a reputation for recruiting top coaching talent and student-athletes, improving athletics facilities and developing financial resources in support of athletic programs.
Under Hyman's leadership, the South Carolina Athletics Department has made tremendous strides in becoming a nationally prominent program, with the goal of competing for championships in all sports, as exhibited by the school's first men's national championship with the baseball team's title in June 2010, which was repeated in June 2011.
"I have been extremely impressed with Texas A&M's commitment to competing at the highest levels, as well as the university's dedication to the academic development of student-athletes. I believe that my relationships and knowledge of the SEC will play an integral role in Texas A&M's transition into the conference, and I have no doubt that the Aggies will make an immediate impact in the league."
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents authorized Loftin to take any and all action to identify a candidate for athletic director, and negotiate and execute an employment agreement with this candidate, at its telephonic meeting on June 29. Texas A&M officially enters the SEC on July 1, and Hyman officially assumes his new duties on August 1.


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Women who live in states with more restrictions on abortion already come to New Mexico, where there are no restrictions except on partial birth abortion.
One group is hoping to change the law in Albuquerque. They say that could cut down on women seeking abortions here.
If a petition circulating gets enough signatures and an initiative ends up on the ballot in October, voters will decide whether women will be banned from getting abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy in the city of Albuquerque.
"These late term abortions are very risky for women," petition organizer Tara Shraver said. "So ultimately we see women and their children will be protected as a result of this initiative."
But opponents say the measure shouldn't be on a ballot at all.
"Human rights and women's human rights in particular have no place on the ballot," said Joan Sanford, executive director of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Rights. "We don't give human rights an up or down vote."
Texas Governor Rick Perry signed his state's new restrictions into law today.
"It is our responsibility and duty to give voice to the unborn and the individuals whose survival is at stake," Perry said while signing.
Shraver believes that could send more women from the Texas side of the border to the New Mexico side.
"Because we have no restrictions on abortion, we already don't have anything that's keeping women from coming to our state," Shraver said. "Every week we see women coming from all across the country specifically for late-term abortions."
Sanford counters.
"Restricting women's options at any point is harmful to women," Sanford said. "We support women and their ability to access healthcare throughout their pregnancy."
Supporters of the 20 week ban have turned in their first round of signatures, 11,000 in total. They need about 12,000 to get on the ballot by next Thursday but their goal is 15,000.
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Softball | Sunday, April 26, 2009
Franchi's Homer in Seventh Inning Gives WU a 2-0 Win over Linfield to Start Doubleheader
McMINNVILLE, ORE. -- Senior Nikki Franchi (RHP/DP, Los Gatos, CA/Saratoga HS) blasted a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning to break a scoreless tie and send Willamette University to a 2-0 victory over Linfield College in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday, April 26. Franchi also threw a complete-game and allowed just one hit in the opener. Linfield rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the second game to defeat the Bearcats, 5-3, and split the twinbill.
The doubleheader matched two nationally-ranked teams in NCAA Division III. Linfield was ranked #2 and Willamette was ranked #10 in this week's NCAA Division III Top 25 released by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).
Willamette moved to 29-6 overall, including 22-6 in the NWC. Linfield went to 36-4 on the season and finished first in the NWC with a 26-2 record. The Wildcats will receive the NWC's automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Franchi and Linfield pitcher Brittany Miller waged a pitcher's duel for most of the first game. The only hit off Franchi was a lead-off single up the middle by Kayla Hubrich in the third inning. Hubrich was left stranded at first. Miller held Willamette without a hit until the top of the seventh.
With one out in the seventh, Marissa Richards (Sr., 1B, Newberg, OR/Newberg HS) walked. Franchi followed with her two-run homer to supply the game's only runs. LaShawna Holcomb (Sr., CF, Renton, WA/Hazen HS) doubled, forcing Lauren Harvey to take over for Miller in the circle. Harvey caused WU to hit into back-to-back ground outs to end the inning.
Franchi faced just three batters in the bottom of the seventh to secure the win. Emily Keagbine flied out to center field, Natalie Taylor flied out to right field and Candice Fujino lined out to right field.
As a pitcher, Franchi struck out three batters and allowed four walks. Miller registered eight strikeouts and gave up two walks.
In the second game, the Bearcats posted three runs in the top of the third for a 3-0 lead. Richards drove in Suzannah Von Trapp (Fr., 3B, Salem, OR/South Salem HS) with a fielder's choice. An error on the play also allowed Nicole Wallace (Sr., C, Roseville, CA/Roseville HS) to reach the plate. Sierra Lessel (Fr., OF, Eugene, OR/Churchill HS) scored later in the inning on an sacrifice fly by Franchi.
Taylor reached first base for Linfield on an error to start the bottom of the third. She went to second on a passed ball and advanced to third when Hubrich hit into a ground out for the second out of the inning. Jaydee Baxter and Sami Keim walked to load the bases. Emilee Lepp doubled to drive in Taylor and Baxter.
One stanza later, the Wildcats tied the score, 3-3. Alex Hartmann doubled and was sacrificed to third with a bunt by Keagbine. WU starter Alex Watilo (Fr., RHP, Newcastle, CA/Del Oro HS) hit Taylor with a pitch. Franchi replaced Wautilo and hit Fujino with the pitch to load the bases. Hubrich struck out, but Baxter was hit by a pitch to send Hartmann across the plate.
Linfield pulled ahead in the fifth inning. Lepp and Staci Doucette each earned a single, before Hartmann and Keagbine flied out. Taylor gave the Wildcats the lead with a two-RBI single to left field.
Franchi singled to start the sixth inning for WU, but she was thrown out when Holcomb hit into a fielder's choice. Mica Romero (Fr., SS, Woodland, CA/Woodland Christian)received a walked, forcing Holcomb to second. Another fielder's choice left runners at first and third. Wallace grounded out to end the inning.
Lepp went 2 for 4 with a run and two RBIs for Linfield. She was the only player for either team with more than one hit. Watilo and Franchi limited the Wildcats to six hits, while Harvey held Willamette to three hits.
Franchi received both pitching decisions for Willamette on the afternoon, as her season record went to 16-3. For Linfield, Miller lost the first game to fall to 13-2, while Harvey received her first decision of the year by winning the second game.
GAME #1 - BOX SCOREWillamette University 2
Linfield College 0
GAME #2 - BOX SCORELinfield College 5
Willamette University 3


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Considered bold even among marijuana activists, Ammiano's measure would remove cannabis from the state's banned-substances list, allow private cultivation, levy fees and sales taxes, and prohibit sales to minors and driving under the influence. A state analysis projects annual revenues of $1.4 billion, a number critics claim is inflated. That figure does not include the enormous amount of state and federal income and business taxes that would be paid by growers, retailers and their employees as part of a fully realized economic model.
According to the same state budget analysis, the value of today's annual marijuana harvest in California is $13.8 billion, making weed one of the state's biggest export crops. The value of the nation's entire pot harvest is $35.8 billion, according to the analysis. Since legalized medical cannabis is only a tiny fraction of the market and the dispensaries typically operate as nonprofits, virtually no income tax is collected.
"Our economic situation is egregious," says Ammiano, who plans to begin conducting hearings this month. "I think people have begun to take it seriously."
If Ammiano's bill fails—and many think it's too much, too soon—pot advocates have a Plan B, a narrower statewide initiative expected to reach the ballot next November. That measure would rewrite the criminal drug laws to make an exception for small amounts of marijuana. Its mastermind and chief bankroller is Richard Lee, the 47-year-old founder of Oaksterdam.
Lee, who opened his first campus in Oakland two years ago, says 6,000 people have taken his courses, which are organized into $250 weekend seminars and $650 one-semester courses. At any given time, he says, 500 students are enrolled in classes at the three campuses in Los Angeles, Sebastopol (an hour north of San Francisco) and Oakland, where Lee just unveiled a three-story teaching facility. The formidable flow of revenue helps Lee to finance further marijuana reform. So far, he says, he has invested $1 million of his own money in the initiative. Faced with a February deadline for submitting 433,000 signatures, he claims he has already gathered well more than 600,000 and is still collecting more, just to be certain that enough are valid. "The response has been overwhelming," Lee says.
If Californians light up, the beacon will be visible from sea to shining sea. Nadelmann says he consulted with both Ammiano and Lee on the language of their proposals and points out that California has always been a bellwether of cultural change, especially when it comes to pot. "Look what happened with [the passage of] Proposition 215," Nadelmann says. "We were able to go to other states and get it on the ballot. It's not as if the dominoes start falling, but people see that something's possible."
After-effects continue to ripple. Support for both medicinal and recreational pot use has grown demonstrably stronger throughout the West—especially in Oregon and Washington. An estimated 200,000 revelers attended Seattle's annual "Hempfest" this past year.
"What's happening is really amazing," says Gray. "Everybody, despite their political views, their religious views, their level of education and their age—everybody is beginning to be on the same page because our policy isn't working."
Gray can point to a remarkable June event as evidence. In the heart of OC, his pro-legalization stump speech slammed law enforcement for blocking reform because of its own addiction to generous government funding. From a crowd dominated by 60-, 70-, even 80-year-old women sipping tea and eating cake, Gray's presentation received loud applause.
Whether the "devil weed" will ever play in Peoria is open to debate, but in October, the Illinois Senate narrowly approved a medical-marijuana bill, meaning it could become law in the next few months, and pockets of support for pot have become evident elsewhere in the heartland.
California's actions in 2010 may greatly influence the speed of those campaigns.
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Reefer activists readily acknowledge the quickening pace of change raises risks of a backlash. Intense concern already centers on the poorly regulated mess in Los Angeles, where a confused and largely paralyzed City Council has allowed the proliferation of more than 540 medical-marijuana dispensaries without regard to zoning or other restrictions imposed elsewhere in California.
John Lovell, a lobbyist for the 4,000-member California Peace Officers' Association, bristles when confronted with the argument that pot should be made legal because it's no worse than booze. "What good comes of it?" he asks. "Right now, we have enormous social and public-safety problems caused by alcohol abuse . . . [and] by pharmaceuticals. What is the good of adding another mind-altering substance? Look at all the highway fatalities. Why do we want to create another lawful substance that will add exponentially to that?"
That line of thinking suggests that society today would be more sober and safe if alcohol or pharmaceuticals were banned—an argument U.S. history, particularly the era of Prohibition, does not bear out. "I think everyone in law enforcement will take on this fight," Lovell says. "I think people concerned about the social consequences of drug abuse will take on this fight. I think there will be a broad range of opposition."
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Which raises a salient question: Just what kind of music does Raglani create? It's too involved to be ambient, too beat-deprived to be anywhere near what passes for electronic music and too coherent to be considered experimental.
"I just use 'noise' as a blanket term," Raglani says. Of course, all genre tags have their drawbacks, and "noise" is one of the more troublesome, whether it's a term of affection or derision. Raglani recognizes its shortcoming. "Of Sirens Born isn't really 'noise' either. If you talk to someone who is a fucking noise purist, they wouldn't consider that in the noise canon whatsoever." When asked why not, Raglani responds, "Because it's too tonal, it has too much melody, it references music too much. I think most noise purists are more concerned with anti-music, or music that totally stays away from any kind of scale or tonality."
It may be oversimplifying Raglani's musical goals to say that he's working to bridge the gap between noise and pop music, but a love of loud, vibrant, three-chord rock & roll still rings inside him. As a high school skate-punk growing up in St. Charles, he practically wore out his cassette copies of the Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols and U2's The Unforgettable Fire. In fact, the combination of those two albums — the raw but focused punk of the Pistols and U2's increasingly lush post-punk landscapes — provides a good glimpse into Raglani's sometime brusque, sometimes bucolic movements.
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"I want to make an album that you can listen to over and over again," he says of an upcoming release for Kranky, which, given the theft, is most likely a long way off. "A lot of noise stuff that I have is not like that. You listen to it, and then you process it, and then you feel like you get the information out of it over two or three listens. So I've started to try to figure out in my head how you can make an album like The White Album, but in this frame of reference."
So Raglani is at a crossroads: His first record on a wide-release label gets good press (Pitchfork gave Of Sirens Born a favorable 7.4 out of 10), but now, he has to start over from scratch with new and/or different gear. While he plans on continuing to record and perform live, Raglani admits to being at a loss as to taking the next step. He's working to straighten out his finances and to begin rebuilding his arsenal, though he's already been helped by his friends and fans (a benefit party at White Flag Projects netted about $900). Given his wealth of ideas and crafty sound manipulations, it's likely that Raglani will once again begin making noise — or whatever you want to call it — sooner rather than later.
"I want people to find out who I am, and I want to be able to make a living off music," he says. "I'm interested in pop music [as well as noise], and I want to make this bastard album that is the crossover between the two. We'll see if I'll be able to do it or not."
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text: Here is how I would distinguish those three: Reed is the best athlete of the three and one of the best in the entire organization, but he has struggled with strikeouts. Reed and Sappelt both have spectacular range in the outfield (can be electrifying). I might give a slight edge to Sappelt, though it is close. Sappelt has by far the weakest arm of the three and it probably would limit him to left field unless he improves it by a bunch. Fellhauer has the strongest. Both Reed and Sappelt are faster than Fellhauer. Fellhauer's speed is a bit overrated. He has average speed. Fellhauer is the most polished and has the best baseball instincts and while he is not as fast as the others, he is the best base runner. Fellhauer has no clear weakness; he has average tools and is a smart, hard-nosed player. Reed and Sappelt have better tools but have some holes. Sappelt had some huge baserunning blunders in 2009.


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While Sharpton believed that the President was not getting the respect he deserved for leading the country out of a deep recession that he inherited, he said that clearly more needed to be done. Asked if Congress was doing enough to bring the country back, Sharpton said, "The quick answer is no. The question is how we push to get as much as possible."
And clearly, from the comments on the call, the path to pushing for what's possible goes through the United States Senate, and particularly opening up the process issues. The NAACP's Ben Jealous described Republicans who are "seeking a super-majority for everything coming out of the Senate" as their primary target, saying that they have habitually obstructed or watered down recovery efforts, many of which are not reaching the African-American community. Morial, of the Urban League, noted that the first stimulus package was cut by Republican Senators whose votes were needed to pass the bill, and as a result became less effective. While both of these leaders expected a "series of steps" to get unemployment down to a sustainably low rate, and no magic jobs bill out there, they expressed great concern at the obstructionism in the Senate.
Jealous said while he was frustrated with Republicans consumed with saying "No" for political reasons, he was just as frustrated with Democrats who have other options to get their agenda through. "They should be trying to do more in the reconciliation process," Jealous said. He talked about the 200 bills that have been held up through the filibuster, and 63 Presidential nominations held up as well.
Morial, himself a former Mayor of New Orleans, called the use of the filibuster and the hold process, which he called "the blue-slip process," an abuse of the system. "Whether you agree with the filibuster or not, it was desgined as an extraordinary measure. And now the blue-slip process is being used to hold up appointment of federal marshals, security posts. The public needs to have a greater understanding that it does not take 60 votes to pass anything. It takes 60 votes to end debate."
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With civil rights leaders pushing process arguments, seemingly this is coming away from an academic exercise and toward something that may truly educate the public as to what is happening in Washington.


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Empower an acorn with the following chant & carry it on your person during difficult times.
"Little seed with cap so fine, Grant your strength & make it mine.
Make me as sturdy as your tree. As I will, so mote it be!"
--A Crystal Some Spring Water A Few Pinches of Salt
First purify the crystal by washing it in salt water and then rinsing it.
Then hold it in both hands while closing your eyes and imagining yourself filling with the
healing energy of the crystal. Imagine yourself bathed in a stream of pure energy which
runs from the crystal through your hands and into your body.
Sleep with the crystal under your pillow.
To the Goddess, I do pray
Grant me power, strength to flay
This one's curse
With these words, I hold thee at bay.
We all have times in our lives when things are hard and we don't have much faith in ourselves.
I recommend doing this ritual whenever the feelings of doubt or fear start clouding your thoughts.
This is a group ritual, but it is possible to modify it for a solitary practitioner.
Cast the circle and then go around the circle so everyone can say how they became strong.
"I became strong through facing my fears.
I became strong through my friends.
I became strong through my family.
I became strong through making mistakes.
I became strong through taking a stand.
I became strong through dreaming."
Chant and raise power. The above can be modified to be more personal.
This can be used for any battle, if made and used properly.
The colors and words can obviously be altered to fit your own needs.
I chose the colors listed below because they represented the things I consider to be
characteristics of strength. The male population will obviously want to look up their
colors and altar the spell to their liking. What you need:
Red, blue, orange, purple, black, yellow and silver string (appropriate for making a bracelet).
Candles the colors of the strings (or 7 white candles) Tape Scissors
What you do:
Say the following once, before you start the making the ring of strength,
once when you're half done making the ring of strength, and once when you are
finished with the ring of strength:
I bring survival, protection and courage with each red, blue and black knot
And with each orange, purple and silver I've tied, it was just justice,
female power and self assurance that I got.
Will yellow, quick intelligence is with me - secure my knots - these
things held together tightly...
By my will So mote it be!
Take a piece of each color - all at equal length. Make the length very
long, for you'll need a lot of string.
Draw the strings together at one end and knot them, making them into
one. Find something (something you can put tape on) - a table or...something
(unless you can think of a better way) and tape the knot down securely.
Now take the first string, starting at the left and tie it once with the second string.
Take the second string and tie it to the third string.
Take the third string and tie it to the fourth string and so on until you've tied the second from
the last string to the very last string. Now take the last string and tie it to the second from
the last string (and so on like you just did, only going backwards).
Keep doing this, going back and forth, until you have a long, knotted bracelet that
will tie securely around your wrist. This may take a while and is a lot of hard work,
but believe me it's well worth it. When you're done knotting, tie your new
bracelet/ring of strength around your left wrist and simply wear it all the time.
It will give you strength. When the bracelet feels it has given all it's worth...it
will simply fall off one day. If you don't feel you have
enough strength....you might need to make another.
Purify area, cast circle, etc. Burn a white candle for yourself, and say:
"O Lady of shimmering beauty,
For whom the stars are shining jewels
And the Universe Her creation and plaything,
Weaver of destinies and Protectress of things wild and free
Make me now, I do ask, to be thy daughter
Make me one with thee and grant me thy far-flung power
Grant to this, thy Witch and Sorceress
Strength within and without.
As eternal as the boundless sea,
The calm assurance of my powers
To make any do my bidding,
And the winds, waters, and fires,
The hills themselves lend willingly themselves to me.
Give to me, who am of thy ancient Craft
The wisdom of ages, the lore of eons,
Knowledge of light, knowledge of dark.
Grant me beauty ever more perfect
That I may reflect thee better.
Build magic within me, build power within me.
Power be drawn and power come.
And make me one with thee.
Make me greater, make me better
Grant me strength and grant me power.
O Goddess who is my friend and mother,
I give you love and thanks
O Beautiful One, may the magic I have summoned
Return the stronger when I have need of it
So mote it be!"
Quickly clear your mind and say this. It will increase your physical strength.
"Strength of Day,
Strength of Night,
Give me strength,
Beyond my sight."
This is a fairly simple spell, and of course you should change it according to your tastes.
--1 white candle (probably the bigger the better) --mirror
The candle should be cleansed before you begin, and could be infused with white energy,
the energy of love and strength. Meditate upon your intentions before you begin. why do
you need to empower yourself? Is it because you wish to realize the beauty within yourself,
or you wish others to see the beauty or strength you know that lies within you.
This spell also works best if you do a cleansing of yourself, whether it is bath or shower or just
visualize all of the negativity that you are carrying with you washing away.
The candle should be placed in front of the mirror, and the mirror should face you.
Light the candle. Feel the positive energy emanating from the candle.
If you worship a deity, call upon them to help you. Chant or say a prayer. This is an example:
I walk in beauty with the Goddess.
I am strength. I am beauty. I am will. I am love.
She is within me. All who see me, know Her.
Ingredients: Purple bag or cloth Vervain Dragon's blood resin Rosemary
Frankincense Galangal or ginger root High John oil, personal power oil or Dragon's blood oil
1 Clear quartz crystal A personal talisman Purple Candle
I suggest making up your own directions and spell for this one because it is a very personal pouch.
Add ingredients or objects that have meaning to you. One suggestion:
Try to sew on some small semi-precious stone chips or a stitched personal symbol.
Fill one jar with the following:
Cinnamon [for dream Magic]
Nutmeg [for good luck]
Allspice [healing]
Ginger [lunar Magic]
Basil [protection]
Fennel seeds [spiritual healing]
Garlic [spiritual purification]
Marjoram [protection]
Sage [spiritual purification]
Cloves [protection]
Mustard seed [protection]
Before you do any scrying or any kind or psychic work, inhale the scent
deeply and shake the jar gently.
Items needed: Basic altar set-up including:
--salt and bowl of water, candle in color symbolic of need.
Shield, ground, and center. Cast circle.
Charge of the Goddess/God.
Cleanse crystal by sprinkling with water, then with salt. Say the following:
"This crystal is hereby cleansed and dedicated to the workings of the Goddess and God."
With tip of crystal, scratch image, symbolic of need, on candle (i.e., a heart for love, a dollar
sign for money, a fist for strength.
As candle is scratched, visualize your need with crystal clarity as if it had already been manifested.
Chant to raise power. Place candle in candleholder, set crystal near it, and light candle.
Watch the burning flame and again strongly visualize and chant &/or drum.
Allow the candle to burn down.
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