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Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars will need a bigger limo to accommodate all of the credited writers on their wildly popular hit song, "Uptown Funk." Last week, they added five members of the Gap Band to the list of those entitled to share in the royalties. The Gap Band had filed a claim against Ronson & Mars due to the similarities between parts of "Uptown Funk" and their own song, "Oops Upside the Head." Apparently, the quick resolution was in response to the jury verdict in the "Blurred Lines" lawsuit, which awarded Marvin Gaye writing credit on the Robin Thicke/Pharrell Williams song and $7.4 million in royalties to his estate.
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Witchcraft or Wicca
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What is the difference between Witchcraft and Wicca, or, should it be Witchcraft vs. Wicca vs. Paganism. Most Witches are Pagans, but, all Pagans are not Witches. And most importantly, not all Witches are Wiccans. In other words, a Witch who practices Witchcraft does not necessarily mean that she believes in the religion of Wicca. A Wiccan involved in the religious practices of Wicca does not necessary practice Witchcraft and which makes them not a Witch. And some Wiccan Pagans feel that no magick should be practiced at all, as Wicca is a religion and not magick. As Scott Cunningham wrote in one of his books "Witchcraft: the craft of the Witch–magick, especially magick utilizing personal power in conjunction with the energies within stones, herbs, colors and other natural objects. While this may have spiritual overtones, Witchcraft, using this definition, isn't a religion. It is just that some followers of Wicca use this word to denote their religion." So, according to Scott Cunningham simply being a Wiccan does not necessarily mean that you are a Witch. I have seen in many websites that they state "Wicca comes from the root word "wicce" which means to bend or shape." This is absolutely and positively incorrect. I have also seen some websites state that Witchcraft is "the craft of the wise." This is also incorrect. Wicca is a male term for a person practicing his craft whereas Wicce is a term used for a female practicing her Craft
But where does the word Witchcraft come from? Actually, no one really knows, except that it is a Christian word. The Oxford English Dictionary tells us that Witchcraft comes from the Old English word Wiccecraeft (also spelled wiccecraefte, wicchecrafte, wichecraft as well as wesch-craft and wicche craft) and that it literally means the Craft in the sense of art or skill of a practicing Pagan. The truth of the matter is perhaps the witch is a descendant of the ancient Goddess who embodied both birth and death, nurturing and destruction. Like Hecate and Diana, the Witch is associated with the Moon and lunar power. Like Aphrodite and Venus, she can make love potions. Each attribute of a Witch, once belonged to a Goddess. All over the ancient world, Goddesses were worshipped. These Goddesses represented womanhood distilled to its ultimate essence. But when religions' decay and Gods are replaced, there is a consistent dynamic: the gods of the old religion inevitably become the evil of the new and that is what happened to the Goddess and which spilled over into the bodies of all women and were called Witches…as someone to fear, hate and to destroy. Since the Goddess of birth is also the Goddess of death, women are accused of bringing death into the world as well as life. This is why the Witch is depicted both as young, beautiful and bedecked with flowers, and as a frightening crone covered with cobwebs. She represents all the cycles of life, and if she is terrifying, it is because the cycles of life terrify. The rejection of females' bloody cycles, mewling infants, and cthonic vendettas re-asserts itself in many cultures. Woman is made the scapegoat for mortality itself, for nature is red in tooth and claw, for the mutability that is human fate. Then she is punished, as if she were responsible for all nature's capriciousness, as if she were Mother Nature incarnate–which, of course, is partially true! So, what is a Witche's heritage? Her great, great, great, great, great ancestress is Ishtar, Hecate, Isis, Diana. Her father is man. Her midwife, his fears. Her torturer, his fears. Her executioners, his fears. Her malignant power, his fears. Her healing power, her own. So if the word Witch is a God of Abraham word and in a derogatory meaning, why call oneself a Witch? Why….because of the more than 6 million women who were tortured and killed because of the word Witch. For more information on the Burning Times, please visit Crone Turns Witch Surprisingly, today's dictionaries provide better definitions of Witch and Witchcraft.
Witches of yesteryear did not go around calling themselves Witches. People did. Just as Jesus did not go around calling himself a Christian. People did. More likely than not, the villagers went to a wise woman who attended to the birthing, attended to the sick and was even consulted in matters such as love and monetary matters as well as discreetly providing some villagers with potions and spell kits, but she did not necessarily call herself a Witch, because in the earliest days of "witchcraft", practitioners were actually the village healers, teachers, story tellers, and midwives. It remained this way until the late 1400s when the Inquisition swept through Europe and by some estimates, as many as 9 million "witches" were executed, most of them women and children. They talk about the Holocaust and what the Germans did to the Jews. What about what the Christians did to those pagan women and children in the name of Witchcraft.
The word "Wicca" is a male gender term while "Wicce" is the female gender. I have read that Gerald Gardner chose the word "Wicca," as he wanted to stay away from the bad undertones of the word Witchcraft. Now, this is very hard to believe for instead of Gardner trying to show the rest of the World what Wicca was truly about, his exploits in his introducing Wicca to the media almost sent the religion back behind closed doors. When one thinks of a Witch, they think of a woman, and they see her with her broom or bending over some cauldron. Even Halloween cards which has a Witch plastered on its front is that of a woman. There have been many fairytale stories of Witches and all of them are of women. One of the museums in Salem, Massachusetts has a manikin Witch flying on a broom, and it is a woman. When one thinks of a man performing magickal practices, he is thought of as a Wizard and/or magician. Rarely is a women depicted as a magician. Rarely is a Witch depicted as a man, and I do believe that that is why Gerald Gardner strayed away from the word Witch and its association with women and instead chose the word Wicca which is a male term. A man who so cleverly created the religion of Wicca could not have been so easily misunderstood in his spelling of the word and that is what some claimed happened. They call the pagan religion a Goddess religion, yet Gardner named it Wicca. In his book "The Meaning of Witchcraft", Gardner says "it may be because Witchcraft is a Moon Cult" yet he names this "Moon Cult," which the Moon is associated with the Goddess, Wicca…a male term. Doreen Valiente, High Priestess along side Gerald Gardner and author of "Rebirth of Witchcraft" and other books, did not like using the word Wicca for that very reason, as do many other female pagans.
There are many different practices of the religion known as Paganism and Wicca sits under that umbrella, just as you have Lutherans, Methodists, etc., sitting under the umbrella of Christianity. Wicca actively worships both the Goddess and her Consort and claim to follow the old religion. They see the Goddess triple in nature and the God Her child and lover who dies in order for us to live. Whereas many Pagans/Witches and Dianics, (while they recognize the existence of Her Consort), only actively worship the Goddess and actually do follow one of the oldest religions, as the Goddess religion is one of the oldest religions. Traditions of Wicca claim that to honor either the Goddess or Her Consort more than the other would be an imbalance and an injustice. However, simply honoring both equally does not make one in balance, because each of us carry more energies of the male or female in us and it is generally the male energy that we all carry too much of. In this modern technology world we live in today and using all that fire energy we need to rush around in our daily lives, we cannot help but carry too much male energy whether male or female.
More and more Pagans and/or Witches feel that Wicca, Druidism, and Strega are too male oriented for their liking. In fact, most feel that Strega is actually Wicca with the name Strega attached to it. Strega practices the 8 sabbats and below you will see that there is no one religion who ever practiced all 8 sabbats……only the man-made new religion known as Wicca.
In the Wiccan path, the celebrations of the Sabbats, She is supposed to be honored equally with Her Consort. However, with the Wiccan Sabbats and the Wheel of the Year, it seems as if things are centered more around the Sun God and his Wheel of the Year….Lord of the Dance.. He is born at Yule and then his growth is followed in the seasonal year. However, it is the Goddess who creates the seasonal year. It is She who moves to and from the sun. Wiccan covens tend to put more emphasis on Sabbats whereas Goddess followers and Witches put more emphasis on Moon rituals. Many Pagans feel the Sabbats are just celebrations without any formal circle, as it was in yesteryear times.
The solstices and equinoxes are about the Sun and are what Gardner called the Lessor Sabbats while the Sabbats of Candlemas, Beltane, Lammas and Samhain are more about vegetation and Mother Earth and are called the Greater Sabbats and which are the true Celtic Sabbats. No where in any one tradition did pagans celebrate the 8 Sabbats, yet the Wiccan tradition follows the 8 Sabbats.. See Gardner Unveiled for more information. Gardner pulled from the different traditions to form the 8 Sabbats. It also must be noted that no where can it be found that any pagan tradition celebrated the Spring Equinox. Gardner pulled the Spring Equinox in to keep the Sabbats more balanced and to have a celebration every six weeks. In fact, in his book "The Meaning of Witchcraft" he says "The four great Sabbats are Candlemas, May Eve, Lammas and Samhain; the equinoxes and solstices are celebrated also." It almost as if he put the equinoxes and solstices as an afterthought…why…because, once again, no one pagan path celebrated the 8 Sabbats.
In the Wiccan tradition, they believe that She would be nothing without the Sun, or She needs the Sun to keep Her balance, when it is She who created the moon, the earth, the sun and the stars. Pagans see the Goddess as much more than just the sexual union with Her Consort, just as we, as woman, are much more than just a mate for our husbands. She stands alone in Her own power, just as we, as women, stand alone in our own power, and that is what Goddess followers are honoring and worshiping which is Her inner strength, Her power, Her nurturing aspect and Her magick of life giver. She is the blade of grass, the gentle breeze upon our faces; She is the birds chirping and the bees upon the flowers. She is the earth that you walk on and the food in which you eat. She creates the seasonal changes, as She moves to and from the sun. The sun moves very little, while She dances the dance of life, for She is life itself. She is the moon with all its mysteries; She is the earth full of bounty.
Wicca feels that there must be a balance, but when one thinks about pagans of yesteryear, pagans were less concerned about balance and more concerned with survival. Pagans prayed to the Gods for a fruitful and successful harvest and had celebrations when their crops were successful.. There were no rituals at Sabbats…., no casting circles, no calling in the Watchtowers. They were farmers working the land and living off of it from the fruits of their labor. Life was hard and they worked from day break to sun set with no time in between for Sabbat rituals. Many Witches of today realizes this and therefore only celebrate the Sabbat by honoring the day and eating the food of the season..
Yesteryears' pagans, and most Witches today, realize that Nature is not about balance for where is the balance of floods, draughts, tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, wind storms, severe and destructive lightening storms, or excessive heat and or cold. In August, the Greeks prayed to the Goddess Hecate to not send Her destructive storms. Nature is beautiful, yet it can be harsh and cruel. Pagans lived in a world not of dreams but a world of reality wherein the very livelihood depended upon successful crops which could be destroyed by weather or by blight, diseases, insects, etc. There is beauty of the land and beauty of Her creatures, yet one predator can be another one's prey for the only balance in Nature is life and death. Paganism is a Nature religion and, while Wicca believes there is balance in Nature, most Witches know there is no balance in Nature and must learn to live with Nature with all Her ups and downs just as life has its ups and downs. The Goddess religion is about living in harmony with all Her creatures and respecting Her body….the land, something of which many do not do.
Besides a desire to get into touch with the Earth, another motivator of those who become Witches is a belief in the beauty, power, and holiness of womankind. The Pagan religion is a celebration of the feminine principle. Wiccans see it as a celebration of the wheel of the year of the Sun God and the sexual union between Lord and Lady.
Many Wiccans perform ritual skyclad. Many Pagans wish not to participate in ritual nudity. Not because they are ashamed of anything, but feel that it is not necessary. Nudity in ritual stems from Leland's Aradia, Gospel of the Witches wherein in the "Charge" it says "and ye shall go naked in your own right." It was never proven that the material Leland said to have received from a gypsy who claimed to be a witch and in which he created Aradia, Gospel of the Witches in 1890 was authentic. Leland was a writer whom published over seventy-three books. Most of those books were not on Witchcraft. No artifacts can be found, no written material other than what Leland wrote of a Goddess originating from Tuscany in the form of Aradia. In fact, there are no mythology books on any Goddess known as Aradia or of Diana giving birth to Aradia or even having a brother named Lucifer, unlike her cousin, Artemis, in the Greek Mythology whose brother was Apollo. I have a feeling that Leland's material is no more authentic than Gardner's Wicca which has been proven that Gardner's Book of Shadows of Laws, rituals and initiations came from various sources including Key of Solomon, The Golden Dawn, and Free Masonry, to name a few, and not from some ancient tradition to which he claimed he was initiated into. Gardner was initiated into ceremonial magick traditions but not Paganism and certainly not Witchcraft.
Unlike Wiccans, most Witches and/or Pagans also prefer not to honor the practices of the Great Rite, symbolic or otherwise, feeling that the sexual union between the Goddess and Her Consort is only one facet of who and what the Goddess truly is. Many Wiccan traditions put much emphasis on the Great Rite in its symbolic form in each of their Sabbat rituals by performing the athame to chalice in all their ceremonies. Many Pagans feel that only at Beltane would that be appropriate. As some may know, Aleister Crowley helped Gardner shape and form Wicca. He has been billed as the greatest magician of the 20th century but it is questionable whether he ever actually performed any feat of magick. In 1920, Crowley rented a villa and converted it into a sanctuary where he could explore all the nuances of sexual magick. According to one story in a London paper, life at Crowley's sanctuary focused on "unspeakable orgies, impossible of description." Many Pagans feel that Crowley is another reason why so much emphasis is put on nudity and the Great Rite in the Wiccan tradition and many Witches and/or Pagans do not wish to have have any association with the infamous Aleister Crowley.
Wiccans put much emphasis on swords and athames wherein many Witches prefer using the wand or staff in their casting a circle. The sword is definitely a masculine trait. Some Witches even prefer using the sickle, as it is the symbol of the Crone–of harvesting and death. In hunter-gatherer societies, women were responsible for gathering and harvesting plant material. When cultivation began as a result of Demeter's gift of wheat, it was the women who were instrumental in the harvest. Hence, the sickle is an appropriate (and ancient) women's tool. I really do not believe that your average pagan woman of yesteryear had a sword hanging on her wall and if and when she drew a magickal circle on the ground, more likely than not, she used a branch from a tree and did not tote some sword through the woods. And she probably did not use a knife/athame to cast her circle either. The sword is purely a masculine invention, as it was used in wars to kill. Before there was a God and it was just the Goddess, there were no wars. That did not come until the Solar Gods came into play bringing with them war, chaos, rape, deceit, jealousy, and even eating of their own children.
More and more Witches are preferring to follow the Moon more so than the Sun and its Sabbat rituals. Many of today's Witches prefer performing Moon rituals and simply celebrating the Sabbats as pagans of yesteryear did. They feel no necessity of calling in the Sun God during Moon rituals for in Moon rituals it is in honor of the Goddess only. Yes, there are some Moon Gods but they did not appear until after the warring Gods came into play and took power away from the Goddess and given to the God from Zeus giving birth to Athena, depriving her of a mother to Gods being associated with the Moon. Women are on the Moon's cycle, bleeding every 28 to 29 days, not men. Women have more water in their bodies then men and therefore feel the Moon more. The Sabbats deal with Her interaction as Mother Earth with the Sun God. However, as Moon Goddess, She stands alone free and strong, independent of no influences of the Sun, and many Witches honor Her and only Her at Dark and Full Moons, not being caught up in the "balance." The Moon, after all is our closest neighbor. The moon influences ocean tides and blood tides. The Moon is intimately connected to the ancient worship of the Goddess. In Gardner's Book, "The Meaning of Witchcraft", he writes "but apart from these great Sabbats, minor meetings called Esbats are held." In other words, he is putting less emphasis on his own words "Witchcraft is a Moon cult!" If Witchcraft is a Moon Cult, why minor meetings during Esbats/Full Moons? In Wicca, much importance is placed on the Sun God and his wheel of the year. However, science knows that if it were not for the Moon, we would not be for it is the Moon who keeps the Earth from spinning out into space. It is the Moon who keeps the seasonal changes consistent for if it were not for the Moon, one day it would be cold and the next could be like a hot summer day. So, it is the Moon and the Moon alone who keeps things in balance and the earth spinning on her right course year, after year, after year. Therefore, it is the feminine Moon and the Moon alone who should be honored each month.
Regarding initiation, when it is a female wishing to be initiated into the Craft, according to the Wiccan tradition, a male has to initiate a female. There has been much controversy on this subject, as many Pagans and Wiccans feel that a female should do the initiating on all occasions, as it is the Goddess who is doing the initiating in the first place.
There are many women today refusing to call themselves Wiccans because of its male terminology. Once again, Wicce is a female term and Wicca a male term, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.. Women, throughout the ages, have fought for women's rights, fought for the freedom to vote, fought for their own freedom from man, fought for our rights from brutality of some men, fought for equal pay, fought for even the right to smoke out in public and even had to fight to wear pants. Yet, some of today's women have stepped backwards in calling themselves a male term of Wiccan and following a Goddess religion named after a male. All wise Witches know that words have power; names have power, if not, Witches, Pagans and Wiccans would not be choosing magickal names which represents their very soul. Some Witches and/or Pagans following the Dianic path call themselves "Dianic Wiccans," which is a contradiction in itself, as the Dianic path is centered solely around the Goddess in the Sabbats and in Moon rituals. It is a very female oriented religion, yet they call themselves Wiccans, which is a male term. If "Witchcraft is a Moon Cult", by Gardner's own words, why call it Wicca, when Wicca is a male term and paganism is a Goddess religion. That is why many Witches refuse to call the Goddess religion by a male name of Wicca. Many Pagans and/or Witches put more emphasis on Moon rituals and celebrate the Sabbats and not the other way around. Most of all, many Witches and/or Pagans do not wish to follow yet another man-made religion which is what Wicca is. Witchcraft is not a religion but a practice of one's Craft….. I do not care how many Wiccan practitioners protest that Witchcraft is a religion. It simply is not so..
You also see many groups calling themselves "Traditional Witchcraft." If their tradition is religious in nature, then it is not necessarily Traditional Witchcraft, as the old "traditional" Witchcraft was not a religion but one practicing solely the arts of magick and not a religion. They performed no rituals in either performing magick or for the Sabbats. Following a "tradition" and "Traditional Witchcraft" are two separate things. One can always tells when someone is claiming they are "Traditional Witches" or practicing Traditional Witchcraft, and they are not, simply by observing if they practice the 8 Sabbats, or they practice any religion at all. Traditional Witches have no claim, nor do they want to, on Wicca. Most Trad Witches have no connection with a Deity nor a religion. Instead, Trad Witches, as with all Witches, delve in the healing arts, divination and of magick with no interlacing of any kind of a religion and/or performing any kind of ritual. They know of no Book of Shadows nor Witche's Tools of the Craft and no "And Ye Harm None." These are ceremonial magician followings and one in which Gardner pulled into Wicca. The 8 Sabbats are clearly a Wiccan practice. However, and unfortunately, some disagree with this statement, but then again, they really do need to do some serious research on the matter.
I have received many emails informing me that because they choose not to walk the balance religion known as Wicca and do not worship the Goddess and her consort like Wicca does that they are told they are not a Witch. They are told this by Wiccans. What is disturbing about this is that it sounds all too familiar in the Christian Religion wherein Christians tell other Christians that they will not go to Heaven simply because they have not been saved, i.e., born again. There are Christians who disagree with other Christian paths and will put other Christian followings down. The Goddess Religion/Paganism is supposed to be a religion with no dogma, yet Wiccan members are doing just that as many Wiccans frown upon other Pagans who walk a different life than Wicca. What these accusers do not realize is that Witchcraft has nothing to do with a religion, has nothing to do with following a Goddess and God or simply the Goddess. Witchcraft is the practicing of one's Craft and not the practicing of a religion. What these people also do not realize is that no one has the right to tell another person that they are not a Witch. In order for this to stop, Pagans need to stand up for what they believe in and not be bullied by another simply because they wish to worship differently. Nature is not about balance for She does what She pleases. If an initiated Wiccan told another person who was a self-initiated Wiccan that they were not Wiccan because Wicca is an initiatory religion and one must be initiated into the religion known as Wicca by another initiated Wiccan, then they would be right. Since it has been discovered that Gerald Gardner made the entire religion known as Wicca up, including initiation, then the only way to be truly a Wiccan is to be initiated by a Wiccan and not self-initiation. Gardner's intent was to form something similar as in The Golden Dawn, Free Masonry, the following of King Solomon, all of which are/were secret societies which one has to be initiated into to be a member and sworn to secrecy. Please see Key of Solomon with comparisons between Wicca, Key of Solomon, Free Masonry and Golden Dawn. Wicca can be compared to the High Priests/High Priestesses of Egypt wherein members of the temple must be initiated. The practices of Egypt did not allow the common folk to step foot into the temples. Besides the High Priestess and High Priestess, Handmaidens, and initiated members, the Pharoah was the only one allowed into the temple for it was believed he was God. The "common" people worshipped on their own and worshipped how they wished to worship and whom they wished to worship at any given time and not necessarily both a Goddess and God.
If Paganism with all its paths is to survive and be recognized, everyone must respect how another Pagan wishes to worship the nature religion and the turning of the wheel of life.
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DIY LEMON SALT SCRUB for beautiful skin even in the winter:
You're just moments away from shiny new skin.
What you will need:
5 tablespoons sea salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 lemon
First mix the olive oil and sea salt together. Once the salt gets coated by the oil, the lemon won't dissolve it! Next cut the lemon in half and squeeze over the salt + oil. Mix and mash. (Feel free to adjust the recipe to your liking.) Then scrub away!!
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- St Martin's Day or Martinmas (or sometimes Martlemass) was celebrated as the end…
St Martin's Day or Martinmas (or sometimes Martlemass) was celebrated as the end of the harvest season. For workers and the poor it was a time when they had a chance to enjoy some of the harvest. Martlemass beef was beef from cattle slaughtered at Martinmas and salted or otherwise preserved for the winter. The now largely archaic term "Saint Martin's Summer" referred to the fact that in Britain people often believed there was a brief warm spell was common around the time of St.Martin's Day, before the Winter months began in earnest. The more common term in modern English is "Indian Summer".
DARK DORSET – Dorset's premier website devoted to local folklore and the unexplained: Saint Martin's
- Good Morning everyone and welcome to Sunday have a busy day unpacking and get ne…
Good Morning everyone and welcome to Sunday have a busy day unpacking and get new home sorted as I want to be ready for the new moon so I hope you all have a lovely day and may the gods watch over you and keep you safe Brightest blessings Draco )o(/|\
- 28th Moon Day info:
Symbols: Lotus, Karma.
Characteristics: Favorable day, day…28th Moon Day info:
Symbols: Lotus, Karma.
Characteristics: Favorable day, day of opening of all Chakras, day of clear vision, reflection, balance and compassion, day when you can know the higher truth, and your past, through meditation or in your sleep, work with astral body and dreams.
Recommendations: Positive thinking and elevated attitude, one of the best days for making peace, cleansing and detox. Juice diet recommended. Good for buying or renovating house.
Precautions: Prolonged exposure to bright light, TV and computer screens, reading and straining your eyes is not recommended. Sex is not recommended.
- Moon Day 28
A happy day. Good for beginning an important pursuit, for getting…Moon Day 28
A happy day. Good for beginning an important pursuit, for getting to know influential people, and for meeting friends. It favours holidays, amusements and pleasures, and it improves health.
- Sunday — Sun's day
Middle English sone(n)day or sun(nen)day
Old English sunnand…Sunday — Sun's day
Middle English sone(n)day or sun(nen)day
Old English sunnandæg "day of the sun"
Germanic sunnon-dagaz "day of the sun"
Latin dies solis "day of the sun"
Ancient Greek hemera heli(o)u, "day of the sun"
- Sunrise: 7:19 AM GMT
Sunset: 4:27 PM GMT
Length of Day: 9h 07m
Tomorrow wil…Sunrise: 7:19 AM GMT
Sunset: 4:27 PM GMT
Length of Day: 9h 07m
Tomorrow will be 3m 8s shorter.
Moon Rise: 4:01 AM GMT
Moon Set: 2:54 PM GMT
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent 10% Illuminated
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I think we all may need a little of this sometimes, Enjoy…Yvonne Trinity
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Simple Color Magick
Color can be a very powerful to use during ritual and spells. Color magic is limited only to the witch's imagination. Candles, clothing, altar cloths and ink are just a few ways to incorporate the magickal energies of color into the Craft. Below is a list of colors and their corresponding magickal energies.
Red: Passion Courage Lust Strength
Pink: Love Romance Good will Compassion
Light Blue: Healing Meditation Patience
Royal Blue: Success Victory Business
Light Green: Fertility Agriculture Beginnings Growth
Green: Wealth Prosperity Luck Good fortune
Purple: Protection Wisdom Dreams
Lavender: Intuition Psychic growth Sleep
White: Peace Purity Cleansing Full moon magic
Brown: Animals Home Endurance
Black: Divination Banishing Protection
Orange: Justice/Legal issues Career Ambition Vitality
Yellow: Friendship Intellect Creativity Learning
Silver: Moon magick The Goddess Female energy
Gold: Sun magick The God Male energy
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"The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal."
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As part of the KCRA team, Deirdre Fitzpatrick and photographer Mike "Domi" Domalaog have been to eight Olympics, including Sochi, London, Vancouver and Beijing. Take a look back through their journeys.
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Hi Everybody,
I came across the forum a few weeks ago when I was googling for advice on touring bikes. I was very pleasantly surprised when I started reading a few of the threads and found a community of intelligent and well spoken bike lovers. So now I'm hooked.
About me:
I'm 23 years old and just finished an Engineering degree at the University of Calgary (where I was the founding president of the U of C Bike Club). I really like bikes, although I don't consider myself hardcore in any way. For all of my high school and university years I commuted weekdays and rode weekends on an el-cheapo, then a Brodie Torque, then a Brodie Climbmax. I've typically ridden mostly cross-country dirt, a bit of urban, and some touring in the rockies. It has always been a struggle on a student's budget to replace the parts I break, but now that I've graduated I've got enough cash to put together my dream bike; - A custom built steel touring bike - (I'm so excited).
I'm getting an Independant Fabrication Steel Independence: (http://188.8.131.52/frames2/steelindependence.shtml). Take a look. Isn't it beautiful.
I'm picking out the parts as we speak
The frame should be done in fiveish weeks. You all can expect pictures.
I'm glad to have joined a community where others will understand my excitement over this momentus occasion!
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Click here for gshlfootball.com video highlights from Columbia River-Kelso.
Columbia River 40, Kelso 12
Remick Kawawaki rush for 165 yards and two touchdowns and Darius Raiford rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns as Columbia River rolled to a Class 3A Greater St. Helens League win.
"Our running game was really effective," Columbia River coach John O'Rourke said. "We didn't get as many plays as we would have like, but we got a lot of yards with a lot of long runs. We were really pleased to be able to rush for that many yards."
Kawawaki had a 56-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and added a 28-yard TD in the second quarter. Raiford had TD runs of 38 and 60 yards in the second quarter as the Chieftains built a 33-0 halftime lead.
"We played really well on defense," O'Rourke said. "We really controlled their running game and forced them to pass, which isn't Kelso's game."
Brothers Rayvon and Rayshawn Wess had six tackles each, as did Dillion Willis, as River forced two turnovers from the Hilanders.
Next up: Columbia River (2-0) vs. Camas; Kelso (0-2) at Hudson's Bay
Columbia River 6 27 7 0—40
Kelso 0 0 0 12—12
First quarter
CR — Remick Kawawaki 56 run (run failed)
Second quarter
CR —Clayton Frank 1 run (Eli Gaynor kick)
CR — Darius Raiford 38 run (kick failed)
CR — Kawawaki 28 run (Gaynor kick)
CR — Raiford 60 run (Gaynor kick)
Third quarter
CR — Frank 5 run (Gaynor kick)
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Rushing — Columbia River — Kawawaki 12-165, Raiford 6-114, Frank 8-96, Kevin Sandison 3-14, Jonathan Branson 1-(-2), Luke Carlson 1-(-7).
Passing — Columbia River — Frank 7-13-1-55.
Receiving — Columbia River — Dennis Henderson 5-50, Trey Walker 1-6, Thomas Jacobson 1-(-1).
Video highlights from week 2 Columbia River vs. Kelso, courtesy of GSHLfootball.com special to 360Preps. Full highlight videos are available at gshlfootball.com.


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text: I am using a Pentium 4 computer with 2 GB RAM and 120 GB HDD. Recently my computer has infected with several virus and they are causing me much trouble when booting. That why I tried the windows installation CD to repair or restore the system. I thought that the MBR might be corrupted. My HDD was fine and also the RAM. When I was trying to repair OS the CD installs the complete new XP alongside the old version of XP. I dont get any problem with this installation because the original OS was working without any issues. So I edited the boot menu, so that I no longer needed the options for multiple OS. But when I look in looked into the windows folders there are 3 folders naming windows, windows0 and windows1 along with their respective documents and settings. It is taking much extra space from HDD and I am running out of space now. So I need to delete those folders without touching my good and working version of OS and all its corresponding settings and document. So any idea about this? If you give me a good solution I will be much appreciated.


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The driver of a pickup truck which struck a loaded school bus Tuesday is in serious condition at a Norfolk hospital.
The accident happened around 3:40 p.m. on Highway 17 and Main Street Extended, outside of Elizabeth City.
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital says Brenda Daniels, age 59 of Hertford, is in serious condition. Lawmen say Daniels had surgery last night.
Some 40 students on the bus were sent to a local hospital, while one student, a 15-year-old, was also flown to Norfolk with a head injury.
Lawmen say he is okay and went home last night. All students are expected to be okay.
The driver of the bus was Valeria Moore, age 45, from Elizabeth City.
The school bus was travelling west on Main Street Extended, when lawmen say the truck broadsided the school bus.
The NC Highway Patrol says they expect charges to be filed in the accident, but at this time, it is not known against which driver.
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An accident has sent all the children on a school bus to the hospital. A 15-year-old student was airlifted to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia for possible head injuries.
The state Highway Patrol said the driver of the truck was a woman who had to be cut out of the vehicle. The patrol said she was airlifted to a hospital.
The Highway Patrol says the crash happened on Highway 17, near the intersection of Main Street Extended, that's outside of Elizabeth City.
The bus landed on its side. Pitt County Memorial Hospital says an EastCare helicopter was called to the accident. The helicopter was seen flying one patient to Norfolk.
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Angela Noblitt, a spokeswoman for the the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, tells WITN News that the accident happened around 3:40 p.m. It involved bus number 137 which had roughly 40 students from Elizabeth City Middle School and Pasquotank High School.
WAVY-TV reports Forty-one of the students were transported to Albemarle Hospital to be checked out, with mostly minor injuries.
From aerial video it appears the school bus and a pickup truck hit head on. The pickup truck received extensive front end damage. It also looks like some of the students got out through an emergency hatch on the buses roof.


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A Brandon woman who told police she opened her home to a New York drug dealer to support her own addiction denied two felony charges in Rutland criminal court Monday.
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Trinci, who could face up to 35 years in jail if convicted of both offenses, was arrested in February after police executed a search warrant at her home at 43 Carver St.
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text: I have intalled Age of Empires III on my pc and having some issues with the display. I am using an Asus mobo, with 2gb ram and 7800 gt video card. I got a LG 21" lcd monitor as well. The minimum requirement to play this game is already met by my system. If I am trying to run the game then I have the title screen lock up, another time it was supposed to go to the main screen but went black and I cannot hear the music playing still. But mainly when I do get into the game and I am sitting at the main screen I see tearing/flickering. I have installed the latest Nvidia drivers and I have altered settings for graphics but its always there? Can anyone please help me out? Thanks.


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Carson Daly took his son Jackson James for a ride.
Is this the first picture of Jackson that we have seen? He is 8-months-old and I don't recall seeing him before.
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A Pearl River man was killed and another was injured when a homemade explosive device they were building detonated unexpectedly Sunday night.
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To assess relative productivity, many researchers use the stochastic frontier estimation (henceforth, SFE). This method was developed independently by Aigner et al. (1977) and Meeusen and Van den Broeck (1977). SFE generates a production (or cost) frontier with a stochastic error term that consists of two components: a conventional random error ("white noise") and a term that represents deviations from the frontier, or relative inefficiency.
In SFE, a production function, a Cobb-Douglas production function of the following form is estimated:
where the subscript i denotes the ith decision-making unit (a plant, firm, industry, or nation), Q represents output, X is a vector of inputs, β is the unknown parameter vector, and ε is an error term with two components, εi = (Vi − Ui) where Ui represents a non-negative error term to account for technical inefficiency, or failure to produce maximal output, given the set of inputs used. Vi is a symmetric error term that accounts for random effects. The standard assumption, following Aigner et al. (1977), is that the Ui and Vi have the following distributions:
That is, the inefficiency term (Ui) is assumed to have a half-normal distribution, that is, a decision-making unit is either on the frontier or below it. An important parameter in this model is
In recent years, SFE models have been developed that allow the technical inefficiency (relative productivity) term to be expressed as a function of a vector of environmental and organizational variables. For example, Reifschneider and Stevenson (1991) assume that the Ui are independently distributed as truncations


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- The doctor prescribed some pills.
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anyone using this shorter version of the chain? like it? hate it? is it light enough to stuff in your bag? i'm tired of my 8 pound belt. i know a lot has been said about locks, but i couldn't find much on this one here.
anyone using this shorter version of the chain? like it? hate it? is it light enough to stuff in your bag? i'm tired of my 8 pound belt. i know a lot has been said about locks, but i couldn't find much on this one here.
it kind of sucks, it's not long enough to lock either more parts of your bike or bigger poles, etc. than a standard u-lock. Yet it weighs much more.
The noose is made from links that are as close to "uncuttable" as any chain, of any weight, or any price. The padlock is the point of attack. Kryptonite uses a good padlock, but the Abus Granit is even better. A NY noose combined with an Abus Granit padlock would be as tough as any lock in the world.
To use the noose, just wrap it around the rear wheel, just behind the seat tube. Do NOT put the noose around any part of the frame. As long as the rear wheel is enclosed by the lock, stealing the frame is impossible. If you put a lock around the frame, a crook may damage the frame while attempting to break the lock.
Put the noose around both the rear wheel (just behind the seat tube) and a sturdy steel pole that is set in concrete. It won't fit around a telephone pole, but fitting it around the rear wheel and a pole the size of your wrist is not difficult.
I'm not a fan of chain locks, because of their weight and bulk. The Kryptonite NY 3000 U-lock offers high level security, and it is not difficult in my town to find poles that are a good fit for a medium width u-lock.
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I had a krypto New York Noose for a long time and really liked it (but I'm also cheap and so was it). I ended up buying a Fuggedaboutit during the whole krypto barrel key malarkey as I needed a lock I could trust.
Plus points:
lighter than a full chain but with the same amount of protection - although lock on fuggedaboutit is better so they say.
generally you can get one wheel and the frame which is the same as most full chains.
no wrapping required with skiny poles unlike a full chain.
No easy way to carry it. I would wear it around my neck, but its a pain and definitely not safe if you crash. Its still pretty heavy
On fat street poles you often didn't have enough chain to be able to lock.
I think though now if you're going for a noose, you may also want to something like this, lighter, easier to deal with and pretty much the defacto lock for bike messengers here in London:
Abus Granit Steel-O-Flex
I'm sure you can get similar products in the states.
" Do NOT put the noose around any part of the frame."
Why wouldn't you want to wrap the noose around the frame? You want your frame should be stolen or something? I always wrap my NY chain around the frame and the back wheel.
edit: is it because the NY chain is longer?
That is a great strategy for a u-lock (one that I advocate and use) but for a chain lock there are none of the pros and all of the cons.Originally Posted by witz
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Chains aren't vulnerable to lever attacks. The rear wheel strategy is a defense against lever attacks. However (as long arguments over the subject on bf.net should prove) some thieves might think they can steal the bike by removing the rear wheel and end up mangling the wheel or denting the frame in the process. It's also probably far easier to cut through a rear wheel than a kryptonite chain.
I dont know if it's the noose, but I have a kryptonite chain that's not as long as the usual ones.. That's a great idea on Sheldonn Brown's web-site about leaving your lock where you use it.. I just carry mine in my bag and it is pretty heavy but I dont usually notice it because I have a comfortable bag and I dont carry much to school.
man, you just can't beat a krypto mini in my books. small enough to go in the back pocket, locks your back wheel and the seat tube of a bike with tight geo (like my gardin or zunow track frames) to a parking meter, one of the toughest locks going and not too heavy.


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Gag Gifts
Are you looking for some silly stocking stuffers or small goofy gifts for your family or friends? Many of the items below are as functional as they are funny. The recipient may giggle or gasp at the sight of some of these gifts, so go ahead and pick a present or two!
Pull a sticky prank on your friends and family by placing these chewed gum magnets on the fridge, car, or locker!
At first glance, one might think these green-striped candy canes are minty, but a quick lick will reveal their true flavor—wasabi! Looking for more unique flavors to pull a prank? Check out these bacon, gravy, and pickle candy canes.
Perhaps your friend's car has a dent… What would a good friend do? Bandage up that dent with a Jumbo Magnetic Band-Aid, of course!
This Money Soap has real currency in the middle of the bar. (The soap guarantees to have a $1, $5, $10, $20, or even a $50 bill inside.) Hmm… Does anyone need an incentive to wash their hands or bathe more frequently?
Give your friends a scare with a Plastic Mouse Door Stop. If you'd like something looks more realistic, check out this Realistic Rubber Mouse.
This USB Pet Rock does nothing, except maybe confuse folks who pass by your friend's desk.
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So I've decided I'd like to take a few long weekends this summer and find some destinations within the state to bike to. This will be all new for me, and I'm looking for some advice on how many miles to plan per day for a first tour.
I'm going to try and plan a trip riding from Columbus to Cincinnati (to see a Reds game) in June or July hopefully as my first trip. The distance on the route planned is 135 miles from my door to the ballpark. If I do it in 2 days, the first day would be at least 80-85 miles to a camping spot. If I split it to three days, it breaks down to a little under 50 miles a day, which would be very manageable for me.
As a first timer, I'm just not sure how much I should bite off.
I'm posting this here instead of in the touring section because I'm still relatively new into biking and would appreciate the advice from other big people.
FYI, I'll be riding my voodoo bizango w/rigid fork, rack/panniers. Not a speed machine.


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Over a year ago, I tore the miniscus (sp?) ligament under my right kneecap and had surgery.---right knee is ok for now. About 4 mo. ago I started experiencing pain behind my left knee----its that ligament or tendon of whatever right behind your kneecap----I can definately notice it is swollen and bigger than the one behind my rt. knee. I have done all sorts of stretchign exercises for my leg and have been doing leg curls, but the pain behind my left knee wont go away----it doesn't necessarily restrict my movement---nor is it "stinging" or "burning pain"----it is just a weakness--a dull ache---and hurts the most when i bend my left leg. I don't want to have to go under the knife again---but I can't really afford to pay for an MRI right now.
Anyone else ever have this type of pain in the muscle/tendon/ligament/whatever behind their kneecap? If so, what can be done to alleviate it? I have tried ice, icy hot, stretching--nothing seems to work except not using my leg. I took 2 mo. off of exercising due to work issues, and last night when riding the bike at the gym (only 20 min) it started hurting again.
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by LagSwitchFTW / 01/25/2013 at 5:19pm / United Kingdom / Health
Today, I met my girlfriend's dad for the first time. His shirt said "D.A.D.D, Dads Against Daughters Dating, shoot the first one and word will spread". FML
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Today, I was debating which hurts more: child-birth or a kick to the testicles. Some guy spouted the old urban legend that a nut-kick is 9000 "dels", and giving birth is 57, so I proved that no such measurement of pain exists. His comeback was to sucker-punch me to the floor. FML
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Today, my mom went to court to finalize her divorce. I would have felt sorry for her, had this not been her 7th husband. FML
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Today, on my shift as a nurse, I asked a pregnant woman what she would name her child. She said she saw the name "Chlamydia" on a billboard and decided to name her daughter that, saying it was "beautiful." I informed her that it was an STD, and she replied, "Oh, well no one knows that!" FML
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—To evaluate the persistence of effects on health and development at age 5 years of the Infant Health and Development Program, an early childhood intervention that was provided to low-birth-weight (LBW) premature infants from neonatal discharge through age 3 years.
—Randomized, controlled, multicenter trial, stratified by two LBW groups: lighter (≤2000 g) and heavier (2001 to 2500 g).
—Eight socioeconomically heterogeneous clinical sites.
—Of 985 eligible infants weighing 2500 g or less and at 37 weeks' or less gestational age, 377 infants were randomly assigned to the intervention group and 608 to the follow-up only group. About two thirds of the infants in each group were in the lighter LBW stratum, and one third were in the heavier LBW stratum.
—The intervention group received home visits (from neonatal discharge through age 3 years) as well as center-based schooling (from 1 to 3 years of age). Children in both groups received pediatric surveillance.
Main Outcome Measures.
—Cognitive development, behavioral competence, and health status.
—At age 5 years, the intervention group had full-scale IQ scores similar to children in the follow-up only group. However, in the heavier LBW stratum, children in the intervention group had higher full-scale IQ scores (3.7 points higher; P=.03) and higher verbal IQ scores (4.2 points higher; P=.02). No significant differences between intervention and follow-up only groups in cognitive measures at age 5 years were noted in the lighter LBW infants. The intervention and follow-up groups were similar in behavior and health measures regardless of LBW stratum.
—The early childhood intervention provided in the first 3 years of life had effects on heavier LBW premature infants' IQ and verbal performance at age 5 years that were not observed for lighter LBW premature infants. The intervention did not affect health or behavior at age 5 years in either LBW stratum.(JAMA. 1994;272:1257-1262)
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Kuiki Studio Limited Agency
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Kuiki Studio's main goal is to provide its clients the best web and mobile services. We constantly push ourselves to provide the freshest and most innovative ways to cater to our clients' need. We are originally from Spain but mainly operating in Asia with our head office in Hong Kong
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Images: Bringing them home [Image 2 of 3]
Photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Garcia
Air Force Col. David E. Pollmiller (left), commander, Operations Group 436th Airlift Wing, and Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum (right), director, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, render honors to the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Daniel R. Adams, 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), during a dignified transfer conducted by the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) soldiers, Sept. 15, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
This work, Bringing them home [Image 1 of 3], by SSG Megan Garcia, identified by DVIDS, is free of known copyright restrictions under U.S. copyright law.
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- NicaraguaRetailFunding via ADIM (Asociación Alternativa Para el Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres)
Flavia Fran...NicaraguaRetailFunding via MiCredito
Guadalupe D...NicaraguaClothingFunding via ADIM (Asociación Alternativa Para el Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres)
Julia Narda
Update on Julia NardaJulia Narda is 63 years old, single, and the mother of 12 children. She lives in the municipality and city of Chinandega, located in the north east. Some 12 years ago she began a business selling cosmetics in the streets. She did so on her own initiative, after she was left as a single mother and 6 of her children still depended directly on her.
Julia Narda dedicated herself to this activity because it was difficult for her to exercise other forms of work. Sadly, for lack of economic resources, she had passed an adolescence and youth of very hard work and was unable to obtain a career. She learned what was essential, which is to read, though she didn't learn to write.
A short time ago, she took a fall which affected her business. Now, she is attempting a come back and is building up her inventory as best she can. Julia is requesting this loan to stock her business with hand and body creams, anti-wrinkle creams, and perfumes, among other types of cosmetics.
Julia is grateful for the help that Kiva investors offer to people with scarce resources in poor countries like Nicaragua, making it possible for them to have dignified work.
Previous Loan DetailsJulia Narda sells cosmetics. This is not the first time that she has requested a loan and she is very happy with this way of life. She is a very responsible person who enjoys her lifestyle and sharing different products with her customers that they request, like creams, treatments, nail polish, l... More from Julia Narda's previous loan »
Additional Information
Fundación Leon 2000This loan is administered by Fundación Leon 2000. Fundación Leon 2000 began operations in 1993 as the first microfinance institution to serve the western part of Nicaragua, a country which continues to be one of the poorest in the western hemisphere. Fundación Leon 2000 works to further the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises through credit services and management, applying the best credit industry practices and technical expertise. Additionally, Fundación Leon manages several business and financial education programs in the community, specifically for young entrepreneurs and at-risk youth. Fundación Leon 2000's group of experienced and dedicated employees works in 7 offices in Leon, Chinandega, Chichigalpa, Somotillo, Jinotepe, El Sauce, and Nagarote and serves several thousand clients (the majority of whom are women).
Concurrent and Successive Loans
Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
About Nicaragua
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 14 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Mar 5, 2013
- Listed
- Mar 9, 2013
- Currency Exchange Loss:
- Possible
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MINNEAPOLIS - This weekend it's all about moms. And if you want to celebrate in a unique way, head to White Bear Lake's quaint downtown for afternoon tea. The Avalon Tearoom & Pastry Shoppe is hosting a four-course afternoon tea Saturday, May 12th.
"Tea just make you feel so special you know you're served it's always the fine china and the pretty tea cups," said Becky Radel, co-owner of the Tearoom.
There are two settings, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and both are nearly filled up. Make your reservation now and don't even think about passing on the scones.
From one indulgence to another, we've found the perfect Mother's Day gift.
"It's a very high grade of chocolate, they're all hand made here in Minnesota," said Judy Wilson-Grote, an employee at 'Just Truffles.'
Skip the drugstore chocolates and head to historic Grand Avenue in St. Paul. 'Just Truffles' makes some of the most decadent chocolate around. And for this special occasion, there are decorative Mother's Day boxes.
Finally, if you're looking for some excitement head to the May Day parade and festival at Powderhorn Park. This colorful event was supposed to be last weekend but it got rained out. Now you have another chance to hit up this family-friendly event. Parade starts at 1 p.m. The festival follows with live music food and vendors.
(Copyright 2012 by KARE. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Hi all,
I am using wordpress for my site and have some quality inbound link. But I am still not ranged on google. Can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong? My website is at http://www.bolttalk.com.
Thanks for the help!
Hi all,
I am using wordpress for my site and have some quality inbound link. But I am still not ranged on google. Can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong? My website is at http://www.bolttalk.com.
Thanks for the help!
Try implementing some of the suggestions found here:
Google hasn't indexed in a while. You won't get a PR until the next index.
Also, remember that increasing your PR does take a lot of backlinks from sites with higher PRs. Right now, you have less than 10 sites with PRs above 4 linking back to you (that have been indexed, that is). So, on next index, your PR may or may not increase.
How often does Google index?
I do have that plug in running on my blog and I have added the URL to google site maps. Everything looks to be configured properly. How many sites do I need linking back to me to increase my pr?
Considering viper and macmanx have already answered your question, I'll comment on this one.
". Can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong?"Worrying about Google or page rank is your first mistake.
Who cares? If you write something the interests many, or somethat that is consistenty entertaining you will get links.
google prefers if the web developers do not design pages considering its policies in mind ;)
I've had my domain since 1999, googlebots visit me pretty much daily, and my PR is 5. Like a bazillion others. I'm happy. If people do a search for the things I ramble about, they usually find me eventually even if I am not on page 1, and it's okay. Quite honestly I think PR is overrated for most people. How does it benefit me? not at all, really, I am not a business trying to make an online living. Those who are, are the ones who get SEO-obsessed. Tis a waste of time, otherwise. IM not-so-H O, of course.
Thanks for all the answers.
You will have to excuse me but I am new to the pc.
I have an e-book selling websites www. ebooks4u .tv
I have had the site for about 2 month before I noticed a google page rank of 1.
I have since got a few hundred inbound links to my site and about 25 out bound links, 1 or 2 links are pr5 sites.
Ok now for my questions how often does google update page rank?
I have been advised to join a traffic rotator website to get more visits to my site, will this help with my page rank or is it just a waste of time?
Thanks in advance.
Regards Brian
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brian1970.. didnt you just ask that on http://wordpress.org/support/topic/37376 ?
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This election season, because Barack's got more money than God, and because of a "righteous wind at their back" here in Georgia, we are getting to see ads this season like never before. I haven't seen too many Obama ads, but I saw the first one tonight. The blatant dishonesty and misrepresentations in this ad make me wish someone would just use that race card, | Read More »


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SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. (AP) — The Trudeau Institute in the Adirondacks has received a $150,000 federal grant to help fight food poisoning.
The grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture targets research for a vaccine to stop Campylobacter (camp-ee-loh-bak-tur), a harmful bacteria commonly linked to raw milk and poultry.
The Press-Republican of Plattsburgh reports (http://bit.ly/1wMIfHj ) that U.S. Rep. Bill Owens said the project could lead scientists to a vaccine that would help farmers and ranchers manage the threat from the bacteria.


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Updated: 09/01/2014 - There are just 65 days until we vote for a new governor and on Labor Day both candidates are not taking a holiday break.
Updated: 09/01/2014 - There are just 65 days until we vote for a new governor and on Labor Day both candidates are not taking a holiday break.
Posted: 08/30/2014 - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has taken action on 124 clemency petitions, granting 38 and denying 86.
Updated: 08/30/2014 - The three man inside a mini-van that rolled over into a field on Friday were siblings and the driver was drunk, according to police.
Posted: 08/28/2014 - Military officials in Massachusetts say they've confirmed that the pilot of an F-15 jet that crashed in remote Virginia mountains was killed.
Posted: 08/28/2014 - President Barack Obama says degrading Islamic State militants is going to require a "regional strategy" and assistance from partners in the Middle East.
Posted: 08/26/2014 - A U.S. official says an American man reported to have been killed in Syria was there to fight alongside a terrorist group, most likely the Islamic State.
Posted: 08/26/2014 - Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a measure into law aimed at curbing workplace discrimination against pregnant women.
Posted: 08/26/2014 - Gay couples suing for the right to marry are off to Chicago to listen to oral arguments before a federal appeals court.
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Posted: 08/22/2014 - The Obama administration has taken another step to resolve a dispute with religious-oriented businesses and institutions over birth control.
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- EcuadorRetailFunding via VisionFund Ecuador
Carmen Patr...EcuadorRetailFunding via Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito Mujeres Unidas (CACMU)
Jesenia MagaliEcuadorRetailFunding via Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito Mujeres Unidas (CACMU)
Conchan (Cuenca) Group
One of the members of this group is Rosa Ubaldina. Rosa is 29 years old, married, and has two children aged 8 and 4 from her marriage. Her eldest son attends an elementary school in the town and her youngest is in pre-school. Her husband works in a carpenter's workshop. They do not own their own home but live in her in-laws' house, sharing the household expenses.
Rosa Ubaldina works from Monday to Fridays, cleaning houses. The good thing about her work is that she works half days which allows her to care for her family. At home she raises chickens which she sells in her community either skinned or alive. She will invest her loan in buying more chickens to expand her business. Her biggest dream is to own her own home.
Una de las socias de este grupo es la Señora Ubaldina. Rosa, tiene 29 años de edad, es casada y ha procreado en su unión conyugal 2 hijos de 8 y 4 años de edad, su primer hijo está en una escuelita de la localidad y su segundo hijo pasa en una guardería. Su esposo labora en una carpintería, no tiene casa propia por lo que vive en casa de sus suegros con quienes comparte los gastos de su hogar.
La Señora. Rosa Ubaldina trabaja de lunes a viernes en el arreglo de varias casas, lo bueno de su trabajo es que lo realiza medio día y le da el espacio para cuidar de su familia, en su casa se dedica a la cría de pollos a los que los vende en su comunidad pelados o vivos.
Su crédito lo va a invertir en la compra de pollos para ampliar su negocio.
Su mayor sueño es tener su casa propia.
Additional Information
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
About Ecuador
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US Dollars
Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 7 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Aug 30, 2012
- Listed
- Oct 2, 2012
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A murder has been committed... your own! Travel back in time to solve thought provoking puzzles as you unravel the mystery of your death. See how your actions in the past change the course of events in the future. You have the power to prevent your death, identify your killer, and change your destiny. Use it wisely.
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Eike loses his life at the hands of an unknown assailant. Eike recovers consciousness in a strange Darkness. Here, guided by the mysterious Homunculus, he obtains a time travel device – the DIGIPAD – that allows him to change the course of his tragic destiny. Activating the device, Eike finds himself in a familiar coffee shop 30 minutes prior to his untimely demise. With only half an hour
remaining before the ill-fated moment, Eike has to find a way to prevent his death. Travelling between past and present, using trial and error, Eike must change his fate. Will Eike be able to alter the course of time and change his destiny?
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Minimum Requirements:
450MHz Processor
16MB Video Card
700MB HDD Space
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