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Giant Crystal Cave

Giant Crystal Cave

"It's "the Sistine Chapel of crystals," says Juan Manuel García- Ruiz.

The geologist announced this week that he and a team of researchers have unlocked the mystery of just how the minerals in Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) achieved their monumental forms."

Read more about these beautiful caves.

Selenite can be used to access past lives and future lives by rubbing the wand with a finger or thumb while the meditative state is attained. The visual images will begin. Selenite is also believed to aid in the acquisition of materialistic pursuits related to business, provide clarity of mind and expand awareness. It is a stone of peace and helpful in relationships by providing a bridge to ease the way to working things out. Helpful to calm a temper, release stress and negativity.

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AMETHYST ~ MYSTICAL PROPERTIES

AMETHYST ~ MYSTICAL PROPERTIES

Because of its mineralogical formation, this stone possesses the properties that allow it to be one of the best third-eye stones by stimulating vision unto unknown realms. Amethyst is commonly used to transform negativity and strengthen the third eye vision or your intuitive sense. Put it under your pillow or on the headboard of a bed for one who suffers nightmares or disturbing dreams. Always have a nice piece in the room where you entertain outsiders, such as friends, or clients (and especially family!). This stone is believed to be good for headaches and preventing overindulgence in alcohol.

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Hurricane Ike - Animal Rescue

Hurricane Ike - Animal Rescue

We are praying for all our friends, patrons, customers, and animal friends in the path of Hurricane Ike.

Houston SPCA has taken in approximately 200 animals in need of shelter from Ike at the time of this posting. We've made a donation to aid this shelter in honor of our pets who have passed over the Rainbow Bridge.

If you would like more information on this animal rescue, please see their website.



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WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET, IF WE EVER KNEW...

WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE

This is the story of our
Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers;
they lived only 90 years ago.

Remember, it was not until 1920
that women were granted the right
to go to the polls and vote.

The women were innocent and defenseless,
but they were jailed nonetheless
for picketing the White House,
carrying signs asking for the vote...

And by the end of the night,
they were barely alive.
Forty prison guards wielding clubs
and their warden's blessing
went on a rampage against the 33 women
wrongly convicted of
'obstructing sidewalk traffic'


(Lucy Burns)

They beat Lucy Burns,
chained her hands to the cell bars above
her head and left her hanging for the night,
bleeding and gasping for air...

(Dora Lewis)

They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell,
smashed her head against an iron bed
and knocked her out cold...
Her cellmate, Alice Cosu,
thought Lewis was dead
and suffered a heart attack...
Additional affidavits describe the guards
grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming,
pinching, twisting and kicking the women...

Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror'
on Nov. 15, 1917,
when the warden at the
Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his
guards to teach a lesson
to the suffragists imprisoned there
because they dared to picket
Woodrow Wilson's White House
for the right to vote.
For weeks, the women's only water
came from an open pail.
Their food--all of it colorless slop
--was infested with worms...

(Alice Paul)

When one of the leaders, Alice Paul,
embarked on a hunger strike,
they tied her to a chair..,
forced a tube down her throat
and poured liquid into her until she vomited...
She was tortured like this for weeks
until word was smuggled out to the press...
Memory of Sufferegette Prisoners



So, refresh my memory.
Some women won't vote this year because-
-why, exactly?
We have carpool duties?
We have to get to work?
Our vote doesn't matter?
It's raining?

Last week, I went to a sparsely attended screening
of HBO's new movie 'Iron Jawed Angels'
It is a graphic depiction of the battle
these women waged
so that I could pull the curtain
at the polling booth and have my say...
I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder...

All these years later,
voter registration is still my passion...
But the actual act of voting
had become less personal for me,
more rote...
Frankly,
voting often felt more like an obligation
than a privilege.
Sometimes it was inconvenient...

My friend Wendy, who is my age
and studied women's history,
saw the HBO movie, too...
When she stopped by my desk to talk
about it, she looked angry...
She was--with herself...
'One thought kept coming back to me
as I watched that movie,' she said...
'What would those women think
of the way I use, or don't use,
my right to vote?
All of us take it for granted now,
not just younger women..,
but those of us who did seek to learn...
' The right to vote, she said...
had become valuable to her 'all over again'

HBO released the movie on video and DVD.. .
I wish all history, social studies
and government teachers
would include the movie in their curriculum
I want it shown on Bunco night, too..,
and anywhere else women gather...
I realize this isn't our usual idea of socializing..,
but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be,
and I think a little shock therapy is in order...

It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson
and his cronies try to persuade
a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane
so that she could be permanently institutionalized.
And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse...
Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave...
That didn't make her crazy...

The doctor admonished the men:
'Courage in women is often mistaken
for insanity'
Reprinted from _Houston Independent Media_

Please, if you are so inclined,
pass this on to all the women you know...

We need to get out and vote
and use this right that was fought so hard for
by these very courageous women...
Whether you vote democratic..,
republican
or independent party
- remember to vote...

History is being made

Book:
Iron-Jawed Angels
The Suffrage Militancy of the
National Woman's Party
1912-1920
Linda G. Ford

UNVERSITY
PRESS OF
AMERICA

Lanham, New York, London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in -Publication Data
Ford, Linda, 1949
Iron-Jawed Angels: the suffrage militancy of the
National Woman's Party, 1912-1920
299 p. 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Women-Suffrage-United States-History-
20th century. 2.United States-Politics and
government-1913-192. I Title
JK1896.F67 1991
With love, respect and gratitude
_Rev Alicia Lyon Folberth_



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METEOR SHOWER ALERT

METEOR SHOWER ALERT: The next meteor shower is the Perseids on August 12, 2008. After the first-quarter moon sets, around 2 a.m., meteors should be more easily visible until dawn. You may see dozens of meteors per hour.
Serious meteor hunters will begin their watch early, on Monday evening, August 11th, around 9 pm when Perseus first rises in the northeast.




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SUPPORT OLYMPIC TEAM DARFUR

SUPPORT OLYMPIC TEAM DARFUR

We salute our Athletes competing in the Olympic Games, especially TEAM DARFUR.

Tracy Mattes', a gold Olympic athlete, has been denied a visa to China because of his support of Team Darfur. Read more about Mattes

"A campaign leading up to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, Team Darfur aims to educate the global public through the unique voice of elite athletes. Team Darfur brings together the world's Olympic and professional athletes to put international pressure not only on Sudan, but also on those countries that support the policy of inaction in the face of this dire humanitarian crisis.

"China's government holds enormous leverage over Sudan. They purchase two thirds of Sudan's oil, and they sell Sudan the weapons that are used by the Janjaweed to carry out their attacks. If the Chinese government really wanted to, they could end the genocide. Their economic relationship with Sudan is just that powerful. Team Darfur is tremendously excited about the upcoming summer Olympics in Beijing. However, it has become clear to us that China's lack of action with regard to Darfur is not in line with its professed motto of "One World, One Dream."

"Since last year, Team Darfur has been working to put pressure on China in the lead-up to the Olympics. And it has been working! China has responded by appointing a diplomatic envoy to Darfur, sending engineers to the region, and making vocal statements about their commitment to helping the victims of the conflict. We commend them for all of this. But it is not enough!"


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SOLAR ECLIPSE

SOLAR ECLIPSE: On Friday, August 1st, the Moon will pass directly in front of the Sun producing a total solar eclipse. The narrow path of totality stretches from arctic Canada through Greenland, Siberia, and Mongolia, and comes to an end in China, where millions of people will witness the event. Even more people will see the partial eclipse, visible from almost all of Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia and a corner of North America. The action begins at approximately 09:20 UT (5:20 am EDT) when the Moon's shadow first hits Earth in northern Canada and begins its rapid sweep toward China.

Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos, webcasts, timetables and full coverage of the eclipse.


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Lughnasadh - Lammas

Lughnasadh - Lammas

Lughnasadh(pronounced loo-na-sa), is one of the four main festivals of the medieval Irish calendar. August 1st is Lammas Day (loaf-mass day), the festival of the first wheat harvest of the year. On this day it was customary to bring to church a loaf made from the new crop. In many parts of England, tenants were bound to present freshly harvested wheat to their landlords on or before the first day of August. In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it is referred to regularly, it is called "the feast of first fruits".

In Wicca, it is the first of the three autumn harvest fests, the others are Mabon and Samhain, along the Wheel of the Year.

The festival of Lammas (comes from "loaf mass"), celebrated Aug 1st, marks the end of summer and the beginning of fall. It commemorates the sacrifice and death of the Wiccan Corn God, celebrating the cycle of death, nurturing the people, and rebirth, The corn is considered an aspect of the Sun God, symbolizing Lugh. Some Wiccans mark the holiday by baking a figure of the god in bread, and then symbolically sacrificing and eating it. It is prophesied that, as long as the custom shall be maintained, there will be corn and milk in every house, peace and fine weather for the feast.

At Lammas, a couple could decide to continue the Year and a day handfasting arrangement if it pleased them, or to stand back to back and walk away from one another, thus bringing their Tailltean marriage to a formal close.

People in the Southern Hemisphere that celebrate Lammas do so February 1, to reflect the 6 month offset of seasons on the other side of the planet.

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Leprechaun Potatoes Recipe

Leprechaun Potatoes Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

* 4 large baking potatoes, baked (see Note)
* 1/2 cup butter (1 cube), room temperature
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
* 1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped
* 1/2 teaspoon dried dill
* 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
* Dash of ground nutmeg
* 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, cooked and drained
* 2 tablespoons sour cream
* 1/4 cup freshly-grated Parmesan cheese

TO PREPARE:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Slice cooled potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out flesh.
In a large bowl, combine potato pulp, butter, salt, sugar, chives, dill,
garlic powder, nutmeg, cooked spinach and sour cream. Mix together thoroughly.
Fill potato skins with mixture and place in a baking dish. Bake uncovered at
350 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with Parmesan
cheese. Return to oven and broil at 500 degrees for approximately 3 minutes, or
until tops are golden brown.

NOTE: Potatoes can be baked in the microwave to save time.

SERVES: 6 - 8

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WITCHES STONES: AMBER

WITCHES STONES: AMBER

Amber is a fossilized tree resin. It was formed over millions of years. The amber originated from the now extinct Hymenaea tree in an ancient rain forest. The tree sap (or resin) became buried and over time, fossilized. Animals, plants, and insects became entrapped and entombed in this resin, providing a unique and detailed snapshot of life millions of years ago. Tiny pieces of time frozen forever. Your stone may hold an insect or botanical inclusions consist of leaves and parts of leaves, flower petals, flower stamen, seeds, twigs, flower buds or flowers, etc, from past ages. from thousands of years ago. Add the power of the insect and the amber to your life!

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~ Andalusite (Faery Cross) ~

~ Andalusite (Faery Cross) ~

This is a very hard to obtain rare, ANDALUSITE (Faery Cross) Polished Crystal. It is a glorious multi color(also called poor mans alexanderite). In the center is a CROSS that is a natural part of its crystalline structure and a symbol of PROTECTION and Balance. Unique from any other gem! It is used as a powerful protection stone and stimulates self enhancement, self realization and memory! In channeling it is used to magnify past lives. A remarkable stone crystal we are very happy about offering. A most important stone for practitioners.

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Dutch house cat adopts rejected red panda

Dutch house cat adopts rejected red panda

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - A zookeeper's house cat has adopted a baby red panda abandoned by its mother and is nursing the cub along with her own kittens, the Artis zoo said Wednesday.
The panda's mother rejected her two cubs after they were born on June 30.

"She left them there, lying in the cold," said zoo spokesman Bart Kret.

The zoo initially kept the cubs in an incubator. But a keeper's tabby cat had just given birth to four kittens, and let the two panda cubs join the crowd.

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WITCHES STONES: LODESTONES

LODESTONES

Lodestones are natural magnets & for many centuries have been used to charge spell items, primarily to attract things to the one using them -- good luck, healing, etc. Often two lodestones are carried: one to repel bad luck & one to attract good. Also used in charm bags.

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KEEP YOUR KITTY SAFE - HOUSEHOLD POISONS

KEEP YOUR KITTY SAFE - HOUSEHOLD POISONS

Many items that are common in households are TOXIC poisons to cats. Some of thse items are:

*Chocolate
*Chewing Gum
*Mouse/rat poisons

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Summer Soltice in Austria

SOLSTICE CELEBRATIONS: No, this mountain in the Austrian Alps is not spewing lava. It's a summer solstice celebration.

Zoom in and zoom in again to see what's really happening.

"This is a traditional solstice celebration in our part of Europe," explains photographer Thorsten Boeckel. "More than 8000 fires light up these 200-meter figures in the steep mountain walls from an altitude of 1200m to 2900m. What an unique sight from a 2000m perch on the opposite side of the valley."

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India baby girl deaths 'increase'

More Girls Condemned

In addition to China and the Arabian countries, India's parents are aborting female babies or simply neglecting them so that they die.

"The number of girls born and surviving in India has hit an all time low compared to boys, ActionAid says.

A report by the UK charity says increasing numbers of female foetuses were being aborted and baby girls deliberately neglected and left to die.

In one site in the Punjab state, there are just 300 girls to every 1,000 boys among higher caste families, it says.

ActionAid says India faces a "bleak" future if it does not end its practice of cultural preference for boys."

Read the news story.

We have not proclaimed the sacred feminine enough so that our sisters will live.

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English Crop Circle's Mysterious Pattern Solved

English Crop Circle's Mysterious Pattern Solved

Another crop circle has appeared in the English countryside — and this one's clearly been made by someone, or something, that understands math.

At first glance, the strange ratcheted pattern, radiating out clockwise, doesn't look like much — modern art, perhaps.

But an electrical engineer from North Carolina — described by the London newspapers as a "retired astrophysicist" — figured out that it was an abstract representation of pi, the number at the center of Euclidean geometry. Read more

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