How To Make Your Own Good Luck Charm Or Talisman
So you would like to know how to make your own lucky talisman/charm? The process can take awhile but it can bring wonderful results. I'll explain to you, step by step, how to make your very own.
1. Decide what to use as the “physical base”. It can be a piece of jewelry that you plan on wearing for good luck, a rabbit's foot, a four leaf clover that you will carry around, a gemstone, etc.. Pieces of meteorites work wonders considering that you would be carrying something that really is “from another world”. It would be considered from “another world” both physically and magickally (after you charge it). Whatever you choose for your “physical base”, make sure that it's something that you have a connection with and that would be easy for you to carry around.
2. After you choose the physical base for your charm, spend a few minutes meditating and/or praying over it. Keep it in your hands as you concentrate and ask your higher self/God/or Spirit Guides to help you bless it.
3. Begin “raising your vibrations” while holding it in your hand or wearing it (if it's jewelry). Make sure you do something positive and fun for at least 20 minutes straight every day for a week. Make sure sure the “physical base” is physically touching you as you do it. You can dance, laugh, chant, meditate, etc.. just as long as you're doing something that makes you feel happy. Also make sure you're wearing your favorite clothes while you do this. Visualize the happy/positive energy you're creating is going inside of the physical base.
4. If you are feeling negative, upset, sad, angry, or any BAD FEELING AT ALL, MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT GET AROUND THE PHYSICAL BASE! ONLY get near it when you are in positive moods! It is possible that you may taint it if you touch it while feeling/being negative. That is the last thing you want.
5. Make sure that it passes through the elements at least once during the creation process. Run it through the smoke of incense, around the flame of a candle, a little bit of water, and earth. Also do not forget to meditate/pray to your God or Spirit Guides to ask their blessings. They will help with the spiritual element of creating your talisman/charm.
6. If you were successful with all of the above 5 steps, and consistent with adding positive energy to it for at least 20 minutes a day, then after a week it should be ready. Wear it or carry it around with you wherever you go. Whenever you feel that you need a burst of positive energy or good luck, clutch it to your heart and visualize the positive energy from it soothing you. By then it should be strong enough and filled with enough positive energy that will help you when you are feeling down, and you'll be less likely to “taint it”. It would be a good idea, however, to “recharge” it occasionally with more positive energy, and doing steps 2 – 5 all over again. It doesn't have to be recharged often though, only when you feel that it is becoming “weaker' in helping you.
Some magicians/witches/occultists even go as far as naming their talismans. It gives them more of a connection with the energies. “Lend me your strength, _____” It's up to you whether you wish to name yours or not. Just be very careful during the creation process though to ONLY store energy into it while you're in a positive mood. If you succeed in making it strong enough, then it will help balance your bad moods out later when you're feeling negative, as well as bring you better luck.
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Four-Leaf Clover For Four-Time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Gordon At Kansas
After an air gun failure during a crucial pit stop late in Sunday’s race at Dover caused him to lose valuable positions, Jeff Gordon refused to blame it on bad luck. But that is not stopping the No. 24 team from placing a four-leaf clover on the DuPont Chevrolet at Kansas Speedway this weekend.
Last Sunday, the “slap knob” that changes the direction of the rotating socket on the impact wrench failed during a pit stop with less than 75 laps to go at Dover with Gordon running second. He lost numerous positions during the exchange but rallied to finish sixth.
“I’m not a big believer in luck,” said Gordon, who is eighth in the point standings and 122 markers behind Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin entering Sunday’s Price Chopper 400 presented by Kraft Foods. “I believe you make your own luck by putting yourself in position with great communication, great preparation and just hard work.”
“These are some of the same vital qualities that 4-H teaches our nation’s youth.”
Therefore, while Gordon may not believe in luck, it is fitting that the 4-H four-leaf clover will appear on his car in Kansas. DuPont, a premier sponsor of 4- H National Youth Science Day (October 7), is helping raise awareness of the organization during National 4-H Week (October 4 – 10) by placing the 4-H emblem and website address (www.4-H.org) on the TV Panel of the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet during Sunday’s 400-mile event. 4-H National Youth Science Day is an annual celebration for the 100-year-old youth development organization, and DuPont is helping 4-H build a pipeline of our nation’s future scientists and engineers.
While millions of TV viewers will view the logo, Gordon is hoping 42 other drivers get a clear view of it, as well.
“I’m really excited heading into this weekend,” said Gordon, who has two wins, five top-fives and six top-10’s in eight starts at the 1.5-mile track. “We really stepped up our mile-and-a-half and two-mile program this year, and about half of the ‘Chase’ races are intermediate tracks.
“There are still eight races left, and that’s plenty of time to make up our deficit. But we know we won’t make it up in one week.
“We just need to gradually chip away at it.”
Good luck.
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Palo Alto County Celebrates National 4-H Week
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has officially proclaimed Oct. 4-10, 2009, as 4-H Week in Iowa. The proclamation ties in with National 4-H Week activities in the state and throughout the country.
The theme for National 4-H Week is “Meet the Future,” said Julie Naig, County Youth Coordinator.
Palo Alto County plans to kick of National 4-H Week with their annual Penny Carnival to be held on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Exhibits Building on the Palo Alto County Fairgrounds in Emmetsburg.
4-H clubs in Palo Alto County will have booths that will provide various carnival games including prizes for all participants. A king and queen will be crowned. They will be selected from the junior 4-H members in attendance. The
4-H County Council members will also provide a concession stand and apply clover tattoos.
New members and their families are encouraged to attend and find out about the 4-H program. The public is also invited to join in on the fun and help celebrate the 4-H program.
4-Hers will also show their 4-H spirit by wearing 4-H T-shirts to school on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
In the Iowa proclamation, Culver said 4-H helps “youth and adults learn, grow and work together to live the 4-H motto: to make the best better.”
Other points of pride mentioned in the proclamation are the 125,000 youth participants, more than 11,000 adult volunteers and more than 100 different programs and projects made available to Iowa youth through Iowa State University Extension.
Culver also said, “I urge my fellow citizens to observe this week by connecting with youth, friends, fellow employees and relatives, and with school, community and civic groups to engage in projects benefiting their community.”
“Governor Culver’s proclamation is a great honor to the Iowa 4-H program,” said Chuck Morris, director of the Iowa State University Extension 4-H Youth Development program. “Many 4-H projects and activities emphasize science, technology, leadership, citizenship, communication and the environment. Iowa youth also continue to participate in traditional 4-H projects such as livestock and gardening.”
For more information about 4-H, contact the Palo Alto County office of Iowa State University Extension, (712) 852-2865 or the state 4-H office at (515) 294-1017.
Here are more things to know about 4-H.
4-H is the nation’s largest youth organization, with 6 million participants. It is in all 99 Iowa counties, in all 50 states and in more than 80 countries. One quarter of Iowa’s young people are involved in 4-H.
4-H is a part of Cooperative Extension. 4-H takes research-based information from the nation’s land grant universities to youth in urban, small town and rural communities. In Iowa, 4-H is headquartered on the Iowa State University campus in Ames.
4-H follows the philosophy of learning by doing. Youth develop life skills through hands-on projects that range from citizenship to expressive arts, communication to foods and nutrition, and leadership to science and technology.
4-H is for youth in grades 4 through 12. Youth can belong to 4-H individually or as members of clubs and groups. They can make new friends, visit new places, go on trips, attend workshops and conferences, host meetings and help their communities.
4-H uses a four-leaf clover for its emblem. Each leaf carries an H; the four H’s stand for Head, Heart, Hands and Health. The idea for the clover came from Clarion in Wright County, Iowa.
4-H annually displays youth exhibits at the Iowa State Fair. Nearly 4,000 youth exhibits are displayed in the 4-H Exhibits Building as well as some 3,000 4-H animal exhibits in the fair barns and show rings. 4-H’ers also give nearly 1,000 educational presentations, working exhibits, extemporaneous speeches and Share the Fun performances during the fair.
4-H partners with the Army Youth Development Project (AYDP). Together they serve children with parents in the military through Operation Military Kids (OMK).
2009 4H Fair Race 3 Miler
COLDWATER – On Friday a light drizzle and 75 degrees made for perfect 3-mile running conditions. The Fair Race every August has been sunny and 90+ degrees in recent years. The 4H Fair 3 Mile Run started and finished at Waterworks Park. The route is flat and fast and passes through the Fairgrounds Amphitheater. This year’s overall winner was Jay Bilsborrow nearly breaking the course record with a time of 14:37. The women’s winner was fifteen year old Gabbie Bates with an outstanding time of 18:53. Age division winners were Mitchell Klingler (Male 18 & Under, 16:02), Gabbie Bates (Female 18 Years & Under, 18:53), Jay Bilsborrow (Male 19-29, 14:37), Tricia Rzepka (Female 19-39, 24:11), Bob Bates (Male 30-39, 16:12), Sharon Demeester (Female 40 & Over), Danny Higbee (Male 40-49, 17:52), Dan Washburn (Male 50-59, 18:50), Steve Dobson (Male 60 & Over, 25:05).
Popular Author Applauds Free Confidence Boosting Public Speaking Program – Education
Popular originator Martin Ng has applauded the elimination during a New York 4H Club in Liberty to proffer untenanted obvious speaking training to teenagers. According to Mr Ng, the training could not solely boost in dealing in later bounce, but boost belfry away teenage mad turmoil.
Singapore – Popular originator Martin Ng has applauded the Liberty 4H Club’s elimination to proffer untenanted obvious speaking training for the treatment of teens in the district, saying that it not solely provides dealing skills, but can boost division away teen angst.
“There acquire been diverse mad robustness benefits seen from obvious speaking training, according to studies.
“Public speaking training is such a overdone imperturbability builder – the earlier in bounce that people inhale an oath in it, the greater the lessons are infatuated to heart”, said Mr Ng. I would like to finance the Liberty 4H Club’s aggressiveness government-sponsored and extended worldwide”, he continued. It runs fully 8 weeks, and includes units on influence and obvious speaking.
The training is hosted during Sullivan County 4H and Mike LaFountain of the district Toastmasters Club. The go takes an hour a week, and is untenanted for the treatment of participants between 13 and 19 years of duration.
A brand-new determination of the program’s about confirmed the following advantages for the treatment of participants:
• Better self confidence
• Increased affinity with other students and parents
• More motivation for the treatment of thing building
• Better big name at exams and interviews
• Better awareness of group concerns and values
The Mental Health Statistic Improvement Program also recently published on the reassuring effects of obvious speaking, noting assurance, imperturbability and self-worth as the essential peremptory effects of obvious speaking training.
Mental Health Ireland has been race obvious speaking training and summits for the treatment of teens for the treatment of a handful years at this decidedly moment.
“I in savanna words acquire debt that dollop kids brook outfit relating to themselves is a overdone evidence in the direction of fixing a myriad of group problems.
Mr Ng’s soft-cover, ‘Surviving Speaking Disasters’, is bounty online and well-reviewed during a attendants of obvious speaking experts. Public speaking training is a overdone system to boost kids brook outfit relating to themselves – this close-fisted investment could parsimonious reverenced benefits down the line”, said Mr Ng of the Liberty untenanted training.
About Martin Ng:
A dealing hold from Singapore, Martin Ng uses his finely honed obvious speaking skills in the go of his hourly chore for the treatment of training, presentations and making pitches. Martin’s e-book, ‘Surviving Speaking Disasters’ (available at www.survivingspeakingdisasters.com), is satisfactorily regarded during bounce coaches and mavin presenters, as satisfactorily as hourly dealing people.
Local 4-H team brings home awards at Summit County Fair
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Emma Vargo and her horse Hunter pose with their trophies and ribbons after taking Best of Show at the Summit County Fair.
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Josh Conger takes a moment to relax with two of his award winning pigs.
by Tim Troglen
Reporter
Hudson — The six rebels who appeared at the Summit County Fair last week were not there to wreak havoc among the crowd or consternation with fair-goers.
But the members of Rebels With a Cause were definitely there to horse around.
Rebels With A Cause, a Hudson-based 4-H Club, competed at the Summit County Fair, July 28 to Aug. 2 in Tallmadge to show their horses, ride in competitions and participate in pen filled pork judging.
“Our group did well at the fair this year,” said Debbie Plate-Vargo, who heads up the team, which includes her daughter, Emma Vargo, Josh and Ashley Conger, Brynne and Aurora Burgy and Athena Tarulli.
“Josh and Ashley took their horse, Doc, and competed with him,” Plate-Vargo said. “Ashley did well, and Josh had fun with the ribbon race and other games played, and both did very well with their pigs — both in showmanship and at the auction Saturday night.”
Emma, who fractured her pelvis when a horse fell on her in January, was not allowed to ride for four months following her surgery in February. But she was back in the saddle for the fair.
“She won grand champion of her division on her horse, Hunter, which was very special as everyone knew what she had gone through and how hard it all was — it was very emotional for all of us,” Plate-Vargo said. “She also entered a sewing project that made not only a blue ribbon first place but also Best of Show.”
Plate-Vargo said Emma’s sewing project was a purse with a fish theme she made for her mother.
And, according to her mom, Emma’s fair project presentation on teen leadership was chosen to represent Summit County at the Ohio State Fair, where she was to present it to a judge Aug. 2.
And it wasn’t only horses and sewing that brought home ribbons.
The brother and sister team of Josh and Ashley, who not only ride horses but raise pigs, fared well with second through fourth place finishers.
“They have learned so much,” Plate-Vargo said of the siblings.
She said the prize winning pigs were auctioned off, with the money going toward college funds.
“The kids have to learn about feed and weight and the anatomy of the pig so they understand where the different cuts of meat come from,” Plate-Vargo said. “They even had barn duty where they slept in the barn to guard the pigs.”
Plate-Vargo said all members of the group “struggle with the rule that if you raise and enter a pig in the fair, it must go to auction.”
Plate-Vargo said the team members got involved for myriad reasons.
“Emma got involved as she loved horses and wanted to be in a club that went to horse shows and understood the passion for having a horse,” she said. “I know that Ashley and Josh got involved as their mom was in 4-H as a child.”
And while not every member owns their own horse, “they have a passion for horses.”
“The kids in the club easily attend 10 to 20 horse shows a year, and as part of our club responsibility, we must work at least one of the shows as well, running the entry booth and manning the gates,” Plate-Vargo said.
Members of the club, which meets on a monthly basis, must make an oral presentation before being allowed to participate at the fair, she said.
Educational trips and volunteering to help others also are part of the 4-H activities.
“We went to The Ohio State University Veterinary School and toured the facility,” Plate-Vargo said. “The kids got to see the CT scanner for horses, a treadmill for horses and a surgery suite.”
Members have also raised money for horse rescue and donated time at the homeless shelter in Akron.
Plate-Vargo said 4-H has 6 million members across the United States, Puerto Rico and 80 countries around the world.
“4-Hers participate in fun, hands on learning activities, supported by the latest research of land-grant universities,” she said. “The 4-H pledge tells what 4-H is all about and has as its goal the four-fold development of youth: head, heart, hands and health, and thus the 4 leaf clover with the H’s.”
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Local 4H youth attend Heartland overnight camp
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
George Anderson Daily Dunklin Democrat
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| Members of the Dunklin County 4H Club, including, front row: Scott Jackson Smart, counselor, of Clarkton, Mo.; Sam McHaney, of Kennett; Britlyn Pikey, counselor, of Kennett; Tatum Lowry, of Kennett; Joe Mobley, of Kennett; Back row: Dalton Jackson Smart, of Clarkton; Cheyenne Long, of Kennett; Max Mobley, of Kennett; recently attended the Heartland 4H Camp at Bloomfield, Mo.Photo provided |
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Eight members of the Dunklin County 4H Club, along with 57 members from six counties, recently attended the 2009 Heartland 4H Overnight Camp.The eight members who attended the camp included Kennett residents Sam McHaney, Britlyn Pikey, Tatum Lowry, Joe Mobley, Max Mobley, and Cheyenne Long, as well as Clarkton, Mo., residents Scott Jackson Smart and Dalton Jackson Smart.
The camp, which took place at the SEMO Youth Camp at Lake Wappapello, ran from July 14 to July 16, according to 4H Youth Specialist Clara Green.
Green said 4H members from Bollinger, Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, Ripley, and Stoddard Counties spent the three-day-event learning craftsmanship from various leaders.
“The 4-H members also learned about Native American Art works from Arrowhead Fred [and] a spokesman from Scott City taught them about various tools that Native Americans used and how they used them,” Green said. “Gary Tyler of SEMO University, continued the effort of discussing ideas and themes of Native American culture [and club] members danced to the tunes of Allen Shulse.”
Green said volunteer leaders, Phyllis Flanigan, Ronnie Martin, J.T. Brehmer, Jerry Hale, Angie Hale, Iris Elfrink, A.B. Hale, Kim Lowry, Martha Mobley, Dawn Smart, and EMT Artie Smart, provided expert assistance throughout the camp experience and deserve a special “Thank you.”
“[The club members] had a really good time at camp and it was a bonding experience for them,” said volunteer Kim Lowry of Kennett. “They got to meet kids from all over the different counties. The really cool thing about it is they don’t always have time to bond at rodeos, [but] at camp, it is a more relaxing experience.”
During the course of the camp, meals were provided the Butler County 4H Council, the Stoddard County Extension Council, Tyson Food, and Jeff and Lisa Brown of Dexter, Mo., according to Green.
Green also said the University of Missouri 4H staff, 4H members and leaders made several donations and spent time benefiting the 4H youth from the six counties attending camp.
Lesley Smith: The benefits of the 4H Club for kids
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The Camera recently ran an article highlighting all the wonderful opportunities we have in Boulder County to keep our youth’s minds actively engaged over the summer. I’d like to highlight another program – Boulder County 4-H. For most people 4-H conjures up the vision of kids showing off their livestock at the local County Fair. We’ve learned that 4-H is much more than that, plus it’s a great bargain! During the school year members choose projects to complete for the County Fair. There are an amazing choice of projects ranging from livestock to STEM-related activities (Science Technology Engineering Math) to creative arts, such as canning, photography, sewing and shooting sports (visit http://www.colorado4h.org/project_resources/index.shtml for a full list of projects). A project consists of a demonstration and an E-Record book that gets judged at the County Fair. Kids are engaged and their minds are turned-on while pursuing their projects. Using Model Rocketry as an example, a member builds a rocket with an adult’s help and completes the E-Record book that includes goals, how they did on each goal, expenses for project, community service completed during the year, title of demonstration (each member is required to do a presentation during the school year) and a story with pictures to show the project in action. On Judging Day, the member is interviewed by a project expert and an award ribbon is given. All first place awards are eligible to be judged for the State Fair. The cost for membership in a club and entry of a project in the Fair is about $25.00.
This year’s projects have been judged and will be on display in the Exhibit Building of the Boulder County Fair Grounds. Bring your children to the Fair July 31 – August 8 (entry is free and the schedule is at www.BoulderCountyFair.org) and veiw the projects. You’ll be impressed with what you see, and your child might like to join 4-H too.
Lesley Smith
Boulder
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4-H is more than livestock
Avni Patel, 11, of Hawthorn Woods (center) and Jamie Di Tommaso, 13, of Mundelein, both in the Busy Beavers 4H Club of Grayslake, show their 4H projects to Marilyn Hugh of Des Plaines at the Lake County Fair in Grayslake.
By BETH KRAMER ekramer@scn1.com
GRAYSLAKE — Members of the county’s 4-H clubs exhibited much more than livestock at this year’s Lake County Fair.
“People think when you say 4-H, you think only livestock. Now it’s taken an urban twist,” said Vickie Brown, 4-H youth educator.
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Avni Patel, 11, of Hawthorn Woods (center) and Jamie Di Tommaso, 13, of Mundelein, both in the Busy Beavers 4H Club of Grayslake, show their 4H projects to Marilyn Hugh of Des Plaines at the Lake County Fair in Grayslake.
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Members aged eight to 18 entered about 300 exhibits in a variety of categories, including photography, sewing and textiles, computers and woodworking.
Last year, all 4-H exhibits were housed in one building. This year, they were on display in the Event Center with all the other displays and vendors.
“Due to limited space, we had to take photos of some of the exhibits,” Brown said.
The visual arts was one of the biggest areas 4H-ers exhibited, she said. That category encompassed painting, watercolor and pen and pencil drawings.
Brown said the exhibit garnered “a lot of interest” from attendees.
“We’ll probably have all 471 (Lake County 4-H members), plus parents coming to the fair this week to show off their projects,” Brown said.
Anvi Patel, 11, entered a dairy project inspired by family members, won a Reserve Champion ribbon. Her dairy research found that children up to age 2 should drink whole milk, and older children and adults should drink reduced-fat milk.
“My cousins drink whole milk. I wanted to persuade them into drinking 2 percent milk. Now they do,” the Hawthorn Woods resident said.
She also entered three other projects in computer science, photography and consumer savvy.
“(Exhibiting) is really fun. People come in and see what I did. It makes me feel like a role model,” Patel said.
She, along with Jamie DiTommaso, 13, belong to the Busy Beavers 4-H Club of Grayslake.
DiTommaso of Mundelein won best of show and grand champion for her entrepreneur exhibit, in which she showcased her business plan to create a tutoring business.
She also did projects in rocketry, woodworking and poultry.
“I love being an example for the younger kids,” DiTommaso said.
There are 28 4-H clubs in Lake County. Four-H teaches students leadership, time management, organization and career focusing skills, Brown said.
Many students wind up pursuing careers in their project areas, Brown said. DiTommaso said she wants to be an aerospace engineer and has displayed her rockets in previous fairs.
Anita Dowd of Wildwood said she was amazed by the 4-H exhibits and called them “marvelous.”
“It gives me the goose pimples to see the kids who put on the exhibits,” Dowd said.
