One purpose of a voodoo doll is to provide meditation and focus. While holding your voodoo doll, focus on the desired effect you hope it will bring. You can buy voodoo dolls online that symbolize aspects of life like fertility, marriage, luck, prosperity, etc. or that represent one of the spirits.  This process may require patience and clearing your mind of distractive thoughts. That is why it's also referred to as meditation because it's the practice of calming your soul in order to be more spiritually in tune with your desires. You can bring about good not only to yourself, but to others. If you'd like to bring others good fortune, use the same process but have a doll that represents them instead and focus on the desires you wish for them. There are traditionally seven colored pins you can use to indicate areas of your life you want to focus on. This technique goes hand in hand with the focusing technique, but focusing and meditating comes first, and then using the pins follows. After you have decided what aspect of life you'd like to change, prick the corresponding colored pen into your voodoo doll. The head represents things that have to do with knowledge, the heart is used for emotions, and the stomach is used for gut feelings or intuition. So, if you desire power in your life or a friend's life, then use the red pin to prick the head. If you desire love, use the blue pin to prick the heart. These are the different colors and what they symbolize:  Yellow: success Green: money White: healing Red: power Purple: spirituality Blue: love Black: repelling negative energies Loa, the twins, and the dead are all spiritual beings of Voodoo that interact to bring you different things. In order to summon the spirits, a voodoo doll of the spirit must be created or obtained, you must focus on the desires you hope the spirit will bring you and light a candle in the appropriate color of the spirit, and then a sacrifice must be offered to the spirit. It may be helpful to create an alter for your doll so that you can light a candle to the spirits and offer your sacrifice there.  Loa interact with people of the Earth and they are the spirits of the major forces of the universe--good, evil, reproduction, health, and all aspects of daily life. There are so many different types of loa and so they can not all be listed, but with adequate research you should be able to find the loa you wish to appeal to.  The twins are a mysterious set of forces of contradictions: happy and sad, good and evil, ect. When honored, they may help you have the better side of life. The dead are the souls of one's own family members who have died, but family has not yet "reclaimed" them. If the family dead are ignored they can be dangerous, but if honored and cared for they can be helpful.
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One-sentence summary -- Concentrate on your desires. Use different colored pins. Petition the spiritual beings of Voodoo.


This method only takes a few minutes, but it may not thoroughly remove all the ricotta's moisture. It is not ideal for draining warm, just-made ricotta, but if your store-bought ricotta is soaked or dripping, this can quickly improve its texture and flavor before eating. This is also an acceptable, though not perfect, method for lasagna and other savory dishes, which do not require as much draining as ricotta used for pastries. Traditionally, ricotta is drained using heavy-duty, fine mesh cheesecloth. Fine-mesh nylon bags should also work, as will high quality men's handkerchiefs. If none of these are available, try a fine muslin or linen cloth or pillowcase, as long as it is freshly laundered. This method is more efficient than pouring or dropping the ricotta in, since liquid at the bottom of the ricotta container will not be added to the cloth. Lift the four corners of the cheesecloth and tie them together to form a bundle of ricotta. Alternatively, simply twist them together and keep a tight hold of them. Squeeze firmly but slowly, working from the top of the bundle to prevent the ricotta from squirting out. Continue squeezing and gently shaking to remove as much water as possible. Ricotta that still has a somewhat moist, spreadable consistency is harder to use in recipes, although savory dishes such as lasagna are less affected by the extra moisture than pastry dishes. Better yet, serve this ricotta plain or with some of these additions:  Atop crostini or toast Mixed with finely chopped tomatoes and Italian herbs, as a dip Topped with a drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt Sprinkled with honey or nuts as a dessert
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One-sentence summary -- Use this method to improve ricotta for eating, or when you urgently need to use ricotta. Lay two large pieces of cheesecloth or similar material over a bowl. Spoon the ricotta onto the cloth. Wrap the cheesecloth around the ricotta. Squeeze the towel carefully. Serve and eat.


The Facebook app has a blue icon with a white "f".  Tap the icon on your home screen or apps menu to open the Facebook app. If you are not automatically logged in, enter the email address or phone number and password associated with your Facebook account.  Then click Log in. It's at the top of the screen on Android phones and tablets.  On iPhones and iPads, it's at the bottom of the screen.  This is the Watch tab.  This displays a list of videos from users and pages you follow.  It also displays a list of other recommended videos from other Facebook accounts. If you don't see the Watch tab at the top of the Facebook app, tap the icon with three lines (☰) in the upper-left corner to view the menu.  Then tap Videos on Watch. On iPhone, tap the magnifying glass icon in the upper-right corner to display the search bar at the top of the screen. The search bar is at the top of the screen.  This allows you to filter videos that interest you.  Alternatively, you can scroll down until you see a menu in your feed that says "What's on Watch."  Tap the red button that says Live to view a general list of recommended live videos from users and pages you follow. On iPad and other tablets, you can tap the tab that says Live at the top of the screen.  This displays a list of recommended Live videos from users and pages you follow, as well as other recommended videos. It's at the top of the page next to "Filters."  This filters your search results to display Live videos, as opposed to pre-recorded videos. Live videos have a red icon that says "Live" in the upper-left corner.  Tap a video image or title below the video to view the video. The live video chat is displayed below the video. When you are ready to stop watching the video, tap the "X" icon in the upper-right corner of the video on iPhone and iPad, or tap the back button at the bottom of the screen on your Android phone or tablet.
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Open the Facebook app. Tap the icon that resembles a TV screen. Tap the magnifying glass icon (iPhone only). Enter a username, video title, or category in the search bar. Tap Live. Tap a video. Tap the X icon or back arrow to stop watching.