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oven.[52] Despite Giles' attempts to stop her, Willow absorbed his power as well, pushing her so far that she was overcome by all the pain she sensed in the world. She attempted to trigger the apocalypse to end it all but was thwarted by Xander who, out of love, refused to leave her alone, regardless of what she had done or was doing. The power that she had absorbed from Giles put her back in touch with her true emotions and feelings, so Xander's act eventually caused Willow to break down over her actions.[10]

Rehabilitation[edit | edit source]

“_In every generation, one Slayer is born because a bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule. They were powerful men. This woman is more powerful than all of them combined._”
―Buffy trusts Willow to activate the Potential Slayers.[src]
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In England, Willow weans herself from Dark Magic and places her power in nature.

After her attempt at destroying the world, Giles took Willow to his home in England where she was forced to deal with her actions, her connection to magic, and her place in the universe. Under the teachings of the Devon Coven, Willow regained control of her magic, though was hesitant and careful about how much she used, fearing that she might revert to her "dark" self.[53] At the time, she met his great-aunts Lavinia and Sophronia Fairweather.[54]

Upon her return to Sunnydale, Willow was nervous about how her friends would react when they saw her again and accidentally cast a spell that made her invisible to them and vice versa which ended in disastrous results as it caused her to fall victim to the demon Gnarl before the spell was ended, at which point she was reunited with the other Scoobies.[55]

When the First Evil began its campaign against the Scooby Gang, Willow reluctantly began a relationship with the Potential Slayer Kennedy. After their first kiss, however, Willow was transformed into Warren, the result of the hex Penance Malediction, placed on her by a vengeful and jealous Amy. Kennedy saved Willow from fully becoming him by helping her to finally come to terms with Tara's death and move on as she attempted to continue Warren's murderous path with a gun.[3]

Willow was still reluctant to use her full power, especially after the First took control of her during a minor spell. However, Willow was called to Los Angeles by Winifred Burkle to re-ensoul Angel once again. While there, Willow did battle with a higher power later known as Jasmine, who had possessed Cordelia, and came out victorious. She then returned to Sunnydale with newly reformed Slayer Faith who was insisted to break out of prison to fight Angelus.[56]

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Willow activates Slayers all around the world.

With the final battle with the First drawing nearer, Buffy entrusted Willow with a very big and important task that Willow was very reluctant to perform. Despite this, Willow tapped into the essence of the Slayer weapon Mʔ (both by her computer and witchcraft prowess), and activated multiple Potential Slayers around the globe, briefly turning her hair white in the process before Kennedy deified her as a goddess. Willow then fell to the floor mumbling "that was nifty." She escaped Sunnydale before its subsequent destruction.[57]

Slayer Organization[edit | edit source]

“_I said I wanted to understand my power and I do. But under that, I wanted to know my fate. Darkness? Enlightenment? Was I a good witch or a bad witch? I feel the pull of both of each. That was my secret motive… but it’s not. Under the under, I just wanted her. She was my light. She was my order. She was my journey. Completed. But either she's an illusion… or Tara is at peace. And either way, no thanks._”
―Willow beginning her training to understand her true nature[src]
Following the destruction of Sunnydale, Willow and Kennedy spent some time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[58] Willow also visited the Himalayas but was unable to aid Fred Burkle with her mystical illness because she was performing astral projection to another plane at the time.[59]

Willow was given an opportunity to have Tara be her guide while she enhanced her magical prowess but realized that Tara would only be given to her as an illusion or that she would be ripped from her afterlife. Willow decided to study under Aluwyn, a mysterious snake-like woman. Along the way, Willow also began a sexual relationship with Vasuki. During this time, her contact with Buffy and the Scooby Gang diminished.[60]

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Willow magically assists the Slayer Organization.

When Kennedy died a mystical death, Willow resurrected her a month later and they began to take their relationship more slowly. Willow also confessed that she was keeping Kennedy away from Buffy because she didn't want to lose her, believing that if she hadn't resurrected Buffy, Tara would still be alive.[61]

Over a year after the Hellmouth battle, Willow appeared at Buffy and Xander's Scotland base, battling Amy and her army of the undead. Willow was kidnapped by a skinless Warren Mears, who revealed that Amy had revived him moments after Willow killed him. The pair had been conspiring against her ever since and were responsible for her transformation into Warren in 2003. Warren lobotomized Willow, who took refuge in a mental plane before being rescued by Buffy, unharmed.[62]

Sometime after joining Buffy, Xander, and Dawn in Scotland, Willow traveled to Las Vegas to assist Spike, who had been resurrected in Los Angeles after the destruction of Sunnydale, during his investigation into Hart.[63] When Spike's soul was extracted by the homicidal sociopath John, who had been brought there along with Drusilla by Wolfram & Hart and apparently lost his own soul when Spike regained his, Spike directed his soul into Drusilla to give her a chance at redemption, but ultimately had Willow transfer his soul back into himself when the guilt of a restored conscience only drove Drusilla even more insane.[64] Willow told Spike that Buffy already knew about his resurrection, but agreed to keep their team-up a secret from Buffy.[65] She then committing Drusilla to the Mosaic Wellness Center.[66]

Willow began to settle in Scotland with Buffy and Xander and attempted to aid Dawn who had transformed into a giant. When Buffy and Willow went on a mission to find out about more about the Scoobies' newest enemy, Twilight, the demon Sephrilian revealed the friends' secrets to each other, including the reason why Willow was keeping Kennedy away from Buffy, leaving their friendship strained.[61]

While fighting a group of vampires in Tokyo, Willow met and battled a fellow student of Saga Vasuki, the witch Kumiko.[67] The vision she received during this fight with Kumiko would later lead her to investigate a possible ripple in time in New York City. When Buffy was kidnapped into the future, Willow contacted Vasuki for help during sex with an oblivious Kennedy. Saga Vasuki warned Willow not to look forward into the future when she rescued Buffy from it; Willow complied and successfully returned Buffy to the present.[68]

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Willow and Buffy suppressing their magic.

After Harmony Kendall unwittingly brought about a new pro-vampire, anti-Slayer world order,[69] Willow was needed more than ever to protect the Slayers from humans and demons alike. Along with a small team of Slayers who were also witches, Willow cast a series of powerful force fields and glamours to protect and conceal the Scottish base. Demons still attacked and defenses fell. Willow teleported out and discovered from Saga Vasuki that Twilight was tracking them by magic. Buffy decided, after sharing concerns with Giles that Willow was heading down a dark path once again, that the group should learn from Oz how to suppress their mystical powers and natures. Buffy had Willow do one last big spell, sending everyone to Oz's retreat in Tibet. In Tibet, Willow was unhappy with the suppression of her powers which she felt were intrinsic to her identity. Furthermore, she was jealous of Oz for having a normal life, settling down with his wife Bayarmaa, and having a son, Kelden. Oz assured her she could have a normal life and learn to suppress her powers too, and also showed his trust in her by letting her watch Kelden for him. Later, Buffy admitted to Willow that she killed her in the future where she had once again gone "dark," but Willow was nonplussed and opined that the future was not fixed.[70]

The suppression of their powers left Buffy and her friends defenseless when Amy tracked them down and Twilight unleashed his military might on the powerless Slayers and Monroe's small band of werewolves, leading to heavy casualties. When Bayarmaa explained that their method of magical suppression worked by sacrificing one's magic to the wrathful goddesses of Tibet; Remati, Vajrayogini and Ekajati; for protection, Buffy and Willow performed a ritual to summon them. The Goddesses appeared and began to kill indiscriminately. While collecting the injured from the bloody battlefield, Buffy was dropped by Remati from an incredible height. As Twilight was capturing members of Buffy's group, Buffy awakened to discover she had new superhuman abilities, including flight.[71] Not long after, Willow's powers returned to her very suddenly; she identified it as a "ripple effect" of a cataclysmic magical event in the near future. Back at the camp, Buffy instructed Willow not to fight the goddesses head-on but to dig a large hole for them instead. Buffy easily manhandled the goddesses and put them in the pit, which Willow magically sealed up.[72]

Willow later realized that Faith, Giles, and Andrew were captured by Twilight. She teleported around the world in search of them, finding dead Slayers at several locations due to Twilight conducting simultaneous coordinated attacks around the world, leading them to theorize Buffy's new powers have come from the dead Slayers. Amy defected to the Slayers' side and revealed Twilight's HQ was located three seconds in the future. With this knowledge they were able to uncloak it, leading to Buffy's confrontation with Twilight, who revealed himself to be Angel. Willow and the others soon followed to Twilight's HQ. After Buffy and Angel fought in the air and in space, they fell under the influence of external power, had sex and created a new universe, which in turn caused extradimensional demons to flood their dimension ahead of its impending destruction. Willow was one of several battling these. Buffy and Angel returned to their senses and tried to help their friends and save the universe. Suddenly, Spike's ship arrived — which Willow alone recognizes from their adventure together in Vegas.

Spike informed the group that acquiring the Seed of Wonder was vital to the plans of the universe known as Twilight to incarnate itself. The Seed, which was located in Sunnydale's ruins, was the source of all magic in this dimension. While they were being transported to Sunnydale aboard Spike's ship, Willow was summoned to a spiritual dimension by Aluwyn who explained she must protect the Seed or magic will be lost from the universe, and that the walls between worlds will become closed forever. Arriving in Sunnydale's ruins, Willow was able to connect herself to the Seed and experienced unity with the universe. Using more power than ever before, she easily handled thousands of enormous demons. Meanwhile, below, Angel was possessed fully by Twilight and killed Giles, leading Buffy to destroy the Seed; Willow was very suddenly and dramatically cut off from all of her power. In the aftermath of the crisis, she possessed no magic whatsoever. Willow broke up with Kennedy soon afterward, believing that Kennedy was drawn to her in part because she had superpowers, and also realizing that she was really in love with someone else. Living in San Francisco like Buffy, Xander, and Dawn, Willow vowed that she would somehow restore magic to the world.[73]

World without magic[edit | edit source]

“_It’s been months since magic left the world. And everything’s changed. Apparently, only I cared. I first realized after a big rain when I saw the rainbow… with two colors. Music, poetry — everything is going bad. This isn’t just me not liking new trends. No one can hit a note. Everyone’s auto-tuned. Coke doesn’t taste right anymore. I see examples everywhere. It’s not just that there suddenly aren’t witches and the occult around now. Suicide rates are moving up every day. It’s the inspiration, the dreams. All the things that make life so wonderful. It’s just not quite… there like it used to be. So I’m setting out to do something about it. To bring magic back._”
―Willow realizes the negative effects of the Seed's destruction[src]
A few months after the Seed was destroyed, living in San Francisco along with the other Scoobies, Willow began dating Aura and started working as a computer technician. Willow attempted to warn Buffy of the consequences of destroying the Earth's "spark," and appeared to have grown to resent her best friend for destroying the Seed, her irritation only growing when Buffy repeatedly dismissed her concerns, insisting that she did what she had to do. However, after Buffy and Spike were nearly drained of their powers by Severin, Willow admitted that she was never angry with Buffy, and Buffy promised Willow that they would find a way to bring magic back to the world.[74] Months later, Willow took the Scythe and left, believing it was the key to restoring magic due to advice given to her by a vision of Sineya, the first Slayer.[75]

She subsequently arrived in London, making contact with Angel and Faith in Giles's apartment.[76] Willow quickly deduced Angel's plan to resurrect Giles using the Tooth of Ammuk and fragments of his soul derived from magic items linked to key moments of his life, and coldly told Angel that he was selfish, stupid, reckless, and delusional to think that his attempts would not end in disaster, particularly after all of the pain and suffering she put Buffy and the rest of the gang through after Buffy's own resurrection. However, despite her misgivings, Willow decided to help Angel with his plans because she herself needed him, stating that she needed Connor to bring magic back to Earth; in order to regain her magic, she needed to travel to another dimension where magic still existed and "soak up" the energy from there, but the only dimension that could still be accessed from this world was Quor'toth as there were never any portals to Quor'toth in the first place. Having discovered a ritual that might allow her to access Quor'toth using the residual energy in the Scythe as a "battery," Willow needed something from the target dimension to access it in the first place, requiring Connor due to the time he had spent in that world. Angel was unsurprisingly furious with Willow for wanting to involve his son in her plans, at which point Willow snapped and blasted him for comparing her to him before breaking down in tears and insisting that the Earth was dying without magic and she needed to save it. Seeing Willow's inner turmoil, Angel was more sympathetic and agreed to take her to Connor and talk to him, but made it clear to Willow that it was Connor's choice to go along with her plan.

Despite Angel's misgivings, Connor agreed to the plan, with Willow carving various signs on him with the scythe and opening a rift to Quor'toth. Having recharged her magic in Quor'toth — although it took longer than expected due to the nature of this realm's magic — Willow opened another portal to travel to the world without shrimp, a world with magic sufficiently similar to that once possessed by Earth, although Connor remained to help a cult that had been formed based on his legend.[77] During the quest, Willow and the gang come across the Old One Quor'toth and attempted to fight against him with magic, only to fail at first. Due to Angel's encouragement, Willow fought back again successfully. Despite this seemingly good thing, it becomes clear that things are now much more difficult as Willow stared at them with the ominous words of "We got a problem," her eyes now black due to absorbing too much dark magic.[78]

Willow was seen to go in a panic over the dark energies taking over, insisting that she could not stay in Quor'toth any longer. Angel comforted and tried to calm the distraught witch, pleading with her to trust him and protect them from the advancing Old One. Hesitantly, Willow decided to obey and fought with the magical forces against the demon, only to shortly afterward attack Connor, the dark forces proving too much for her. Completely consumed and fully Dark Willow now, she won against Quor'toth by dropping a mountain on him and expressed a desire to rule over the dimension. Angel, however, hurled up and bit her. This caused Willow to faint and the influence of the magic to fade. When Angel himself gets taken over by blood lust, Willow awoke and stopped Faith from killing him as well as him trying to get her to kill him. Once he recovered, she thanked Angel in gratitude for helping but firmly said she had not forgiven him yet though understood his reasons. Insisting that she did not hate him, Willow hesitantly hugged Angel and allowed him to take whatever was left of Giles' soul out of the Scythe. She entered the portal to the World Without Shrimp, continuing her solo quest to bring magic back.[77]

She traveled throughout the dimension, recalling all of the effects she recognized due to the destruction of the Seed. Willow, after fighting some odd demon here and there, soon met up with a man calling himself Marrak. He claimed to her that he was from Earth but trapped in this current dimension with no way back due to loss of magic and that due to the effects of the dark magic, was transformed into a demon. Ever compassionate and trusting, Willow decided to work together with him. Eventually, after some wandering, they meet a large caterpillar-like demon who seemed to want to help, only to be charged by some monster from the woods.[79]

Willow eventually defeated the monster (revealed to be called Hybberax) with the Zen Caterpillar and Marrak. They soon after get attacked by demonic bird-type demons, causing some hallucinations of faceless people in her mind; Willow deduced this was the missing dreams of people that had been unable to pass through. Looking for the Deeper Well of Wonderland, she ran into an old friend: Aluwyn. Immediately, Willow was ecstatic and kissed her in her joy of having finally found her (much to the shock of Marrak). One of the witches with Aluwyn named Vulcana repaired Buffy's scythe and Willow finally reached the Wellspring, this dimension's Deeper Well. She opened up a rift to Earth, seeing Buffy, Xander, and Dawn discussing the vampire problems but it quickly closed. However, it allowed her to witness Dawn being faceless, shocking Willow. Aluwyn then explained afterward that portals could only open and stay open unless there was magic on both sides.[80]

Aluwyn and her "super-coven" convinced Willow to live with them in their paradise dimension and to give up on her plans to save Earth. Willow also began to doubt if her mission was really just for the world rather than herself or even if her friends were in danger.

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Willow confronts and accepts her dark side.

However, Marrak reminded her of her mission. Aluwyn attempted to persuade her to stay, but the pair separates. Willow had a strong epiphany at that point and realized for the first time that there was no such thing as "Dark Willow" and "Light Willow," only Willow. Traveling with Marrak again, however, she became aware of his lust for dark magic and realized he was in fact Rack, her former magick dealer.[81]

Rack did intend to restore magic to Earth, but also to hoard it all for himself. Rack and Willow battled over alternate universes until he was overcome by the antibodies of a sentient universe; their battle further helped Willow to overcome her inner doubts about "going dark" again by accepting responsibility for setting herself down the path of addiction long before meeting Rack. The sentient universe explained to Willow as Aluwyn did that it will be impossible to return magic to the world as she had planned, but also that magic was not completely lost as many beings (such as Slayers) use magic that came from within. Though the Seed — the "heart" of Earth's magic — had been destroyed, she would be able to draw power from her own heart now, a power for the world to share. Willow awakened in space, high above Earth, and descended to San Francisco with the intention of returning to her friends.[82]

Willow arrived back in San Francisco with the newly fixed scythe just in time to aid Buffy with Dawn's worsening condition. She was happy to be reunited with her best friend but reminded Buffy that though she had her magic back, it was limited and the Earth was still suffering from a loss of magic. She proceeded to heal a scar on her friend's forehead from a previous battle by a mystical knife as Buffy began to inform her what had happened during her absence.[83]

Fully filled on what was happening while she was away, Willow proceeded to furiously work herself to help save Dawn. Eventually, after much effort, she managed to stabilize her enough so that she could be awake and functioning. However, she made sure to firmly remind everyone that she was not powerful enough to save her life at that point and the most she was able to do was give her a few more days. Acknowledging this, Buffy and the others worked up a game plan. It was decided that the most plausible option they had going for them was traveling to the Deeper Well. It was an extremely magical place and held enough power to seal Old Ones. Willow was identified as the "battery" that would absorb enough magical energy there that would enable them to completely save Dawn's fading essence. Willing to help in any way she could, Willow, Buffy, and Xander all used Kennedy's jet to England where they would face the council and deal with the guards.[84]

Along with Buffy, Willow fought against the council demons, using her magic to beat them back. After grueling fighting, the arrivals of allies Illyria and Eldre Koh, and rescuing Xander from a demon, Willow and Buffy came up with a dangerous plan together to proceed further in the Deeper Well. Unexpectedly, Xander panicked and told them they didn't have to do it, proceeding to inform the group of his pact with Severin and Simone Doffler to restore magic and consequently save Dawn's life as a result. Willow was shocked and bewildered at Xander's supposed betrayal, but they nonetheless united together to stop Severin since his plan would undoubtedly create reality tears in the universe.[85]

With Buffy, Willow ventured deeper into the core of the Deeper Well. It eventually became clear that both Buffy and Willow were beginning to forget Dawn, but they still managed to put her as their top priority. As they drew closer, Willow suddenly sensed a very powerful source of magic, so much so that she began to emit a reddish glow. Willow was shocked at this, explaining to Buffy that it could not only be the key to saving Dawn but the entire world as well. Willow and Buffy had a minor fight when she asked her to go help the council with an Old One rather than save Dawn, but they eventually reached an agreement when she pleaded to Buffy that she would not let her down this time and that she needed to trust her.[86]

As she drew closer to the power source, the glow in her chest intensified to the point it began seriously affecting her. It became apparent that her level of power was so enormous, a small object reminiscent of the Seed of Wonder emerged from her chest. Willow realized she had created the new seed, but the act left her powerless. She found a spot in the Deeper Well for it to reside for while it would save the world, it'd take a millennium for it to mature. Willow then proceeded to use Severin (who had sided with them due to Illyria) as a possible source to save Dawn's life.[87]

However, Willow, Xander, D'Hoffryn and Koh witnessed Buffy's "defeat" at the hands of Simone. Willow threatened to kill Doffler while the latter just shrugged it off. Soon, Willow discovers a way to escape the Deeper Well before Severin exploded, which was a staff left behind by one of the Council members, and took the opportunity to retrieve it with Xander helping her out. She then activated the staff's powers and transported herself and all of her remaining allies out of the Well, only to witness Buffy being dragged away by Doffler. Willow worried for Buffy's safety but she welcomed her back when she got out of the well, telling her best friend that magic was back. Immediately returning to San Francisco, Willow already started casting the spell to bring Dawn back but she acknowledged that there was something missing. Fortunately, through Spike's inadvertent comment, she figured out that Buffy's blood was the key to making the spell work and, soon enough, Dawn was returned to her original state. Willow was overjoyed to see Dawn again and apologized for getting so caught up in her quest to bring magic back. She also obliged to check if every part of Dawn's body was in order. Buffy and Willow soon discovered that the Vampyr book was blank, with the former wondering what they had done in the Well and the latter in shock from the recent development.

A new world[edit | edit source]

Since magic had returned, Willow had been working with the Scooby Gang to help rid the zompire threat the suburbs of Santa Rosita. Willow arrived with two civilians so that Buffy and the others could take them to safety. On the way there, Willow aided Buffy and Spike in their attempts to keep the rescue van safe from harm. Arriving at the rendezvous point where Xander, Billy, Devon, and Anaheed were waiting, Willow and the rest of the Scoobies fought against the remaining zompires, only to find themselves facing a group of more powerful vampires that had risen since magic had returned. Willow and the others were on the defensive until Faith, Kennedy, Holly, Leah, and Giles came to their rescue. With the Scooby Gang reunited, they faced the threat together confidently. Fortunately, their combined forces nearly overwhelmed the vampires, who retreated to regroup and increase their numbers. Willow hugged Giles tightly once she got the chance. They all rode Kennedy's jet back to San Francisco. While onboard, she realized the very reason why she couldn't control her magic: the Seed of Wonder was still maturing despite the fact it had been completely restored. She convened with the rest of the reconstituted Scooby Gang to talk about how much the vampires had changed. She wanted to cast the Tirer La Couverture on one of the enhanced vampires to better understand the new threat they face.

Willow was among the members of the Scooby Gang who aided Dracula while he assessed the powers the new vampires have acquired. Once they returned to Xander's apartment, she demonstrated how the laws of magic had changed by conjuring a couple of flowers out of thin air unaided by any incantation. She then agreed to find a new vampire to study alongside Buffy. Arriving at the destination, they found no one there, remembering that new vampires had no need to hide from the sun. They soon left in search of a potential subject and bonded over how they distanced themselves from the people they loved and how their whole gang had been reunited. They also worried about the state of Xander and Dawn's relationship. They arrived later that evening with their captured vampire, only to find Xander's apartment in shambles and Dawn in tears, shocked by what beheld them.

Willow and Buffy were briefed of the situation, with the former being irked at how Andrew described Xander's turn as "going Dark Willow." She then sat by Giles's side as he tried to do a divination spell and calmed him down after his efforts were unsuccessful. After failing another attempt, Willow comforted Giles as he genuinely feared the consequences of recent events. Figuring out how to reach Dracula, Willow went with the rest of the Scoobies to the vampire's hideaway. Fighting off the vampire hordes subservient to Dracula, Dawn showed concern for Spike, hoping he wouldn't go "Dark Willow," again irritating the witch. Finally, as Willow and Giles worked together to get to Dracula's room, Willow inadvertently used the "going Dark Willow" term herself, annoying her again. Willow and the others witnessed Dracula's transformation and she was swatted by the vampire and knocked out for a couple of moments. She came to and tried to subdue Dracula until it was revealed that he was turning into Maloker through Xander's connection to the vampire, thinking that Maloker was permanently dead. Willow then witnessed Maloker's return as he set his sights on the Scoobies with great hunger.

Willow and the others tried their best to take Maloker down, but any and all attempts were for naught. Upon learning that Maloker's weaknesses were no different from those of an ordinary vampire's from Giles, Willow magically increased Dawn's size and set out to find a priest to bless the Redwood Investment Building to use it against Maloker. Once she did so, she reversed the spell she cast on Dawn and let the priest leave the scene unharmed. She witnesses Dracula's departure from San Francisco once Xander reversed the damage done to his old Master through the Vampyr Book. Willow gathered with the rest of the Scoobies to discuss who would take care of the book, stating that she was unqualified due to her history with abusing magic. However, when D'Hoffryn arrived to take that responsibility from them, Willow stood by Buffy as she made it clear that they would take care of the book together. Afterward, she was seen playing video games with Giles.

Willow met with Giles to help him monitor his digital trail with Dowling and discuss the possibility of losing their home in San Francisco due to their difficulty of finding employment. Willow had been looking into re-aging Giles, but he decided against it, with Willow agreeing that it would make things worse if they tried. Dowling gave them a job that let them to a building where children had been disappearing for years. When Willow and Xander got no word from those who arrived to handle the job, they set out to investigate. Having done research on the case prior and determined the commonalities among the abducted children, Willow began to detect strange energies in the site but were taken by a mysterious entity along with Xander. They were trapped in a false reality where they were who they were in their earlier years and where Willow couldn't remember any spells. However, Willow and Xander managed to release themselves from its hold and the former identified it as the Hamelin demon that targeted children who were on the verge of losing their childhood. Though Buffy lashed out at them, they were able to snap her out of it. Finding Dawn and Spike, they were swarmed by the missing children led by Giles, who didn't want to escape. However Buffy snapped him out of it and all of them were released from the hold of the Hamelin demon. The children were returned to their surviving family and D'Hoffryn came to warn them to be wise and take special care with the changing times.

Willow was then seen having secured her shared apartment with Buffy and Dawn and just came from job interviews.

Willow and the Scoobies were shocked to learn that the Vampyr book was missing and Xander and Spike were quick to blame each other when Buffy asked who was responsible for neglecting to keep it safe. However, they soon learned that Andrew was missing as well. Putting two and two together, Buffy was angry that Willow made Andrew an authorized user but was quick to apologize when she brought the discussion to Tara. However, Willow and Giles placed a tracking sigil on the book and used a locator spell to track Andrew's movements, learning that he was heading to Sunnydale. Buffy, Willow, and Spike set out to find Andrew, leaving Giles, Dawn, and Xander behind. Having arrived at a Halloween party celebrated in the Hellmouth, Willow and the others set out but lost her hold on the book when Andrew hid it in a special case. Finding where Andrew kept their DNA samples and considering the possibility that Andrew was going to resurrect Warren, they were ambushed by the Soul Glutton. Willow tried to use her goddess magic against it but it drew power from her magic instead. She then used her dark magic against it, which worked to a fault, as it got up almost immediately after. The demon retreated to regain strength and Willow held back the debris as they left the collapsing cave. Willow and the others regrouped and split up, where Buffy and Spike looked for the demon while Willow looked for Andrew. Willow arrived in front of Warren's grave where she deduced that Andrew had no intention of resurrecting Warren, unaware of the fact that Andrew plans on resurrecting Tara.

When Willow deduced that Andrew was going to bring back Tara, she found him attempting it. Willow tried to convince Andrew to stop, as she had thought about doing the same thing more than once but didn't do it anyway, but Andrew didn't waver. She tried using force but the book was protected from her magic. Andrew tried to convince Willow that things were different and that they could do it if they wanted to because of the new rules of magic, but Willow told Andrew that he'd be cheating Tara out of a peaceful afterlife. Willow asserted herself and tried her best to use her powers to stop Andrew. Finally, when Willow understood Andrew's motivations for attempting to bring Tara back, Willow apologized to Andrew for making him feel alone and told him that he wouldn't be able to fix things this way. Willow and Andrew hugged it out and left the cave together as the former saved Buffy and Spike from the collapsing caves. Willow then parted with Andrew on good terms as he left for Oakland.

Possible future[edit | edit source]

“_History is all romantic adventure stories. Until you live it. Until you live long enough to be a part of it._”
―Willow Rosenberg[src]
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Future Dark Willow.

In the 23rd century, Willow was located in Haddyn (formerly Manhattan); she had remained youthful for centuries and eventually resumed her dark appearance, but could only wield a small amount of magic. She had allied herself with Harth Fray, who considered Willow a "madwoman," but chose to believe her claims that Buffy's presence in the future would cause that future to exist. However, unbeknownst to Harth, Willow had also manipulated his sister into believing the opposite, an outcome the Slayer Melaka Fray intended to prevent. Joining forces with her older sister, Erin, the Fray sisters had managed to successfully capture and detain Buffy, attempting to keep her at bay until the temporal rift had closed. Later, Harth had arrived at Mel's apartment in order to confront Willow about her manipulations, and she admitted to lying to one of the twins but did not reveal which one.

During the ensuing chaos, Buffy managed to escape confinement, with a little help from the demon Gates and fought her way across Haddyn in order to get to the rift in time. When Buffy arrived at the rift, Willow stood in her way and, after a brief dialogue in which still Willow did reveal her true agenda, Buffy stabbed her in the heart with the Scythe. At that point, present Willow, blindfolded so as to avoid seeing the future, grabbed Buffy and pulled her back into the current timeline. Traumatized by her recent encounter, Buffy began to express concern over how much she relied on Willow's powers, fearing that she may eventually go overboard again if she was pushed too far.[68]

During the Reckoning, the future Harmony Kendall revealed that during the historical battle, Buffy had Dawn open a portal to a hell dimension to banish the demon hordes, upon which Willow threw them through, and Buffy was forced to follow them in to keep them from returning. Willow stood guard over the portals for the next two centuries and had in fact called Buffy to the future specifically to kill her, a choice made in repentance for her guilt for leaving her friend in a hell dimension.[88]

Personality[edit | edit source]

“_You know Willow. She’s very level-headed._”
―Buffy[src]
Willow was a consistently sweet, trusting, gentle, intelligent, caring person. She was a somewhat naive, painfully shy nerd who was stuck with a hopeless crush on her best friend Xander. She was socially awkward on more than one occasion but had a very kind heart. She became much more confident and strong-willed, capably leading the Scooby Gang twice during Buffy's absences. When Buffy died, Willow took care of Dawn to whom she represented a maternal figure. She was very friendly and understanding, even with Spike, though she was not afraid to be tough. While still having an easily nervous nature, she grew more outspoken and confident.

Willow was also incredibly loyal and supportive to her friends, especially Buffy and Xander as she almost never openly criticized their decisions with hostility even when she disagreed, a factor in her understanding nature. She normally did not display fits of extreme anger toward those who done her wrong, even if they were her close friends, retaining a calm and receptive demeanor. She also often spoke in strange speeches and phrases,[42] something she shared with her best friend Buffy, which could often confuse those around her who weren't used to it. She was also greatly emotional and prone to senseless babble when nervous (which was another similarity to Buffy).

Willow was also very determined to get things done that she feels are important. It was sometimes hard for people to change her mind, a sign of this being her "resolve face."[22] Willow often did not hold grudges against people. In fact, she was usually one of the first to forgive people for their mistakes, even if large ones, being incredibly forgiving. Another notable trait of Willow was her remarkable ability to put aside grudges and personal feelings to get an important task done which she had done on numerous occasions, most notably with Faith[56] and much later, with Angel.[77] She didn't often let personal feelings cloud her judgment, being very responsible and level-headed.

Willow also had an amazing gift with computers and cracking codes, which was seen many times throughout the years, which is likely because of her intelligence. During her high school and college days, she seemed to be the only one out of the Scooby Gang that actually enjoyed going to school and doing homework as well as tutoring, much to the confusion of Buffy and Xander. She had a great interest in science and technology, seen with her fascination with the Buffybot.[89]

Despite her many good qualities, she could also display an addictive, somehow selfish, personality (which Buffy once pointed out).[52] This was seen when Willow became addicted to magic, as it was then that she felt useful and needed, which slowly but surely spiraled out of control to the point where it even hurt her loved ones. Willow, however, had since claimed that she had grown up since then and was not that same "little girl" she was then,[73] showing emotional maturity and growth. Willow also was very stubborn in her beliefs and not easily swayed from them, shown in her insistence that the world needed magic and determination to bring it back to the world.

However, on several occasions, Willow gave into fits of vengeance, especially if it involved someone she loved such as Oz or Tara. The incident with Tara made her personality, for a brief time, change drastically. She became consumed with pain, grief and anger, which culminated in lashing out at the Trio, who she believed was the cause of her suffering. Willow became cold and uncaring, with little regard for her friends and no remorse over her actions. She also showed deep self-loathing, stressing how she was mocked and ridiculed in her past years and how she is branded as a "junkie" for her addiction to magic. In spite of all these, Willow, at her worst, still acknowledges the love and appreciation she has received from Tara, who she could no longer be with. After gaining the power to feel the emotions of all the people of the world, she became hellbent on saving it from any more suffering by ending it herself. However, Willow returned to her former self thanks to Xander.

Since returning from her brief trip to England to restore herself, Willow has become more reluctant to use her powers, as she was afraid to go dark once more. This reluctance to use magic became stronger when the First Evil worked through her while she was doing a locator spell. However, after restoring Angel's soul and defeating the "The Beast's Master," she became a bit less apprehensive of her powers. When Willow was asked by Buffy to do one of the most powerful spells she'll do in her entire life, Willow was still very lukewarm to the idea, even when Buffy acknowledged her as one of the strongest people she knew. However, when she did her preparations to center herself and cast the spell, she was overwhelmed with the good magic she could channel, even being deified by Kennedy. The spell changed the landscape for everyone and since then, Willow desired to delve deeper into the high witching arts, allowing her to become more powerful than she already is.

During the point in her life when her powers were at its strongest, Willow has become more open to casting complex spells consecutively without worrying if the magic will corrupt her once again. Though there came a point when she went dark for a moment, it didn't do much to make her falter. She has since become more confident in her magic and her capacity to control her overwhelming power. Despite this newfound awareness of her strength, Willow remains as the person she always was. However, the moment magic was cut off on Earth, Willow burst out in a fit of extreme anguish and despair, knowing that she does not have powers anymore. This point in her life showed a side of vulnerability and dependence that the witch does not normally show.

Following the recent end of magic, Willow became obsessed with finding a way to bring it back; though it initially appeared that she simply wanted her powers back, she later revealed that, with the loss of the Seed, people were losing hope and that suicide rates are spiking all over the world; thus, her motivations to restore magic were to save the world and undo the damage caused by the Twilight crisis. Though she was not furious with Buffy for her part at the end of magic, she admitted to treating her best friend poorly. Since returning from her brief mission, Willow has learned to no longer fear her powers and reassured Buffy that if it weren't for everything that happened and for the choices that she made, she wouldn't have had such a realization. This is evident during the battle at the entrance to the Deeper Well in England when Willow did not hesitate to unleash her full powers to destroy the opposition and cover Buffy.

Perhaps, among all the members of the Scooby Gang, Willow is the one that has changed the most, not just in terms of her personality, but in all aspects of her being. She transitioned from a dainty young girl with an affinity for computers, research, and academics into, probably, the most powerful witch on Earth, and with such a transition comes changes that affect Willow and those close to her. Despite all these changes, Willow, in the deepest aspects of her being, remains as sweet, kind and understanding as she always was. Even in her present state, Willow does not veer too far from who she was, as seen from still having books on mathematics on her shelves despite the multitude of spellbooks surrounding it and working as a computer technician after the end of magic.

Willow was a big fan of Elvis Presley.[35] Before her lesbian revelation, she had a fixation on the actor John Cusack.[90] According to Kennedy, she always turned off the _Moulin Rouge_ DVD at chapter 32 so it has a happy ending.[3]

Powers and abilities[edit | edit source]

“_Willow always had all the power. Even before she knew what to do with it. It came so easy for her. The rest of us, we had to work twice as hard to be half as good_”
―Amy Madison commenting on Willow's power[src]
Early witchcraft[edit | edit source]

At first, Willow's major "powers" were her intelligence and computer skills, as well as a marked snarkiness. She aided Giles when he researched information to aid Buffy in overcoming various challenges. Willow also aided in the preparation of magical materials, making her first potion to detect a witch[11] and performing the ritual to revoke Angelus' invitation to Buffy's house,[20] but did not seriously begin practicing magic until the death of Jenny Calendar, one of her teachers. She was asked to take over teaching the class because of her high aptitude, and one day came across a floppy disk holding the Ritual of Restoration that Jenny had successfully translated to English. Though for months she believed that the ritual didn't work, Willow learned that the Ritual of Restoration was successful and performing it initiated her interest in magic.

Advancing[edit | edit source]

Willow's first major spell involved re-cursing Angel with a soul, a feat she later repeated years later. She learned to levitate a pencil early in her senior year, using it to stake a vampire through his heart, and her powers continued to develop until she was casting powerful spells first independently and then with the help of Tara Maclay. Soon she surpassed Tara, a more experienced witch, in skill and was able to draw enough power to even hurt the powerful hell god, Glory.

Willow demonstrated the ability to bring Buffy back to life, leaving her drained but she regained her magic in a few hours. Her friend Amy introduced her to a warlock, Rack, who gave her the ability to last longer and cast spells of more power which led Willow further down the path to the dark side of magic. Eventually, after Tara died, the magic consumed Willow and she nearly destroyed the world. At the time, Anya assumed Willow was the most powerful Wicca in the Western Hemisphere.

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Willow becomes enamored in dark magicks.

"Dark Willow"[edit | edit source]

Willow was capable of flying, absorbing life and magic from others, teleportation, being impervious to physical damage, healing herself and others instantly at will, unleashing powerful energy blasts, locating people and objects at a distance (even when theoretically protected from such spells), emitting high-pitched shrieks in frequencies harmful to human ears, and exerting powerful levels of telekinesis and telepathic mind control. This mind control even extended to Anya, despite Anya's statement that vengeance demons were immune to mind-controlling magic. Additionally, she proved more than capable of going head-to-head against Buffy in a physical fight after casting a strength-enhancing spell on herself, able to show impressive strength as well as fighting skills though it should be noted that Buffy was holding back and before a decisive outcome could come about, Willow used magic. It is also interesting to note that even before she went dark, the immense amount of grief she dealt with affected her powers immensely, as seen with how she banished the deity Osiris with just a scream filled with anguish. Willow also caused most of the light bulbs in the Magic Box to short circuit and paralyzed Anya, who recently regained her powers, with a simple command. Finally, she was able to cast extremely powerful spells, as she single-handedly almost brought upon an apocalypse by attempting to channel the power of the Earth and focusing it on Proserpexa's effigy to burn the world to a cinder, which was only averted by the timely intervention of Xander.

Return of Dark Willow[edit | edit source]

During her time in Quor'toth with Angel, Faith, and Connor, Willow once again went dark, her veins protruding, her eyes gone black and the power inside her was made manifest in the form of dark energies circling around her in flight. At first, she was reluctant in using her powers, but once she let her dark side take over, she unleashed massive blasts of immense magical power towards the Old One, Quor'toth. Her own power easily matches that of the primordial demon. To defeat the monster, albeit temporarily, she used her powers to telekinetically lift a mountain from the surrounding area

question: Who took Willow back to England after her attempts to destroy the world?

answer: Giles

question: What was Willow's chief concern when she returned to England?

answer: Willow feared her friends would reject her after all she's done.

question: After the First Evil began its assault against the Scooby Gang, what kind of problem did Willow had?

answer: Willow was reluctant to use her full power still, even when she was losing.

question: Where did Willow relocate to after leaving England?

answer: She went to Scotland.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer:
After Willow's attempt to destroy the world, Giles rehabilitated her and brought her back to England.n Willow, ashamed of what she has done, hid from her friends. Even when the First Evil attacked earth and an enemy took control of Willow, she was still reluctant to use her full power.

After the defeat of the First Evil, Willow relocated to Scotland.


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_EVERY MOTHER COUNTS 2012_ is the second compilation album in Starbucks{{'}} annual series, released by Hear Music on May 1, 2012.[1][2] Featuring thirteen previously unavailable tracks, the album was sold exclusively at Starbucks locations and benefited Christy Turlington's Every Mother Counts foundation, which seeks to increase childbirth safety for mothers. The compilation received a positive critical reception.

Background and release

_Every Mother Counts 2012_ is the second album in Starbucks' annual series (following the 2011 album of the same name), released by its retail music concept and record label Hear Music. The album was available only at Starbucks locations in the United States and Canada between May 1 and 29, in celebration of Mother's Day.[3][4] Eight dollars from each twelve dollar album sale benefited Christy Turlington's foundation of the same name, which seeks to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for mothers.[5][6][7][8]

Composition

The compilation album includes 19 songs by various artists. Thirteen of the tracks were previously unreleased; the six existing recordings were: “Wish for You” by Faith Hill, Sade's “The Sweetest Gift”, “I Remember” by Lauryn Hill, Seal's “Secret”, “Fragilidad” (1988) by Sting, and David Bowie's “Everyone Says 'Hi'”.[9][10] Turlington said of the album:

  I went to friends first, as I did with the first CD. Bono and Chris Martin were great supporters of the project the first time around, and when I knew I wanted to include men on this album they were obvious choices. They are also both fathers to daughters. Others, such as Patti Smith and Rita Wilson, I've known for a long time, and some, like Edie Brickell and Paul Simon, I only met briefly but was a huge admirer. I generally wanted a diverse group of artists who were parents, or in the case of Edward Sharpe, who will be soon. We wanted to reach a broad audience on this issue with this particular project and with a range of perspectives.[11][12]

Songs

[Eddie Vedder's (pictured in 2006) daughter Olivia appears on the ballad “Skipping”.]

The album opens with Bono and The Edge's acoustic “Original of the Species” (2004). Turlington said of the track, “Bono wrote the song with his daughters in mind. It's wishful and imparts the idea that, 'I'm here and I'm watching you take your steps forward and I'm supporting your independence, but at the same time, I don't want you to make mistakes.' Any parent can relate to that.”[13] The song is followed by Eddie Vedder's acoustic ballad “Skipping”, which he wrote as a tribute to his children and features his daughter Olivia's (age 6)[14] voice at the start of the track,[15][16][17] saying “check, check” and “daddy, daddy”.[18][19] Turlington said of Vedder's involvement:

  Eddie was amazing to accept this project while in the midst of so much. I spoke to him and exchanged several emails about his contribution. “Skipping” is such a sweet song and I just love that his daughter Olivia has a little cameo at the start. He once wrote me saying that his girls would be proud one day that their dad contributed to such a meaningful project.[20]

The third track is “Pretty Day”, performed by Brickell and Simon. Following it are three previously released recordings by Faith Hill, Sade, and Lauryn Hill. The seventh and eighth songs are “Baby I'm Yours” by Wilson, and “Don't Fence Me In”, performed by Diana Krall, followed by Seal's previously available recording. The tenth and eleventh tracks are a live rendition of “Sister” by Dave Matthews Band and Sting's previously available song, respectively.

Following these are Alanis Morissette's “Magical Child”, which was written as a tribute to her son,[21] Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros' “Mother”, and Bowie's previously released recording. “Mother” features music put to a poem written by Alex Ebert; the band recorded a music video for the song, which _The Huffington Post_ described as having an “almost hypnotic” groove with a “late-1960s/early-1970s psychedelic vibe”.[22]

The next tracks are a “flute-inflected” version of “Get Up Stand Up” by Cedella Marley,[23] Beck's “Corrina, Corrina” (1928),[24] a traditional folk song most notably covered by Bob Dylan,[25][26] and “Instead of the Dead” by Rufus Wainwright. The album's final tracks are Smith's “Somalia” and an acoustic rendition of “Yellow” (2000) by Coldplay.[27] Turlington said of “Somalia”:

  Patti told me she wrote this song years ago, after seeing a segment on the news in which a child literally died in the arms of its mother. That memory was still very present to her in 2011 during the crisis in the Horn of Africa, so she thought, “If I could give this mother what I have — fruit on the trees, a healthy child — I would.” She went into the studio and brought along her daughter, who's now grown and married, to play piano, and gave us this version of the song.[28]

Reception

The album, and Vedder's “Skipping” in particular, received positive reception. In May 2012, “Skipping” was one of _The Globe and Mail_{{'s}} “songs you need to hear this week”, in the pop category. The newspaper's Brad Wheeler called the album “mom-friendly tuneage” and Vedder's track a “heartfelt”, “sweet” song with a “cute” contribution from his daughter.[29] Writing for _The Huffington Post_, music journalist Kristi York Wooten said, “Each song is a gift from the artists, given in honor of mothers everywhere”. She offered commentary on select tracks, including “Skipping” (the “sentiment about the unique bond between a parent and child transcends both gender and time”), and “Pretty Day”, which she said “might get you singing along instantly”.[30] Wooten called Beck's contribution “thematically coherent and stylistically diverse”, and Smith's track “arresting”, “reflective and beautiful”.[31]

Track listing

[“Mother” was written by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros' Alex Ebert.]

1.  “Original of the Species” (lyrics by Bono, music by U2), performed by Bono and The Edge – 4:02
2.  “Skipping”, performed by Eddie Vedder – 3:45
3.  “Pretty Day”, performed by Edie Brickell and Paul Simon – 2:18
4.  “Wish for You”, performed by Faith Hill – 3:25
5.  “The Sweetest Gift”, performed by Sade – 2:19
6.  “I Remember”, performed by Lauryn Hill – 3:47
7.  “Baby I'm Yours”, performed by Rita Wilson – 2:51
8.  “Don't Fence Me In”, performed by Diana Krall – 3:36
9.  “Secret”, performed by Seal – 3:21
10. “Sister [Live]”, performed by Dave Matthews Band – 3:39
11. “Fragilidad” (Sting), performed by Sting – 3:53
12. “Magical Child”, performed by Alanis Morissette – 4:52
13. “Mother” (Alex Ebert), performed by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – 3:47
14. “Everyone Says 'Hi'” (David Bowie), performed by David Bowie – 4:00
15. “Get Up Stand Up” (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh), performed by Cedella Marley – 3:40
16. “Corrina, Corrina”, performed by Beck – 2:47
17. “Instead of the Dead”, performed by Rufus Wainwright – 5:03
18. “Somalia”, performed by Patti Smith – 4:18
19. “Yellow [Acoustic Version]” (Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, Will Champion), performed by Coldplay – 4:15

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title: Every Mother Counts 2012

question: What organization did the album's proceeds benefit?

answer: Christy Turlington's Every Mother Counts foundation

question: How was the album received?

answer: It was received positively, particularly for Eddie Vedder's "Skipping"

question: Who selected the songs for the album?

answer: It is strongly implied that Christy Turlington selected them herself

question: Where was the album available?

answer: Only in Starbucks locations in the US and Canada during May 2012

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Every Mother Counts 2012 was a compilation album sold exclusively at Starbucks locations in the US and Canada during May 2012 in honor of Mother's Day. The album's proceeds benefited Christy Turlington's Every Mother Counts foundation, which seeks to make pregnancy and childbirth safer for mothers.


text: Theirs this thing it's not human it's a monster a demon a freak of nature like me i-It...it keeps talking and talking, clawing, picking,scratching  wanting to come out. yelling "LET ME OUT, IM THE REAL YOU TAKE THAT GOD DAMN MASK OFF THAT KEEPS ME LOCKED AWAY AND LET ME THE FUCK OUT NOW!!!!" It's... It's been 4 years from the last time he...No..N-Not he... from the last time the demon came out. I-I can't control the real me I can only see what I'm doing but I can't move of my own free will. I-I.. Don't know who or what I am any more each time it comes out, I for get my name, age, where I'm from where I'm at how I got their, and who my friends or family are I'm alone I'm lonely I'm a curse my hands only cause destruction and distortion.  Sooner or later it will come out and than it won't be locked awayany more.

title: The human cage

question: What is the narrator worried about?

answer: That the demon or monster within them will win in the end and cause destruction.

question: How does the demon behave?

answer: It talks, yells, ans claws, wanting to be set free.

question: What happens at times when the demon comes out?

answer: The narrator loses all control of themselves. They don't know who they are or where they are, and they cause destruction and distortion.

question: What kind of feeling does the reader get from the story?

answer: A feeling of dread, loneliness, and despair.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The text is a short story about a person who feels there is a demon within them that wants to come out. They are fighting the demon, but there have been times when they lost control, so they are afraid that one day, the demon will come out and they won't be able to lock it away anymore.


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Two tiny steps forward, and I exhale. I paw the short grass. In waiting for my moment, patience has become me. I will wait for as long it takes to catch my prey off-guard, unaware.

My breathing slows, but my body tenses. It’s a battle between my body’s desire to race forward, and my breath’s quiet rhythm holding me still. I can’t let the body pull me too soon, or I’ll lose what I’ve waited for. I can’t let the breath anchor me for too long, or I’ll never have the chance to lose it. My prey has not stirred for many seconds now.

*Perhaps...*

My moment has come, I am death! I launch myself forward, vaulting rock and branch and stream alike. My mane blows behind me, the grass under me churns, and my prey will never know what’s happened.

I bite! My mouth sinks into boneless flesh and the fight has already left the frail thing. It takes only a twist of my head and I have taken its life and added it to mine. I savor the meat and the moment, tearing and chewing. There is nothing more than this right now. It will pass, but for now it is everything.

I stand, taking what remains in my mouth. I circle my domain to show all what is mine. I step to the stream, and show it what I have won. I prance to the tree, giddy, and show it what I’ve taken. I jump to the rock and gloat with my prize. I charge to the walls and dare them to take it from me. I laugh at the crickets, hiding atop the wall, their unending clicking and flashing betraying their fear.

*This is mine, from wall to rock to tree to wall. Do not forget it!* I roar.

I grow weary, it is time to sleep. Today was good. Tomorrow will be the same.

title: The King, ~300 words. First post here, criticism welcome.

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: A lion

question: What is the narrator's prey?

answer: It is unclear what animal is it.

question: Where does this take place?

answer: It is an some natural environment, though it is unclear where exactly it occurs.

question: Explain what the lion did.

answer: It managed to catch and eat its prey.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: A lion stalks its prey from afar, waiting for the right moment to pounce. It finally attacks and succeeds. The lion proudly roars and falls asleep, ready to do the same thing tomorrow.


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JOHN PETER CYRIL REED[1] (b 21 May 1951)[2] was Archdeacon of Taunton from 1999 to 2016.[3]

Reed was educated at Monkton Combe School, King's College London and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained as a deacon in 1979, and a priest in 1980. After a curacy in Croydon he was precentor at St Albans Abbey from 1982 to 1986. He was rector of Timsbury with Priston from 1986 to 1993, and team rector of Ilminster from 1993 until his appointment as archdeacon.

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[3] ‘REED, Ven. John Peter Cyril’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U32106, accessed 24 Dec 2016]

title: John Reed (priest)

question: Who was John Peter Cyril Reed?

answer: He was Archdeacon of Taunton from 1999 to 2016

question: When was Reed ordained?

answer: As a deacon in 1979 and a priest in 1980.

question: When was Reed born?

answer: May 21, 1951

question: Where was Reed precentor?

answer: St Albans Abbey from 1982 to 1986

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer:
John Peter Cyril Reed was ordained deacon in 1979 and priest in 1980.
He was precentor and rector in the 80's and 90's and then Archdeacon of Taunton from 1999 to 2016.


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We often associate suicide with the crises of youth, or the despair of the old. Yet the group that is now experiencing the biggest surge in suicide is in the Baby Boomer Generation; from about 14 percent in the year 2000 to about 19 percent in 2013. Baby boomers rose to 37.5% of all suicides in 2010. That is now the highest suicide rate of any existing age bracket (shown in figure 1). In order to find a way to reduce this percentage, one must understand why this is happening in the first place.

Before tackling the issue of suicide, it is important to understand what it means to be a baby boomer. Baby boomers were those born in the United States between the years 1945 and 1964. Total births per year during that period “grew from 2.3 million to 4.3 million and then fell to 3.2 million.”  This surge in births was largely due to the rapid expansion of the job market created by World War II. The subsequent financial comfort produced an overall positive attitude towards childbearing, causing what is known as the baby boom. These baby boomers would live to see a time where women were joining the work force in large numbers, automobiles were becoming popular, and the U.S. was in a war with Vietnam.

So why would people born in such an exciting time be committing more suicide today? A study done by Katherine A. Hempstead and Julie A. Phillips tries to decipher whether this sharp increase in Boomer suicide rate is due to personal (e.g. mental and physical health), interpersonal (e.g. divorce), or external circumstances (e.g. economic and political). The data for this study was collected from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) and from the CDC. In 2010, suicides from personal circumstances decreased to 79.8%, interpersonal circumstances decreased to 40.4%, and external circumstances increased to 37.5% issue lies in the 4.6% increase in suicides due to external circumstances. This pattern suggests that the large increase in suicides among this generation due to changes in their external circumstances.

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Figure 1: Suicide rates of different age brackets from 2000 to 2013 (afsp)

Most reports of suicide due to external circumstances were related to job, financial, or legal distress. A possible explanation of this reporting is the correlation between these suicides and the effects of the Great Recession. The Great Recession, triggered by the bursting of the 8 trillion dollar housing bubble in 2007, caused the U.S. labor market to lose 8.4 million jobs and reduce wages all across the board.

Although every demographic was hit by the Great Recession, the baby boomer generation was hit the hardest in terms of lost property value, household finances, and lost retirement savings. As one researcher discovered, “27 percent of those aged 50 to 64 experienced reduction in salaries. This was higher than any other age group”

This downward trajectory was more difficult for baby boomers to deal with for three known reasons. The first is that Boomers were born at a time of economic optimism, so they tend to have had high expectations for their financial futures. Seeing the wealth that they spent their lives accumulating dwindle away because of an economic downturn may have been a large blow to their prides/egos.

The second reason is the feelings of losing power that many baby boomers must be going through. The daily spending of boomers decreased from 114 million in 2008 to 55 million in 2009. Even with the recent 15 million dollar spike, boomer daily spending was still down to 105 million per day as of December, 2015. (Fleming).

The third reason is the current age that baby boomers are currently living through. When hitting the age brackets of 50’s and 60’s, people usually begin considering what they will do to afford retirement. Entering a time of financial instability makes these considerations problematical, especially for those in the middle and lower classes. A study done in 2007 called Money Across Generations shows “51% of boomers reporting being ‘very confident’ of their ability to assure a ‘financially secure life’ for themselves and their children. By 2011, that number had fallen to 33%.”   The combination of financial fear as well as possible mid-life crises makes possible suicide completely understandable.

Fortunately for the baby boomer generation, the economy is slowly growing back to a relatively normal state. At about 2.2 percent GDP growth per year since 2009, America’s financial future seems optimistic. The hope is that this will be enough to reduce the suicide rate of baby boomers.

That outcome seems doubtful, however. In fact, suicide rates of baby boomers are expected to go up in the coming years. Figure two shows suicide rates of different age groups in the years 1999 and 2007. Until recently, suicide rates among those in their 40s and 50s seemed to level out or even decrease. The common explanation for this is the level of contentment some often feel in their middle ages. They are less likely to commit suicide because they are often focused on their careers, their children, and even sometimes their grandchildren. Many of the stresses of youth are gone yet they still have the vitality necessary to chase after the things they want. On top of that, they often have a much healthier diet than other age groups, so their risk for chemical depression is much lower.

This makes the current upsurge in boomer suicides all the more distressing.   At a time when traditionally suicide rates are low, those of boomers are now actually higher than those of any other generation. That includes the 15 to 24, 25 to 44, and the 85 (asfp) and older demographics, all of which traditionally suffer higher suicide rates.

Baby boomers are headed into a new stage of their lives, which is usually called the golden years. That name is very misleading however, as suicide rates among the elderly are consistently higher than those of other ages. This is because many elderly people live with undiagnosed cases of depression, which are often worsened by the loss of a spouse or the stress of living with a chronic illness. They also tend to lack adequate social interaction, which is important in fighting the loneliness that often exacerbates depression. Lastly, they are much more likely to carefully plan out suicide attempts. That, combined with their more fragile bodies, makes their suicide attempts much more likely to be successful

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Figure 2: Suicide Rates Among Ages, 1999 and 2007 (afsp)

One theory suggests that depression is not decreasing because men are not getting the emotional help that they so desperately need. Figure 3 shows the separated suicide rates of males and females between 1981 and 2013, inclusive (afsp). In that window, the trend stays relatively the same; males are committing suicide more than twice as much as women. Since women are diagnosed with depression twice as much as men, this disparity is surprising. A study by Lisa A. Martin, Harold W. Neighbors, and Derek M. Griffith explores this disparity and finds that men may be equally depressed, but they seem less equipped to handle it.

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Figure 3: Suicide Rates by Sex from 1981 to 2013 (Milburn)

Some of this comes from today’s social conditions in which boys have been told that they are not supposed to express sadness, as it can be deemed a “unmasculine.” As a result, they feel less willing to see counselors or get help in dealing with their emotional issues. Instead, they turn to other means of consolation such as bouts of anger or substance abuse. That is why they are less often diagnosed with depression.

One surprising finding is that suicide among boomers is not only a largely male phenomenon, but also largely a white one. Figure 4 shows the suicide rates between 1990 and 2010 by race/ethnicity. According to the data, White people have the highest suicide rate of any ethnicity, followed closely by Native Americans. All minorities, other than Native Americans, have a much lower suicide rate. This trend seems counterintuitive since white people are known to have less financial instability. A theory suggests that white people are less used to adversity, which makes it difficult for them to deal with the difficulties of everyday life. They also may have an unrealistic view of how easy life will be as they grow up, making them more often disappointed with the end result. Other ethnicities may also have a more positive outlook or have stricter religious/moral beliefs on suicide.

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Figure 4: Suicide Rates by Race/Ethnicity from 1990 to 2010 (afsp)

Though there have been a lot of generalizations throughout this paper, it is important to note that every individual is unique. Although race, gender, generation and other demographics may tell a lot about a person, there is also much more that can only be found by getting to know a person individually. Helping baby boomers to be happier and commit less suicide is going to take personal care and compassion instead of a single standard approach.  An improved economy may help as well in preventing a tsunami of boomer depression and suicide in the years ahead.

_Tyler Hishmeh is a senior business student at Chapman University. When not at school he’s usually training in Muay Thai or hitting balls at the golf range._

question: What is the main finding in the paper?

answer: Suicide rates are up and the most affected group is baby boomers.

question: Why do the baby boomers commit more suicide than most other age groups?

answer: It's postulated that baby boomers lived their youth in a comparatively burgeoning economy compared to the financial difficulties around and after 2008. The paper points out that the people who lost the most in the housing bubble bursting were the baby boomers.

question: Which other groups does the paper identify as being at more risk of suicide?

answer: Males and whites are the other demographic categories who are at risk.

question: What does the paper suggest to alleviate the situation?

answer: The paper postulates that an improving economy may help. However, the author also states that each individual is unique and that it will require personal care and attention to reduce suicides.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The paper identifies three causes behind the sudden increase of suicides among the baby boomers. The disproportionate impact of the 2008 recession, baby boomers expecting comfortable lives because they grew up in an economic upturn, and the loss of power related to these. The paper also identifies males and whites to be more at risk in baby boomers. It suggests economic improvements may alleviate the situation as well as personal care and attention to the baby boomers who are at risk.


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The Seahawks got down to one unsigned draft pick on Thursday.

The team announced that fifth-round picks Shaquem Griffin and Tre Flowers have agreed to four-year deals with the club. With first-rounder Rashaad Penny signing on Wednesday, third-round defensive end Rasheem Green is the only unsigned member of the nine-man draft class.

Thanks to his success at UCF and the Scouting Combine despite playing with one hand, Griffin got more notice than his fellow fifth-round picks. He’ll be vying for work as a linebacker and on special teams during his rookie season.

Flowers played safety at Oklahoma State, but the plan in Seattle is for him to make the move to cornerback. He’ll play alongside Shaquill Griffin, who played with his brother at UCF before joining the Seahawks in 2017.

The Seahawks also confirmed the previously reported signings of wide receiver Keenan Reynolds and linebacker Dadi Nicolas. Defensive ends Marcell Frazier and Noble Nwachukwu were waived from the 90-man roster to make room for the new additions.

question: Who is the only unsigned member?

answer: Rasheem Green is the only unsigned member of the Seahawks.

question: When did Shaquill Griffin join the Seahawks?

answer: Shaquill Griffin joined the Seahawks in 2017.

question: Who were waived from the roster?

answer: Marcell Frazier and Noble Nwachukwu were waived from the 90 man roster.

question: What position does Griffin want?

answer: Griffin is vying for work as a linebacker.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The Seattle Seahawks were able to sign both Shaquem Griffin and Tre Flowers on Thursday. To make room, Marcell Frazier and Noble Nwachukwu were waived from the roster. Some background information on Griffin and Flowers is given.


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_DIANTHUS PENDULUS_ is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.[1]

Description

It is a subshrub with the buds close to the soil surface. The plant is perennial and has non-succulent smooth, entire, dull green leaves. Its pink flowers are hermaphrodite and bloom from June to November.[2]

Distribution and habitat

_Dianthus pendulus_ is endemic to the eastern Mediterranean, it grows on rocky outcrops in Lebanon, Syria and northern Israel and Iraq.[3][4][5]

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question: What is Dianthus pendulus?

answer: Dianthus pendulus is a herbaceous perennial plant.

question: What color are the plant's flowers?

answer: The flowers are pink.

question: When does the plant flower?

answer: The plant flowers from June to November.

question: Where is the plant found?

answer: It is found in the eastern Mediterranean, in Lebanon, Syria, northern Israel, and northern Iraq.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Dianthus pendulus is a herbaceous perennial plant found in the eastern Mediterranean.


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CHAPTER 479 – A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (6)

If Su Luo was awake, very likely, she would be amazed again.

Could it be that the little divine dragon also had all the elemental attributes?

Just from what he had shown, he already had the fire, water and lightning attribute, now, added to it, was the ice attribute…worthy to be called mother earth’s most partial to and favorite darling. This kind of gifted talent was simply in defiance of the natural order.

But in the final analysis, the little divine dragon was merely a fifth rank and had just recently left the infant phase, his strength wasn’t that strong. Also, within this cave of flames, the temperature was still somewhat threatening to him, what’s even more was that he needed to divert some attention to protecting Su Luo.

Therefore, not long after, the little divine dragon was unable to hold on. He was hanging out his little pink tongue while panting for breath.

Really tired, from birth until now, he hadn’t been this tired. The little divine dragon’s pair of eyes was puffy and full of tears. With a pitiful and wretched expression, he went to rub against Su Luo.

Why was it that the little master still hadn’t woken up? His water supply was almost depleted…

He also couldn’t enter that mystical place, unable to drink the spring water to replenish his strength…What to do, what to do? The little divine dragon was so anxious that his tail shook back and forth. He ran around Su Luo in circles non-stop.

Right away, he saw his little master’s skin turning scarlet red again. The little divine dragon had no other way, no matter how parched he was, he still condensed out a trace of white, frosty mist to envelop the little master.

Just like this, while the little divine dragon was enduring the threat from the flames on the ground, at the same time, he was still puffing out the frosty air within his body to protect Su Luo. Very quickly, the originally moist-from-water, adorable little divine dragon started to wither, looking ill as he curled up into a little ball and lay on his stomach by Su Luo’s side, staring at her.

What to do….the little divine dragon’s consciousness was starting to become fuzzy, when suddenly, a noise came from the surroundings, as if something had fallen down.

However, very sleepy, really want to sleep…the little divine dragon gradually closed his eyes.

Speaking of Nangong Liuyun.

Like a shooting star, he flew in, his speed was so fast as to be astonishing.

He had just entered when Nangong Liuyun had a kind of bad premonition.

The temperature outside was already quite high, but the temperature inside was astonishing, it was more than ten times hotter than outside.

Now, there were boiling, raging flames all around, soaring to engulf everything, even Nangong Liuyun had a feeling of skin being peeled from flesh, let alone how Su Luo would feel.

Nangong Liuyun had a deeply worried expression, as he loudly yelled in all directions: “Luo Luo——Luo girl——Luo Luo——”

Each yell was louder than the one before, each yell was more worried than before.

If Luo girl really had fallen into the cave of flames, in such a long time, only heaven would know what could have happened…

Nangong Liuyun’s fist was clenched tightly, that kind of consequences, he simply didn’t even dare to think about.

All around, the flames soared to the sky, the fumes lingered on, resulting in low visibility. Nangong Liuyun shouted until his mouth and tongue were dry, yet still didn’t obtain any response.

His heart was somewhat complicated.

How much he wished that Li Aotian was just scheming against him, and how he hoped that Su girl was not inside this cave of flames.

Nangong Liuyun hadn’t walked out for more than a few steps, when suddenly, his foot kicked something. It had also gave a tiny ‘awoo, awoo’ barking sound and firmly tried to bite Nangong Liuyun’s calf.

Nangong Liuyun’s reaction was extremely fast, without waiting for it to bite down, he had already lifted it up.

“Little puppy?!” Nangong Liuyun’s expression immediately was overjoyed. He used a lot of strength to shake the little thing: “Quick, wake up, quickly wake up, where is your master?”

This was Luo girl’s spirit pet, since it was here, then Luo girl was certainly not far away.

The little divine dragon weakly half-squinted his eyes in concentration, his little paw pointed to the floor…

The pitiful little divine dragon, after Nangong Liuyun was done using him, was tossed aside, falling to the ground. The little thing miserably covered his little butt that was sore from the fall, shouting ‘awoo, awoo’ towards Nangong Liuyun’s back, its eyes were glistening with even more tears.

Where would Nangong Liuyun still have the time to attend to it?

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question: What attributes did the little divine dragon have?

answer: It has fire, water, lightening, and ice attributes.

question: What rank was the dragon?

answer: The dragon was merely fifth rank.

question: Who is the little dragon's master?

answer: Su Luo is the little dragon's master.

question: What happened to both Su Luo and the little dragon?

answer: Both passed out from the rising temperatures that were around them. Both were dehydrated as well.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This short story describes a little dragon who tries to save his master, Su Luo, as she is passed out from the hot temperatures. Nangong Liuyun was alerted to them being in the cave of flames when Su Luo's spirit animal, a little puppy, finds him.


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JOSH JAMES SITTON ( ; born June 16, 1986) is a former American football guard. He played college football at the University of Central Florida and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He has made four Pro Bowls and won Super Bowl XLV with the Packers, and also played two seasons with the Chicago Bears and one season with the Miami Dolphins. After 11 seasons in the NFL, Sitton announced his retirement on April 4, 2019. He officially retired with the Packers on December 4, 2019.

High school career

Sitton attended Catholic High School in Pensacola, Florida, where he lettered four times in football and twice in basketball. A two-way lineman, Sitton allowed just three quarterback sacks over two seasons on the offensive side, while adding 50 tackles and six sacks as a defensive lineman as a senior. He earned second-team all-state and first-team all-area honors as an offensive lineman as a senior.

Regarded as only a two-star recruit by both _Rivals.com_ and _Scout.com_,[1][2] Sitton was not listed among the best offensive lineman prospects in the class of 2004. He chose UCF over offers from Nicholls State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

College career

In his true freshman season at UCF, Sitton played in all 11 games with four starts at right guard. He was moved to right tackle for his sophomore season, where he started all 13 games for the Knights. He remained a starter at right tackle for the rest of his college career, blocking the way for Kevin Smith, as he rushed for 2,567 yards in 2007, just 62 yards short of breaking Barry Sanders's NCAA single-season rushing record (2,628) set in 1988.

Professional career

Green Bay Packers

[Sitton (left) playing for the Packers in 2009.] Sitton was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 4th round of the 2008 NFL Draft. In 2010, he was named Offensive Lineman of the Year by the NFL Alumni Association and was selected as a Pro Bowl alternate.[3] Sitton was a key part of the Packers offensive line. Sitton started every game at right guard during the 2009 and 2010 seasons, including all the team's playoff games.[4]

At the end of the 2010 season, Sitton and the Packers appeared in Super Bowl XLV. He was a starter in the 31–25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.[5]

Following the 2012 season, Sitton was moved to left guard. He had spent the first five years of his career at right guard.[6]

On September 2, 2011, the Packers signed Sitton to a five-year contract extension.[7] On January 21, 2013, Sitton was chosen to replace Mike Iupati in the Pro Bowl, his first selection.[8] On January 3, 2016, Sitton started his first career game at left tackle in place of the injured David Bakhtiari as the Packers played the Minnesota Vikings in the regular season finale that decided the NFC North champion.

On September 3, 2016, Sitton was released by the Green Bay Packers, in an unexpected move.

Chicago Bears

On September 4, 2016, Sitton signed a three-year contract with the Chicago Bears worth $21.75 million with $10 million guaranteed.[9]

Sitton revealed that his reasons for signing with the Bears included: how quickly the deal got done, the weather in the midwest compared to “too damn hot” in the south and close proximity to where he had lived in the Green Bay area. He denied that the signing had anything to do with wanting “revenge” by playing Green Bay twice a year.[10]

Sitton was forced to miss the team's first meeting against the Packers, a game at Green Bay on October 20. Sitton had suffered an ankle injury on one of the final plays of Chicago's prior game against Jacksonville.[11] Sitton did play in the game at home against Green Bay on December 18, though he noted that “it was just another game.”

“I don't think too much about that. I'm not really that type of person in general. I don't get too emotional or too high or low about anything. So it's just the next game for us, a division opponent,” Sitton said.[12] The Bears narrowly lost to Green Bay in one of the coldest games ever played at Soldier Field.

Despite missing three games due to an ankle injury, and the Bears' worst record in a 16-game season in franchise history, Sitton was named to the Pro Bowl replacing former teammate T.J. Lang. Sitton's presence on the offensive line helped rookie running back Jordan Howard finish second in the league in rushing, and helped Bears quarterbacks pass for the third-most yards in team history.[13]

It was Sitton's third Pro Bowl selection in a row and fourth overall. “The older you get, the more you appreciate them,” Sitton said. “You can't play at a high level in this game forever. I don't know if I'll ever get back. The whole age thing makes it even more special. I'm still young, though, damn it.”[14]

In March 2017, Sitton revealed that he felt like he was hitting a milestone achievement entering his 10th NFL season. “I have been lucky. A lot of guys are not lucky. They get the injury bug and things like that. I have been blessed to avoid that. And really, that is the difference maker in this business is being able to stay healthy. and I have been able,” Sitton said.[15]

In 2017, Sitton started 13 games at right and left guard for the Bears. On February 20, 2018, the Bears declined an option on Sitton's contract, making him a free agent.[16]

Miami Dolphins

On March 16, 2018, Sitton signed a two-year contract with the Miami Dolphins.[17][18]

On September 14, 2018, Sitton was placed on season-ending injured reserve after suffering a torn rotator cuff.[19]

On March 13, 2019, Sitton was released by the Dolphins.

Retirement

On April 4, 2019, Sitton announced his retirement from the NFL after 11 seasons.[20] On December 4, 2019 Sitton announced he would retire with the Packers.[21]

Personal life

Sitton went to high school with Roman Reigns and played football together.

Sitton and his wife have been married since July 2016. They were married in Pensacola. In late July 2017, the couple's first daughter was born. In April of 2019, the couple's first son was born. [22]

Sitton appeared in the movie _Pitch Perfect 2_ with a group of then-teammates.[23]

Since 2013, Sitton has returned to his high school to host the Josh Sitton Football ProCamp for youth in the area. He is also on the board of the Studer Community Institute. His main focus with the institute is kindergarten readiness. Sitton hosts the “Light Up Learning” event annually in an effort to help this cause. Since retirement he has been more involved with his construction company, Bear General Contractors, which specializes in commercial construction in northwest Florida. Sitton recently donated to his alma mater, Pensacola Catholic High School, as part of a campaign to add onto the athletic facilities and a new cafeteria. [24]

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question: Why was Sitton released by the Green Bay Packers in 2016?

question: Despite not having a stellar season with the Chicago Bears, what are the reasons behind Sitton being named to the Pro Bowl?

answer:
Sitton had two stellar seasons with the Green Bay Packers - he was named Offensive Lineman of the Year (2010) and selected as a Pro Bowl Alternate. Packers then signed him to a five-year deal. Though Sitton performed well in those five years, Parkers released him at the end of his contract.

Sitton signed with the Chicago Bears in a deal worth $21.75 million. However, his first year did not go too well due to injuries. Though he was out of the team more than usual, he was still called up to the Pro Bowl where he performed admirably, helping the rookie running back Jordan Howard finish second in the league. It is apparent Sitton was called up because of his extensive experience and pedigree, a decision that paid off.


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MIINA is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name.

People named Miina include:

-   Miina Äkkijyrkkä (born 1949), Finnish artist
-   Miina Härma (1864–1941), Estonian composer
-   Miina Kallas (born 1989), Estonian football player
-   Miina Turunen (born 1973), Finnish actress

title: Miina

question: Where is the name Miina from?

answer: Estonia and Finland.

question: Who is the typical recipient of the name Miina?

answer: Females of Northern European descent.

question: Who is Miina Äkkijyrkkä?

answer: A Finnish artist.

question: How old was Miina Härma when she died?

answer: 77 [or 76, depending on the month]

question: Who is Miina Kallas?

answer: An Estonian football player.

question: Who is Miina Turunen?

answer: A Finnish actress.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Miina is a name typical of females of Northern European descent. Known Miinas include Miina Äkkijyrkkä, Miina Härma, Miina Kallas, and Miina Turunen.