Today, May 28, 1754: British Officer George Washington Launches French and Indian War [VIDEO]

In the mid-1700s, a number of nations, mostly European, were doing their best to expand their territories around the world as new lands were discovered and explored. Much of that had to do with North America, but India and South America were also lands sought after.

The quest for expansion led to tensions among nations and by 1750, sides were chosen with Great Britain, Prussia and Hanover on one side and Austria, France, Spain, Sweden, Saxony and Russia on the other.

In North America, Great Britain believed that they owned the colonies and much of the land to the west. France believed they owned much of the central US and part of Canada. Spain was focusing on the American southwest and Mexico.

One of the areas of hottest dispute was the wilderness of the Ohio River Valley. Both France and Great Britain laid claim to the land and neither side intended to yield.

When the French moved into the area, they befriended the Indians, unlike the British who would rather drive them out than deal with them. As British colonists began to move into the wilderness, they met sharp resistance by the French and local Indians.

In addition to the quest for land between the British and French, there was also colonial leaders who sought more land for their colonies. One of those was Robert Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginal. He wanted to expand west and north into western Pennsylvania and the Ohio Valley.

However, the skirmishes between colonial settlers and the French and Indians was a growing problem. Dinwiddie decided to send a young 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel of the Virginia militia to southwestern Pennsylvania to warn the French to leave, along with completing the construction of a fort along the Monongahela River and defend it from the French. That raw officer was none other than George Washington. Since Virginia was a British colony, his commission in the Virginia militia also made him a British officer.

When Washington began his trek into the wilderness of southwestern Pennsylvania, he met with some of the Indian leaders of the area. The Delaware, Mingo and Shawnee were allies with the Iroquois Council and as such, their tribal leaders were known as half-kings. One of the half-kings that Washington met with was a Seneca known as Tanacharison or Half King by the Virginians. Washington discovered that Tanacharison had problems with the French and was eager to ally himself with Washington the British. He agreed to accompany Washington to his destination.

On this day, May 28, 1754, Washington discovered a French and Indian scouting party. Fearing that they would attack, Washington made the first move and attacked the scouting party. The scouting party was led by French Ensign, Joseph Coulon de Jumonville who was a French speaking Canadian. In the battle, Jumonville was captured. Washington was trying to interrogate the ensign but didn’t speak French. During the interrogation, Tanacharison grew angry and murdered Jumonville.

When news reached the French that Jumonville had been murdered while in captivity, they were furious and launched a retaliatory raid against Washington at his make-shift Fort Necessity.

On July 4th, 1754, Washington surrendered the fort to the French.

Washington’s attack on the scouting party and the murder of Jumonville was the spark that ignited open warfare between the French and British. The war took place not just in the American wilderness but in Europe as well. The war was known as the French and Indian War as well as the Seven Year War, which is ironic since it started on this day in 1754 and didn’t end until the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763.

The cost of fighting the French and Indian War threw Great Britain into debt which they tried to climb out of by placing one heavy tax after another on the American colonies. Those taxes played a major role in the steps leading up the Revolutionary War between the American colonies and Great Britain. And to think, it all started with young George Washington’s raid on a French and Indian scouting party on this day in 1754.

Sources for the above includes: British Soldier George Washington Experiences Combat for First Time; Ten Facts About George Washington and the French & Indian War; French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War, 1754–63; French and Indian Wars; French And Indian War; Washington and the French & Indian War; French and Indian War.

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Yellen Sticks to the Script, Markets Await March FOMC

Gregory Marks

Yellen Comments:

-Bond purchases ‘not on a preset course’

-Fed likely to continue trimming asset purchases

-Bond purchases are likely to end sometime in the fall

-Fed does not plan to sell MBS

-Fed does not have the tools to target long-term unemployment

-Data releases point to ‘softness’ in economy, partly due to weather

-Fed officials will be attentive to signals moving forward as to strength of recovery

-Fixed-rate repo tool would control rates in the short-term

-Student debt has escalated, can pose ‘substantial burdens’

-Fed takes dual mandate ‘very seriously’

-Congress should clarify the Federal role in the financing of mortgages

-Unemployment is insufficient gauge of labor alone

-Impact of minimum wage rise on employment levels are not clear

Chair Yellen’s Senate testimony largely had little impact on market sentiment during the day as the script essentially remained the same as her House testimony. It is clear from today’s hearing that market participants will have to wait until the March FOMC Rate Decision on the 19th for true guidance on where the Fed stands in regards to recent data. Although Yellen said that the tapering of QE3 is not on a preset course, the central bank chair also hinted that the Fed would likely to continue trimming asset purchases and that bond purchases would likely end sometime in the Fall of 2014. With seven FOMC meetings left in 2014, the Fed could easily withhold tapering for a meeting or reduce less in MBS purchases if housing weakness continues.

It is notable that Dr. Yellen took a harder stance in regards to questions about the longer term unemployment rate. In recent years Chairman Bernanke has sidestepped opportunities to make statements about Congressional inaction, citing the Fed’s non-political stance. Moving forward, sentiment may continue to shift between risk on and risk off as markets remain choppy amid good/bad data extremes and geopolitical tensions building in some emerging and frontier markets in additional to considerable concern and volatility in Chinese credit markets.

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Synonym(s): caput

Hypernym(s): external_body_part

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Hypernym(s): be

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Thank you for the kind words!

I'm keen to make a full version, though I have been struggling with a lack of confidence that i can make the game expanded and varied enough to not become repetitive. But seeing people enjoy the game as it is is reassuring, and maybe i'm just being too hard on myself and should get to work!

129353 points!

This was a fun design! Quite a few different elements making use of both the crouched and uncrouched states, and the combo scoring mechanic to encourage players to dash through and make quick decisions about whether they ought to crouch or not!

That was fun! The platformer physics are a bit crude but the moving platform mechanic is really neat and snappy, complementing the platforming while also adding in a few more puzzly elements.

I like that you can jump out of a platform and keep the momentum that the platform had, though I did find you could skip the last area of the level this way.

Really enjoyed the game! Kept being surprised by new puzzle elements throughout that interacted with you and the key in fun ways, and even a boss battle to top it off!

Got a high score of 5000!

An interesting design, honestly a lot of fun just seeing all the numbers stack up, hearing all the bounces and seeing all the visual droplet effects glowing up the screen.

The theme of dual-purpose design is a bit thin, and there's not a huge amount of game to it (though catching the dice mid-combo and chucking it again feels very cool)  but i enjoyed playing it!

A fun concept! I liked that the movement and the objects in the level all could be used in multiple ways.

The timer for charging up movement seemed a little bit inconsistent, sometimes starting at 0, sometimes at 1, and sometimes counting twice as fast as usual (two timer objects being spawned?), but the charge mechanic itself was very neat.

Good fun! The time pressure is tough and I only just scraped by in the first two levels. Unfortunately the third level had me beat, though I watched the death screen scroll by to the end to see what came next.

I enjoyed the little puzzles throughout the levels, figuring how to hit switches in time and how to manouevre spikes out the way or onto switches for you.

There were a couple of areas which utilised verticality in the level, and the camera angle made it a little difficult to figure out the depth of the player, but it was never too much of an issue.

Whew, this is a tough game! Managed to make it to the first checkpoint but struggled to get through the following spiky tunnel. Got the air upgrade but was a little sad to lose it when I restarted from the checkpoint.

The theme definitely comes through and the hoover does an incredible amount of different things! I did find it difficult to control but I'm sure it's a control scheme that can be mastered. I do wonder if I might find it easier with an analogue stick to aim rather than mouse control? It would mean not having to keep the mouse relative to the character's position to maintain the same angle.

One of the strongest contenders for matching the theme, excellent work!

Pretty fun, good job! I loved the low-poly character models and animations!

The regular attack was an interesting mechanic - becoming defenseless in attempt to weaken foes and regain health, and I liked the damage multiplier for catching a lot of enemies in the attack.

I never particularly felt like I was in danger, since it was fairly easy to keep all enemies to one side and to not be flanked, but I'm sure some more aggressive AI types and behaviours would fix this and highlight the way that the regular attack leaves you undefended.

Quite enjoyed this, a very neat idea!

I initially assumed you had to have a higher face when you roll onto the pots, but the second level  affirmed that you had to have a higher face when next to the pot.

The tall grass in level 3 is an interesting way of encouraging the player to try internalize and visualise how the dice will change faces as it rolls, though I will admit I mostly got through with a bit of trial and error.

I think there's a fair bit of puzzle potential here if you ever expand on the game, good job!

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I did attempt to implement undoing in the way you describe, but ended up with a few strange behaviours which I was running out of time to solve. It's definitely something I want to add in a post-jam version, and would be a lot more intuitive. I even have a few ideas on how it could potentially be used as a puzzle mechanic!

Thank you!! I'm keen to work on the game some more soon so hopefully there'll be more to show someday.

I've just uploaded a zip-file containing the Pico-8 cartidge and the HTML files so that it's playable offline, hope this helps!

Thank you very much for the kind comments! Very reassuring since I was quite worried that the puzzles might fall flat and not necessarily be fun. I'm glad that you didn't find the game punishing, I tried to make sure that backtracking was always available and if the player had made a mistake, they wouldn't be undoing too much progress.

I found it challenging to design the puzzles to interleave neatly with each other in a thoughtful manner, and it's tricky when you already have a solution in mind to take a step back and imagine how the solving process might feel. In fact, I woke up this morning and immediately found that the middle three puzzles had much simpler alternate solutions than what I intended!

It feels good to get the game made though and it's given me experience on how to design puzzles for the concept, so I'm keen to keep working on the idea!


Do you find yourself judging?

I have been silent lately but this doesn’t men that I haven’t been observing. My soul is open and aware so I do watch and listen how the world goes before my eyes and ears. So I’ve noticed that the ego is trying to tell us that we are not enough, and we don’s serve as we were supposed to. The ego is also trying to drain us back to sleep, maybe through old habits or through some sort of procrastination we tend to slip back into, the comfort zone that is.

So how could we overcome this? How is it possible to set goals or go to a new path and keep the intent and actions there? How much do we demand that we should proceed in certain amount of time? Do we see that this self talk about sluggish ways or lack of motivation is actually ego talking us down. It is an actually a question of self-worth and self knowing we are learning now. We learn from these experiences and these people that we interact now to set boundaries. Those who talk us down whether that be internal self talk or someone else telling us what is correct or acceptable way to live this life are merely reflections to what we should do and where to focus.

The problem is not outside of you. The problem is not other people but your inner ways of thinking or doing. Yes they might “attack” to your behavior or posts or lack of action, but that is not the actual problem. The actual problem is that you are not willing to look inside of yourself and see the things that needs to be changed in order for your growth. The shift/ ascension is not about others but us individuals putting the oxygen mask on ourselves first and after that helping others if they ask our assistance. The free choice is what is at stake here. The manipulation, the control and the domination are all behaviors that we should now be able to drop in order to ascend further. These old ways come about in everyday life multiple times and in multiple ways so focus your intention in this moment and this one task at the time in order to be able to steer your way as peacefully, kindly and gracefully as possible. Remember that all of us are having some sort of discomfort. No one is secured or saved from this.

Remind yourself that your intuition tells you/prioritizes what is necessary now. So if it means that you have to skip or leave something undone that is exactly right for you. Take time to that what is important. It might mean that you focus on your well-being (more sleep, exercise, tending your home environment etc.) or you focus on serving others by acting and starting new projects, doing simple small actions of love and kindness. The thing is that no act is too small no intention is too grand so drop your self judgment and  drop judgment to others. YOU ARE ENOUGH! Healing mentally, physically, spiritually is a grand task. You should always remember that. Those of us who have multiple “illnesses” healing to do are under such enormous amount of need of energy that those who are not under our skin cannot possibly have no idea how much is going on. Do not judge, do not think that someone is lacking motivation or is sluggish. You have no idea.

Shine your light and talk only if it benefits the situation

I got this message just a minute ago. They said in light language so clearly that the time of babble is over. We should cut all the nonsense talk or even old teachings (energy) right now. I know this was a repeated message to me, for I am slow sometimes (stubborn). This was also now message to all of us not just me anymore.

Look at what you are creating in your web sites or in general over all social media. If you are a light-worker now is the time to evaluate what is beneficial to our shift and who does it benefit. The truth is that most of what is said or written is still quite much the babble talk. We keep going round in circles, reluctantly letting go or releasing everything old. Some do the work faster than the others and I am not suggesting that this is a game or competition against each other but simply suggesting that one should really look closely how do they represent themselves wherever that is.

The light language message said also that our body/DNA and our brain function are now at works so keep that in mind if feeling sleepy, lethargic or having head aches. Take rest and dim the light and silence all the noise around you as much as possible. Take meditation practice seriously and make it a routine. If possible choose a certain time and keep to that as much as possible. Those of us who are twins might find this helpful. It will decrease the unwanted vertigo and other physical disturbances felt and shared.

Other times than meditation times it is advisable to ground yourself and keep your intentions as much as possible in your daily life. We all have different situation and whether we know our twin or not it is time to take the other into deeper consideration. The compassion, the subtle approach, the kind and tender gestures are the key to work together. Times of fast and instant gratification are over though it might happen once in a while we should drop the expectation that anything should happen. We approach or give and then wait, if the other is non responsive then we should do our practices if connected  with discretion.

Much love to you all in these turbulent times. Go with the flow and find peaceful moments to know all the work that you’ve already accomplished. Drop the blame, judgment and self hate, they don’t serve no one least yourself. You can only give what you have so love yourselves that is the way to heal the planet.

Your, Baba

We have the power to choose

Dark forces are taking all their skills into full action. I have noticed that they are trying to trigger us to arguments, insecurity, hesitation. They come from all places, even in our own healing groups (light workers under mind control) or our neighbors, our media, our own mind. The truth is that they act open so if we stay high ground and mindful they cannot pass or interfere unless we allow them to do so.

Our transformation in such state that it is easy to go into hesitation mode. We might find all the reasons to avoid new or become apologetic. We become child like and small or that is what the dark forces want us to believe. This is not so. We have evolved past small/immature phase. This is also the reason why we should trust and listen to our inner guidance and knowing and that gut feeling more than ever. If possible try not to ask so much even from your peers but yourself, what is it that I need to do now. Go it step by step. There is no wrong or right only learning. And what we truly need right now is to learn.

What I have also noticed is that some people are telling us how we should do our light work. Do not listen to them, please! There are multiple ways and your purpose is unique so they don’t know the ways that Universe/God is showing us. And what is also very important is finally understand that we can’t help or cure anyone else unless we have not healed ourself first. It is the talents and knowledge we should use as tools. Our unique tool kit has a precise purpose and it takes some time to learn and take those talents into control/mastery.

Go with confidence into situations and listen up carefully. Use your diplomatic high vibe to lead others into better situation or to a better outcome possible. If you notice that your talents and skills are not enough at this task do not despair but leave gracefully without victim attitude or resentful argument. Let those who will be left in the situation learn what they need to learn. Our judgment or besserwisser teaching is not required. Just remind yourself that this is for their highest good and know also what is to your highest good.

I wish you all a good day/night. Let there be light upon humanity so that we would not walk astray. Much love and gratitude from here to you!

All the time in the world or just one last kiss

Oh how time flies. Just when you thought you had the time of your life it is gone forever. Did you value the road it took you to get where it was time to part or did you only saw it as a struggle? These are the themes we go through when something unexpected happens in our lives. A moment ago we thought we had so much time but then comes the unexpected turn and it takes away something we thought we had or that which was in our grasp. Maybe it is so that it takes one big event to learn this lesson or maybe it takes a lifetime none the less this is truly one of the most important lessons we should learn in life.

We can’t take things with us when we go, that goes without saying yet we struggle to know and understand this when it comes to letting go of life partner, child, parent, pet or an object that we have carried with us a long time. Sometimes we have to let go even before we get there or the vision we sense and feel was real. Sometimes someone dies (metaphorically or physically) before we would reached their energetic level to be able to know them. These are the hard lessons in life one carries within their heart, but from this place of loss there can only grow immense amount of love, the purest kind of love. It is the kind of love that is unconditional because it knows the love given will never get back or they cannot have it returned the same way they gave it. They cannot expect anything in return.

So the ego must bend and learn to value the time given and the circumstances given, because the kiss given can be the last one ever. The moment that we don’t cherish go unnoticed and devalued. We might value it the moment we notice that there was never a next time, never tomorrow. But that is ego’s lesson to learn.

So our emotion come at hand to help us to work with this lesson. We take the full range of feelings to play and at this moment I should say not to discard even the most furious and anger related feelings. All is allowed. It is just how you express those feelings. The lower energies they are, the more you have to work on a physical level to cleanse them. Detox, so to speak goes through physical form. This might mean physical illness, aches, pains, anxiety, verbal anger towards someone who doesn’t even know the reason. The allowance, the forgiveness follows as we allow our transformation process to take place. New can only take place, where there is space to take place, that should go without saying but I think many of us refuses this in this overwhelming times of global shift and internal shift. It is a struggle and perhaps that is what we should allow it to be. If someone tells it is easy and magical and they might belittle you in some way, then you should most definitely understand that their judgment is not about you, but their lack of seeing your process. Therefore value your own process and know that it is as unique as your fingerprint.

Coming back to letting go is to understand that we can’t get it back, we can’t have the person back and even if we did the person would not be the same who we used to know. This flow of life is often so subtle that we deny the changes that have took place. We wear the veil over our eyes and “glorify” the future that never happened or we paint some kind of scenery that cannot happen. I just wish that with this writing someone who reads this would let the flow of life happen and not attach so much. We are here alone and we do fine on our own till unexpected turn happens and our affirmations allow us to manifest our desires. We just need to learn and go through muddy time now as a collective and for many as personal levels too. For me it seems much to do with root chakra. At least I can be grateful that I know now how and where to address my healing practices and overall transformation work. In general I feel this is the area and energy that we all should work to heal ourselves and our mother earth too.

Times are distressful but I wish you will find your way to work your issues. My planetary love will flow to all of you who needs it to support and lift at the moments of distress and even despair. Do not give up! I know and sense that you wish this was over as I do too. Try to see goodness in this day and in the things that you can work with. Love and healing and pink flame from me to you all.

What is truly important as the time passes

This is a question we should ask ourselves more often because when we truly stop to think of this we might notice that things or events that seem so important are most likely not so important after a short while. I have asked this question now for 4 years quite frequently and have been able to let go of many things and events. The sadness, the lack mentality, the neediness disappears mostly from our everyday life. We might look “depressed” or reluctant to communicate, influence, take part to anything. That is not the case. Instead we are more aware of things that truly matter for us. We put everything under a magnifying glass so to speak.

We understand the value of our time here and even the things that we are not here to change, teach or guide no one. People or events that draw our intention are meant to happen so therefore they reveal or are obvious of what they mean to our growth or wellbeing. I suppose one could say that maturing and growing “old” is summarized in this. Wise man/woman knows when to speak and when to remain silent. The need to direct or teach lies within the event or moment. We don’t come to think next week or month but this moment and the interaction we are. The same it is with unconditional love. We enjoy the moment and maybe dream, but we are still ever so happy of this perfect moment and we know there are more same kind coming if not with that person or group then somewhere else with some other marvelous people.

What are your needs and wants for today? Are they self-serving or are they soul search and unconditional? Do you need time for your body to heal/soul to heal/mind to heal or are your needs met in a group gathering and sharing? Do you seek and need to see and feel beauty or do you need to dim a little bit from that overwhelming high vibe energy? Do you need more and what is it truly you need more? Do you then find explanations and reasons to start?

A little break from mundane life brings this into table once again. You are more focused and more willing to push it trough. Maybe it was just a coffee break with one article or maybe an event that took you to fancy party or concert. That is there to show you that you can push it further. Once you feel comfortable you see the bigger picture. It might look scary how determined we have become, how we have become the ones that enjoy our power to accomplish our hurdles. We understand that we are individuals taking our own life into our own hands. We become captains and commanders with clear voice, not with need to suppress others in a patriarchal way but only to know we have a right to choose that which serves us, that which brings us joy. So we stop taking part in parties, events and accepting things we don’t want in our life. We simply let go and arrange our inner world and outer space in a manner that suits us better.

It is kind of funny even what you are willing to let go, when you focus on the importance. Material world comes less important, your fame and fortune plays almost no part in your life, your own age come non relevant (I have forgotten my age almost completely). You don’t expect gifts from no one. All of this is simple but yet so difficult while we live in this matrix. Maybe it is just that we finally realize that in order to be important you need to let go of want or need to be important or in order to become famous you need to give up on want/need to be famous or in order to be wealthy you need to give up on need to be one etc. As circle closes we come to a point of knowing that being is what we seek. Peacefulness of knowing that your soul already told you what you are. Did you listen to it? Did you took the steps it guided you to do or was it your mind that said no I want this and that?

I wish you all a good and soulful day of knowing what you are! Let the inner force shine on you!

Need to be separated, see the lesson in it

Separation seems to be the word of the day. From the place of separation comes blame, guilt, yearning, needfulness the feeling that we need outside energy or someone else to make us feel loved, accepted and whole. If we choose this energy level, we will most likely experience more separation, in this case our twin will run, we will experience pain, anxiety, sorrow, lack of understanding. We will create chaos within. We will feel like lost and panicked child, immature one, who is asking directions, and right answers etc. As I have said so many times, this type of situation is not helpful for yourself nor to any other around you. This is why you need to feel and experience “loneliness”, separation, lack of wholeness.

You need to realize that you have to drop these bags. You are whole. You are already home. Your yin and yang only needs to be balanced. You need to find forgiveness to yourself and accept the darkness that is part of you. The light and darkness as I said yesterday are the keys, and you need to use them both. As long as you search the power outside of yourself you will experience the lack of it because you don’t believe that it is in you.

It is hard for anyone to say that they are God, little less difficult to say that they are the images of God or God like, so why do we go to the lack mentality when all holy scriptures explain this Divinity. If it is difficult for you to use phrase: “I am God!”, then use a different phrase. Understand the essence of this phenomena, the Divinity of us all, for there lies the love that we seek so badly without ourselves.

We could then expand this feeling of separation and them leaving us behind if that is the case, only as a reality that we created in order to learn and understand fully, that the divine masculine/feminine the controller/victim the fulfillment/lack are the parts we need to accept both to create better future, wanted future. So my advice, a simple one, would be to do some self-love practice what ever that means to you. If you feel the lack of compassion, express the compassion to yourself. If you feel the lack of love, express the self-love. If you feel the lack of nurturing partner, learn to be your own nurturing partner. (This doesn’t mean that we would have to face all on our own or deny that we need assistance or team work sometimes. Through healthy relationships (friendships and those that we meet, sent to us) we can achieve our abundance we need when facing difficulties that we cannot face on our own.)

These divine relationships don’t count on needfulness, dependency, control but the count to serve when needed or being able to help. We give what we have. For example I have time, a lot of it, so I decided to give it to volunteering work from now on. This will then bring happiness and free flow to other areas and let me to be connected to those who might be able to serve me one day. Do not however count on that fact for it locks you to dependency and needfulness. In order to understand ourselves and situations we have to be observing and to be able to direct towards unconditional love, which is best described as non dependent love.

Heal your non acceptance and know that you are whole. Love and light with darkness and fear that is the only way we need to understand in order to be in full power, empowered and divine. Accepting this will increase your power to heal faster yourself. Those who are Reiki practitioners will notice the change of volume in healing. As we connect to the collective, we draw the grander force to our work. The love force will then manifest the highest potential and spiritual situation we need to experience. We will feel more love within and without (the euphoria, ecstasy, happiness, the knowing that all is well eventually, the peace)

Let us all feel whole today and this day forward! Much love and healing to you all!!

God against Satan

A discussion with my higher self was visualized with images of God and Satan. They had a talk. The God was compassionate and all forgiving and loving. The Satan remorse and was lower in this picture. The scenery was in the space so there was not much light around. The talks were constructive and God was “teaching” the Satan. The S thought that no one could ever forgive him and he had to hide, lie make up stories and so he could never show his true identity or face. So God did his/hers best and tried to explain that Satan had got stuck to this earth reality and ego. The illusion was looping inside and outside of him/her. So God said that it would be time to show S that he is not separate from him/her. Satan has just chose to see one side of himself/herself, that in reality they both had these both qualities within them. It was just so that God and Satan chose to act differently. Then God reminded Satan that he/she could balance himself/herself. That by merging these both qualities and accepting and allowing the authenticity to be present even Satan could rise up once again. They could then choose how to act consciously what they would want to experience by choosing how they respond, reply and act to each event or situation. Satan knew all of this for he was not dump but he was just in a state of denial. So God decided to give him some clarity in a form of energy, for he/she knew this was the most profound way to tell Satan what it was all about. The vision ends to yin-yang symbol in black and white.

My interpretation of this was that we, so many of us, are in denial or unconscious about the things we think or say to each other, that we even create storms within and keep hurricane energies alive (living in fear, or denial). The negative and positive magnets live within us and if those magnets are imbalanced they will keep creating a lot of stuff we then tell everyone that we didn’t want. It is good to know and make affirmation of things that you want, but if you have no acceptance of your full authentic self, then your manifestation compass will most likely swirl around and create all sorts of things. So it would be more than important to start to balance the compass by balancing the negativity /positivity aspects within yourself.

What is the negative side of you, that you don’t allow yourself or others to see? Think about them for a minute. They are most likely some childhood programming or habits that are unhealthy for your body/mind/soul. There might be many of them and you think that this is a big task. So take one thing, one habit, the most “severe” one and start with that. For me it was deleting some things, and making new daily plan with more structured habits. I know things will not be easy, but with determination, I tell myself that I have already succeeded. My happiness started to rice immediately. I dropped the unnecessary  stuff and people. My empowerment started from that moment on an I know it same with everyone else too.

The black and white will keep on fighting within us but we won’t let that black to win. We know who we are and what is our purpose for now till the new path arrives.

I ask you to find yourself and stop telling and selling stories to other people. Stop allowing that into your life which is not acceptable (as yourself or other person). Take the power back.

Much love and balance from this one. Let the balance and peace be with you!

Clearing and cleaning (self work)

I am feeling that many of us needs to do their self work now. WE need to adjust, “learn”/discover new aspects of ourselves and delete the old. One can use old methods to delete and to discover or one can simply go to explore. It is what one feels comfortable enough to do that is perfect for oneself. I would advise to listen to ones intuitive urges very carefully. It might be good idea to explore newly found methods or concepts to fast forward of simply to be more effective, but if one feel exhausted and lacks of energy, then I would advice one to stay in the old and comfortable stages. One really needs to trust their own barrel of energy. Yes you get downloads and energy boosts, but most often they bring you new knowledge or new something so that will only add to old pile. You will become even more exhausted if you don’t know where you are standing so to speak. Do not let outer world and energy uploads put you in a state of sleeping beauty, it is not beneficial to none. Now is the time to really know your boundaries. Take care of yourself in a best possible way.

Those who use energy healing, I would advice to clear and clean their 3rd eye effectively now. When we shift, we need to have space for the new ideas and developing new ways and such. So deleting old habits, beliefs, and emotional burden is crucial. Take tissues near to your work space for the road will get bumpy so to speak. It can bring up the most horrible torture experiences or it can bring up the most wonderful and loving experiences you have ever had. This will bring us back to now moment to be reminded about the SELF LOVE AND FORGIVENESS. Let those events and experiences flow through you and tell them delete after that. The pile goes down. Moan, cry, express it how you can. Do a grieving dance or what ever. Do not get to so deep now that it would be expressed as words. JUST LET GO! I did my work yesterday and it felt good. Some of the events where like one photo in my mind that went to rubbish bin after it was shown to me. I sealed my session with white light and affirmations. The sensation afterwards was loving, peaceful and filled with white light. This integration went to my cell level too so I feel that it changed my overall data and DNA for the better.

Let loving and caring energies surround you for the coming September! Love yourself and be grateful and expand from this space outwards. It is really not that hard. We are all brothers and sisters of love and light.

Do not think that the end is near. Life one day at the time and make it beautiful for yourself and those around you. Give hope for those that are young and in despair. People deserve all the good they have dreamed to humanity. Food, health, homes and love to everyone. Equality between males and females. End to hate crimes. Let it be a loving globe from this day forward.

Learning to adjust to serve and leave the old mind control behind

This came up last night and I thought maybe we should remind ourselves of this. Maybe it would be important for us light workers to remind our followers/ pupils of this. It is about the use of words. It is about how we explain things. We line up with vocabulary that is familiar to our belief system. We do our best to explain and by doing so trying to help everyone to ascend. Our pupils/followers might come from different belief system but for some reason they are drawn to us. So they get irritated when we use certain phrases or vocabularies. They say they don’t believe. So what do we do? Do we get angry and punish them by excluding them from the page/group or do we try to make them understand the overall phenomena? Do we try to use their vocabulary to make them see that overall it is about the same thing, the same problem they are facing? So do we let the separation and old mind control to walk over us and defeat both of us or do we stand up and try again?

If they choose to leave and have a tantrum that is their chose. They need to be stopped for their reasons. Let them go if this happens. Do not run after. Freedom is the power to choose for oneself not for both of you. We light workers try so often make the change to happen, even if it was not someone’s chose. So we should only stay calm and observe if they want or are ready to listen. Only then can we use different vocabulary to clear the situation that is in fact only two different perspectives or belief systems colliding. In fact this is the external ascension that we are taking about, the thing that we should learn to understand and accept each others as we are. We are different, but we are also very similar. Our stories, our holy books, our use of phrases describing phenomena’s are different but we can come in peace and start to realize that this is exactly what we need to shift. We don’t need to change, but we need to learn to operate and have wider perspective. The words are limiting but that is the 3D we need to operate from.

So the thought of today is to keep in mind that no matter how irritated or triggered you or someone else get, you need to overcome your issues and see the nod in the rope. Then like Hercules, use your power to open that nod to enable the clear understanding and co-work to exist. It is really not that hard, if we allow to put our emotional reaction aside once in a while. This comes very handy now that many are starting to awaken in masses. They question and ask question that we are not necessarily prepared for. The most important thing is just to keep it simple, meaning we don’t let our feelings control over rational when in situations where someone is just realizing and learning things we already know.

The thing is that if we allow our tantrums and anger to control our reactions when someone doesn’t understand us, disagrees and denies we have not learned our own lesson. We are still in the state or old matrix mind control (triggered when pushed buttons). Never the less our emotional feeling tell us what to do. This means exactly the opposite what the emotional thermometer shows to us. If the steam wants to come out it is time to calm down and if we feel the hurt and need to draw ourselves out of the situation, then this is the time to speak up, to stand up for yourself. It is finding the balance between the courage and peace so to speak. The key here is a sense of respect (self-respect, respect to the other).

Much love and loving light to all those facing challenging situations. Keep yourselves together. You got this! NO need to fear or feel anxious. Support is there if you allow it to calm you and rap its arms around you and kiss you on the forehead.

How would I title this one? LOVE MESSAGE, Grande amore?

I am asking the guidance, yet I know this is the one that I HAVE TO write with integrity, honesty, and pure heart.

You know that my love is pure and angelic. You know that I am not from here so to speak. My other part is always at the other side, so it is very difficult and consuming to try to live this physical life. You know that I have wanted to step through the veil. You say that you know me inside out. Maybe that is so. Maybe you think you know what I need to learn and I don’t. Do you see how you see me? Do you see the other corner? You like to mention that so often. Are you agitated from my phrases?

I promised you direct and honest view how I feel. I am pacifist what it goes to love. I think there is someone special for every soul, so I do not make a fuss and fight over anyone. It is true that I make mistakes, I am not remembering everything what I came here for. I believe that what I see in my meditations are messages that guide me to teach or to tell others. Sometimes those meditations are personal, not meant to you or anyone else. I want my privacy, it is so dear to me and for all of those who live in my neighborhood. So I resent gossiping and fights or popularity over hearts, over lovers.

I feel so much, but I am not putting enough effort. Is that what you mean? Do you think that I fear certain things over new relationships? I fear maybe, but I have lost too so I know I will rise after the falls. I always will. I love myself. I can do my silent service in full love what I do. You don’t see it is enough. I do not pray the way you would like me to do. My body is sacred and that is how it will remain. There are reasons you don’t know. There are lessons that I don’t want to repeat. I have hurt people and they have hurt me. My star sign says so much and remember it is cusp.

The pacifist attitude and purity are what I challenge. I am a high value one and if those values are not met, I am happy to walk with my self-love. My love for every human and plants and animals give so much. I am connected. I love every soul.

This one, my beloved is giving difficult messages. You push and pull. You are so uncertain. I hear so often you telling me that I am rushing and you want to go slow or I miss the point, that I am demanding and not giving. I hear what you don’t say. Your rejection, your hesitation and wish to find the grand love that would blow your body and mind all together. I am cruel one playing. Yet I am the most romantic soul I know in my circles. Brought to tears when saw the dead bee today, or loved tree fallen down by the storm.

The love is inside, but you play different game. We don’t see eye to eye. I am not making you say wows or bond you with burdens that are not your to carry. I do have a dream insane. I don’t believe that is true. I know you would tell me that what we believe that is the thing we’ll manifest. My soul loves and knows the dream is true. I am not setting the time in stone, but as I have always known certain things are not just dreams. They are just behind the veil to be manifested. Like the baby that manifested 1998.

So take the road you need to and want to. Do not play and try to make one jealous. That has never been the game one plays. I am happy for everyone’s happiness and every decision that one is able to make for themselves.

We are powerful. We are love and we deserve nothing less. So go with peace and do not offend, but read this with integrity. I love you my beloved as I love everyone else too. My love overflows to every happy ending, lifelong companionship people commit themselves into.


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Some older people with sleeping problems could associate them with their immediate sleeping environment – the bedroom. This part of the house should be considered a sanctuary from the stresses of the day, says the National Sleep Foundation. You should feel comfortable when in your sleeping area. If you don't feel comfortable inside your bedroom, then maybe it needs a major makeover.

A bedroom, to be conducive for sleeping, should be darker compared to the other parts of the house. This is because light and darkness are powerful cues for the body whether to sleep or to wake up. When the eye detects darkness in the environment, it sends messages to the brain which then increases the level of melatonin, which is responsible for feelings of sleepiness. However, when the eye cells detect light, it sends messages to the brain that it is already time to wake up. The brain would then lower the melatonin level.

With this, consider replacing bedroom curtains and window treatments so that light cannot easily penetrate inside the bedroom. You may also use aromatherapy, preferably lavender scent, which is proven to help the body calm down and fall asleep.


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I own a hybrid vehicle and the hybrid components (inverter & electric motors in transaxle) have a separate cooling system. There is a coolant leakage from the transaxle. I have been told that the inverter will fail if all the coolant leaks out. Without the inverter, my vehicle won’t have any power, no electric brakes, no electric steering, and no motive power to the wheels. Plus, I learned that the coolant can leak other places or the leak can cause a short out resulting in a fire. This leak is directly from the transaxle, not from an old worn-out coolant hose. Since it is a hybrid, the electric power availability is totally essential. I have seen reports of inverters failing at highway speeds, which leads to total loss of power. Fortunately, I haven’t read of any accident/injury reports due to this, but this information is very frightening. Can you advise me on how to solve this problem?

Hello. If the system is leaking coolant then the leak needs to be found immediately. If it is leaking from around the transmission area then it is usually either the external pump or the inverter. These inverters are a common failure and will cause serious issues with the vehicle as they overheat and fail. The leak needs to be found and fixed. If you need to have this looked at, consider YourMechanic, as a certified mechanic can come to you home or office to diagnose the coolant leak and repair this.

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Troop Fair

May 10, 2017

Cypress United Methodist Church
13403 Cypress North Houston Rd
Cypress, TX 77429

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Webelos Scouts must make a decision that will have an impact on his Scouting career: the choice of which Boy Scout troop he will join. The troop fair is an opportunity for Webelos Scouts to meet with several troops.

Webelos Scouts are then encouraged to visit several different troop meetings before selecting a troop to join. A list of troops in our area and their typical meeting night and location is available:

Webelos dens are also encouraged to plan a joint camping trip with a troop. Parents and leaders can contact the Scoutmaster directly to inquire about additional opportunities for Webelos Scouts to learn more about specific troops.

Troop Selection Questions

Here is some information to help you assist your son as he makes the important decision on which troop to join including questions you and your son might want to ask each troop your son visits.

Remember: The choice of a troop is a personal decision.

Do I need to join the troop my Webelos leader joins? No, all members of a den need not join the same troop. Nor is there a “designated” troop that your boys must join, although some packs have a close affiliation with a brother-troop. Most troops welcome any new Scout that would like to join them.

What about the Arrow of Light Requirements?  The Webelos Arrow of Light requires your son to visit at least one Boy Scout troop and complete an application to join.  We recommend he visit several troops, so he can see how different troops do things. Every troop has its own traditions, activities, and level of adventure. You need to find one that is right for you.  If possible, you and your son should attend an overnight campout as a guest of a troop. Contact the troop(s) you are interested in to set up a visit and go with your son to help him assess the troop.

Here are some questions that you should ask when visiting a troop:

How many registered Scouts are in the troop? How many registered leaders?  While troops will vary in size, there should be a cadre of leadership appropriate to the number of boys in the troop. Do the boys tend to stick with the program year to year?

What is the age range of the Scouts? Is the troop currently able to hold the interest of the older as well as younger Scouts? Do they offer (or plan to offer) any high adventure activities? Younger Scouts traditionally work on their rank requirements so they can advance through the Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class Ranks in their first year in Scouting. Much of their attention in meetings and on campouts is devoted to their basic Scout skills for these requirements.  As the Scouts get into their teens, it is necessary to challenge them in order to hold their interest. Scouting has established high adventure programs for Scouts who are 13 years of age or older. They may begin high level canoeing, rock climbing, or sailing. Troops may travel to Philmont Scout Ranch for rugged mountain backpacking or to a national or international Jamboree or to other high adventure sites.

Who are the Scout leaders in the troop?  Are the Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmasters and committee chairman trained? What training have they attended and when? This is a very important part of your consideration of a troop.  A trained leader should know BSA policies on programs, safety, and youth protection. To be considered “Trained”, leaders must have taken training courses offered by the district and council. High levels of training are desired.

Is the troop “boy run”? What is their feeling about boy leadership?  In Boy Scouting, most troops aim to train their boys for leadership. Each troop has a senior patrol leader (SPL), elected by all the boys in the troop, who with his assistant senior patrol leader takes the helm for leadership within the troop. The troop will also be organized into patrols, units of 5 to 8 Scouts who function together, similar to a Cub Scout den. They will have an elected patrol leader and assistant patrol leader. In a young troop, the boys will obviously need more adult assistance in running meetings, etc., but in an established troop with older Scouts, you should see evidence of “boys leading boys”, not adults running the program.

What is their activity program like? Ask to see a copy of their yearly program schedule. You’ll want to see how often they camp out. The outdoor program recommends 9-12 campouts per year, including summer camp. Do they camp in the winter? Do they participate in the district and council activities such as the district camp-o-ree, council Scout Fair, council Scouting for Food? Do they offer special activities at meetings?  Do they invite speakers on certain topics?

What are their uniform requirements?

Does the troop attend summer camp? What percentage of the troop attended last year? Where do they go? Do they always go to the same camp? How many leaders attend camp with the Scouts? Are the leaders trained?  Summer camp offers a tremendous opportunity for Scouts to experience the fun and excitement of camping while affording the chance to achieve rank advancements and merit badges.

How do they utilize the Advancement & Merit Badge Program?  Some troops use the advancement and merit badge program as the cornerstone of their program. Their campouts and meetings center on helping the boys advance within the format outlined by the Boy Scouts of America. Some focus meetings on merit badge work. Other troops may feel that the advancements and merit badges are secondary and plan activities independent of them. Their Scouts earn all merit badges on their own. Clearly, either system can function well, and boys can work with either one to advance all the way to Eagle Scout.

What can a parent expect in terms of fees? Fees vary from troop to troop. Most troops have an annual fee, which covers membership and basic materials, including badges and awards. It usually does not include uniform, camping fees, meals, travel or other special activity costs. You’ll want to know what additional fees will likely be charged during the course of the year.

What can I do to help? Troops require lots of adult support. There are many different levels of involvement in a troop, from leadership roles, to serving on the troop committee, to helping with campouts, to driving to events, etc. We hope you can get involved with your son as he continues on in Scouting. It’s been our experience that successful Scouts and successful troops have parents who can make time to be involved.

Webelos to Scout Transition Resources

It should be the goal of the Cubmaster and Webelos den leaders to graduate every Webelos Scout into a Boy Scout troop. The key to accomplishing this is to begin promoting Boy Scouting when Cub Scouts are still in their Tiger, Wolf, and Bear dens, and to sell the sizzle of the great outdoors. A seamless transition requires the cooperation of many people and is a cooperative effort between the pack and the troop.