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Sunday, June 28, 2009
What Really Matters
Naturally I bought a card to give to her with a gift. As I looked at cards I was struck by this one which said: "May your home be filled with all that really matters."
Immediately a conversation ensued. "What really matters? A few things comes to mind Lord... family friends. love, laughter, happiness, good health..."
The Lord reminded me of a few other things as I pondered on this further: Relationship with Him. I could SEE Him standing in the living room beside me- we were in an apartment together-we were talking to each other. He was living there with me... Although the room seemed sparsely furnished in this vision, there was great light in the room and a sense of freedom and openness.
Loving God, intimacy with Him, making Him welcome in your home, Pursuing Him, having a hunger for Truth yes these are the things that matter most!
Some people might have a different list than I did-
This is the scripture the Lord gave to me:
Isaiah 55:2 (Amplified Bible)
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your earnings for what does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness [the profuseness of spiritual joy].
And this is the Blessing He had me write In Yvonne's card:
House Warming Blessing
May your home always be
a place of refuge and safety
where His Spirit can dwell.
A place full of laughter and love
and being well.
A gathering place of family
and friends
Good times and memories that
will never end.
Joy in the morning,
Peace every night
Righteousness, tranquility and
all being right.
His Hand upon you and
His favor surround you.
His Goodness and Mercy to
always astound you.
Blessings upon you as in
this new home you grow.
God Bless you Yvonne!
And everyone who makes God their Home and their Home for God.
Friday, June 26, 2009
An Undivided Heart
An undivided heart
may I never, ne'er depart
from serving only You
with a heart that's pure and true.
I want to run into Your arms
from all that distracts and harms
Help me keep my eyes on You
and fan the flames of my love anew...
I have decided-
to be undivided
no more will I share
my heart with things that only snare.
It is Your face I want to see
Your dwelling place I long to be
For Your Presence I long and sigh
Without your touch I shrivel up and die.
My love I come to thee
In many ways that you do not see
I whisper softly to draw you near
Let Me stroke your face and calm your fear.
Expect My Favor and Grace
poured out to you in every place
When your heart is divided you see
you do not receive the Best of Me
Your heart I want to embrace
Come and take your rightful place
Knowing at your side forever I'll be;
Come my Bride and dance with Me!
© 2009
3. Not directed or given to more than one object; as, undivided attention or affection. --Shak. Psalm 86:11
Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Ezekiel 11:19
I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Desperate Desperation
1 a: having lost hope b: giving no ground for hope
DESPERADO, n. A desperate fellow; a furious man; a madman; a person urged by furious passions; one fearless, or regardless of safety.
The Lord spoke to my Dad during intercession last Sat and asked him, "How desperate are you?" My Dad seeks the Lord steadily, hungrily...so if God is asking him that question... I sit up and take notice!
How desperate are you? How intense about Knowing Him? How Hungry? To what extreme will you go to escape the status quo? Will people say you are a madman, in your pursuit of God? Are you urged on by furious passions of the Spiritual kind? Or are you plagued with passions of the lesser kind? What are you snacking on? A snack takes the edge off...as we all remember as kids wanting a "snack" till dinner! But as Abba's kids, what are we filling up on? Junk and Junk Food? Are we desiring both the sincere milk of the Word and strong meat? Or do we want just the sweet stuff, what is pleasing to our carnal tastes, but no meat and vegetables?
Heidi Baker talks of living a lifestyle of " If you don't show up God, we're all dead." Since she lives in Mozambique in a Moslem Nation,caring for 7000 orphans, I think she has hit on something!
Psalm 24:6
This is the generation [description] of those who seek Him [who inquire of and for Him and of necessity require Him], who seek Your face, [O God of] Jacob. Selah [pause, and think of that]!
Psalm 27:8
You have said, Seek My face [inquire for and require My presence as your vital need]. My heart says to You, Your face (Your presence), Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and on the authority of Your Word].
Acts 17:28-29 (Darby Translation)
28for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.
29Being therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination.We put limits around out dealings with God. This far and no furhter..like the Israelites in the wilderness:
Exodus 18Now all the people perceived the thunderings and the lightnings and the noise of the trumpet and the smoking mountain, and as [they] looked they trembled with fear and fell back and stood afar off.19And they said to Moses, You speak to us and we will listen, but let not God speak to us, lest we die.
Deuteronomy 18:16 (Amplified Bible)
16This is what you desired [and asked] of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.
Yet we want God to move on our behalf- just maybe not so dramatically! "Lord, do a miracle, just do it quietly!"
The woman witht he issue of blood was desperate.
Luke 8:42b-44
As [Jesus] went, the people pressed together around Him [almost suffocating Him].43And a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years a]">[a]and had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed by anyone, 44Came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His garment, and immediately her flow of blood ceased.The people were almost suffocating Him- pressing against Him. I had tsomething similiar happen in Ukraine one year as I visited a school to hand out gospel freindship bracelets... the kids mobbed me and the teacher stood by watching as I was pushed over backwards against a desk! I thought I was going to be trampled! And that was in a clasroom that contained 30+ kids. Jesus was in an open area with hundreds mobbing him! Yet that women worked through those crowds to touch the hem of His talit (the fringed prayer shawl) ignoring the extreme risk. Desperation drove her and she got her answer!
Blind Bartimaeus is another example. When he heard Jesus was passing by he cried out over and over: "Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me!" When people began to rebuke him and shush him he shouted all the louder, "Jesus have mercy on me!"
Mark 10:46-52 (Amplified Bible)
46Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, a son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. 47And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have pity and mercy on me [now]!48And many b]">severely censured and reproved him, telling him to keep still, but he kept on shouting out all the more, You Son of David, have pity and mercy on me [now]! 49And Jesus stopped and said, Call him. And they called the blind man, telling him, Take courage! Get up! He is calling you. 50And throwing off his outer garment, he leaped up and came to Jesus. 51And Jesus said to him, What do you want Me to do for you? And the blind man said to Him, Master, let me receive my sight. 52And Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has healed you. And at once he received his sight and accompanied Jesus on the road.
For some of you- it is time for you to let your voice be heard and be silent no more. Healing only comes when you are willing to throw away your cloak of concealment and let the raw wounds be exposed to the healing wind of fresh air from heaven.
For others, you've wrapped yourself tightly in the cloth of "do it yourself." Constant works, busyness, self promotion, self appraisal measured by keeping up and getting ahead, while getting really nowhere.
Bartimaeus throw off his cloak. His self identification with his disability. Even his name: "Blind Bartimaeus" showed his whole personhood was wrapped up in what he and others perceived him to be. But when Jesus passed by, he had the courage to cast all that off and move towards his answer.
Isaiah 64:6 (Amplified Bible)6For we have all become like one who is unclean [ceremonially, like a leper], and all our righteousness (our best deeds of rightness and justice) is like filthy rags or a polluted garment; we all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away [far from God's favor, hurrying us toward destruction].
Cast off your self reliance, your old deeds and way of doing things! It is time to step into the new! Travel the road with Jesus from now on!
Even in the midst of chaos around you, you can choose press into Him.
Matthew 13:14-16 (Amplified Bible)
14In them indeed is a]">the process of fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: You shall indeed hear and hear but never grasp and understand; and you shall indeed look and look but never see and perceive.
15For this nation's heart has grown gross (fat and dull), and their ears heavy and difficult of hearing, and their eyes they have tightly closed, lest they see and perceive with their eyes, and hear and comprehend the sense with their ears, and grasp and understand with their heart, and turn and I should heal them.A)">
16But blessed (happy, fortunate, and b]">to be envied) are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.Do things to whet your hunger for Him. Merriam Webster defines whet as this: 1 : to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (as a stone) <whet a knife> 2 : to make keen or more acute : excite, stimulate <whet the appetite> <whetted her curiosity>
Another word for whet is to "hone." Will you allow your desperation to hone you for Him?
I could write a whole lot more, but I am going to close with this:
I recently met another hungry heart. Her name is Vicki. She has written a wonderful article about whetting and honing. This is Vicki's blog post- I share it with her permission:
WtV: sharing Holy Spirit received revelation; vision, word, teaching, dream, insight +... Published by v.c. along with pieces by other authors.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
"Hone"Some few days past I was hearing The Lord speak to me "hone", "It's time to hone". And I am not able to let this short word and phrase go, nor of course do I want to let this go!
I understood this in part, as a message that it is 'time to sharpen, clean-up the rough edges and smooth-out....' = hone......... and as I looked up this word for further understanding I did discover this example;
hone: As in, 'to sharpen a blade with a whet' ( or whetstone ). Pondering this with Lord the scrip came to me,
"...... the sword of The Spirit which is the Word of God." - Eph. 6:17
Many folks understand the wonderful armor and this magnificent 'sword' brought forth in Ephesians as our written scriptures, our bible -- and I agree with this! However, I also understand this 'Sword / Word' weapon as that Word from God that Holy Spirit may speak to you and I freshly, now, today.
I, we, or whomever this that I write may also speak to (?) ....... presently need to hone. We can clear out the wax from ear canals, as it were; anoint our 'eyes with eyesalve that we may see', place our feet in freshly polished boots upon the royal Way, clean accumulated muck off of our spiritual antanae's (so to speak), plus more and various depending upon our personal need -- honing ourselves on and of The Rock (Jesus, our whetStone) for whatever we have need to be cleaned, smoothed, cleared and sharpened.
Thus we may then stand prepared to receive from HIM with cutting edge clearness. I believe our Lord desires us to hear with smooth clarity sharp-to-the-point messages, in whatever form HIS revelation presents to us -- useful clear prophetic now-today-word from our Lord, for ourselves to wield and for those we are to share with.
There is never a problem on our Lord's end and delivery of HIS' Word,
"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." - Heb. 4:12
"...and out of His mouth went a sharp twoedged sword;..." - Rev. 1:16
Rather the present problem of possible cloudy or unclear, unspecific receiving is on my / our end.
"...time to hone."
This ability to 'hear and/or relay clear messages from our Lord' is not received because of our in-gifted desire alone, but as I am given to understand this "hone" word delivered; this is our Lord Jesus' desire presently, through us and for HIS purposes.
As I wrote that last paragraph, I'm now getting a small vision of a very well dressed man-servant of long ago (1600's approx.?, large plumed hat etc.). He is bowing low on one knee, removing his hat and crossing his arm and the hat across his chest, in a courtroom before a king sitting high on a splendid throne. Once bowed, with head down the servant is speaking to the king,
'At Your service Your Majesty'
"Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth;..." - Is. 40:4, Luke 3:5
- Vicki C.
Write the *Vision - Habbakuk 2:2-3
and WtV Forums: interactive prophetic "Talk"'
Posted by -v.c. at 5/12/2009 11:06:00 AM
Labels: vision-insight , word
thanks for that word. even as i check up the dictionary reference for 'hone', it also means to focus, to advance toward the goal, to perfect, to make more acute and effective. it also tells me that the origin of the word was a groaning and moaning. of pining and lamenting and a cry of discontent. i imagine the sound of the earth groaning as it longs for the sons of glory to be revealed. the honing is to sharpen the sword of the Spirit, yes, also the refining of the jewels as they are being cut, to remove the impurities for more brilliance in the translucence as we shine the light. another two words that are somewhat related are "honey" and "home". maybe remembering the land of milk and honey that is our inheritance? and this honing of our desires, to only want heaven and nothing else that is on this earth will satisfy. to continue to sharpen our senses to see and hear and smell and taste and touch. like the comic superheroes (I watched the latest X-Men movie recently!) that have super-sensitive sensory powers, which is a mere human's imagination of the greater reality in our inheritance. Praise Jesus!
To which I say Amen Lord Jesus! Holy Spirit, Come refine us. Come whet us. Come hone us for God. Come and take us beyond where we are; trapped in our own desperation. Speak to our hearts until we become so desperate for YOU that NOTHING can stand in our way! Until we desire and crave you even as our bodies crave and require air and water, or else we die. We need the breathe of your Spirit- breathe on us! We need the Water of Your Word to wash us again. We need the streams of the Spirit to revive us again. Come Holy Spirit! Come! Show us what we are "snacking on" that is spoiling our appetite for You. Deal with our cloaks and our pride and our self sufficiency. Take us to those places we haven't wanted to face and help us to open the door so that healing can begin. Envelope us with Yourself Lord. Make us hungry, stir us up! Create a desperation for Yourself with in your Bride Lord! We ask it and receive it by faith. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Wedding Plans
In the midst of this, I have just received an invitation to minister while I am in town! I love God's economy. He never wastes anything! I am delighted and blessed to minister in Ola's old church home ( he moved over 89 miles from there...) But the connection came through my son Olu who has also ministered at this man's church! Amazing!
It just goes to show and remind us that Daddy is very busy about Wedding Plans also! There are people to see and things to be settled and marked off... Yes, Daddy is very busy about THE WEDDING. I will definitely be at that one too, will you?
Cloud by Day-Fire by Night-I Need a Resting Place
"Cloud By Day -- Fire By Night -- I Need a Resting Place!"
As I read the above words (posted on the Elijah List) I began to weep…
In reality it was an advertisement for new CD's- but The Lord was speaking to me through those words that He quickened to my heart.
Hear the cry of the Lord, Church !
In the Wilderness I moved as a Cloud by Day and Fire by Night and I led my people and
protected them. I gave them rest. But now says the Lord, I Need a Resting Place .
I need containers that will hold my Glory.
Lord what can possibly hold your Glory?
I am looking for a resting place where I can dwell. It is time for my people to
come out of the wilderness. It is time for them to stop running to and fro. I need a place where I can dwell. Will you make room for my Glory?
I want to come and pour it out once more
Will you get ready for what is in store?
I need a place to call my own… I want you to be my temple, my home.
I'm tired of the status quo- it is time for my people to know
I am Your God and my Glory I want to show
I need a resting Place where I can bless
Through which my River can flow
I am tired of religious show
tired of those who will not go
the way of My Spirit when He flows
Will you be a vessel clean,
through which my Glory can be seen?
Open wide now your heart- yes open the door
cry out to me saying I want More!
When you cry out for more you see
You release chambers within the heart of ME
For my heart has longed , yes yearned and burned
to be set free among those who will abandon themselves to Me.
I've longed to see the Passion of My Bride
declaring her love and inviting me deeper inside.
As you cry out, I will be One with you
my signs and wonders to flow thru
A place where my Glory can dwell
that City that is set upon a Hill
for it is my Bridal Chamber you see
emblazoned in flames of Love and Glory.
Word of the Lord
Nancy Minor
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
When you have overflow because of all the Goodness and Blessings of God in your life with people, circumstances, relationships, provision, and life- it is natural to want others to have what you have, to know what you know and to experience Father God's Unfailing Love for themselves. Even just talking about it sometimes brings me to tears. He is so wonderful! Supernatural and yet HE cares for us-His creation with a fierce Love!
As I expressed this desire for people to KNOW GOD, have intimacy and experience His overwhelming Love and Joy... the person I was talking to made this statement to sum up what I was saying: "Relationship, Fellowship, Loveship."
That is so rich! When the Headship issue is settled and JESUS is your LORD and Saviour, then you have Relationship, Fellowship and LOVESHIP.
This word Loveship has arrested me!
Even as was spoken in Song of Solomon: Song 4:9 "You have ravished my heart and given me courage, my sister, my [promised] bride; you have ravished my heart and given me courage with one look from your eyes..." Our Bridegroom says HE is ravished by us His Bride?!!
Rulership is the authority of one who rules,. Lordship- is the domain of a lord. Fellowship is the condition or relation of being a fellow- a community, a companion, a peer, a partner, belonging to the same class or group, united by the same things.
What then is "Loveship?" It is a state of union of hearts and spirits bound by love. It is our acquiescing, our willing yieldedness, to our Bridgegroom out of Love not out of Rule, rank or force.
This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with God. MSG 1John4:10
Romans 5:8 (Amplified Bible) But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us.
Oh perfect Love- sweet surrender! Take me I am yours!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Draw Me Lord
Draw me from the distractions of the day
Draw me from the busyness
Draw me from the clamour
Draw me to that Secret Place
Draw to that quiet Pool to drink deeply of YOU.
Draw me Lord!
I am a foolish sheep who does not always come when she should
Draw me! Woo me with the pleading of your eyes
with the passion of your heart, with the timbre of your voice.
Draw me to Yourself. Draw me away from myself- my thoughts, my pursuits
my pleasures. Even my friends and my loved ones... for I need time with You.
I need You. You are my very life.
Draw me and I will run after you. I stand poised ready to fly to your side-
the depths of my heart cry out "Draw Me!" Even as the pail is lowered into the well and brought up, so I long to be brought up to you... draw me out of the darkness - the place of concealment. Expose me to your bright light. Wash away all that is unlike You.
Draw Me Lord...ever closer to You.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Dancing Through the Darkness on the Feet of Faith
"Dancing through the Darkness of this World on the Feet of Faith. "
She is in Heaven now dancing with her Bridegroom. But The Lord brought her phrase back to me this week. So, T.B. if you happen to be watching from Heaven- you are still touching hearts and lives Girl!
Dancing takes a rhythm and flow. Some have more rhythm than others. (As a kid I had beautiful rhythm riding bareback on a horse- we were one fluid movement. But on the ground I was a klutz! Thank goodness Nancy means Full of Grace and also Graceful One- and I have become both!)
Faith Dances to the tune of; "God is not a man that He should lie. Has he not spoken and shall He not do it?" Faith dances to the melody of ; "All the promises in Christ Jesus are Yea and Amen." Faith dances holding in it's arms, Hope- the two doing a minuet with graceful certainty as they glide across the terrain of the dance floor of life. Grace and Trust join in the repertoire of dance steps, completing the ensemble.
The scenery may change. The music tempo may quicken or wane. But as long as we hold on to our dance partner, (The Holy Spirit) He will guide us into all truth and keep us from the snare of the enemy who wishes to trip us up and cause us to stumble.
The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see. (Heb. 11:1-2a MSG)
I think of the moth that dances through the night, drawn to the light. And the fireflies dancing languidly through the night leaving a trail of light to outline their path. One is drawn to the light, the other emits a glow everywhere they go.
Be drawn to the Light of God's Word and Light the way for fellow dancers to follow you as you Dance through the darkness on feet of Faith, your pathway lit with Light from Above and your heart radiating the soft glow of Love for others to follow.
Maestro- Music Please!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Self Religion
I looked "ish" up in the American college Dictionary. this is what is says: "Belonging to," "after the manner of," "having the characteristics of," "like," "addicted to," "inclined or tending to."
Hmm, this opens up a lot of questions one should ask! Who do I belong to? Myself or God? Who am I after the manner of? The likeness of Christ? The person of the Holy Spirit? The old man? Hmm, whose character do I emulate? Or am I just a character, that needs a dose of Jesus?!! Like Whom, or what? Myself, my environment, the world? Or the Word and God? Addicted to...sugar! Chocolate! Hugs! Family! Love! Other things? Soap operas? Romance novels? Reality shows? The only reality is Jesus Christ. The best Romance is the one that started in God's heart as He contemplated creating man! Day to day life an be a soap opera without Jesus! Even family and chocolate can't do what Only God can!
We need to be inclined and tending to prayer, Worship, serving and loving God and each other, if we are going to be useful and make it in this world. There is no other way but THE WAY.
Isn't it interesting that Communist China has a Govt approved religion called "The Three Self Church "A parody of the Trinity? Self-governance, self-support (i.e., financial independence from foreigners) and self-propagation is it's mantra. By comparison the Christian is called to be governed by the Holy Spirit, and the Word of God and excercise slef control over our passions and reactions. We are to be dependant on God, but to work and make a living. Self propagation- is putting forth our ideas, our desires, our plans. What is your agenda? What are you planning and THEN asking God to bless?
What is your religion? If Jesus were to write a personal ad- here's what it would look like: My Name is Jesus. I am a God/Man seeking relationship with aGod Created Man/Woman kind!
If you never have before, won't you answer that personal request? You and your life will never be the same! For the rest of us, a closer look at killing off the religion of self is in order. Not my will but THY WILL O LORD! Amen.


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By Mark Kleinman, City Editor
Lord Burns, the former chairman of Channel 4, is in talks to become the next chairman of Ofcom, one of Britain's most powerful industry regulators.
Sky News has learnt that the crossbench peer, whose career has included spells on the boards of some of Britain's biggest companies, has been one of two final candidates for the Ofcom post.
Sources said on Thursday night that Lord Burns, who stepped down as Channel 4's chairman last year amid a row about the broadcaster's potential privatisation, was expected to get the nod for the role.
Directors of Ofcom are appointed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), with Karen Bradley, the Culture Secretary, expected to sign off the appointment of a new Ofcom chair in the next few days.
Whitehall sources cautioned that it remained possible that the talks with Lord Burns could yet fall apart.
If the former Treasury mandarin does get the job, it would represent a remarkable turnaround for him just over two years after he was effectively ousted from Channel 4 by ministers.
Lord Burns is a prominent figure in the City and Whitehall, having sat on the boards of companies including Marks & Spencer, Pearson and Santander UK.
His current roles include being a director of the Office for Budget Responsibility, while he has also been an independent adviser to the Culture Secretary on the BBC Charter Review.
The Government has been lining up a successor to Dame Patricia Hodgson as Ofcom's chair since May, when it was announced that she would be stepping down at the end of the year.
Her successor will be arriving at a time when the media and telecommunications watchdog is facing an unprecedented workload, having just taken on responsibility for regulating the BBC.
Ofcom is also engaged in the supervision of a new governance framework for the UK's broadband infrastructure, with Openreach now established as a more independent presence within BT Group's ownership.
Last month, Dame Patricia appeared to pave the way for further expansion of Ofcom's remit by telling MPs that she regarded internet businesses such as Google and Facebook as publishers, and that they could ultimately be regulated as such.
Ofcom is also responsible for regulating the postal services industry, and has had a frequently tense relationship with Royal Mail since it was privatised in 2013.
The watchdog's new chairman will work closely with Sharon White, its chief executive, whose other big priorities this year have included scrutiny of 21st Century Fox's plans to pursue a full takeover of Sky News' owner, Sky plc.
That deal has landed in the lap of the Competition and Markets Authority, with more clarity expected over its fate next month.
A DCMS spokesperson said: "We are not commenting on speculation and an announcement will be made in due course."
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So I have a youtube style first look vid up now as well and just wanted to write down my feelings of the title as well. Now, I didn't actually make a transcript for the video before making it so what you hear and what I write will probably be a bit different.
I love Dungeon of the Endless and am seriously addicted at the moment. I purchased it during the steam sales and from then on have played it quite a bit and barely succeeded at it but yet, that makes me even more addicted.
In it's Basic form I guess I would describe it as a Rogue-like, tower defence game but here is a lot more to it than just that. There are some interesting RPG parts to it. Elements of turn based as well as action combat styles and also has strong strategic underpinning. Most of all I love how it's the embodiment of risk/reward. Every decision you make will have both benefits and consequences and it's about planning for these occurrences as best as you can, sometimes you roll the dice and come out well and yet other times, it will all go to hell.
The game involves progressing through a dungeon scenario with a bunch of heroes and open doors to find your way to the exit. All of this is in real time but, each time you open a door is kind of like starting a turn and you can be unsure what will happen or be on the other side. The dungeons are randomly generated so you can never be sure, sometimes monsters, other times new adventurers and npc and a few other elements too.
With each turn you also gain a certain amount of resources. Industry (dealing with building things), Science (for Research), and food for adventurers healing and Levelling. You always try to be aware of these when going as there are numerous ways to use them. You can build larger modules in each room which will increase a certain resource each turn and there are smaller ones that deal with turrets and other defensive tools.
This is one part of Risk reward as you want to keep a certain amount of resources spare occasionally. Enough industry to build that next large module or just make a more defensive position. Enough food so you can heal or maybe recruit a new hero you might find. Science for something Fancy. The merchants you might find occasionally will also deal in one of these resources too, which makes the choices that much more difficult.
The heroes are a rather fun part within all this as the have a range of passive abilities, combat and non-combat focuses, active skills to use, elements of gearing, AS WELL AS certain story elements that may affect your game. You can level them up with food and they will gain greater stats and abilities. Their passives deal with a range of mechanics, sometimes to do with combat, other times overclocking modules to get more resources or maybe repair things. You can find gear in the dungeon too and each hero has a certain focus here, maybe certain melee or range weapons. Armor to wear and utilities to equip. The story, is a point of amusements. Sometimes they just don't get a long and that means dead bodies.
The next part of risk is opening doors with your heroes. Of course you want to find that exit but sometimes it might be worth exploring other doors even afterwards because with each door you gain more resources, and maybe fund new gear or other rewards. But, with each door you open the dungeon gets increasingly difficult with more and harder monsters spawning.
With each door you open you also have to deal with the Power mechanic and the fear of the unknown. When a room is unknow, with no vision within it has a chance to spawn monsters when a door is opened. Every unknown room. Sometimes that could be a lot. Luckily you can power rooms to make them visible as well as defend them with modules but that means a lot of hard choices about which rooms to power in order to remain in the best defensive position. You don't want to have to split up to much, or have to many entries to a single position.
Now once you've found the exit it becomes a race to get there in time. You have to take your main power crystal with you to the exit but once you equip it, as well as your hero slowing down is a horde of monsters beginning to descend on you. Towers and other heroes help here as your carrier runs to the end. It's often a rather frantic and tense run. Actually the whole game is tense, every time you open a door is tense and I love that.
Each scenario seems to have ten of these levels you have to get through before winning as well that get increasingly more complex, have more restrictions, get far larger and of course are just more dangerous so as you go through these you are increasingly upgrading characters, stockpiling resources when, and if you can and researching bigger and better things to use.
Of course you will fail, often, and being a rogue-like that means permadeath and starting it all from the beginning. You learn the hard way. As you go there are a few unlocks to do that will give more options even if you don't complete the scenario. New hero's (well, they were all actually on a prison ship but whatever) to use from the beginning. New modes to try that give buffs and banes that are a lot of fun and it's all procedurally generated so it isn't like doing the same thing over and over. There is always a new challenge. many new choices to make that will shape the entirety of your experience.
I love this game a lot. It has a lot of the elements I love in games, it makes me think, it makes me take risks, it is dynamic and is actually rather humorous as well. I am just surprised that a Rogue-like RPG tower defence is something that sounds so weird, so ungainly and so unappealing yet is this engaging and addictive. It's the Cadbury Cream egg of Games. mmmm…. and Easter is nearly here.
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Using Twitter For Teaching And Learning
Friday, February 5, 2010
Using Twitter for teaching and learning
Using Twitter For Teaching And Learning
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- Hilary said...
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- February 6, 2010 at 7:43 AM
- Hilary said...
Hi Sarah
Thank you for this link to your presentation which is very timely. I am involved in in the Occupational Therapy "Participation in Occupation 1" with James Sunderland as Course Coordinator, which involves all those skills learned last year such as setting up and using a blog and use of on line and computer technology. This would be excellent timing for me to allocate a hash code for messages relating to the course for twitter to expand networks! #PIO1 would work for me (next step to get the phone sorted and then work out how to # for the course). Could I use this presentation as a resource / reference?
February 6, 2010 9:43 AM
- February 6, 2010 at 7:53 AM
- Sarah Stewart said...
Please feel free to use it - that's what its there for ....let me know how you get on. I have just found out that hashtags do not survive past 10 days, so if you want to keep a theme, it's best to copy & past into a word doc, or take a screen shot so you don't lose anything
- February 6, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- Tona said...
Thank you very much, you give me new ideas.
I were not sure how Twitter could work with some things.Now, I realize that it is a big challenge.
- February 6, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Jeffrey Keefer said...
Sarah, these are great slides -- use images to tell / support your message, rather than endless text.
I only wish I could hear what you said during each one!
- February 7, 2010 at 7:42 AM
- Sarah Stewart said...
Hi Jeffrey, when I get a minute, I'll add some audio - will let you know when I do.
- February 7, 2010 at 7:45 AM


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Home exercise programs include directions for exercises that the patient should continue to perform independently at home. Completing a home exercise program is an integral part of achieving success in physical therapy.
Physical therapy incorporates some re-training and strengthening of specific muscles to perform according to individual functions. In order for muscles to "wake-up" and begin responding appropriately, frequent and consistent practice is necessary. For maximum benefit, it is important to take an active role in your physical therapy experience.
We encourage you to think of physical therapy as a way of learning how to help yourself. A physical therapist alone is not going to make you better, but he or she will teach you how to make yourself better. Performing your home exercise program on a consistent basis is a great way to invest in your own health and to demonstrate to your physical therapist that you are committed to achieving a successful rehabilitation.


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A green flag with the words WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY written in yellow.
WSU is located in Detroit and is the third largest university in Michigan. As of 2007, there were just over 33,000 students enrolled.
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Eduardo Tarilonte online
Official website
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your sample libraries?
I have been composing for 20 years and started my career as a sample library developer in 2005 with Bela D Media producing Anthology Celtic Wind. During the next years I also produced Anthology Spiritual Wind, Sampled Landscape and Retro Flute. In 2009, I decided to leave Bela D Media to establish my own name as a company. After thinking carefully about it, I contacted Best Service. Best Service is one of the most renowned companies and one of the first established.
I found in them the perfect partnership. Due to their more than 20 years experience, they know better than any other company how the business works. I couldn't think of a better option to distribute and edit my sample libraries. Now, after 4 years and 6 successful releases together I can say that we are a family and my wishes are to be working together for my whole life.
How do you prepare or should we say, how does one start making sample libraries?
I think there is only one successful way, and that's being a composer first. As a composer and sample library nerd, you know what you would like to see and doesn't exist. That's how I started. I am a huge fan of Celtic music and have been playing such music for long, so I decided to release a Celtic library. The concept that I used for it, was really successful and I have kept improving it in every sample library.
How long does it take to make a sample library? (recording, mixing, programming etc.)
In my case it takes a long time, of course, depending on the project. First I think of several ideas that I would like to develop. After choosing one, I look for the right musicians, plan the recording sessions, take the samples and edit them one by one, program them in the sample player, test them, compose demos…all by myself! I could hire an assistant for help, but I really like to be involved and make every single part of the library. Conducting the musician to do exactly what you expect or listening to all the samples, is something absolutely important. If there is any secret in my libraries, that's the main one. I like to say that all my libraries are hand crafted.
Can you give us a little insight on your creative process? (microphone placement, equipment used, vst software)
Depending on the project, equipment can vary, but in general I like close and dry sound to get the most possible detail. Dry recordings also allow you to blend the library with other instruments just placing an appropriate reverb. I love Steinberg stuff and use Wavelab as my main editing tool. Since I am with Best Service I use Engine sample player for all my libraries. It is a really powerful and reliable piece of software that is getting better every year.
How much sound design is involved in making sample libraries?
My first approach to sound design was Sampled Landscape, and it keeps being one of my favourite libraries. After that, Epic World raised the bar, and from that moment, every sample library has a big part of sound designed patches that complete the idea of the library. For real instruments there is no sound design at all.
What inspires you to make such amazing products?
Many things! Music itself, books, movies, everything with magic inside. In fact, I like to think of my libraries like if they were a book full of magic; same as those great books that when you read them touch you emotionally for ever. I like them to have a concept, to tell something special, not to be just a bunch of samples. That's why a great art (cover, interface, etc) or a good title is so important for me. The sound design part is something that also helps to achieve this goal.
Everything that goes beyond technique or tangible things is the most important ingredient for my products. My main goal is making inspiring sounds for composers. Sometimes I think that such a task is even more fulfilling than composing.
That's why my quote is: "samples with soul". Samples full of life and soul is what I record.
Any specific "lessons learned" on a project that you could share?
There are so many things! But the main one is never trust the word of a musician telling how good he is until you listen to him playing. I have had to cancel quite a few sessions after 5 minutes of recordings…
How can a composer approach you to become a demo writer for your sample library? (Do you accept demo reels from composers?)
Of course. In fact many of my main composers now, approached me in this way. Just write an email through www.samplelibraries.com with a demo featuring some of my libraries.
What are your plans for the future?
Keep making much more sample libraries, of course. Before the end of this year a new one will be released and right now I am preparing everything for the recordings for next year sample libraries. Of course, I don't think of retirement even when I get old.
Any tips, hints or motivational speeches for the readers?
Be yourself. In a world full of people trying to imitate other's music or creations, being yourself must be where you have to hold tightly not to get lost. Before a career, music is something that is really deep inside of us. It cannot just become a profession where everything is valid as far as you get money. That's not the reason why we love music and why we started up our future as musicians.


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Starbucks for Outlook Add-In Coming to Mac, iOS for Easy Meetings
Microsoft and Starbucks have announced a new 'Starbucks for Outlook' add-in, which brings a shortcut to the email app to quickly and easily setup calendar invites for meetings:
Outlook now makes it easier for you to have that personal connection by enabling you to meet your customers, business partners or study group at your favorite Starbucks location, all with a few clicks from your Outlook inbox.
Once users install the add-in within Outlook, here's how to setup a meeting at Starbucks:
1. Select "Meet at Starbucks" from the meeting request ribbon.
2. Enter a location in the add-in on the right side aof the meeting request.
3. Select location from map or scroll down and select location from list.
4. Select store by clicking "Select Store". The store address will be inserted into the meeting invitation and it's ready to send.
Starbucks says the Outlook add-in is currently only available for Outlook.com, Outlook 2013/2016, and web users who are using either Exchange 2013/2016, or Office 365. However, the company did mention they are working to bring this feature to Mac and iOS users "in the coming months."
For those that have business meetings at Starbucks and use Outlook, it's not a bad feature, that is if you can find a location that isn't jam-packed all the time.


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Mrs Blogs sometimes complains that I mangle language and invent words to suit my own purposes. Perhaps more than anyone she should know that I would be suffering a touch of the *boilk* this morning, having witnessed me consume most of the Maker's Mark in the world last night.
So when I declared my brain felt 'crumpened', she suggested, not unreasonably I guess, that I use actual words to describe how I'm feeling rather than make them up myself. I feel this is a bit boring. Everybody uses those words. Not that I'm trying to be a linguistic hipster or anything, using words before they become cool, but crumpened seemed to suit best.
Crumpened is the kind of dry, tight feeling your brain has after you've had too much bourbon. Yes, it's that specific. And hey, I'm happy to share my inventions with the world. I don't feel the need to trademark or restrict their use. If you're feeling crumpened this morning, then I feel your pain. Let us share it, and how we describe it.
There's little going on from an Arsenal point of view anyway. The summer transfer business thus far consists of players going out. Which is a good place to start, I suppose. We've complained so long about deadwood that you'd think Al Swearingen was manager.
The latest is that Vito Mannone is on his way to Sunderland, who are in need of a goalkeeper having sold Simon Mignolet to the Mugsmashers. Good luck to him, I say. He seems a decent, honest guy who was never going to be quite good enough for a top four club. At 25 he's getting to an age where he really needs to play regularly, it's not everyone who is content to Stuart Taylor their way through their football career.
There has been talk that since Liverpool have Mignolet they might be willing to let Pepe Reina go and folk have long talked about our need for a keeper. The thing is though, the reason they might let Reina go is because he's been pretty much abject for the last couple of seasons. Had any of our keepers made the kind of howlers he has, and so consistently, there would be Twitter campaigns to have them hung, drawn, quartered, tarred, feathered and then fed to hungry pigs.
I'm all for us improving our squad, in every single area, but I'm not sure Reina would do that. Plus he did that thing with putting a Barcelona shirt on Cesc that time and I still want to stamp on his foot really hard for it. So, goalkeeper – sure, Reina – no. Noooo. No. No. Thanks.
Elsewhere, Johan Djourou is on the verge of signing for Hamburg on loan. He had a good spell with Hannover, but they're unable to match what the Burgers are offering from a financial point of view. There's an option to purchase at the end of the loan deal too. Some might say it should be a requirement, but there you go. He'll be off the books, we're not subsidising anything, and he can play regularly in the Bundesliga. Good luck to him.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go about the business of decrumpening myself. More coffee and some toast would be a good start.
Till tomorrow.


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How Apple Pay works
One of the objections I've seen to Apple Pay is "How is it faster/easier than just sliding my card?" The truth is, it isn't always. It's rarely going to take longer than sliding a card, but it's not always going to be radically faster either. However, it is much, much more secure. Merchants simply can't be trusted with your card number, and the only real solution is to never give it to them. Apple Pay solves that, and it does so in a way that embraces industry standards and is easy and maybe even a little bit fun.
I copied the same bit as Gruber did on Daring Fireball, where I first saw a link to Lennon's post.
If there is any reason to promote Apple Pay, beyond the fact that it is pretty easy and will someday help to eliminate the need for some of the stuff in our wallets, is that it is about a million times more secure than using a credit card. Infinitely. Perhaps.
Tell your moms.


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2016 Forestry and Wildlife Research Review
SFEC's 12th Annual Forestry and Wildlife Research Review will bring natural resource managers up to speed on a wide variety of new research, all presented with a focus on real-world management implications. This year's presentations will address thinning influences on red pine drought response, native plant community sampling, moose population status and browse patterns, songbird response to timber harvest, fire severity impacts on forest carbon, culturally-modified trees in the BWCA, new technology to improve biomass dry-down, ticks, gypsy moth, forest parcelization, and much more. If you only attend one research event all year, this should be it.
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Time: 8:45 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. (check-in opens at 8:15 a.m.)
Location: Cloquet Forestry Center, 175 University Rd, Cloquet MN 55720 (map)
Speakers: 15+ researchers discussing the applied results and implications of their work
Agenda and PDF flyer
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The truth is that most writers are needy.
~Stephen King, On Writing, p. 220~
As I write this month's entry for The Insecure Writer's Support Group, I imagine opening the door to a quaint coffee shop. The heavy aroma of roasting beans welcomes me. I walk in and take a seat in a luxuriously large and inviting sofa. Its cushiony softness envelops me.
Settling in, I look around and see a lot of people, some are familiar, but many are not. Everyone has a friendly smile as they murmur softly, warming their hands around oversized earthenware mugs steaming with hot cocoa, coffee or tea.
Just as I start to feel comfortable a spotlight falls on me. Suddenly the murmurs fade and the coffee shop hustle and bustle stills. Everyone is waiting for me to speak. The atmosphere is saturated with camaraderie, understanding and encouragement, which gives me the strength to confess my latest insecurity as a writer:
I worry when I think I'm clever. Chances are that I'm never as clever as I think I am. Take for instance my Halloween post where I 'dressed up' my blog as the blog of Edgar Allan Poe. The idea of blogging as Edgar struck me over a month ago. I thought it was a great way to make my Halloween post special and unique. Excited by the prospect, I wrote Poe's 'profile' and blog excerpt confidently.
But as I hovered my mouse over the 'publish' button, I suddenly wondered if I was the only one who thought it would be fun to blog as a long-dead, world-renowned author?' Sure the concept made me smile. But would my writing do it justice? Could I make readers smile too? I steeled myself for a barrage of criticism (How derivative!), a pelting of rotten tomatoes, or worse, no comments at all. The fear that my attempt at creativity would go completely unnoticed almost kept me from 'publishing', but I took the risk and received a small but positive response.
More importantly, I enjoyed researching Poe and learning about his critical theory. I don't remember studying his theory of composition in college. Whether others enjoyed The Tell-Tale Blog or not, the post was worth writing and the risk was worth taking.
The lesson in all of this: Stop second-guessing myself and allowing doubt to erode my confidence.
Before sinking back into the welcoming arms of this over-stuffed coffee-house chair, I must also admit my insecurity about NaNoWriMo. I've known about NaNoWriMo for four years, but this is the year I've signed up. November is such a busy and chaotic month. But I figured participating in a group challenge would motivate me to make time to write no matter what else is going on. I'd love to be as disciplined in my writing as I am in my running. The first step is to make writing a priority; the next is to make it a habit. NaNoWriMo should help me do both.
I'll be sure and let you know how it goes when we 'meet' again next month. Until then –a round of hot cocoa for everyone!


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A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet. But that's not true when it comes to businesses. Would APPLE (the company) seem just the same if it was renamed? Most likely not. In this article we present 9 of the most popular brand names and the story on how they got their (brand) names and how they were founded.
Who doesn't like post-it notes? 3M, formerly known as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is more commonly recognized as the makes of adhesives, laminates, car care products, medical and electronic products and much more. 3M was founded in 1902 at Lake Superior town with the intention to sell corundum which is used for making grinding wheels. The company was founded by five partners; Henry S. Bryan, Hermon W. Cable, John Dwan, WIlliam A. McGOnagle, Dr. J Danley Budd each from their own diverse occupations.
While 3M moved away from its original plans, some of the first known products produced included a waterproof sandpaper, masking tape which later made way for Scotch® Pressure-Sensitive Tapes, Scotchlite™ Reflective Sheeting, magnetic sound recording tape and many more.
Founded by Jess Bezos, the name 'Amazon' was chosen as Bezos wanted a name for his company that would appear early on in an alphabetical order. After sifting through pages in the dictionary, Amazon was chosen as Bezos considered it to be the world's largest river in hopes to make his company be the same. The Amazon logo type which was conceived in the year 2000 represents an arrow from A to Z. It represents customer satisfaction and depicts to cover all kinds of products not to forget a smile.
American Express
The company that is known today for its Credit Card, Charge Card and Travellers Cheques got into business as an express mail service in New York in 1850's. The company was founded merging the express companies of Henry Wells, William Fargo and John Warren Butterfield (same people behind Wells, Fargo & Co.).
In 1882, American Express expanded into offering money order services, competing with the US Post Office that also operated a Money order business. Between 188 and 1890, when J. C Fargo, the president of American Express and the younger brother of William Fargo visited Europe, he was frustrated that it was difficult to get cash anywhere, despite the letters of credit that he carried with him. Upon returning to the US, Fargo in association with Marcellus Flemming Berry came up with the concept of American Express Travellers cheques launched in 1891 in denominations of $10, $20, $50 and $100.
Its common knowledge that Apple Inc. was formed in a garage by founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. But who or how was the name chosen?
The name Apple Computer was conceived late afternoon as the co-founders were rushing against the deadline to file for a Fictious name statement in an effort to license their business procedures. After running through different names and not reaching to a conclusion, Jobs looked at a half eaten apple and decided that it would be the name if they failed to figure out a better name by 5PM that evening. Thus came the name Apple and the logo of the apple that is bitten.
Another version to this story is that the Apple logo was a tribute to Alan Turing considered to one of the founding fathers of the computing world. Working in the UK during WW2 Turing was persecuted for him being open about his sexual preferences at a time when being gay was considered a taboo. Turing committed suicide by taking a bite out of an apple with cyanide. However, this speculation was put to rest when Rob Janoff debunked that theory.
Invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton it was originally sold as a patent medicine to cure headaches and the very first drink was sold on May 8th 1886. In the following year, Asa Griggs Candler acquired an operating stake in the company Pemberton founded and renamed it as the Coca Cola Company. By 1888, Coca-Cola was being sold by three different businesses. In 1892, Candler after purchasing the legal rights to the coca-cola formula from Pemberton, Margaret Dozier and Woolfalk Walker founded a new company and called it 'The Coca-Cola Company.' The whole claim to the company was doused in claims of fradulent signatures and the likes.
It is said that the name Coca-Cola is derived from its two main ingredients, coca leaves and the cola flavoured berries. Although the present day coke as we know it does not contain cocaine, the name continues on to this day. The Coca-cola calligraphy is attributed to Frank Robinson, a book keeper working for John Pemberton.
Online auctions have become synonymous with eBay. One of the few companies that survived the dot-com bubble, eBay has now expanded its presence to most of the countries. Founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar it was known as AuctionWeb. Success knocked or Omidyar's doors when he saw a sale was made for a broker laser pointer. Baffled, Omidyar contacted the buyer to inform him that the later pointer was broker, only to be told that the buyer was a hardcore collector of broker laser pointers.
The company AuctionWeb was renamed to eBay (short for Echo Bay Consulting; a business owned by Omidyar) in 1997 and in the same year eBay got its first funding in $6.7 million from VC firm Benchmark Capital which is also behind the funding of other brands such as Twitter, Red Hat and Juniper Networks.
While Oreo is one of the most popular sandwich cookie, not many know about its origins. Oreo comes from the Greek word Orezin or Orexigenic a term used to describe 'appetite stimulating.' Besides this, there many more theories one of which suggests that the name Oreo is derived from the French word 'Or' (gold) as the early packaging of Oreo was gold wrapping. Oreo was initially known as the Oreo Biscuit which was changed to Oreo Creme Sandwich in 1948 and later became Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookie in 1974.
Oreo Biscuit was produced by Nabisco which is part of Kraft Foods (which also owns Cadbury) in the year 1912 and was sold at 25c for a pound in novelty cans.
Red Bull
The Austrian energy drink was created in 1987 by Dietrich Mateschitz and is sold by Austrian Red Bull GmbH. Red Bull was formed in partnership with a Thai businessman Chaleo Yoovidhya who had earlier invented a popular energy boosting drink in Thailand in 1976. The logo depicted two red bulls (gaur) charging towards each other. When Dietrich visited Thailand he noticed that the drink cured him of his jetlag and thus the Red Bull partnership was formed in 1984, the export version of which was launched in 1987.
The very first Starbucks outlet was set up in Seattle, Washington in 1971. Starbucks was founded by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker who came from teaching and a writing background with a plan to sell high quality coffee beans. They got their inspiration to start Starbucks from Alfred H. Peet a Dutch American entrepreneur who founded Peet's Coffee & Tea. The three founders started buying coffee beans initially from Peet's and later starting procuring the beans directly by themselves.
The name Starbucks comes from the character Starbuck who was the chirf mate of the Pequod, from the book Moby-Dick. Starbucks was relocated to Pike Place in 1912 where it remains to the present day. In 1988, Starbucks was sold to Schultz II Giornale owned by Howard Schultz a business magnate. He quickly renamed all the II Giornale outlets to Starbucks and thus the story began.
The Starbucks logo was designed by Terry Heckler and depicts a mermaid that beckons coffee lovers. The mermaid is based on a 15th century Norse woodcut of the mythical siren.


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Former Palmetto Ridge wrestler Chase Singletary to compete for Team USA at U23 Worlds
Blaine Ison can still picture 10-year-old Chase Singletary in the wrestling room at Palmetto Ridge High School, angry at himself about a tough loss.
The fact he was training with and competing against wrestlers six or seven years older was lost on the young phenom. Ison, now Palmetto Ridge's wrestling coach, was a member of that high school team 11 years ago. So was Chase's brother Cody, who would become the first of three Singletary brothers to win a state championship.
Chase was so talented and advanced, the Palmetto Ridge coaching staff didn't think twice about letting him compete with the big boys.
"Everyone always knew Chase was special and had the talent," Ison said. "But the commitment from an early age is what really stood out. There he was, a 10-year-old rolling around with high school kids and then getting really mad when he lost. That just shows you the type of kid he was, the type of competitor he was. He's driven to succeed, driven to win."
That drive and love for the sport has brought him his latest in a long line of accomplishments – a spot on the United States' U23 squad in the Freestyle World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, from Oct. 28-Nov. 3.
Winners at the world championships receive an automatic invite to the Olympic Team Trials in April 2020.
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Singletary, who recently completed his redshirt freshman season at Ohio State, earned the opportunity with an impressive showing at the team trials this past weekend at the University of Akron.
Singletary, 21, breezed through three matches in the 97-kilogram (213-pound) division by a combined score of 36-5, before taking on former N.C. State wrestler Michael Boykin in the best-of-three championship bout. He was challenged by Boykin, but Singletary held him at bay for an 8-5, 10-10 (win on criteria) victory.
Qualifying for the world championships took some of the sting off a disappointing end to an otherwise promising college season. Singletary went 21-9 overall at heavyweight for the Buckeyes, receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA championships due to a strong regular season in which he knocked off six top-20 opponents. He won two matches at nationals, but fell two wins shy of placing in the top eight and receiving All-American status.
"I definitely was disappointed I didn't reach my goal of becoming an All-American," he said. "I was upset for awhile, but a week later I was back in the room getting ready for this tournament. I think that definitely helped me put that sour taste behind me."
He hasn't had that sour taste all too often in his wrestling career. A prodigious talent, Singletary attended Pembroke Pines-Somerset Academy during his middle school years, winning the Class 1A state championship in 2012 as a seventh-grader at 113 pounds and again in 2013 as an eighth-grader at 145 pounds.
The year before, he became the first sixth-grader to ever reach an FHSAA state championship match. He wrestled his freshman year back home in Naples at Palmetto Ridge, where he was upset in the state semifinals before finishing third at 160 pounds. He finished his prep career at Blair Academy in New Jersey, one of the premier wrestling programs in the nation.
"Think about the maturity level it takes, the commitment it takes to move 1,000 miles away from your home and your family because you know that's what it's going to take to get you to the next level," Ison said. "We've got great wrestling here in Southwest Florida but it's a different level (at Blair). They are wrestling in national tournaments every week. You're going up against the best of the best in the nation every match."
Singletary thrived at Blair, winning back-to-back national championships and becoming the top-rated recruit at 220 pounds his senior year. Across all weight classes, he was ranked No. 5 overall nationally by FloWrestling and No. 6 by InterMat. His final high school record stood at a sparkling 167-8.
He chose Ohio State over Cornell and North Carolina during a lengthy recruitment process. His younger brother Colby, a two-time defending state champion at Palmetto Ridge, is also going through the recruitment process – although Colby is eyeing a Division I football scholarship.
"The main thing I tell my brother or anyone else that's trying to become a Division I athlete is you've got to be willing to put in the work," he said. "Those early-morning workouts and practices. A full academic and athletic schedule, there's hardly any down time at all. So you have to make the most of every second."
Singletary says he can't wait to see how he stacks up in an international event, but he's also looking forward to the trip itself. He's never been overseas, and the only time he's left the country are trips with his family to Bermuda and Cozumel, Mexico.
Chase's parents, Charles and Nicole, will be making the trip to Budapest with him. Charles was a state runner-up for Barron Collier in 1990, officially kicking off the Singletary dynasty of dominance in Southwest Florida wrestling circles.
Although Chase was the headliner at the world team trials for the Palmetto Ridge wrestling family, a younger Bear also made his mark. Brennan Van Hoecke, a state runner-up at 113 pounds as a freshman this year, competed in the cadet (age 14-17) freestyle event.
"He just turned 14 this year, so he was going up against guys much older than him and he held his own," Ison said. "He's going to have three more cracks at it, and it's exciting to see what he can do."


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Now that the BlackBerry Z10 has had some time to fly off the shelves in the U.K. and Canada, the forums are absolutely buzzing with opinions about the next-generation device and platform. We're seeing a lot of praise, mostly in the "I got my Z10" forum thread.
"BlackBerry have managed to take all the good bits from other phone manufacturers and dialled in their own unique DNA and have come up with a magical device that constantly surprises and delights. I'm on cloud nine. If you have any doubts please just buy it and try it. You won't be disappointed." - ChrissyM68
It's definitely worth highlighting that there's as much of the comfortable and familiar in the BlackBerry Z10 as there is of the new stuff. I can definitely relate to the moments of surprise and delight, particularly the smooth progress indicator on boot up and the big News Years-eve style countdown when shutting the Z10 off.
"It is starting to feel like the old days around the KW area again. Thanks to everyone who supports BlackBerry and in turn helps out my community. There are a ton of hard working people that live here and that are working day and night to help make BlackBerry a success!" - Wilkerson4492
All Canadians can't help but feel a little proud about the success of the Z10. BlackBerry is very much a national treasure, and the initial indications that Z10 sales have been good is heartening.
"As a former BlackBerry fan (9000,9900 were my fav) and current Apple fan (iPhone 5, Mac currently)... Im filled with jealousy" - DUNPHY88
While there are no doubt a ton of loyal BlackBerry users that will be flocking to pick up a Z10, I think there are going to be many other buyers in the situation as this forum-goer. BlackBerry went on for a long time without any significant changes, and in that time they lost a lot of users. I'm sure there are things that those users missed about BlackBerry during their affair with iOS or Android, and Z10 will be their call to come back to the fold.
"What you get with this keyboard above iOS or Droid - is TRUST." - BrizzardMan
For the first few days of having the Z10, I tried relying heavily on the swipey prediction engine (mostly for the novelty), but more and more I'm finding I'm drifting into a straight-on flurry of tapping. In that more traditional typing experience, the Z10 really flies fast, and you can most definitely trust it more than most touchscreen keyboards.
"I remember buying MacOSX 10.0 when it hit the street. It was an entirely new OS and Apple even said back then it was a work in progress and took almost a year before it was stable enough for everyday use. Be patient people. This is all part of being the first buyers of a completely new OS." - lenn5
This point really can't be reiterated enough. Here at CrackBerry HQ, we had certain expectations, and a 1.0ness about the operating system was most definitely taken into account when reviewing the Z10. There were bound to be a few missing software features or UI inconsistencies, but so far none of the ones that we have found are definitive deal-breakers. I expect that vast majority of complaints will be addressed before the Z10 hits American shores,
"Spent the first hour showing the guy at Virgin how it works, it was his first time seeing one out of the box. He kept saying "oh wow, I wish i could do that on my Iphone," and he kept calling over the other sales guy (who owns a S3) and showing him the cool stuff it can do. I think I might have sold one to the salesman." - NewfieCheesehead
That's just plain funny.
Hit up the forums with your own personal reactions to the BlackBerry Z10. As for those poor souls that can't get one yet, what would you like to know about the Z10 from those that have them?


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Setting Out As an Entrepreneur?-Here Are Some Tips to Inspire Your Success
It may surprise you to know the opposite to be true about success in business-people never find it as easy when they start out in business. There is this element about entrepreneurship which will call on you to never expect it right the first time but do it over and over till you hit it right. The facts get us a number of the most successful business people going through cycles of failure and disappointments prior to the ultimate big successes they have in ventures. We discuss in this article some of the reasons why you shouldn't be discouraged by your apparent failures and why you need to keep at it as you tread towards the big stage.
The first fact you need to bear in mind is the fact that failure has been an attending part of every big-stage entrepreneur. Some of the big-time names we can mention in the business world as examples of entrepreneurs who made a big failure at the start of their ventures but treaded on with determination to create world renown businesses are such as the brains behind PayPal and the creator of Huffington Post. You can find out more about these examples from the posts on list of "21 Entrepreneurs Who Failed Big".
One of the first reasons why many entrepreneurs fail is because they fall to discouragement all too soon. It is a fact that for you to meet with success in business, you will need to expect failure at the start and do not expect success as soon. Success in business will require you to continually improve your skills, knowledge and count your failures as a learning opportunity and not as a discouraging factor. Success in business requires patience and if you happen to be impatient with our expectations for success in it, you are surely going out with a great discouragement and failure making you give up sooner than later. For this to come, you should basically have a set of options to go with as you look for the ultimate success in this venture all the same.
You will need to throw all the elements of self-doubt you may be possessing and create as much room for self confidence in order for you to succeed in business. You will need to handle this naturally disabling feeling killing several businesses will be quite ably dealt with when you get yourself in for a self-help training and as well listen to inspiring stories and engagements from the successful fellows in entrepreneurship.
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When Keith Lee came out to face Dominik Dijakovic on last week's episode of NXT, he brought a brand-spankin' new theme song with him. Thankfully, WWEMusic has already uploaded it on their YouTube and Spotify feeds, which is why it gets a feature on this week's column!
"Limitless" starts with a chorus singing, "BASK IN HIS GLORY!" in a manner that reminds me of Christian's first singles theme in WWE, "At Last." And then a voice that sounds a lot like Keith Lee himself goes, "For he... is limitless." The song then appears to fade out with a whimper before picking up with bombast and bringing in the hook complete with 808s and synths in the background.
On the first listen, this theme sounds like it goes hard enough to paint the picture of a guy you don't want to mess with. It's not that upbeat, which fits someone like Keith Lee, whose imposing physique makes you think of someone who plods to the ring. But much like how the Limitless One himself makes you do a triple-take once his athleticism and agility kick in, his theme lulls you into thinking that it's one-dimensional only to make you want to give it another listen.
What I like about the song is how you can bop along to it easily. It's got a natural swagger that mirrors Keith Lee's own attitude when he's performing. It's also got some parts that a crowd can easily chant or sing along to like the hook. The first verse also features a bit where you can just yell, "Keith Lee!" along with the vocalist, which should be fun to do at a live event.
Speaking of verses, this song is already miles better than most of the CFO$ themes because (1) the verses are longer than your traditional AABB rhyme format and (2) there's actually a second verse.
My main issue with the song is how basic the bars sound. The vocalist—who may or may not be Keith Lee—doesn't really vary his delivery and flow. It's not staccato or even monotonous. He just really has one flow and doesn't mix it up. There are no vocal tricks like speeding it up and then slowing it down, only to pick it up again and surprise you like Eminem would do. The guy rapping just has one cookie-cutter flow and sticks to it. Yes, it sounds fun the first time. But the more I listen to his verses, they just sound lazy and... well, basic.
On the bright side, "Limitless" is probably enough to get you through your first set or two at the gym. It should also rile you up enough for Keith Lee's entrance at an NXT live event or at a TakeOver. Just don't expect it to be one of those timeless entrance themes like Batista's theme, which still rules almost 15 years after it was released.
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Stan Sy (@_StanSy) is the Editor at Large of Smark Henry and is also a radio DJ on Wave 89.1, an events host, a freelance writer, and one of the hosts of The Smark Gilas-Pilipinas Podcast. He also used to be one of the hosts and writers of The Wrestling Gods on FOX. He enjoys watching WWE, NXT, Lucha Underground, and the occasional New Japan match. You can ask him questions about wrestling, Survivor (yes, the reality show), or whatever you like on his CuriousCat account.


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Cemetery Reading Tips
You've found the obituary, and are eager to find your ancestor's gravesite. All you have to do is find the cemetery and read the stone. Piece of cake, right? Maybe not. As with every aspect of research, you'll get better results if you do your homework.
Determining Cemetery Type
There are several types of cemeteries. The existence of records and the condition of the stones often depends on the type of cemetery.
Finding the Cemetery
Searching a Cemetery
Some practical advice will help make your cemetery research a pleasant experience. Wear protective clothing. Long sleeves and pants and cap or visor will help prevent sunburn, poison ivy, or insect bite. Rubber bands around your ankles will prevent critters from climbing up your pant legs. Use sunscreen. A scarf absorbs perspiration. Work gloves are handy for handling stones. Bring a first-aid kit and drinking water.
Reading the Stone
I've participated in several cemetery transcription projects with The South suburban Genealogical and historical Society (SSGHS) located in South Holland, Illinois. The Society has guidelines used to train volunteers (other groups may do things differently). While these guidelines were formulated for a group reading, they can be adapted to individual research.
Preliminary Survey. If possible, the project leader calls or visits the cemetery to ascertain the proper name and location of cemetery and precise directions; location of office, sexton, association, church, and existing records; previous transcription, when, whether published, and whether by alphabetical listing only; location of nearest restroom facilities, pay phone, and water source; languages used on stones (the leader may keep a notebook with the alphabet printed in various languages to aid in transcribing foreign-language stones); cemetery layout and preliminary map (Cemetery records may show burials by row, plot, or section. Reading row-by-row makes it easier to follow the finished transcription. If there is an additional site for later burials, the map will be reproduced for transcription volunteers); cemetery condition (lawn upkeep, condition of stones).
Clipboard: 8.5 x 11-inch lined paper (yellow legal pads reduce glare from the sun); pen or pencil; hand trowel; whisk broom; plastic bag; shaving cream and squeegee); paper towels; and a prod (#5 knitting needle is good).
In addition, the following optional supplies are helpful. Plastic pail for carrying the above; fanny pack for carrying change, keys, wallet, and pencils; 35mm camera and film for photographing stones; tracing materials (butcher paper, rice paper or nonfusible interfacing, available in fabric stores; charcoal or chalk; and tape to hold the material to the stone; books and articles are available on how to trace stones); squirt bottle of water and vinegar mixture; flag markers (the kind used by utility companies to mark underground pipes or cables; these help keep track of the row. Try your local soil conservation office or utility company if you wish to buy some).
Copying Markers
1. Print or write clearly. Someone else will be typing from your record.
2. Be consistent in the method of copying. The whole group should copy the stones in the same way. Read the rows in one direction only beginning at the same end of each section.
3. Put your name, date and telephone number on the first page. Note the section name. Number each page. Number each row. Number each stone (note each inscription on the stone) and each base if there is no stone. Leave a blank line between each stone.
4. Spell the name exactly as it appears on the stone, not the way you think it should be spelled. Inscriptions often have mistakes.
5. Copy EXACTLY line for line everything on the stone. DO NOT ABBREVIATE. Copy all epitaphs, poems, lodge insignia, military information, the presence of photographs, crosses, stars, unusual markings, and the monument maker's name or company. Copy names, dates, etc. for persons who have not yet died. If the date appears as 1900- (dash), make a box for the missing date, or state that the death date is missing. If a date or letter is unclear, underline it or use the ?, ( ), or [ ]. For foreign language stones, don't translate the inscription; copy it exactly. If you know what it says make a separate reading of your translation.
6. Dates are very important. On old stones, make absolutely sure you have read the number correctly. Be careful of: 8 and 3, 4 and 7, 5 and 3, 1 and 7. If a stone is complicated, make a drawing of it. If you can't read the stone, number it and state that you can't read it, but first try shaving cream. Put the plastic bag on your hand; squirt shaving cream either into your hand or directly on the stone; rub cream all over the stone, squeegee the stone in one direction over the inscription. If the stone is large, you may want to do parts at a time since the cream will dry quickly on a hot day. If the inscription is not clear, apply the cream again, and squeegee in another direction. Some information may still be illegible, but you may get part of a name or date that you couldn't read with the "naked eye." If the stone is shiny granite, shaving cream in the inscription will allow the stone to photograph much better. Since the cream does not harm the stone, and water or rain washes any excess cream away, this method is safe.
7. Be consistent in your route down the rows. Read in one direction only. (Check all sides of the stone and around the base. Many stones have four sides with names on each site. Many stones have different names on the front and back. Mark which side contains which names, for example, "JONES" on E. side, "ADAMS" on W. side).
8. Be alert for markers laid flat and recessed in the ground. Grass and leaves can easily cover such markers. Use the prod, trowel and whisk broom. Be careful not to damage the marker. (Note on your sheet if the marker is laid flat. Many cemeteries are now doing this to aid in mowing the lawn. However, any inscription that is not on the exposed side will not be visible. The "laid flat" notation will alert those who read the transcription to the possibility of additional buried inscription on the stone. If markers are in a pile, or placed against a tree, note this also to show that the marker has been moved from the burial site. Don't put them where you think they belong.
The transcribed papers are typed into a computer. The computer printout is checked against the transcription sheets; an index, map, short history of the cemetery, and a list of those who assisted in the project is usually added. The reading is published alone or in the society's quarterly.
Safety at the Cemetery
CAUTION: Do not go alone. Let someone know you whereabouts and time of return. Have a car phone or other means of calling for help. Check in at the cemetery office. You may:


text: Halloween Pet Safety: 4 Rules to Follow October 21, 2019 You may love Halloween, but it may not be such a treat for your pet. Follow these Halloween pet safety tips to keep your furry friend out of harm's way while you enjoy all spooky season has to offer. 1. Cloak the Candy Keep the candy for the trick-or-treaters! Make sure the candy is put away or kept where your pets can't reach. Several popular Halloween treats can be toxic to pets. Chocolate, especially dark or baking chocolate, can be very dangerous for both cats and dogs. Sugar-free candies that contain xylitol can also cause serious problems. If you suspect your pet has eaten something toxic, call your vet or the ASPCA Poison Control Center. Popular Halloween plants like pumpkin or corn aren't considered toxic, but could upset your pet's stomach, so it's best to help them avoid any temptation to take a bite out of your décor. 2. Avoid a Fire Fright When it comes to your pet's safety, carved pumpkins are not the ideal decoration. Jack-o-lanterns can be easily knocked over, and can cause some serious damage if they have a lit candle inside. Curious young pets are especially at risk of getting burned or singed by a candle flame. Make sure to keep your pumpkin pals and your pet pals separate. Make sure to also hide or pick up any extra cords to keep them out of reach. 3. Consider Leaving Your Pet Bare Boned For some pets, wearing a costume may cause stress. The ASPCA recommends you don't put your pet in a costume unless you know they love it. If you do decide to dress them up, make sure the costume fits without limiting movement, sight and the ability to breathe. Take note of any small dangling or easily detached pieces that could be a choking hazard. If the costume doesn't fit or gets twisted, your pet's safety might be at risk. Put the costume on before the big night to see if your pet seems distressed or shows abnormal behavior. There are plenty of festive bandanas or collars to help get them in the spirit if a costume isn't an option. 4. Separate the Pirates and Princesses From the Pets There's a lot of activity on Halloween. Between the noise, costumes and overload of people, Halloween can be scary or stressful for your pets. If your pet is scared, stressed, excited or aggressive when the doorbell rings, make sure to keep them in a separate room. When opening your door for trick-or-treaters, make sure your pets stay inside. Always make sure your pet is wearing proper identification. As the excitement for Halloween builds, make sure to prepare your home and your pet to avoid an unwanted scare!


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Hogan announces retirement of Major General Linda L. Singh, names successor
Governor Larry Hogan today has announced that Major General Linda L. Singh, 29th adjutant general for the Maryland National Guard, plans to retire later this summer. Singh, the first African American and female appointed as adjutant general in Maryland, has served with honorable distinction for over 36 years.
"Since my first day in office, Major General Singh has been an integral part of our administration," said Governor Hogan. "Her leadership abilities have been an asset to the Maryland National Guard and the state. I wish her the very best in retirement and extend my appreciation for her service on the state, federal, and international levels."
Singh was appointed by Governor Hogan on January 21, 2015. In her role, Singh led over 5,500 soldiers and airmen under her command and over 1,000 full-time federal and state employees ready to respond in the event of a state or national emergency. During her tenure, Singh has been integral in helping Maryland become one of the National Guard's cutting-edge leaders in cybersecurity.
"When I assumed this position over five years ago, I set out to make a fair and equal organization within the Maryland Military Department," Singh said. "Today, I can proudly say with absolute confidence that we truly are one unified department that's serving the people and communities of Maryland that we dearly love. My decision to retire is one of the toughest choices I've ever had to make, but I know this organization will continue to prosper and I'm proud to have made a long-lasting impact."
Governor Hogan has named Major General Timothy E. Gowen as Major General Singh's successor. Gowen comes back to Maryland after serving with the U.S. Army's Futures Command in Austin, Texas. He previously served as the assistant adjutant general for the Maryland Army National Guard from April 2015 to September 2018 and is a senior U.S. Army aviator with significant piloting experience. He holds an advanced degree in engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. Gowen is a longtime resident of Leonardtown, Md., where he lives with his wife and three children.
"I am honored to appoint Major General Gowen as the adjutant general for Maryland," said Governor Hogan. "He is a proven leader who will ensure the Maryland National Guard remains one of the best organizations in the nation."
The governor has also named Brigadier General Edward S. Jones to become the assistant adjutant general for the Maryland Air National Guard. Brigadier General April D. Vogel, who currently serves in this role, will become the Air National Guard's director of personnel in the coming months.
For additional information, please contact the Maryland National Guard public affairs office at 410-576-6179 or [email protected].
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In part one of this week's Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Anthony Bombaci, executive chef of Nana. In part two, we asked Bombaci to complete our thoughts for us. In today's final installment he shares a recipe for Ceviche of Dublin Bay Langoustines.
Great ceviche is all about using the freshest of ingredients. So don't skimp. Get the good stuff.
Ceviche of Dublin Bay Langoustines For six portions
Ingredients: 16 oz langoustine meat, cleaned from the shells 2 oz lime juice, only fresh squeezed 1 oz good quality olive oil Sea salt to taste 1 jalapeno, sliced thinly on a mandolin 1/3 red onion, sliced into thin rings on a mandolin 1 lime, cut into triangles (supremes cut into pieces) ½ bunch cilantro, leaves only
Prepare In two small bowls filled with ice water, add the jalapenos and red onions (separately). In another small mixing bowl, mix the langoustines, lime juice, olive oil and salt. If the langoustine meat has been partially cooked to remove it from the shell, this mixture is ready to eat immediately... If the meat is completely raw, allow to "cook" on the table for 5-10 minutes.
Drain the jalapeno and onion and place on a paper towel. Pat dry.
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